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APPENDIX TABLES
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Table AI.1
Merchandise exports by product, 2001-2005
(US$ million and per cent)
Description / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 /(US$ million)
Total / 4,716 / 4,950 / 5,800 / 5,953 / 7,151
(% of total)
Total primary products / 37.5 / 36.5 / 34.4 / 37.2 / 34.3
Agriculture / 35.8 / 34.7 / 33.2 / 36.0 / 32.7
Food / 32.5 / 31.3 / 30.1 / 32.7 / 29.7
0573 Bananas (including plantains), fresh or dried / 10.8 / 9.7 / 9.7 / 9.3 / 6.9
0579 Fruit, fresh or dried, n.e.s. / 4.5 / 4.6 / 4.8 / 5.7 / 5.9
0711 Coffee, not roasted, whether or not decaffeinated / 3.5 / 3.4 / 3.3 / 3.3 / 3.7
0989 Food preparations, n.e.s. / 1.5 / 2.3 / 2.3 / 2.4 / 2.1
0548 Vegetable products, roots and tubers, chiefly for human food, n.e.s., fresh or dried / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 1.0 / 1.0
4222 Palm oil and its fractions / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 1.5 / 0.9
Agricultural raw materials / 3.4 / 3.4 / 3.1 / 3.3 / 3.0
2927 Cut flowers and foliage / 1.8 / 1.8 / 1.5 / 1.5 / 1.5
2926 Bulbs, tubers and rhizomes of flowering or of foliage plants; cuttings, slips, live trees and other plants / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.0
Mining / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.7
Ores and other minerals / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.4
2882 Non-ferrous base metal waste and scrap, n.e.s. / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2
Non-ferrous metals / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.8 / 0.7
6842 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, worked / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.7
Fuels / 0.8 / 1.0 / 0.5 / 0.1 / 0.5
Manufactures / 62.4 / 63.3 / 65.4 / 62.7 / 65.3
Iron and steel / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 1.0 / 1.0
6741 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, plated or coated with zinc / 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.5
Chemicals / 7.0 / 7.2 / 7.2 / 7.5 / 7.7
5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. / 3.1 / 3.2 / 3.2 / 3.4 / 3.0
5121 Acyclic monohydric alcohols / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.5
Other semi-manufactures / 6.1 / 5.9 / 5.9 / 7.5 / 7.8
6251 Tyres, pneumatic, new, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) / 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 1.1 / 1.1
6429 Articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding, n.e.s. / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.1
Machinery and transport equipment / 28.2 / 28.5 / 33.8 / 29.5 / 30.1
Power-generating machinery / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.3
7169 Parts, n.e.s., suitable for use solely or principally with the machines falling within group 716 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.3
Other non-electrical machinery / 1.7 / 1.2 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.0
Agricultural machinery and tractors / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Office machines and telecommunications equipment / 18.4 / 19.9 / 25.8 / 22.2 / 23.5
7764 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies / 1.0 / 0.9 / 1.4 / 3.4 / 11.2
7599 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of subgroups 751.1, 751.2, 751.9 and group 752 / 16.7 / 18.1 / 23.7 / 15.1 / 9.5
7642 Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones, earphones and combined microphone/speaker sets / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.6 / 1.6
Other electrical machinery / 7.2 / 6.6 / 6.5 / 5.8 / 4.8
7731 Insulated (including enamelled or anodized) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors / 0.8 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.1
Table AI.1 (cont'd)
7725 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.1
Automotive products / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
Other transport equipment / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3
Textiles / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories / 8.0 / 8.0 / 5.2 / 4.3 / 6.6
8414 Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of textile fabrics, not knitted or crocheted / 1.2 / 0.5 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 1.7
8448 Slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, negligées, bathrobes, dressing-gowns and similar articles / 2.1 / 2.2 / 1.7 / 1.6 / 1.4
8416 Singlets and other vests, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing-gowns and similar articles / 1.0 / 1.1 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.3
Other consumer goods / 11.5 / 12.3 / 12.0 / 12.3 / 11.4
8722 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences (including sight-testing instruments but excluding electro-diagnostic and radiological instruments and apparatus) / 5.8 / 7.1 / 8.0 / 8.0 / 7.0
8931 Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics / 0.9 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.1
Other / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.3
Gold / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.3
9710 Gold, non-monetary / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.3
Source: United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database (Standard International Trade Classification, SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.2
Merchandise imports by product, 2001-2005
(US$ million and per cent)
Description / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 /(US$ million)
Total / 6,272 / 6,894 / 7,388 / 8,003 / 9,173
(% of total)
Total primary products / 17.2 / 16.7 / 17.6 / 20.5 / 19.6
Agriculture / 8.3 / 8.7 / 8.6 / 9.6 / 7.5
Food / 7.5 / 8.0 / 7.7 / 8.6 / 6.4
0989 Food preparations, n.e.s. / 0.5 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.6
0449 Other maize, unmilled / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 1.1 / 0.5
2222 Soya beans / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 0.4
0421 Rice in the husk (paddy or rough rice) / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.4
Agricultural raw materials / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 1.0 / 1.1
Mining / 8.8 / 7.9 / 9.0 / 10.9 / 12.1
Ores and other minerals / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.2
Non-ferrous metals / 1.1 / 1.0 / 1.0 / 1.3 / 1.1
6824 Copper wire / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.4
6841 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, unwrought / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3
Fuels / 7.4 / 6.7 / 7.7 / 9.3 / 10.8
3330 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude / 0.7 / 1.2 / 1.5 / 1.9 / 2.2
3431 Natural gas, liquefied / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.4
Manufactures / 82.5 / 82.9 / 82.1 / 79.2 / 80.1
Iron and steel / 2.5 / 2.6 / 2.9 / 3.5 / 2.8
6727 Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.3
Chemicals / 14.8 / 14.3 / 14.9 / 15.5 / 15.0
5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. / 3.2 / 3.1 / 3.2 / 3.2 / 3.0
5711 Polyethylene / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.8
Other semi-manufactures / 9.7 / 9.4 / 9.2 / 9.7 / 8.7
6414 Kraft paper and paperboard, uncoated, n.e.s., in rolls or sheets / 2.0 / 1.7 / 1.9 / 1.9 / 1.7
6112 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.6
Machinery and transport equipment / 40.0 / 41.9 / 41.3 / 37.5 / 39.7
Power-generating machinery / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.4
Other non-electrical machinery / 6.9 / 7.2 / 7.0 / 6.5 / 6.0
Agricultural machinery and tractors / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4
Office machines and telecommunications equipment / 21.3 / 22.4 / 23.1 / 20.4 / 22.7
7764 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies / 13.8 / 12.8 / 14.2 / 12.9 / 15.7
7599 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of subgroups 751.1, 751.2, 751.9 and group 752 / 1.7 / 2.3 / 0.9 / 1.7 / 1.5
Other electrical machinery / 4.6 / 4.6 / 4.9 / 4.3 / 5.5
7787 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s.; parts thereof / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 1.2
7722 Printed circuits / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 1.0
Automotive products / 5.7 / 6.0 / 4.9 / 5.0 / 4.2
7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.1 / 3.1 / 2.4
Other transport equipment / 0.9 / 1.1 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.9
Textiles / 2.6 / 2.6 / 2.5 / 2.7 / 2.6
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories / 4.9 / 3.8 / 2.7 / 2.3 / 3.7
Other consumer goods / 8.1 / 8.3 / 8.5 / 8.0 / 7.5
Other / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Gold / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
9710 Gold, non-monetary / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.3
Source: United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Comtrade database (Standard International Trade Classification, SITC Rev.3).
Table AI.3
Merchandise exports by trading partner, 2001-2005
(US$ million and per cent)
Description / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 /(US$ million)
Total / 4,716 / 4,950 / 5,800 / 5,953 / 7,151
(% of total)
America / 74.0 / 75.3 / 70.4 / 71.0 / 67.5
USA / 49.7 / 50.7 / 47.1 / 44.4 / 42.8
Other America / 24.4 / 24.6 / 23.3 / 26.5 / 24.7
Guatemala / 4.6 / 4.7 / 4.4 / 4.6 / 4.0
Nicaragua / 3.5 / 3.3 / 3.2 / 3.7 / 3.8
Honduras / 2.7 / 3.0 / 2.7 / 3.1 / 3.1
El Salvador / 3.3 / 2.8 / 2.9 / 3.3 / 2.8
Mexico / 1.8 / 2.3 / 2.2 / 3.0 / 2.7
Panama / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.8 / 3.0 / 2.6
Europe / 17.9 / 18.0 / 18.5 / 18.3 / 17.5
EC(25) / 17.7 / 17.7 / 18.3 / 18.2 / 17.0
Netherlands / 5.8 / 6.4 / 6.2 / 5.6 / 6.3
Germany / 2.5 / 2.9 / 3.1 / 4.0 / 3.0
Belgium / 1.9 / 1.7 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 1.8
United Kingdom / 2.7 / 2.2 / 2.7 / 2.2 / 1.8
Italy / 2.0 / 1.7 / 1.5 / 1.2 / 1.1
Sweden / 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.2 / 1.0
EFTA / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.4
Switzerland and Liechtenstein / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.4
Other Europe / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.1
Turkey / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1
CISa / 0.6 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 0.3
Russian Federation / 0.5 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 0.2
Africa / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1
Cameroon / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1
Middle East / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
Israel / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1
Asia / 7.3 / 6.4 / 10.6 / 10.4 / 14.5
China / 0.3 / 0.7 / 1.5 / 2.7 / 3.4
Japan / 0.9 / 0.6 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 0.8
Six East Asian Traders / 4.7 / 4.7 / 7.1 / 6.2 / 9.8
Hong Kong, China / 0.6 / 1.0 / 2.3 / 2.3 / 6.8
Malaysia / 3.3 / 2.5 / 3.6 / 2.7 / 1.2
Chinese Taipei / 0.2 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 0.6 / 1.2
Singapore / 0.3 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.3
Korea, Republic of / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3
Thailand / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1
Other Asia / 1.4 / 0.4 / 0.9 / 0.7 / 0.4
Philippines / 1.3 / 0.1 / 0.6 / 0.4 / 0.1
India / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1
Other / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Areas n.e.s. / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Memorandum:
EC(15) / 17.7 / 17.7 / 18.2 / 17.9 / 16.9
a The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes 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 imports by trading partner, 2001-2005
(US$ million and per cent)
Description / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005(US$ million)
World / 6,272 / 6,894 / 7,388 / 8,003 / 9,173
(% of total)
America / 77.1 / 76.6 / 74.1 / 73.0 / 68.9
USA / 52.3 / 52.1 / 49.8 / 44.9 / 41.1
Other America / 24.8 / 24.5 / 24.3 / 28.0 / 27.8
Venezuela / 4.8 / 4.2 / 3.5 / 4.1 / 5.0
Mexico / 6.1 / 5.3 / 5.1 / 5.2 / 4.7
Brazil / 1.8 / 2.4 / 2.8 / 4.4 / 4.2
Colombia / 2.4 / 2.4 / 2.9 / 3.5 / 2.9
Guatemala / 2.2 / 2.1 / 2.1 / 2.0 / 2.0
Aruba / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 0.8 / 1.5
Europe / 11.7 / 12.2 / 14.4 / 11.9 / 14.0
EC(25) / 10.6 / 11.2 / 13.6 / 10.9 / 13.0
Ireland / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.6 / 4.7
Germany / 2.2 / 2.2 / 2.2 / 2.2 / 1.7
France and Monaco / 1.2 / 0.9 / 2.6 / 1.1 / 1.7
Spain / 1.7 / 2.0 / 1.8 / 1.4 / 1.3
Netherlands / 1.9 / 2.1 / 2.2 / 1.6 / 1.0
EFTA / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.9
Switzerland and Liechtenstein / 0.8 / 0.8 / 0.7 / 0.9 / 0.9
Other Europe / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1
CISa / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.7
Russian Federation / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.5
Ukraine / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2
Africa / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.0
Middle East / 0.7 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.3 / 1.7
Israel / 0.6 / 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.3 / 1.7
Asia / 10.1 / 10.4 / 10.1 / 13.9 / 14.6
China / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2.2 / 3.4 / 3.8
Japan / 3.7 / 4.3 / 4.2 / 6.0 / 5.8
Six East Asian Traders / 4.3 / 3.9 / 3.3 / 3.9 / 4.0
Korea, Republic of / 2.2 / 2.0 / 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.7
Chinese Taipei / 1.1 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.8 / 0.9
Malaysia / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.3 / 0.5
Hong Kong, China / 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.7 / 0.4
Thailand / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.3
Singapore / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2
Other Asia / 0.5 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.6 / 1.0
Philippines / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.4
India / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.3
Other / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.0
Areas n.e.s. / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.0
Memorandum:
EC(15) / 10.4 / 11.1 / 13.4 / 10.5 / 12.8
a The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes 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
Notifications to the WTO, January 2001 to December 2006
WTO Agreement / Description of requirement / Frequency / WTO document /General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
ArticleXXIV:7(a) / Customs unions or free-trade areas / Ad hoc / WT/REG218/N/1, 11/09/2006; WT/REG218/N/1Add.1, 20/09/2006; WT/REG136/N/1, 06/01/2004;
WT/REG147/N/1, 17/01/2003
Agreement on Agriculture
Article 18.2 / Tariff quota administration / Comprehensive one-off notification; subsequently notification of changes / G/AG/N/CRI/4/Add.1, 26/02/2001