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APPENDIX TABLES
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Table AI.1
Exports by product groups, 1998-02
(US$ million and per cent)
1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002Total (US$ million) / 132,302.4 / 143,685.4 / 172,267.5 / 150,434.5 / 162,466.1
(Per cent)
Total primary products / 8.2 / 8.3 / 9.2 / 9.2 / 7.8
Agriculture / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.5 / 2.6 / 2.4
Food / 2.0 / 2.0 / 1.5 / 1.7 / 1.5
Agricultural raw material / 1.0 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.9
Mining / 5.1 / 5.4 / 6.7 / 6.6 / 5.4
Ores and other minerals / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Non-ferrous metals / 1.5 / 1.3 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.2
Fuels / 3.5 / 4.0 / 5.4 / 5.3 / 4.0
Manufactures / 86.3 / 89.5 / 89.9 / 90.0 / 91.6
Iron and steel / 5.4 / 4.1 / 3.9 / 3.9 / 3.5
Chemicals / 7.7 / 7.5 / 8.0 / 8.3 / 8.5
5112 Cyclic hydrocarbons / 0.8 / 0.9 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 1.0
5138 Polycarboxylic acids, etc. / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.7
Other semi-manufactures / 6.1 / 6.0 / 5.3 / 5.5 / 5.2
Machinery and transport equipment / 49.2 / 54.3 / 58.2 / 57.6 / 61.3
Power generating machines / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.8
Other non-electrical machinery / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.9 / 5.5 / 5.7
7415 Air conditioning machines; parts thereof / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8
Office machines & telecommunication equipment / 24.1 / 29.9 / 34.1 / 29.4 / 32.4
7764 Electronic microcircuits / 12.2 / 12.4 / 11.5 / 7.4 / 7.5
7643 TV, radio transmitters, etc. / 1.1 / 2.6 / 3.3 / 5.0 / 6.2
7599 Parts, data processing machines etc. / 0.5 / 2.2 / 5.8 / 3.8 / 4.9
7526 Input or output units / 2.0 / 2.6 / 2.4 / 2.6 / 3.1
7649 Parts, telecommunication equipment / 1.4 / 1.8 / 2.0 / 2.3 / 2.7
7762 Other electronic valves, tubes / 1.2 / 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.3 / 1.3
7611 Colour television receiver / 0.8 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.3
7638 Sound, video recording etc. / 0.8 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2
7527 Storage units, data processing / 1.1 / 1.0 / 1.3 / 1.1 / 0.9
7522 Digital computers / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.7
Other electrical machines / 3.8 / 4.0 / 4.0 / 4.5 / 4.6
7758 Electro-thermic appliances nes. / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7
Automotive products / 8.6 / 9.1 / 8.8 / 10.3 / 10.7
7812 Passenger, transport vehicles / 6.5 / 6.9 / 6.9 / 8.0 / 8.3
7843 Other parts, motor vehicles / 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.4
Other transport equipment / 7.5 / 6.1 / 5.7 / 7.2 / 7.1
7932 Ships, boats, other vessels / 5.3 / 4.6 / 4.1 / 5.6 / 5.9
Textiles / 8.5 / 8.1 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 6.7
6531 Fabric, synthetic filament yarn / 2.8 / 2.3 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.5
6552 Other knitted crocheted fabrics / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.4
6573 Coated, impregnated textiles nes. / 0.8 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.7
Clothing / 3.5 / 3.4 / 2.9 / 2.9 / 2.4
Other consumer goods / 5.8 / 6.2 / 4.3 / 4.6 / 4.0
Other / 5.5 / 2.1 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.6
Gold / 5.4 / 2.1 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.6
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.2
Imports by product groups, 1998-02
(US$ million and per cent)
1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002Total (US$ million) / 93,280.9 / 119,751.3 / 160,479.3 / 141,097.1 / 152,124.4
(Per cent)
Total primary products / 36.2 / 34.5 / 37.2 / 38.7 / 35.7
Agriculture / 10.0 / 9.3 / 8.0 / 8.9 / 8.9
Food / 6.1 / 5.6 / 4.8 / 5.7 / 6.0
0449 Maize, other unmilled / 1.0 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.6
Agricultural raw material / 3.9 / 3.7 / 3.2 / 3.2 / 2.9
Mining / 26.2 / 25.3 / 29.2 / 29.9 / 26.8
Ores and other minerals / 3.4 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 3.0 / 2.8
2815 Iron ore and concentrates, not agglomerated / 0.8 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.7 / 0.6
Non-ferrous metals / 3.3 / 3.1 / 2.8 / 2.8 / 2.6
6841 Aluminium, aluminium alloy, unwrought / 0.9 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 0.9
Fuels / 19.5 / 19.1 / 23.7 / 24.1 / 21.3
3431 Natural gas, liquefied / 1.7 / 1.6 / 2.4 / 2.8 / 2.7
3212 Other coal, not agglomerated / 2.3 / 1.6 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.5
3330 Crude petroleum / 12.1 / 12.3 / 15.7 / 15.1 / 12.6
Manufactures / 58.4 / 62.2 / 61.2 / 60.0 / 63.0
Iron and steel / 3.0 / 3.3 / 3.3 / 3.1 / 3.6
6732 Flat, hot-rolled, iron products / 0.4 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.1
Chemicals / 9.9 / 9.5 / 8.4 / 9.2 / 9.3
5989 Chemical products etc. nes. / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.6
Other semi-manufactures / 3.2 / 3.6 / 3.2 / 3.8 / 4.3
Machinery and transport equipment / 33.5 / 36.4 / 36.8 / 34.0 / 35.0
Power generating machines / 1.6 / 1.3 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.2
Other non-electrical machinery / 7.0 / 7.1 / 7.6 / 6.8 / 7.0
7284 Machinery, appliances for special industries / 1.1 / 1.5 / 2.0 / 1.5 / 1.4
Office machines & telecommunication equipment / 17.8 / 20.7 / 21.2 / 18.7 / 18.4
7764 Electronic microcircuits / 11.0 / 11.3 / 10.4 / 9.5 / 9.9
7649 Parts, telecommunication equipment / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.3
7599 Parts, data processing machines etc. / 0.9 / 1.5 / 2.3 / 1.7 / 1.3
7763 Diodes, transistors etc. / 0.9 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.8
7526 Input or output units / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.8
7641 Line telephone etc. equipment / 0.3 / 0.6 / 1.2 / 0.9 / 0.7
7527 Storage units, data processing / 0.4 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.7
Other electrical machines / 4.0 / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.7 / 5.2
7788 Electrical machinery, equipment, nes. / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.9
7725 Switches, apparatus,<1000v / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6
Automotive products / 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.7
7843 Other parts, motor vehicles / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0
Other transport equipment / 2.2 / 1.6 / 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.6
Textiles / 2.4 / 2.5 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.1
Clothing / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.5
Other consumer goods / 5.9 / 6.3 / 6.5 / 6.6 / 7.2
Other / 5.3 / 3.2 / 1.6 / 1.3 / 1.3
Gold / 4.8 / 2.8 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 1.2
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.3
Exports by destination, 1998-02
(US$ million and per cent)
1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002Total (US$ million) / 132,302.4 / 143,685.4 / 172,267.5 / 150,434.5 / 162,466.1
(Per cent)
ASEAN / 11.6 / 12.3 / 11.7 / 10.9 / 11.3
APEC / 63.9 / 69.3 / 72.3 / 70.3 / 71.2
America / 25.1 / 27.6 / 28.7 / 28.6 / 27.1
United States / 17.4 / 20.6 / 21.9 / 20.8 / 20.3
Canada / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.4
Other America / 6.5 / 5.9 / 5.3 / 6.4 / 5.3
Mexico / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.4
Europe / 21.8 / 18.4 / 16.5 / 16.0 / 16.5
EU(15) / 13.8 / 14.1 / 13.6 / 13.1 / 13.4
Germany / 3.0 / 2.9 / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.6
United Kingdom / 3.2 / 3.3 / 3.1 / 2.3 / 2.6
Netherlands / 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.7 / 1.6
Italy / 1.3 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.4
France / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.0
Greece / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0
Spain / 1.1 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.0
EFTA / 4.2 / 1.7 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.5
Eastern Europe / 2.7 / 1.9 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.7
Former USSR / 1.5 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 1.1 / 1.1
Other Europe / 1.1 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.9
Asia / 47.5 / 49.1 / 50.7 / 50.5 / 51.7
Middle East / 4.5 / 3.7 / 3.9 / 4.3 / 4.3
United Arab Emirates / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.4
East Asia / 40.8 / 43.7 / 45.2 / 44.3 / 45.7
China / 9.0 / 9.5 / 10.7 / 12.1 / 14.6
Japan / 9.2 / 11.0 / 11.9 / 11.0 / 9.3
Hong Kong, China / 7.0 / 6.3 / 6.2 / 6.3 / 6.2
Chinese Taipei / 3.9 / 4.4 / 4.7 / 3.9 / 4.1
Singapore / 3.1 / 3.4 / 3.3 / 2.7 / 2.6
Malaysia / 2.7 / 2.5 / 2.0 / 1.7 / 2.0
Indonesia / 1.3 / 1.8 / 2.0 / 2.2 / 1.9
Philippines / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.0 / 1.7 / 1.8
Thailand / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.4
Viet Nam / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.4
South Asia / 2.2 / 1.8 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 1.7
Oceania / 2.4 / 2.1 / 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.2
Australia / 2.1 / 1.7 / 1.5 / 1.4 / 1.4
Africa / 3.0 / 2.5 / 1.9 / 2.6 / 2.4
Sub-Saharian Africa / 1.6 / 1.3 / 1.0 / 1.7 / 1.5
Other Africa / 1.4 / 1.2 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.9
Other / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database.
Table AI.4
Imports by origin, 1998-02
(US$ million and per cent)
1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002Total (US$ million) / 93,280.9 / 119,751.3 / 160,479.3 / 141,097.1 / 152,124.4
(Per cent)
ASEAN / 9.7 / 10.2 / 11.3 / 11.3 / 11.0
APEC / 68.1 / 70.2 / 68.8 / 67.3 / 69.5
America / 26.2 / 24.7 / 21.6 / 19.6 / 18.8
United States / 21.7 / 20.8 / 18.2 / 15.9 / 15.2
Canada / 2.1 / 1.5 / 1.3 / 1.3 / 1.2
Other America / 2.3 / 2.4 / 2.0 / 2.4 / 2.4
Europe / 15.4 / 14.1 / 12.6 / 13.5 / 14.4
EU(15) / 11.6 / 10.5 / 9.8 / 10.6 / 11.3
Germany / 3.6 / 3.2 / 2.9 / 3.2 / 3.6
United Kingdom / 1.9 / 1.8 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.6
Italy / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.0 / 1.3 / 1.5
France / 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.4
EFTA / 2.0 / 1.4 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.1
Eastern Europe / 1.7 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2.0
Former USSR / 1.5 / 1.8 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8
Russian Federation / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5
Other Europe / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Asia / 49.4 / 53.8 / 59.5 / 60.9 / 60.8
Middle East / 11.9 / 11.9 / 15.8 / 16.3 / 13.4
Saudi Arabia / 4.7 / 4.7 / 6.0 / 5.7 / 5.0
United Arab Emirates / 2.3 / 2.1 / 2.9 / 3.3 / 2.8
Kuwait / 1.4 / 1.2 / 1.7 / 1.6 / 1.5
Qatar / 0.6 / 0.7 / 1.4 / 1.8 / 1.4
Oman / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.1 / 1.6 / 1.2
East Asia / 36.6 / 41.0 / 42.9 / 43.5 / 46.4
China / 6.8 / 7.4 / 8.0 / 9.4 / 11.4
Thailand / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.1
Philippines / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.2
Singapore / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2.3 / 2.1 / 2.3
Malaysia / 2.4 / 2.6 / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.7
Chinese Taipei / 1.8 / 2.5 / 2.9 / 3.0 / 3.2
Japan / 17.8 / 20.2 / 19.8 / 18.9 / 19.6
Hong Kong, China / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 1.1
Indonesia / 3.3 / 3.3 / 3.3 / 3.2 / 3.1
South Asia / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 1.1 / 1.0
Oceania / 5.7 / 4.6 / 4.3 / 4.5 / 4.5
Australia / 4.9 / 3.9 / 3.7 / 3.9 / 3.9
Africa / 2.4 / 2.8 / 2.0 / 1.5 / 1.4
Sub-Saharian Africa / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 0.8 / 0.7
Other Africa / 1.4 / 1.4 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.7
Other / 0.9 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Source: UNSD, Comrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AII.1
Involvement in the WTOdispute settlement mechanism, 2000 to end-March 2004
Dispute / Complainant/respondent (WTO document) / Request for consultation/panel / Panel established/ Panel report circulated / Appeal requested / Panel/Appellate Body Report adopted /
Against Korea
Taxes on alcoholic beverages / EC/Korea (WT/DS75/1)
U.S./Korea (WT/DS84/1) / 02.04.97/15.09.97
23.05.97/15.09.97 / 16.10.97/
17.09.98 / 20.10.98 / 17.02.99a
Definitive Safeguard Measure on Imports of Certain Dairy Products / EC/Korea (WT/DS98/1) / 12.08.97/12.01.98 / 22.07.98/
21.06.99 / 15.09.99 / 12.01.00b
Measures Affecting Imports of Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Beef / U.S./Korea (WT/DS161/1)
Australia/Korea (WT/DS169/1) / 01.02.99/16.04.99
13.04.99/15.07.99 / 26.05.99/31.07.00
26.07.99/31.07.00 / 11.09.00 / 10.01.01c
Measures Affecting Government Procurement / U.S./Korea (WT/DS163/1) / 16.02.99/11.05.99
/ 16.06.99/ 01.05.00 / n.a. / 19.06.00d
Measures Affecting Trade in Commercial Vessels / EC/Korea (WT/DS273/1) / 21.10.02/11.06.03 / 21.07.03
By Korea
Anti-Dumping Duty on Dynamic Random Access Memory Semi-conductors (DRAMs) of one Megabit or above / Korea/U.S. (WT/DS99/1 and Corr.1 and Corr.2) / 14.08.97/07.11.97 / 16.01.98/
29.01.99 / n.a. / 19.03.99e
Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel Plate in Coils and Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip / Korea/U.S. (WT/DS179/1) / 30.07.99/15.10.99
/ 19.11.99/
22.12.00 / n.a. / 01.02.01
Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Circular Welded Carbon Quality Line Pipe / Korea/U.S. (WT/DS202/1) / 13.06.00/15.09.00
/ 23.10.00/
29.10.01 / 19.11.01 / 08.03.02
Anti-Dumping Measures Regarding Polypropylene Resins / Korea/The Philippines (WT/DS215/1) / 15.12.00 / No panel yet requested
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 / Korea/U.S. (WT/DS217/1)
(action also taken by Australia, Chile, the EC, India, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand) / 21.12.00/13.07.01
/ 23.08.01/
16.09.02 / 18.10.02 / 27.01.03f
Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products / Korea/U.S. (WT/DS251/1) / 20.03.02/24.05.02 / 03.06.02/
11.07.03 / 11.08.03 / 10.12.03
Countervailing Duty Investigation on Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors (DRAMs) / Korea/U.S. (WT/DS296/1 and WT/DS296/1/Add.1) / 30.06.03 and 18.08.03/
19.11.03 / 23.01.04
Countervailing Measures on Dynamic Random Access Memory Chips / Korea/EC (WT/DS299/1 and WT/DS299/1/Rev.1/Add.1) / 25.07.03 and
25.08.03/19.11.03 / 23.01.04
Measures Affecting Trade in Commercial Vessels / Korea/EC (WT/DS301/1) / 03.09.03 / 19.03.04
European Communities – Aid for Commercial Vessels / Korea/EC (WT/DS307) / 13.02.04 / No panel yet requested
Korea as a third party
Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins ("Zeroing") / EC/U.S. (WT/DS294/1 and WT/DS294/1/Add.1)
Korea (WT/DS294/3) / 12/06/03 and 08.09.03
27.06.03 / No panel requested
Table AII.1 (cont'd)
Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Steel Wire Rod and Circular Welded Quality Line Pipe / EC/U.S. (WT/DS214/1) / 01.12.00/10.08.01
/ 10/09/01 (Panel not yet composed)
Provisional Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel products / U.S./EC (WT/DS260/10 / 30.05.02/19.08.02
/ 16.09.02 (Panel not yet composed)
Sunset Reviews of Anti-Dumping Measures on Oil Country Tabular Goods / Argentina/U.S. (WT/DS268/1) / 07.10.02/03.04.03
/ 19.05.03
Investigation of the International Trade Commission in Softwood Lumber / Canada/U.S. (WT/DS277/1) / 20.12.02/03.04.03
/ 07.05.03
Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry / EC/Canada (WT/DS142/1) / 17.08.98/14.01.99
/ 01.02.99/
11.02.00 / 02.03.00 / 19.06.00
Sections 301-310 of the Trade Act of 1994 / EC/U.S. (WT/DS152/1) / 25.11.98/02.02.99
/ 02.03.99/
22.12.99 / n.a. / 27.01.00
Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products / Japan/U.S. (WT/DS184/1) / 18.11.99/11.02.00
/ 20.03.00/
28.02.01 / 25.04.01 / 23.08.01
Sunset Review of Anti-Dumping Duties on Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products / Japan/U.S. (WT/DS244/1) / 30.01.02/05.04.02 / 22.05.02/
14.08.03 / 15.09.03 / 09.01.04
Export Finance Programme for Aircraft – Second Recourse to Article21.5 / Canada/Brazil (WT/DS46/26) / 19.01.01 (recourse to Article 21.5) / 16.02.01 (referred to original panel)/
26.07.01 / n.a. / 23.08.01
Anti-Dumping Duties on Imports of Cotton-Type Bed Linen / India/EC (WT/DS141/13/Rev.1) / 07.05.02 (recourse to Article 21.5) / 22.05.02 (referred to original panel)/ 29.11.02 / 08.01.03 / 24.04.03
n.a. Not applicable.