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APPENDIX TABLES
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Table AI.1
Merchandise exports and re-exports, by group of products, 2003-09
(US$ million and %)
Description / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009Total (US$ million) / 1,194 / 1,405 / 1,514 / 1,989 / 2,224 / 2,439 / 1,316
(% of total)
Total primary products / 91.0 / 90.2 / 93.2 / 93.4 / 92.5 / 88.7 / 77.5
Agriculture / 22.8 / 22.2 / 17.3 / 16.7 / 15.4 / 14.6 / 25.9
Food / 22.6 / 22.1 / 17.2 / 16.6 / 15.3 / 14.5 / 25.8
0611 Sugars, beet/cane, raw, solid, no added flavour/colour / 5.6 / 7.0 / 5.1 / 4.5 / 4.5 / 4.3 / 5.5
1124 Spirits / 2.5 / 2.4 / 2.3 / 2.3 / 2.2 / 2.0 / 3.9
1123 Beer made from malt (including ale, stout, and porter) / 1.4 / 1.4 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.7 / 1.4 / 2.9
0711 Coffee, not roasted / 2.4 / 2.8 / 1.0 / 1.5 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 2.6
0548 Vegetable products, roots, etc., n.e.s. / 1.4 / 1.3 / 1.1 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.8
0589 Fruit, nuts, n.e.s., whether or not sweetened / 0.8 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 1.0
Agricultural raw material / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2
Mining / 68.2 / 68.1 / 75.9 / 76.7 / 77.1 / 74.1 / 51.6
Ores and other minerals / 65.7 / 65.6 / 68.5 / 63.2 / 62.4 / 56.2 / 35.3
2852 Alumina (aluminium oxide) / 57.7 / 58.0 / 60.8 / 52.3 / 49.6 / 50.5 / 27.7
2851 Aluminium ores and concentrates / 7.5 / 5.7 / 6.5 / 5.7 / 9.2 / 4.7 / 6.5
Non-ferrous metals / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Fuels / 2.4 / 2.4 / 7.4 / 13.5 / 14.7 / 17.9 / 16.2
Manufactures / 9.0 / 9.8 / 6.8 / 6.6 / 7.4 / 11.2 / 22.0
Iron and steel / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Chemicals / 4.9 / 5.5 / 3.7 / 3.7 / 4.1 / 8.4 / 15.5
5121 Acyclic monohydric alcohols / 3.1 / 4.0 / 2.2 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 6.2 / 13.0
5114 Sulphonated/nitrated/nitrosated hydrocarbons derivatives / 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4
5226 Other inorganic bases, oxides, hydroxides, peroxides / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.7 / 0.4
Other semi-manufactures / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 1.8
6612 Portland cement and similar hydraulic cements / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.5
Machinery and transport equipment / 1.5 / 1.8 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 2.0 / 1.5 / 3.1
Power generating machines / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2
Other non-electrical machinery / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.7 / 0.4 / 0.7
7234 Constructing and mining machinery, n.e.s. / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Agricultural machinery and tractors / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Office machines and telecommunication equipment / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.7
Other electrical machines / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.2
Automotive products / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.8
7843 Other motor vehicle parts and accessories of 722, 781 to 783 / 0.1 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.7
Other transport equipment / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.5
Textiles / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Clothing / 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Other consumer goods / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 1.4
8973 Jewellery of gold, silver or platinum metals (except watches) / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.5
8931 Plastics containers, stoppers, lids, etc. / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
8853 Wrist watches, pocket watches and other watches (including stop watches), with case wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Other / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.4
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.2
Merchandise imports, by group of products, 2003-09
(US$ million and %)
Description / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009Total (US$ million) / 3,617 / 3,933 / 4,885 / 5,041 / 6,748 / 8,465 / 5,064
(% of total)
Total primary products / 37.8 / 42.0 / 45.2 / 40.9 / 47.8 / 53.9 / 47.1
Agriculture / 16.4 / 16.7 / 16.1 / 15.9 / 13.6 / 13.0 / 19.0
Food / 15.1 / 15.1 / 14.7 / 14.4 / 12.7 / 12.2 / 18.1
1110 Non-alcoholic beverage, n.e.s. / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 1.2
0989 Food preparations, n.e.s. / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 1.1
0411 Durum wheat, unmilled / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.1
0422 Rice, husked, not further prepared (cargo or brown rice) / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.7
0612 Other beet, cane and chemically pure sucrose,solid form / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.6
0441 Maize seed / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.6
0449 Other maize, unmilled / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.6
Agricultural raw material / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.4 / 1.5 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.9
2482 Wood of coniferous, sawn of a thickness > 6 mm / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.5
Mining / 21.4 / 25.2 / 29.1 / 25.0 / 34.2 / 40.9 / 28.0
Ores and other minerals / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Non-ferrous metals / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3
Fuels / 20.9 / 24.7 / 28.3 / 24.5 / 33.8 / 40.6 / 27.6
3330 Crude oils of petroleum and bituminous minerals / 5.2 / 5.1 / 3.7 / 8.9 / 7.6 / 10.2 / 9.8
3425 Butanes, liquefied / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.6
Manufactures / 60.6 / 56.0 / 53.3 / 57.5 / 49.0 / 44.6 / 50.5
Iron and steel / 2.0 / 2.4 / 2.3 / 2.3 / 2.1 / 2.4 / 1.5
6762 Bars/rods (not 676.1) iron/steel, hot-rolled, etc. / 0.7 / 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.5
6764 Other bars and rods of iron and steel / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.2
Chemicals / 12.3 / 10.8 / 11.8 / 11.3 / 12.8 / 11.5 / 14.6
5121 Acyclic monohydric alcohols / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 2.2 / 2.6 / 2.8 / 3.9
5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. / 2.2 / 2.0 / 1.9 / 2.0 / 1.9 / 2.0 / 2.7
5226 Other inorganic bases, oxides, hydroxides, peroxides / 1.1 / 1.3 / 2.1 / 0.1 / 2.4 / 1.8 / 1.6
Other semi-manufactures / 10.1 / 9.9 / 9.2 / 10.1 / 7.8 / 7.0 / 8.2
6651 Containers, of glass / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6
6429 Articles of paper pulp, paper, etc., n.e.s. / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.6
6911 Iron or steel structures, tubes and the like, for use in structures / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.6
Machinery and transport equipment / 24.5 / 21.6 / 19.1 / 22.6 / 17.0 / 15.0 / 16.2
Power generating machines / 1.2 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5
7165 Generating sets / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2
Other non-electrical machinery / 5.2 / 4.9 / 4.4 / 6.1 / 4.4 / 3.4 / 3.7
Agricultural machinery and tractors / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1
Office machines and telecommunication equipment / 7.8 / 6.6 / 5.0 / 5.4 / 3.0 / 3.8 / 3.9
7643 Radio or television transmission apparatus / 3.1 / 2.7 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.9
7611 Colour television receivers / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
7523 Digital processing units, whether or not presented with the rest of a system which may contain in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units / 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Other electrical machines / 2.9 / 3.0 / 2.5 / 3.0 / 2.8 / 2.2 / 2.5
7731 Insulated wire, cable etc.; optical fibre cables / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.7 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.4
Automotive products / 6.7 / 5.7 / 5.9 / 6.1 / 5.5 / 3.9 / 4.3
7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. / 3.8 / 3.5 / 3.5 / 3.1 / 2.8 / 2.1 / 1.9
7831 Public-transport type passenger motor vehicles / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.2 / 0.8
Other transport equipment / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 1.4 / 0.7 / 1.1 / 1.3
Table AI.2 (cont'd)
Textiles / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.9
Clothing / 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.2
Other consumer goods / 9.1 / 8.5 / 8.4 / 8.6 / 7.4 / 7.1 / 7.8
8921 Printed books, pamphlets, maps, etc. (excl. ad. material) / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 2.2 / 1.1
8931 Plastics containers, stoppers, lids, etc. / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 1.0
8973 Jewellery of gold, silver or platinum metals (except watches) / 1.2 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.4
Other / 1.6 / 2.0 / 1.5 / 1.6 / 3.2 / 1.4 / 2.4
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.3
Merchandise exports and re-exports, by trading partner, 2003-09
(US$ million and %)
Description / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009Total (US$ million) / 1,194 / 1,405 / 1,514 / 1,989 / 2,224 / 2,439 / 1,316
(% of total)
America / 51.8 / 47.4 / 56.7 / 50.6 / 56.4 / 56.0 / 68.3
United States / 28.6 / 21.5 / 25.6 / 30.4 / 37.2 / 40.3 / 49.3
Other America / 23.1 / 25.9 / 31.1 / 20.2 / 19.2 / 15.7 / 18.9
Canada / 16.1 / 19.5 / 19.4 / 15.6 / 15.0 / 10.6 / 10.0
Trinidad and Tobago / 1.5 / 1.3 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.6
Cayman Islands / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.7
Barbados / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.7
Haiti / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.5
St Lucia / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.5
Antigua and Barbuda / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.4
Guyana / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4
Netherlands Antilles / 0.1 / 0.2 / 6.5 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.4
Mexico / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.4
St Kitts and Nevis / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.3
Cuba / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Dominican Rep. / 0.8 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3
Europe / 35.9 / 36.1 / 30.9 / 29.9 / 33.1 / 36.2 / 25.1
EU(27) / 32.2 / 32.5 / 24.0 / 24.5 / 26.8 / 29.8 / 18.0
United Kingdom / 12.8 / 10.6 / 10.7 / 10.3 / 9.7 / 9.2 / 9.9
Netherlands / 5.2 / 8.3 / 2.3 / 7.0 / 9.0 / 7.9 / 2.7
France / 4.0 / 3.3 / 3.8 / 3.3 / 3.8 / 5.6 / 2.4
Portugal / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.1
Romania / 1.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.6 / 2.0 / 0.9
EFTA / 3.8 / 3.6 / 6.9 / 5.4 / 6.3 / 6.5 / 7.1
Norway / 3.7 / 3.5 / 6.5 / 4.5 / 2.4 / 3.2 / 3.9
Iceland / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.4 / 0.8 / 3.1 / 3.2 / 3.1
Other Europe / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) / 1.5 / 0.0 / 1.4 / 2.2 / 5.1 / 5.5 / 1.3
Georgia / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.0 / 1.7 / 0.0 / 0.9
Russian Federation / 1.5 / 0.0 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 3.4 / 5.2 / 0.4
Africa / 0.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.1
Middle East / 0.0 / 0.4 / 1.8 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Asia / 10.5 / 16.1 / 9.2 / 17.2 / 5.2 / 1.9 / 5.2
China / 8.1 / 12.1 / 7.1 / 15.1 / 3.1 / 0.1 / 1.3
Japan / 2.1 / 2.5 / 1.0 / 1.4 / 1.3 / 1.0 / 2.8
Six East Asian traders / 0.0 / 1.1 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.4
Hong Kong, China / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Singapore / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1
Thailand / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Chinese Taipei / 0.0 / 1.0 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.1 / 0.0
Korea, Rep. of / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Malaysia / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Other Asia / 0.2 / 0.5 / 0.8 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.7
Indonesia / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 0.3
New Zealand / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.2
Other / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.4
Merchandise imports, by trading partner, 2003-09
(US$ million and %)
Description / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009Total (US$ million) / 3,617 / 3,933 / 4,885 / 5,041 / 6,748 / 8,465 / 5,064
(% of total)
America / 74.3 / 76.5 / 78.3 / 74.2 / 79.8 / 81.2 / 76.4
United States / 43.6 / 41.3 / 41.6 / 36.8 / 40.4 / 39.4 / 36.8
Other America / 30.6 / 35.3 / 36.7 / 37.4 / 39.4 / 41.8 / 39.7
Canada / 2.7 / 2.6 / 2.2 / 2.5 / 2.0 / 1.6 / 2.1
Venezuela / 1.4 / 3.7 / 5.4 / 10.7 / 9.0 / 11.6 / 12.8
Trinidad and Tobago / 11.0 / 12.3 / 15.0 / 11.5 / 15.7 / 17.5 / 10.8
Brazil / 2.4 / 3.8 / 3.2 / 2.9 / 4.5 / 2.6 / 2.5
Mexico / 2.9 / 3.2 / 2.1 / 1.6 / 1.5 / 2.4 / 2.2
Netherlands Antilles / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 1.2
Colombia / 1.0 / 1.4 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 1.1
Costa Rica / 1.4 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 1.0
Dominican Rep. / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.0
Guyana / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.9
Panama / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.8
Europe / 12.5 / 9.6 / 8.3 / 11.2 / 7.7 / 8.5 / 10.1
EU(27) / 10.8 / 8.1 / 7.2 / 9.4 / 6.7 / 6.0 / 8.0
Germany / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 1.6
United Kingdom / 4.1 / 2.4 / 2.3 / 2.6 / 1.9 / 1.2 / 1.5
Belgium / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.8 / 0.4 / 1.2
Denmark / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.6 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.9
Spain / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.5
EFTA / 1.1 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.4 / 0.7 / 1.9 / 1.7
Switzerland / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 1.1 / 0.4 / 1.7 / 1.2
Other Europe / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.4
Turkey / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.4
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Africa / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 0.1 / 0.2
South Africa / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2
Middle East / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2
Israel / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2
Asia / 10.8 / 11.3 / 11.0 / 12.5 / 10.4 / 9.2 / 11.0
China / 2.3 / 2.9 / 2.9 / 4.1 / 3.4 / 3.8 / 4.5
Japan / 4.9 / 4.4 / 4.4 / 4.2 / 3.4 / 2.3 / 2.3
Six East Asian traders / 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.1 / 2.3 / 2.0 / 1.9 / 2.2
Thailand / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.7
Hong Kong, China / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4
Korea, Rep. of / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3
Chinese Taipei / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Malaysia / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3
Singapore / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2
Other Asia / 1.6 / 1.8 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 1.7 / 1.2 / 2.0
New Zealand / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5
India / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4
Other / 2.0 / 2.2 / 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.4 / 0.7 / 2.0
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3).
Table AII.1
Notifications to the WTO, 2005-10
WTO Agreement / Description of requirement / Document symbol and dateAgreement on Agriculture
Article 18.2 – DS:1 / Domestic support / G/AG/N/JAM/7, 30/06/2009; G/AG/N/JAM/5/Rev.1, 26/01/2009; G/AG/N/JAM/6, 23/01/2009
General Agreement on Trade in Services
Article III:4 or IV:2 / Contact and enquiry points / S/ENQ/78/Rev.10, 13/06/2008; SENQ/78/Rev.9, 01/12/2006
Agreement on the implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement)
Article 16.5 / Competent authorities / G/ADP/N/14/Add.27 and G/SCM/N/18/Add.27, 28/04/2009
Article 16.4 – ad hoc / Report on preliminary and final antidumping actions / G/ADP/N/204, 10/08/2010; G/ADP/N/200, 21/05/2010
Article 16.4 – semi / Semi-annual report / G/ADP/N/202/JAM, 23/07/2010; G/ADP/N/195/JAM, 26/04/2010; G/ADP/N/180/Add.1, 27/04/2009; G/ADP/N/180/JAM, 18/03/2009; G/ADP/N/173/Add.1, 21/10/2008; G/ADP/N/173/JAM, 07/08/2008; G/ADP/N/166/Add.1, 23/04/2008; G/ADP/N/166/JAM, 21/02/2008; G/ADP/N/139/Add.1/Rev.2, 01/05/2007; G/ADP/N/145/Add.1/Rev.1, 01/05/2007; G/ADP/N/139/JAM, 17/04/2007; G/ADP/N/145/JAM, 17/04/2007; G/ADP/N/153/Add.1, 17/04/2007; G/ADP/N/153/JAM, 17/04/2007; G/ADP/N/126/JAM, 29/03/2005
Agreement on the implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 (Customs Valuation)
Annex III, paragraphs 3 and 4 / Invocation of special provisions available to developing country Members / G/VAL/2/Rev.24, 27/04/2007; G/VAL/2/Rev.23, 26/09/2006; G/VAL/2/Rev.22, 10/06/2006; G/VAL/2/Rev.21, 07/10/2005; G/VAL/2/Rev.20, 30/03/2005
Agreement on the implementation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994 (State trading)
Article XVII:4(a) and paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII / Notification / G/STR/N/12/JAM, 20/04/2010
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Article 2.9 / Notification / G/TBT/N/JAM/22, 20/09/2010; G/TBT/N/JAM/20, 20/01/2010; G/TBT/N/JAM/21, 20/01/2010; G/TBT/N/JAM/19, 18/12/2009; G/TBT/N/JAM/18, 22/01/2009; G/TBT/N/JAM/17/Corr.1, 20/01/2009; G/TBT/N/JAM/17, 15/12/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/10, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/11, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/12, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/13, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/14, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/15, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/16, 28/02/2008; G/TBT/N/JAM/9, 04/09/2007; G/TBT/N/JAM/8, 20/04/2007; G/TBT/N/JAM/8/Add.1, 20/04/2007; G/TBT/N/JAM/7, 13/02/2007; G/TBT/N/JAM/6, 05/05/2006; G/TBT/N/JAM/3, 01/09/2005; G/TBT/N/JAM/4, 01/09/2005; G/TBT/N/JAM/5, 01/09/2005
Agreement on Import Licensing
Article 7.3 / Replies to questionnaire / G/LIC/N/3/JAM/3, 03/09/2008; G/LIC/N/3/JAM/2, 06/10/2006
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Article 25.1 – Article XVI:1 / New and full notification / G/SCM/N/155/JAM, 03/07/2009; G/SCM/N/186/JAM and G/SCM/N/192/JAM, 03/07/2009; G/SCM/N/123/JAM and G/SCM/N/128/JAM, 06/07/2005
Article 25.11 / Semi-annual report / G/SCM/N/185/Add.1, 27/04/2009; G/SCM/N/178/Add.1, 21/10/2008; G/SCM/N/170/Add.1, 24/04/2008; G/SCM/N/138/Add.1/Rev.2, 01/05/2007; G/SCM/N/144/Add.1/Rev.1, 01/05/2007; G/SCM/N/153/Add.1, 18/04/2007
Article 25.12 / Competent authorities / G/ADP/N/14/Add.27 and G/SCM/N/18/Add.27, 28/04/2009
Table AII.1 (cont'd)
Article 27.4 Part VIII: DCM / New and full notification / G/SCM/N/211/JAM, 29/07/2010; G/SCM/N/186/JAM and G/SCM/N/192/JAM, 03/07/2009; G/SCM/N/177/JAM, 03/07/2008; G/SCM/N/163/JAM, 04/09/2007; G/SCM/N/160/JAM, 03/07/2007; G/SCM/N/146/JAM, 10/07/2006; G/SCM/N/123/JAM and G/SCM/N/128/JAM, 06/07/2005
Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Article 7 Annex B / Emergency measures / G/SPS/N/JAM/13, 10/08/2010; G/SPS/N/JAM/12, 15/02/2010; G/SPS/N/JAM/9, 12/10/2007; G/SPS/N/JAM/10, 12/10/2007; G/SPS/N/JAM/11, 12/10/2007; G/SPS/N/JAM/8/Add.1, 18/08/2006; G/SPS/N/JAM/7/Add.1, 15/06/2006; G/SPS/N/JAM/8, 05/09/2005
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Article 63.2 / Laws and regulations / IP/N/1/JAM/3, 12/01/2007; IP/N/1/JAM/G/2, 10/02/2005
Source:WTO documents.
Table AII.2
Overview of Jamaica's trade under freetrade agreements, 2010
a) Overview of Jamaica's trade under the CARICOM freetrade agreement
CARICOMParties / Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of signature/entry into force / 04.07.1973/01.08.1973
Transition for full implementation / The Single market became operational in 2006 and the Single Economy is expected to be fully implemented by 2015.
Jamaica's merchandise trade / Imports from CARICOM: 19% of total; exports to CARICOM: 3% of total (2008)
Related WTO documents / Goods: L/4083, DISB 24S/L4470, and WT/REG92/R/B/1; services: S/C/N/229, WT/REG155/1, WT/REG155/2, WT/REG155/4, WT/REG155/5, WT/REG155/M/1, WT/REG155/M/2, WT/REG155/M/2/Corr.1, and WT/REG155/M/3
Relevant websites /
b) Overview of Jamaica's trade under the CARICOM bilateral freetrade agreements
CARICOM–Dominican RepublicParties / CARICOM, Dominican Republic
Date of signature/entry into force / 22.08.1998/01.12.2001
Jamaica's merchandise trade (2009) / Imports from the Dominican Republic: US$50.1 million; exports to the Dominican Republic: US$3.7 million
Related WTO documents / Not notified to the WTO
Relevant websites /
CARICOM–Costa Rica
Parties / CARICOM, Costa Rica
Date of signature/entry into force / 09.03.2004/not yet in force in Jamaica
Jamaica's merchandise trade (2009) / Imports from Costa Rica: US$46.3 million; exports to Costa Rica: US$0.54 million
Related WTO documents / Not notified to the WTO
Relevant websites /
CARICOM–Cuba
Parties / CARICOM, Cuba
Date of signature/entry into force / Jamaica is provisionally applying the agreement
Jamaica's merchandise trade (2009) / Imports from Cuba: US$4 million; exports to Cuba: US$3.8 million
Related WTO documents / Not notified to the WTO
Relevant websites /
CARICOM–Venezuela
Parties / CARICOM, Venezuela
Date of signature/entry into force / 15.12.1992/01.01.2000
Jamaica's merchandise trade (2009) / Imports from Venezuela: US$638.7 million; exports to Venezuela: US$0.65 million
Related WTO documents / Not notified to the WTO
Relevant websites /
Table AII.2 (cont'd)
CARICOM–Colombia
Parties / CARICOM, Colombia
Date of signature/entry into force / 24.07.1994/01.06.1995
Jamaica's merchandise trade (2009) / Imports from Colombia: US$52.7 million
Related WTO documents / Not notified to the WTO
Relevant websites /
c) Overview of Jamaica's trade under the CARIFORUM-EU freetrade agreement
CARIFORUM–EUParties / Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of signature/entry into force / 15.10.2008/01.11.2008
Transition for full implementation / The EU to offer immediate dutyfree and quotafree market access to all CARIFORUM goods with the exception of rice and sugar, which will be implemented in 2010 and 2015, respectively, and products listed in HS Chapter 93 (arms and ammunition). By 2033, 86.9% of imports from the EU will be fully liberalized. CARIFORUM countries to phase-in tariff reductions between 2011 and 2033. Certain sensitive products (mainly food items and processed food) imported from the EU into CARIFORUM countries will continue to attract tariffs (set out in Annex III to the EPA). The EU to open up 90% of its services sectors, and CARIFORUM to open up 65%
Jamaica's merchandise trade (2009) / Imports from EU: 8% of total ; exports to EU: 18% of total
Related WTO documents / Goods: WT/REG255/N/1/Rev.1; services: S/C/N/469/Rev.1
Relevant websites /
Source:WTO Secretariat; and information provided by the Jamaican authorities.
Table AII.3
Cooperation programmes, 2010
Development partners / OverviewWorld Bank / The Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 201013 focuses on three development pillars: (i) support economic stability through fiscal and debt sustainability in the form of budgetary support, analytical and advisory services, and Trust Fund grants; (ii) promote inclusive growth through strengthening human capital, crime and violence prevention, and the promotion of rural development; and (iii) promote sustained growth through strengthening nonlabour competitiveness in the areas of energy, investment climate, regional communications, transport and logistics, and climate change resilience and vulnerability reduction.
InterAmerican Development Bank / The IDB Country Strategy (200609) sets out priorities centred on privatesector development, increased efficiency of resources, and reduction of vulnerability to natural disasters.
The IDB is committed to assistance in, inter alia, transportation infrastructure rehabilitation (US$50million loan), and road maintenance (US$15 million loan).
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) / The CDB has committed to, inter alia, a US$100 million policybased loan for macroeconomic support, a loan of US$14.8 million for road improvements, a loan of US$30 million for rehabilitation of infrastructure, US$20million for upgrade and expansion of airports, US$7.8 million loan, and US$0.5million grant for agricultural support.
European Union / A country strategy paper and national indicative programme for 200813 is the framework for EU cooperation with Jamaicaa; a midterm review of the strategy is to be undertaken in 2010 and an endofterm review in 2012. The Jamaican authorities have advised that the midterm review has not yet taken place and it is expected towards the end of 2010 or early 2011. Additionally, Jamaica's country strategy paper and national indicative programme for 200813 have been modified as there has been a reallocation of funds towards poverty reduction.
The overarching objective of EU cooperation in 200813 is poverty reduction through support for the priorities in the MTF. The support is based on: (i) consolidating macroeconomic reform, including the fiscal policy and reduction of public debt; (ii) growth through competitiveness; and (iii) sustainability of growth, especially in agriculture and tourism.
The EU support focuses on macroeconomic reforms through budget support and technical assistance; governance; and a nonfocal programme to improve capacity to implement the EPA. Support is expected for, inter alia, debt reduction (US$56 million grant), general budget support for sugar (US$41.79 million grant and US$75.11 million grant), road infrastructure (US$17.15 million grant and US$2.5 million grants), EU Food Facility (US$8.26 million grant), Banana Support Programme (US$51.94 million grant), and climate change adaptation (US$5.6million grant).
USAID / USAID's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) 201014 is focused on selective priorities of the Government as contained in its national strategies. The CAS will be focused on increasing peace and security by reducing crime and corruption; promoting economic prosperity and sustainable development; investing in people; and HIV/AIDS prevention.
The promotion of economic prosperity will focus on streamlining government regulations, support for rural development and food security, SPS, diversification to higher value crops, and increased market knowledge and access to credit for producers.
The strategy contains key indicators of competitiveness and economic growth to measure progress in the implementation of the plan when the fiveyear period concludes. These include reduction time in business startup, stimulation of local agricultural production by 80% through the marketing information system and an increase in value and/or volume of agricultural exports by 200%, and the expansion of microfinance services to farmers and MSMEs by 15% each year.
USAID has committed to provide support for, inter alia, rehabilitation of farms and rural farm roads (US$5million grant), a developers' manual for facilitation of business (US$ 0.6 million grant), competitive markets investment and trade programme (COMMIT) (US$2.5million grant), and farmers access to regional markets (US$0.7million grant).
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) / CIDA's development assistance programme focuses on: improving governance; strengthening the private sector; and improving environmental management. In particular, CIDA has committed assistance for social infrastructure and institutional strengthening, includinga US$2.3 million grant for credit for MSMEs, and a US$3.3 million grant for agricultural productivity.
CIDA also supports the regional integration initiative in CARICOM through projects for economic management, SPS, regional integration and trade, and private sector development.
Table AII.3 (cont'd)
Japan / Japan provides grantbased assistance through the Grant Assistance to Grassroots Project (GGP), technical cooperation, and loans
aThe 200207 strategy focused on assisting the private sector to prepare for liberalization, support for economic infrastructure, macroeconomic support, institutional strengthening, and poverty reduction.
Source:World Bank (2010), Country Partnership Strategy for Jamaica for the period 2010–2013, Report No.52849-JM, 23 February. Viewed at:
11/000334955_20100211021520/Rendered/PDF/528490CAS0P1111use0only10R201010019.pdf; Inter-American Development Bank (2006), IDB Country Strategy with Jamaica (20062009), 3August. Viewed at: Planning Institute of Jamaica (2009), Medium Term SocioEconomic Policy Framework 20092012, Chapter 4. Viewed at: USAID (2009), Country Assistance Strategy (20102014): Jamaica, 21 May. Viewed at: CIDA online information, "Jamaica: CIDA-Funded Projects". Viewed at:
fWebCSAZEn?ReadForm&idx=01&CC=JM; and CIDA online information, "Jamaica: CIDA-Funded Projects". Viewed at:
Table AIII.1
Lines where the MFN applied duty is higher than the bound duty, 2010 tariff of Jamaicaa
HS code / Description / MFN duty(%) / Bound duty
(%)
2704001000 / Coke and semicoke of coal / 5 / 0
2807002000 / Sulphuric acid, other / 15 / 10
2811210000 / Carbon dioxide / 15 / 10
2814100000 / Anhydrous ammonia / 15 / 10
2818200000 / Aluminium oxide (alumina), other than artificial corundum / 15 / 10
2833220000 / Sulpahtes of aluminium / 15 / 10
2904101000 / Sulphonic acid (tridecylbenzene (TDBS) and linear alkylbenzene (LABSA)) / 15 / 10
2904102000 / Sulphonic acid (dodecylbenzene (DDBSA)) / 15 / 10
3919100000 / Selfadhesive plates, sheets etc., in rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm / 15 / 10
3919901000 / Selfadhesive plates, sheets etc., having the characteristics of articles ready for use / 15 / 10
3919909000 / Other selfadhesive plates, sheets, etc. / 15 / 10
4406100000 / Railway or tramway sleepers (crossties) of wood, not impregnated / 15 / 5
4406900000 / Other railway or tramway sleepers (crossties) of wood / 15 / 5
4417001000 / Handles for axes, brooms, files, hammers, hoes, picks, rakes, and shovels / 15 / 3.5
7312101000 / Stranded wire / 15 / 3.5
7312102000 / Cables / 15 / 3.5
8205510000 / Household tools / 20 / 3.5
8511100000 / Sparking plugs / 10 / 0
8511200000 / Ignition magnetos, magnetodynamos, magnetic flywheels / 10 / 0
8511300000 / Distributors, ignition coils / 10 / 0
8511400000 / Starter motors and dual purpose startergenerators / 10 / 0
8511500000 / Other generators / 10 / 0
8511800000 / Other equipment / 10 / 0
8511900000 / Electrical parts / 10 / 0
8518300000 / Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers / 20 / 0
8518900000 / Parts for microphones and stands thereof / 20 / 0
a The applied MFN tariff is in HS2007 classification, while the bound tariff is in HS2002 classification. Therefore, the comparison has been done only on the strictly comparable lines.
Source:WTO Secretariat estimates, based on data provided by the Jamaican authorities.
Table AIII.2
Import prohibitions, 2010