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APPENDIX TABLES
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Table AI.1
Merchandise exports by product, 1997-2004
(US$ million and per cent)
Description / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004(US$ million)
Total / 11,549 / 10,821 / 11,617 / 13,158 / 12,301 / 11,897 / 13,092 / 16,730
(% of total)
Total primary products / 68.9 / 67.9 / 70.3 / 67.5 / 60.5 / 61.3 / 61.1 / 59.5
Agriculture / 37.0 / 37.0 / 29.1 / 23.7 / 23.4 / 24.5 / 22.9 / 21.3
Food / 31.9 / 31.6 / 24.1 / 19.0 / 18.2 / 18.5 / 17.4 / 16.9
0711 Coffee, not roasted / 19.6 / 17.5 / 11.6 / 8.1 / 6.2 / 6.6 / 6.2 / 5.7
0573 Bananas / 4.4 / 4.4 / 4.8 / 3.7 / 3.3 / 3.7 / 3.2 / 2.6
0011 Bovine animals, live / 0.1 / 0.6 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.0
0622 Sugar confectionary / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.9
0612 Other beet or cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose / 1.0 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.8
4222 Palm oil and its fractions / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.6
0611 Sugars, beet or cane, raw / 1.1 / 1.7 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.2 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.5
0713 Extracts of coffee and preparations / 1.4 / 1.3 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.5
1222 Cigarettes / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4
Agricultural raw materials / 5.1 / 5.4 / 5.0 / 4.7 / 5.3 / 6.0 / 5.5 / 4.5
2927 Cut flowers and foliage / 4.7 / 5.2 / 4.8 / 4.4 / 5.0 / 5.7 / 5.2 / 4.2
Mining / 31.9 / 30.9 / 41.2 / 43.7 / 37.1 / 36.7 / 38.2 / 38.2
Ores and other minerals / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.7
2882 Non-ferrous base metal waste and scrap / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4
Non-ferrous metals / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5
6842 Aluminium and aluminium alloys / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Fuels / 31.4 / 30.3 / 40.5 / 43.1 / 36.3 / 35.9 / 37.2 / 36.9
3330 Petroleum oils, crude / 20.2 / 19.1 / 28.7 / 30.5 / 21.1 / 21.7 / 18.9 / 17.9
3212 Other coal / 7.6 / 8.5 / 7.3 / 6.6 / 9.4 / 8.2 / 10.6 / 10.5
3510 Electric current / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 0.6
Manufactures / 30.5 / 31.9 / 29.6 / 32.5 / 39.4 / 37.8 / 34.3 / 37.0
Iron and steel / 1.8 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.4 / 2.8 / 3.1 / 4.0 / 4.9
6715 Other ferro-alloys / 1.4 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.3 / 3.2 / 3.8
Chemicals / 9.3 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 10.2 / 11.1 / 11.2 / 9.3 / 9.2
5731 Polyvinyl chloride / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 1.1
5751 Polymers of propylene / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.8 / 1.0
5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. / 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.1 / 0.9
5912 Fungicides / 0.8 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.6
5822 Other strip, of plastics / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6
Other semi-manufactures / 5.7 / 5.8 / 5.9 / 6.2 / 7.5 / 7.8 / 7.1 / 6.6
6429Paper, paperboard, n.e.s. / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6
6612 Cement / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.5
6114 Other bovine leather and equine leather / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.5
Machinery and transport equipment / 3.8 / 3.9 / 2.6 / 4.3 / 6.7 / 5.6 / 3.3 / 5.4
Power-generating machinery / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1
Other non-electrical machinery / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 1.0
Agricultural machinery and tractors / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Office machines and telecommunications equipment / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3
Other electrical machinery / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.0 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.4 / 1.0 / 1.2
Automotive products / 1.7 / 1.5 / 0.6 / 1.7 / 3.5 / 2.8 / 0.9 / 2.5
7812Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 1.0 / 1.9 / 1.4 / 0.3 / 1.5
7821 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 0.3 / 0.6
Other transport equipment / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3
Textiles / 2.5 / 2.5 / 2.0 / 2.0 / 2.1 / 1.7 / 1.7 / 1.9
Clothing / 3.9 / 4.0 / 3.7 / 4.0 / 4.6 / 4.4 / 4.9 / 5.2
Other consumer goods / 3.5 / 4.0 / 3.3 / 3.5 / 4.4 / 4.0 / 4.1 / 3.8
Other / 0.7 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 1.0 / 4.5 / 3.4
Gold / 0.7 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.9 / 4.5 / 3.4
9710 Gold, non-monetary / 0.7 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.9 / 4.5 / 3.4
Source:United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database (Standard International Trade Classification, SITCRev.3).
Table AI.2
Merchandise imports by product, 1997-2004
(US$ million and per cent)
Description / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004(US$ million)
Total / 15,379 / 14,677 / 10,659 / 11,757 / 12,820 / 13,190 / 13,881 / 17,100
(% of total)
Total primary products / 18.6 / 18.2 / 19.6 / 19.2 / 17.6 / 17.4 / 17.5 / 16.6
Agriculture / 13.3 / 13.7 / 15.1 / 14.7 / 14.0 / 13.9 / 13.7 / 12.6
Food / 11.1 / 11.8 / 12.9 / 11.9 / 11.7 / 11.7 / 11.2 / 10.6
0449 Other maize / 1.8 / 1.8 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.5 / 1.9 / 1.9 / 1.9
0412 Other wheat / 0.1 / 0.3 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.4 / 1.4
0813 Oilcake and other solid residues / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.9
2222 Soya beans / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.8
Agricultural raw materials / 2.1 / 2.0 / 2.3 / 2.8 / 2.2 / 2.2 / 2.4 / 2.0
Mining / 5.4 / 4.4 / 4.4 / 4.4 / 3.6 / 3.5 / 3.8 / 4.0
Ores and other minerals / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4
Non-ferrous metals / 1.8 / 1.7 / 1.5 / 1.8 / 1.7 / 1.6 / 1.6 / 2.0
6842 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, worked / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5
6841 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, unwrought / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5
6824 Copper wire / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4
Fuels / 2.9 / 2.1 / 2.5 / 2.1 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.8 / 1.6
3330 Petroleum oils, crude / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3
Manufactures / 79.0 / 79.4 / 78.9 / 80.4 / 81.1 / 82.0 / 81.1 / 82.3
Iron and steel / 4.0 / 4.1 / 2.6 / 3.8 / 3.4 / 3.2 / 3.7 / 4.9
Chemicals / 17.8 / 18.6 / 22.1 / 23.2 / 21.7 / 25.3 / 22.0 / 21.6
5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. / 1.0 / 1.5 / 1.8 / 1.7 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.7 / 1.4
5111 Acyclic hydrocarbons / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 1.4
5113 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.2 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.2
5711 Polyethylene / 0.9 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 0.9
Other semi-manufactures / 7.5 / 7.0 / 7.6 / 7.6 / 7.0 / 6.8 / 6.4 / 6.4
6417 Paper, paperboard / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4
6252 Tyres, pneumatic, new, of a kind used on buses or lorries / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4
6251 Tyres, pneumatic, new, of a kind used on motor cars / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4
Machinery and transport equipment / 39.1 / 38.6 / 34.5 / 32.9 / 37.0 / 35.4 / 37.9 / 38.9
Power-generating machinery / 3.0 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.4
Other non-electrical machinery / 9.6 / 9.1 / 9.4 / 8.4 / 9.7 / 7.5 / 9.4 / 11.2
7283 Machinery (other than machine tools) for processing minerals / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 2.5
7284 Machinery, n.e.s. / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6
Agricultural machinery and tractors / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3
Office machines and telecommunications equipment / 10.4 / 12.0 / 9.6 / 9.0 / 9.4 / 9.6 / 10.9 / 10.2
7643 Radio transmission apparatus / 2.8 / 4.0 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3.6 / 3.8
7611 Television receivers / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0
7523 Digital processing units / 0.5 / 0.6 / 1.4 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.3 / 1.7 / 0.9
Other electrical machinery / 4.0 / 4.6 / 3.6 / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.7 / 2.6 / 2.8
Automotive products / 7.9 / 6.9 / 4.1 / 5.5 / 5.7 / 6.8 / 7.2 / 8.1
Table AI.2 (cont'd)
7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. / 4.5 / 3.9 / 1.8 / 2.6 / 2.6 / 3.8 / 3.8 / 4.0
7821 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods / 1.4 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.1 / 1.5
7843 Other parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of groups 722, 781, 782 and 783 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.1
Other transport equipment / 4.1 / 4.1 / 6.0 / 5.0 / 8.2 / 7.7 / 6.4 / 5.3
7924 Aeroplanes and other aircraft / 1.2 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 0.4 / 2.8 / 3.1 / 3.5 / 2.4
7929 Parts, n.e.s. (not including tyres, engines and electrical parts) / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.7
Textiles / 2.9 / 3.2 / 3.9 / 4.7 / 4.3 / 4.0 / 3.9 / 4.0
Clothing / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.5
Other consumer goods / 7.0 / 7.4 / 7.6 / 7.5 / 7.2 / 6.9 / 6.5 / 6.0
Other / 2.4 / 2.4 / 1.5 / 0.5 / 1.3 / 0.6 / 1.3 / 1.1
Gold / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Source:United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database (Standard International Trade Classification, SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.3
Merchandise imports by trading partner, 1997-2004
(US$ million and per cent)
1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004(US$ million)
World / 15,379 / 14,677 / 10,659 / 11,757 / 12,820 / 13,190 / 13,881 / 17,100
(% of total)
America / 64.0 / 60.1 / 66.2 / 62.9 / 62.9 / 59.1 / 59.3 / 59.7
USA / 35.3 / 32.2 / 37.3 / 33.2 / 34.7 / 30.7 / 29.6 / 28.1
Other America / 28.7 / 27.9 / 28.9 / 29.7 / 28.2 / 28.4 / 29.7 / 31.6
Canada / 3.0 / 3.5 / 2.4 / 2.5 / 2.7 / 2.1 / 2.3 / 2.2
Brazil / 3.3 / 3.2 / 4.0 / 4.3 / 4.5 / 4.9 / 5.5 / 7.9
Venezuela / 10.4 / 8.9 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 6.2 / 6.0 / 5.2 / 6.2
Mexico / 3.9 / 4.3 / 4.4 / 4.7 / 4.6 / 5.1 / 5.4 / 5.5
Ecuador / 2.5 / 2.1 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 2.5 / 2.8 / 3.0 / 2.2
Chile / 1.6 / 1.5 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 2.0
Argentina / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 1.9
Europe / 20.5 / 22.4 / 20.1 / 18.0 / 19.2 / 19.3 / 17.4 / 15.0
EC(25) / 18.8 / 20.5 / 18.6 / 16.6 / 17.5 / 17.9 / 15.9 / 13.9
Germany / 4.9 / 5.3 / 4.7 / 4.2 / 4.4 / 3.9 / 4.4 / 4.0
Italy / 2.5 / 2.7 / 2.3 / 2.1 / 3.1 / 2.1 / 2.1 / 1.8
France and Monaco / 3.2 / 3.2 / 3.8 / 3.2 / 2.7 / 1.8 / 2.8 / 1.7
Spain / 2.3 / 3.1 / 2.2 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.6
United Kingdom / 1.8 / 2.3 / 1.7 / 1.6 / 1.4 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.2
EFTA / 1.6 / 1.5 / 1.4 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.0
Switzerland and Liechtenstein / 1.5 / 1.3 / 1.3 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 0.9
Other Europe / 0.1 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1
Turkey / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
CISa / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.8
Russian Federation / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.3 / 0.5
Ukraine / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3
Africa / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.2
Middle East / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.4
Israel / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4
Asia / 12.4 / 13.1 / 11.9 / 13.6 / 14.3 / 15.2 / 16.5 / 18.6
China / 1.2 / 1.5 / 2.1 / 3.0 / 3.7 / 4.0 / 5.0 / 7.3
Japan / 6.2 / 6.7 / 4.9 / 4.6 / 4.4 / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.1
Six East Asian Traders / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.7 / 4.6 / 4.7 / 4.8 / 5.0 / 5.3
Korea, Republic of / 1.9 / 2.0 / 1.7 / 2.1 / 2.1 / 2.4 / 2.4 / 3.0
Chinese Taipei / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.0
Thailand / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5
Malaysia / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5
Singapore / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3
Hong Kong, China SAR / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.1
Other Asia / 1.3 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.0
India / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 1.1
Indonesia / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.3
Other / 1.6 / 2.4 / 0.6 / 3.7 / 2.2 / 4.5 / 4.9 / 5.3
Memorandum:
EC(15) / 18.5 / 20.2 / 18.2 / 16.3 / 17.2 / 17.6 / 15.5 / 13.3
Andean Community / 14.5 / 12.9 / 13.5 / 13.7 / 10.9 / 11.0 / 11.0 / 10.8
aThe Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) comprises Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Source:United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database (Standard International Trade Classification, SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.4
Merchandise exports by trading partner, 1997-2004
(US$ million and per cent)
1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004(US$ million)
World / 11,549 / 10,821 / 11,617 / 13,158 / 12,301 / 11,897 / 13,092 / 16,730
(% of total)
America / 68.6 / 69.7 / 76.4 / 80.9 / 80.2 / 78.7 / 77.2 / 77.0
USA / 37.9 / 38.3 / 50.1 / 50.4 / 43.4 / 44.8 / 47.1 / 42.1
Other America / 30.7 / 31.4 / 26.3 / 30.5 / 36.7 / 34.0 / 30.1 / 34.9
Canada / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.3 / 0.9
Venezuela / 8.6 / 10.6 / 7.9 / 9.9 / 14.1 / 9.4 / 5.3 / 9.7
Ecuador / 4.7 / 5.3 / 2.8 / 3.5 / 5.7 / 6.8 / 5.9 / 6.0
Peru / 4.7 / 3.4 / 3.1 / 2.8 / 2.3 / 2.9 / 3.0 / 3.3
Mexico / 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 2.1 / 2.6 / 2.7 / 3.1
Dominican Republic / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.4 / 2.6 / 2.6
Chile / 1.7 / 1.5 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 1.5
Costa Rica / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.4
Europe / 24.1 / 23.8 / 17.6 / 14.1 / 14.8 / 15.5 / 16.1 / 15.5
EC(25) / 23.2 / 23.3 / 17.2 / 13.9 / 14.2 / 13.8 / 14.5 / 14.1
Netherlands / 2.9 / 2.6 / 1.4 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.1 / 2.3 / 2.3
Italy / 1.7 / 2.0 / 1.7 / 1.6 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.2 / 2.2
Belgium / 0.0 / 0.0 / 2.4 / 1.7 / 1.7 / 2.0 / 1.7 / 1.7
United Kingdom / 1.9 / 2.2 / 1.9 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.7
Germany / 6.3 / 6.3 / 4.2 / 3.3 / 3.4 / 2.8 / 2.0 / 1.6
EFTA / 0.8 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 1.5 / 1.1 / 1.0
Other Europe / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 0.4
Turkey / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.4 / 0.4
CISa / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4
Russian Federation / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Africa / 0.3 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.6 / 0.5
South Africa / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.2
Morocco / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Middle East / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.6 / 0.3 / 0.7 / 1.0 / 0.8 / 0.8
Israel / 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.5 / 0.2 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6
Asia / 4.5 / 3.5 / 3.3 / 3.0 / 2.6 / 3.2 / 3.7 / 4.1
China / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.6 / 0.8
Japan / 3.1 / 2.5 / 2.1 / 1.8 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.5 / 1.6
Six East Asian Traders / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 1.3 / 1.4
Korea, Republic of / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.6
Chinese Taipei / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5
Singapore / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2
Hong Kong, China SAR / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Thailand / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Other Asia / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Australia / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Sri Lanka / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Other / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.4 / 0.9 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.4 / 1.8
Memorandum:
EC(15) / 22.7 / 22.9 / 16.9 / 13.7 / 14.0 / 13.7 / 14.4 / 13.8
Andean Community / 18.4 / 19.7 / 14.2 / 16.6 / 22.4 / 19.5 / 14.6 / 19.4
aThe Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) comprises Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Source:United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database (Standard International Trade Classification, SITC Rev.3).
Table AII.1
Selected notifications to the WTO, January 2006
WTO Agreement / Description of requirement / Frequency / DocumentGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
Article XVIII:C / Governmental assistance to economic development / Ad hoc / WT/COMTD/N/8 (30 April 1998)
ArticleXXIV:7(a) / Customs unions and free-trade areas / Ad hoc / Not yet submitted
Paragraph 4(a) of the Decision of 28November1979 (L/4903) / Enabling clause / Ad hoc / Not yet submitted
Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions
WTO document G/L/59 / Quantitative restrictions / Reports every two years and notification of changes / Not yet submitted
Agreement on Agriculture
Article 18.2 / Tariff quota administration / Comprehensive one-off notification; subsequently notification of changes / G/AG/N/COL/1 (25 September 1995)
Article 18.2 / Imports subject to tariff quotas / On an annual basis / G/AG/N/COL/29 (13 May 2005)a
Article 5.7 / Special safeguard / On an annual basis / G/AG/N/COL/27 (4 May 2005)a
Article18.2 and 18.3 / Domestic support / On an annual basis / G/AG/N/COL/30 (20 May 2005)a
G/AG/N/COL/23 (28 November 2000)a
Article 18.2 / Export subsidies / On an annual basis / G/AG/N/COL/28 and Add.1 (12December 2005)a b
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Annex B. paragraph 3 / Enquiry point / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/SPS/ENQ/19 (25 January 2006)
Annex B. paragraph 10 / National notification authority / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/SPS/NNA/9 (25 January 2006)
Annex B. paragraphs 5
and 6 / Proposed or emergency measures / Before or, in the case of urgent problems, immediately after the measure is taken / G/SPS/N/COL/1-105 (27 January 2006)b
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Articles 2, 3, 5 and 7 / Proposed and adopted technical regulations / Before or, in the case of urgent problems, immediately after the measure is taken / G/TBT/N/COL/1-75 (12 January 2006)b
Article10.1 and 10.3 / Enquiry point / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/TBT/ENQ/26 (7 March 2005)
Article 15.2 / Implementation and administration measures / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.1 (5 July 2005)
Article 10.7 / Agreements relating to technical regulations, standards or conformity assessment procedures / Ad hoc / G/TBT/10.7/N/32 and 33 (4September2001)
Paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards / Standardizing bodies that have accepted the Code / Once only and when withdrawing from the Code / G/TBT/CS/N/19 (28 November 1995)
Paragraph J of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards / Work programme of bodies that have accepted the Code / On a semi-annual basis / Not yet submitted
Table AII.1 (cont'd)
Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS)
Article 5.1 / TRIMS that are not in conformity with the provisions of the Agreement / Once only / G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1-3 (10 June 2004)b
Article 6.2 / Publications in which TRIMS may be found / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.9 (28 September 2001)
Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement)
Article 16.4 / Anti-dumping actions / On a semi-annual basis / G/ADP/N/139/COL (25 January 2006)a
Article 16.5 / Investigating authority / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/ADP/N/14/Add.3 (20 January 1997)
Article 18.5 / Laws and regulations / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/ADP/N/1/COL/1 (3 April 1995)
Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 (Agreement on Customs Valuation)
Article 22.2 and Decision of the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation (12May 1995) / Legislation / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/VAL/N/1/COL/1 (23 January 2001)
Decision of the WTO Committee on Customs Valuation (12 May 1995) / Responses to the checklist of issues / Once only / G/VAL/N/2/COL/1 (24 January 2001)
Article 20.1 / Special provisions available to developing country Members (delayed application of the Agreement) / Once only / WT/Let/1/Rev.2 (22 May 1995)
Article 20.2 / Special provisions available to developing country Members (delayed application of specified provisions) / Once only / WT/Let/1/Rev.2 (22 May 1995)
Annex III. paragraph 2 / Special provisions available to developing country Members (use of minimum values) / Once only / G/VAL/N/4/COL/1-4 (21 May 2003)b
Annex III. paragraph 3 / Special provisions available to developing country Members (reversal of the order of Articles 5 and 6) / Once only / WT/Let/1/Rev.2 (22 May 1995)
Annex III. paragraph 4 / Special provisions available to developing country Members (reservation with respect to paragraph 2 of Article5) / Once only / WT/Let/1/Rev.2 (22 May 1995)
Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
Article 5 / Laws and regulations / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/PSI/N/1/Add.2 (26 July 1995)
Agreement on Rules of Origin
Article 5.1 / Non-preferential rules of origin / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / Not yet submitted
Annex II. paragraph 4 / Preferential rules of origin / Ad hoc / G/RO/N/12 (1 October 1996)
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
Article 2.2 (footnote 5) / Delayed application of certain provisions relating to automatic import licensing procedures / Ad hoc / WT/Let/1/Rev.2 (22 May 1995)
Article 1.4(a) and Article8.2(b) / Laws and regulations; rules and information concerning procedures for the submission of applications / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/LIC/N/1/COL/1 and Add.1 (14February 2001)b
Article 7.3 / Questionnaire / On an annual basis / G/LIC/N/3/COL/3 (20 October 2005)a
Table AII.1 (cont'd)
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Article 25.2 / Subsidies / Every three years (updating notifications in the two intervening years) / G/SCM/N/123/COL and G/SCM/N/128/COL (5 July 2005)
Article 25.11 / Actions taken with respect to countervailing duties / Every two years / G/SCM/N/113/Add.1/Rev.2 (19October2005)
Article 25.12 / Investigating authority and domestic procedures governing investigations / Once only / G/SCM/N/18/Add.3 (20 January 1997)
Article 32.6 / Laws and regulations / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/SCM/N/1/COL/1 (3 April 1995)
Agreement on Safeguards
Article 12.1(a) / Investigation / Once only, upon initiating an investigatory process relating to serious injury or threat thereof / G/SG/N/6/COL/1-3 (10 May 2005)b
Decision of the Committee on Safeguards of 6November 1995 / Investigation / Once only, where a safeguard investigation is terminated with no safeguard measure imposed / G/SG/N/9/COL/1-3 (10 May 2005)b
Article 12.6 / Laws and regulations / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / G/SG/N/1/COL/1-2 (25 May 1998)b
Article 12.7 / Measures in force on 1January1995 / Once only / G/SG/N/2/COL (28 March 1995)
General Agreement on Trade in Services
Article III:4 / Enquiry points / Once only / S/ENQ/15 (14 August 1996)
Article V:7(a) / Economic integration agreements / Once only / Not yet submitted
Article VII:4 / Recognition arrangements / Ad hoc / S/C/N/21 (9 September 1996)
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Article 2.6 and Article2.7(b) / Integration of products into the GATT 1994 / Once only / G/TMB/N/55 (28 April 1995)
Article 2.8(c) and Article2.11 / Integration of products into the GATT 1994 / Once only / G/TMB/N/483 (6 August 2004)
Article 6.1 / Transitional safeguard / Once only / G/TMB/N/10 (1 March 1995)
Article 6.9 / Transitional safeguard / Ad hoc / G/TMB/N/143 (21 February 1996)
G/TMB/N/176 (13 June 1996)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Article 63.2 / Laws and regulations / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / IP/N/1/COL/1 (14 August 2000)
IP/N/1/COL/C/1-4 (19 July 2000)b
IP/N/1/COL/I/1-3 (30 October2000)b
IP/N/1/COL/P/1-4 (19 July 2000)b
Article 69 / Contact points / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / IP/N/3 (14 February 1996)
Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 21November1995 (IP/C/5) / Checklist of issues on enforcement / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / IP/N/6/COL/1 and Add.1 (24November2000)
Article4(d) / International agreements relating to the protection of intellectual property / Ad hoc / IP/N/4/COL/1 (19 August 1997)
Table AII.1 (cont'd)
International Bovine Meat Agreement
Article III.3 / Information on domestic policies and trade measures in the bovine sector / Once only, subsequently notification of changes / IMA/INV/4/Rev.1 (10 June 1996)
aRegular notifications - refers only to the most recent notification.
bRefers only to the date of the most recent document.
Source:WTO Secretariat
Table AII.2
Status of WTO dispute settlement proceedings involving Colombia, 1995-2005
Subject of dispute / Against/raised by / Statusª / ReferencesSafeguard measure against imports of broom corn brooms / United States/Colombia / Request for consultations (April 1997); no panel established nor settlement notified / WT/DS78/1
Tax on goods and services from Colombia and Honduras / Nicaragua/Colombia / Establishment of panel (May 2000) / WT/DS188/1-2
Safeguard measures on sugar / Chile/Colombia / Request for consultations (March 2001); This request was replaced by that in dispute WT/DS230 / WT/DS228/1-6
Safeguard measures and modification of schedules regarding sugar / Chile/Colombia / Request for consultations (April 2001); no panel established nor settlement notified / WT/DS230/1-6
Safeguard measure on imports ofplain polyester filaments / Colombia/Thailand / Withdrawal of the panel request (October1999) / WT/DS181/1
Regime for the importation, sale and distribution of bananas / European Union/Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and United Statesb / Request for consultations by Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua (Article 21.5) (November-December 2005) / WT/DS27/1-64
WT/DS27/R/ECU
WT/DS27/AB/R
WT/DS27/RW/ECU
WT/DS27/ARB/ECU
Import prohibition of certain shrimp and shrimp products / United States/India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailandb / Circulation of Appellate Body report (Article 21.5) (October 2001) / WT/DS58/1-23
WT/DS58/AB/RW
WT/DS58/RW
WT/DS58/AB/R
WT/DS58/R
Patent protection of pharmaceutical products / Canada/European Unionb / Circulation of arbitration report provided for in Article 21.3(c) (August 2000) / WT/DS114/1-13
WT/DS114/R
Sections 301-310 of the Trade Act of 1974 / United States/European Unionb / Circulation of panel report (December1999) / WT/DS152/1-14
WT/DS152/R
Measures relating to the protection of trademarks and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs / European Union/United States, Australiab / Agreement provided for in Article21.3(b) of the DSU between the European Union, Australia and the United States (June 2005) / WT/DS174/1-25
WT/DS290/1-23
WT/DS174/R
WT/DS290/R
Price band system and safeguard measures relating to certain agricultural products / Chile/Argentinab / Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Argentina: request for consultations (May 2004) and request for the establishment of a panel (December2005) / WT/DS207/1-18
WT/DS207/AB/R
WT/DS207/R
Trade description of sardines / European Union/Perub / Notification of mutually agreed solution (July 2003) / WT/DS231/1-18
WT/DS231/AB/R
WT/DS231/R
Import procedures for fresh fruit / Turkey/Ecuadorb / Notification of mutually agreed solution (November 2002) / WT/DS237/1-4
Conditions for the granting of tariff preferences to developing countries / European Union/Indiab / Circulation of arbitration report provided for in Article 21.3(c) / WT/DS246/1-16
WT/DS246/AB/R
WT/DS246/R
Export subsidies on sugar / European Union/Australiab / Circulation of arbitration report provided for in Article 21.3(c) / WT/DS265/1-34
WT/DS266/1-34
WT/DS283/1-15
WT/DS265/AB/R
WT/DS266/AB/R
WT/DS283/AB/R
WT/DS265/R
Measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products / European Union/United States, Canada and Argentinab / Establishment of panel (August 2003) / WT/DS291/1-30
WT/DS292/1-24
WT/DS293/1-24
aUpdated to 31 January 2006.
bColombia reserved the right to participate as a third party.
Source:WTO Secretariat
Table AII.3
Main proposals and submissions by Colombia within the framework of the Doha Work Programme, August 2006a
Negotiating area / Selected issues / WTO document symbol (date)Non-agricultural market access / Options for developing countries; remarks concerning negotiating modalities; state trading enterprises; treatment of non-reciprocal preferences; export competition / TN/MA/W/36, 45, 50, 76 (21/06/2006)b
G/AG/NG/W/9, 11, 43, 54, 64, 93, 104, 161, 162 (06/04/2001)b
Agriculture / The cotton situation in Colombia and comments on the proposed modalities for cotton under the mandate of the Hong Kong Ministerial Decision; proposals on modalities and implementation for the fullest liberalization of tropical and alternative products / TN/AG/SCC/GEN/5 (03/05/2006)
TN/AG/GEN/19 (08/06/2006)
Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights / Multilateral system for notification and registration of geographical indications for wines and spirits; the outstanding implementation issue on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity / TN/IP/W/5 (23/10/2002)
WT/GC/W/564/Rev.2, TN/C/W/41/Rev.2, IP/C/W/474 (05/07/2006)
Trade and environment / Relationship between existing WTO rules and specific trade obligations set out in multilateral environmental agreements / TN/TE/W/43 (25/08/2004)
Trade facilitation / Links between the elements of Annex D of the Doha Work Programme; relationship between the rules and the needs and priorities of Members; technical assistance and capacity-building in the light of Members' needs and priorities and the rules; special and differential treatment / TN/TF/W/41 (2/06/2005)
Rules: Anti-dumping / Determination of injury; de minimis dumping margins; negligible imports; definition of domestic industry; issues relating to the initiation and completion of investigations; comparison at the "same level of trade"; model matching; issues relating to affiliated parties; facts available; the lesser duty rule; price undertakings; prohibition on zeroing; determination of normal value; reviews; fair comparison; lesser duty; sunset; concerns of developing countries / TN/RL/GEN/1-2, 8-10, 18-20, 23-24, 27-28, 30-31, 38 (23/03/2005)b
TN/RL/W/6, 10, 18, 28-29, 31, 46, 48, 63, 76, 93, 113, 118-119, 146, 150, 158, 171 (15/02/2005)b
Rules: Fisheries subsidies / Progress made; next steps; need for textual proposals / TN/RL/W/196 (22/11/2005)
Services / Initial offer / TN/S/O/COL (18/09/2003)
Negotiating procedures; identifying and negotiating classification criteria; categories of natural persons for commitments under mode4; mode 4 liberalization; implementation of Article IV of the GATS; implementation of the objectives of Articles IV and XIX:2 of the GATS (Negotiation of Specific Commitments); credit for autonomous trade liberalization measures adopted by developing countries / S/CSS/W/13, 89, 130 (30/11/2001)
TN/S/W/7, 14, 16, 19, 31 (18/02/2005)
Telecommunications services; distribution services; environmental services; tourism and travel-related services; maritime transport services; air transport services; financial services; provision of services through movement of natural persons; professional services / S/CSS/W/96-98, 119-124 (27/11/2001)
TN/S/W/23 (29/09/2004)
Various / Elements needed to bring the negotiation to a fruitful conclusion; development issues; agriculture; non-agricultural market access; services; rules; Singapore issues; Dispute Settlement Understanding; TRIPS and public health / TN/C/W/13 (06/06/2003)
aExclusive of proposals in restricted documents.
bRefers only to the date of the most recent document.
Source:WTO Secretariat
Table AII.4
Complaints filed against Colombia with the Court of Justice of the Andean Community
Subject of complaint / Complainant / Court ruling (date of judgment) / Observations / ReferenceIntroduction of corrective measures and restrictions on imports of oleaginous products from the Andean Community / SGCA / Finding of infringement (07/02/2006) / None / 117-AI-04
Restrictions applied to the regional rice trade / SGCA / Finding of infringement (14/04/2005) / Colombia submitted its defence against the charge formulated by the Court of Justice (March2006) / 118-AI-03
Measures on the protection of undisclosed information relating to test data for the sanitary registration of pharmaceutical products / Merck Colombia, Frosst Laboratories Inc, Schering Colombiana, Boehringer Ingelheim, Glaxo Smithkline, Parke Davis / Withdrawal of complainants / None / 22-AI-02
Approval and ratification of the Patent Cooperation Treaty by the Government of Colombia / César Moyano Bonilla / Complaint declared inadmissible / None / 75-AI-01
Application of the most-favoured-nation clause to imports from Peru by means of the preferences granted in the trade agreements concluded with Mexico (G-3) and Chile / SGCA / Finding of infringement (22/11/2001) / Infringement ceased / 32-AI-01
Application of the Andean price band system to imports from Peru / SGCA / Finding of infringement (14/07/2003) / Infringement ceased / 25-AI-01
List of exceptions to the common external tariff / SGCA / Finding of infringement (24/10/2001) / Infringement ceased / 26-AI-01
Unilateral restraint in the application of additional variable duties to the Andean price band system for a group of products / SGCA / Finding of infringement (08/08/2001) / Infringement ceased / 74-AI-00
Collection of implicit value-added tax on imports from the Andean Community / SGCA / Finding of infringement (24/04/2002) / Infringement ceased / 53-AI-00
Imports of used vehicles / SGCA / Complaint rejected (14/03/2001) / None / 26-AI-00
Conditions for the free transit of authorized vehicles and cargo units equipped and registered for the international transport of goods by road / SGCA / Finding of infringement (24/11/2000) / Infringement continues / 16-AI-00
Difference between the national tariff and the common external tariff, for subheadings 7213910010 and 7213910020 / SGCA / Withdrawal of complainant (13/10/1999) / None / 27-AI-99
Measures preventing or hindering imports of spirits and liquors from the Andean Community / SGCA / Finding of infringement (08/12/1998) / Infringement continues / 3-AI-97
Automatic remedial duties on imports of sugar originating in Venezuela / Venezuela / Complaint dismissed (16/10/1997) / None / 4-AI-96
Note:SGCA: General Secretariat of the Andean Community