WORLD TRADE WT/L/175
16September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3543)
Original: English
CANADIAN TARIFF TREATMENT FOR
COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES
1996 Report oftheGovernment ofCanada onthe
Trade-Related Provisions ofCARIBCAN
Thefollowing communication, dated 3September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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Introduction:
CARIBCAN isaneconomic andtradedevelopment assistance program fortheCommonwealth
Caribbean countries andterritories established asaresult ofacommitment byCanada atthe
Commonwealth Heads ofGovernment meeting inNassau inOctober 1985.
Theobjectives ofCARIBCAN aretoenhance Commonwealth Caribbean trade andexport
earnings, improve thetradeandeconomic development prospects oftheregion, promote newinvestment
opportunities, andencourage enhanced economic integration andco-operation. Themain feature of
CARIBCAN istheunilateral extension byCanada, beginning onJune15,1986, ofdutyfreeaccess
totheCanadian market formost commodities originating inCommonwealth Caribbean countries.
InMarch of1996, attheCanada-CARICOM Heads ofGovernment Summit heldinSt.George 's,
Grenada, theCARICOM Heads ofGovernment saidthattheycontinue toplaceconsiderable importance
onthispreferential access forCaribbean products totheCanadian market.
OnNovember 28,1986, theContracting Parties totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs and
Trade (GATT) decided, interalia,towaive untilJune15,1998, theprovisions ofparagraph 1of
Article 1oftheGeneral Agreement, "only totheextent necessary topermit theGovernment ofCanada
toprovide duty-free treatment toeligible imports ofCommonwealth Caribbean countries benefiting
from theprovisions ofCARIBCAN, without being required toextend thesame duty-free treatment
tolikeproducts ofanyother contracting party." (L/6102) Paragraph 2oftheUnderstanding inRespect
ofWaivers ofObligations Under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994provides thatany
waiver ineffect onthedateofentry intoforce oftheWorld Trade Organization Agreement shall
terminate, unless extended inaccordance withtheprocedures setoutintheUnderstanding andthose
ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement, onthedateofitsexpiry ortwoyears from thedateofentry
intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, whichever isearlier. Therefore, attheMarch 1996 CARICOM
Summit, Prime Minister JeanChrétien confirmed thatCanada would seekfrom theWorld Trade
Organization (WTO) anextension oftheCARIBCAN waiver beyond December 31,1996, thedate
ofitsexpiry under theUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers.
Within thiscontext, andinaccordance withparagraph 7oftheoriginal GATT waiver of
November 28,1986, thisreport describes theCanadian Government 'simplementation oftheprovisions
ofCARIBCAN covered bythewaiver sincetheprogram 'sinception, including import dataforcalendar
years 1988 through 1995.WT/L/175
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Country Coverage:
Section 53oftheCanadian Customs Tariff provides thattheratesofcustoms dutyshallbe
freeinrespect ofmost goods thatoriginate inacountry listed asabeneficiary ofCommonwealth
Caribbean Countries tarifftreatment. Schedule IIIoftheCustoms Tariff lists18countries ordependent
territories which areeligible toreceive theduty-free benefits accorded under CARIBCAN: Anguilla,
Antigua-Barbuda, TheBahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, theBritish Virgin Islands, theCayman
Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.Christopher andNevis, St.Lucia,
St.Vincent andtheGrenadines, Trinidad andTobago, andtheTurks andCaicos Islands. Noadditions
ordeletions from thislisthaveoccurred since CARIBCAN wasenacted onJune15,1986.
Product Coverage:
Theoriginal CARIBCAN legislation extended duty-free treatment toallcommodities except
textiles, clothing, footwear, luggage, handbags, leather garments, certain vegetable fibreproducts,
lubricating oilsandmethanol.
In1990, attherequest ofCARIBCOM leaders, theCanadian Government reviewed product
coverage under CARIBCAN andsubsequently, in1991, expanded CARIBCAN product coverage to
allow duty-free entryforleather luggage andcertain vegetable fibreproducts. Today, product exclusions
from theduty-free provisions ofCARIBCAN are:
- Goods ofHSChapters 50to65inclusive
- Goods ofHSheading 42.02, other thanleather luggage oftariff itemNo.4202.11.00 or
420291.90, orgoods ofHSheading No.46.02, other thanvegetable fibre baskets oftariff
itemNo.4602.10.92;
• Goods oftariff itemNo.2710.00.20, 2905.11.00, 3403.11.10, 3403.19.10 or4203.10.00;
and
• Goods subject toMFN ratesofdutywhich aremore thanthirty-five percent(35%).
Rules ofOrigin:
TherulesoforiginforthepurposesoftheCommonwealthCaribbeanCountriesTariffTreatment
aresetoutinregulations enacted pursuant toSection 13oftheCustoms Tariff.
Toqualify forthedutyfreetarifftreatment accorded toCommonwealth Caribbean countries,
atleastsixty percentoftheex-factory price ofthegoods aspacked forshipment toCanada must
originate inoneormore beneficiary countries orCanada. Thesixtypercentqualifying content may
becumulated fromvarious CARIBCAN beneficiary countries orCanada. Thegoods mustbefinished
inthebeneficiary country intheforminwhich theyareimported intoCanada. Pursuant totheProof
ofOrigin Regulations, adulycompleted Certificate ofOrigin, Form A,mustbepresented toCustoms
atthetimeofrelease, accounting orrefund.
Prior toMarch 1,1996, theCertificate ofOrigin, Form A,hadtobecertified andstamped
inthecountry where thegoods werefinished. Forgoods accounted foronorafterMarch 1,1996,
Canada discontinued using theListofAuthorized Certifying Authorities fororigin certification.
Consequently, theForm A,Certificate ofOrigin, currently remains theprescribed CARIBCAN
certification form, butisaccepted without acertifying body'sstamp andsignature. Thisdoesnot
eliminate theneedforexporters tobasetheircertification onproduction information thatproves theWT/L/175
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applicable origin requirement wasmet,andtomake suchinformation available forreview byCanadian
customs authorities.
Trade under CARIBCAN:
Canada-CARIBCAN tradestatistics areannexed inaseries oftables tothisreport. Thestatistics
cover theperiod 1988 to1995. Ingeneral, these trade statistics indicate that:
- Total imports entering under theCARIBCAN tariff preference amounted to$29million in
1995(Annex Vshows thetoptwenty-five commodity imports benefitting fromtheCARIBCAN
preference). In1995 over $415 million or92percentoftotalCanadian imports from
CARIBCAN beneficiaries entered Canada freeofduty. Asshown inAnnex III,$353 million
ofthistrade entered under MFN freeratesofdutyandafurther $32million entered under
General Preferential Tariff (GPT) orBritish Preferential Tariff (BPT) freeratesofduty.
- Total Canada-CARIBCAN trade (exports plusimports) hasgrown fromCND. $622 million
in1988 to$777 million in1995. Thisgrowth intrade isaccounted foralmost entirely byan
increaseinimportsfromCARIBCANcountries.ThevalueofCanadianimportsfromtheregion
hasrisenfrom$268 million in1988to$448 million in1995. Thevalue ofCanadian exports
toCARIBCAN countries hasremained relatively flatoverthissame period, falling from
$355 million in1988 to$273 million in1994, butrecovering toalevel of$329 million in
1995.
- Canadian imports fromCARIBCAN beneficiaries havebeenhighly concentrated within afew
countries. Twocountries, Jamaica andGuyana, accounted for$372 million or83percent
ofthetotalof$448 million ofCanadian imports fromallCARIBCAN beneficiaries in1995.
Statistical Annexes:
Annex I: Total Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1995
Annex II: Total Canadian toCARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1995
Annex III: 1995 Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries byTariff Treatment
Annex IV: Canadian Merchandise Trade Balance andTrade Turnover withCARIBCAN
Beneficiaries 1988-1995
Annex V: Top25Merchandise Imports fromCARIBCAN Beneficiaries which entered
Canada under theCARIBCAN Duty FreeTariff Treatment in1995WT/L/175
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Total Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Anguilla 118 - - - - - 5 -
Antigua -Barbuda 452 366 177 200 394 393 368 389
Bahamas 20,950 32,598 29,258 38,769 50,097 34,806 44,867 16,715
Barbados 6,593 13,254 15,145 13,510 6,025 9,594 14,098 16,990
Belize 13,168 8,861 10,639 7,447 6,634 11,419 17,686 11,688
Bermuda 991 3,113 9,200 6,366 20,378 4,315 13,988 4,173
British Virgin Islands 71 70 - 16 10 44 37 91
Cayman Islands 93 35 3 321 489 1,628 586 638
Dominica 3,377 238 53 196 67 206 423 2,381
Grenada 1,193 884 85 420 321 337 440 639
Guyana 15,866 19,994 24,568 30,824 39,018 152,172 203,865 171,208
Jamaica 150,594 188,643 157,055 150,509 166,546 181,495 211,328 199,952
Montserrat 398 163 63 59 120 15 78 18
St.Lucia 260 423 269 280 350 245 463 1,222
St.Christopher andNevis 90 17 34 84 - 225 1,888 2,937
St.Vincent andtheGrenadines 820 646 244 483 387 210 247 183
Trinidad &Tobago 52,848 22,176 24,646 40,800 38,101 23,108 16,122 18,649
Turks &Caicos Islands 9 - - - - - 66 17
Total: 267,891 291,481 271,439 290,284 328,937 420,212 526,555 447,890
Source: Statistics Canada
Notes: Adash (-)indicates thatanamount isnilornegligible. 1995 data ispreliminary.WT/L/175
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Total Canadian Exports toCARIBCAN beneficiaries 1988 -1995 (value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Anguilla 509 879 509 308 331 272 127 548
Antigua -Barbuda 10,544 8,826 5,706 8,975 9,326 9,014 6,022 6,160
Bahamas 36,397 27,287 46,866 48,336 20,870 16,949 15,170 15,231
Barbados 40,074 45,121 33,102 35,385 20,469 20,490 33,459 31,554
Belize 7,355 5,114 3,552 3,067 3,532 12,543 4,776 4,232
Bermuda 38,996 36,916 23,784 27,208 38,472 41,891 22,004 34,302
British Virgin Islands 6,584 1,596 1,048 625 1,435 1,010 4,551 1,381
Cayman Islands 3,194 2,868 2,003 1,725 4,601 1,885 4,483 11,490
Dominica 3,730 8,257 2,488 1,027 1,368 1,672 1,613 1,891
Grenada 4,225 4,274 3,809 4,264 2,656 3,863 1,936 3,789
Guyana 5,539 4,393 10,144 13,592 6,034 9,118 5,517 8,144
Jamaica 126,529 126,075 107,120 73,259 64,940 85,549 89,578 96,645
Montserrat 865 962 646 312 301 248 208 128
St.Lucia 12,786 6,742 7,037 7,229 6,811 7,400 10,425 12,521
St.Christopher andNevis 2,819 3,048 5,065 1,348 1,531 1,680 4,098 2,498
St.Vincent andtheGrenadines 2,885 3,510 3,250 2,357 3,277 2,630 3,015 2,815
Trinidad &Tobago 51,707 54,123 59,380 56,168 55,646 53,023 65,192 94,658
Turks &Caicos Islands - - - 201 1,287 557 387 654
Total: 354,738 339,991 315,509 285,386 242,887 269,794 272,561 328,641
Source: Statistics Canada
Notes: Adash (-)indicates thatanamount isnilornegligible. 1995 Data ispreliminary. Includes Canadian domestic exports only.WT/L/175
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Annex III(i)
Duty-Free 1995 Imports from CARIBCAN beneficiaries byTariff Treatment
($Canadian)
CARIBCAN
BeneficiaryMFN CARIBCAN General
Preferential
TariffBritish
Preferential
TariffTotal Free Free as%
ofTotal
Imports
Anguilla 267 0 0 0 267 0.0%
Antigua -
Barbuda323,065 0 31,215 0 354,280 0.1%
Bahamas 11,619,021 4,643,836 0 10,163 16,273,020 3.6%
Barbados 5,003,475 4,679,101 256,293 12,663 9,951,532 2.2%
Belize 1,084,673 949,791 0 9,143,367 11,177,831 2.5%
Bermuda 4,008,602 0 19,979 68,160 4,096,741 0.9%
British Virgin
Islands90,776 0 0 0 90,776 0.0%
Cayman
Islands609,892 0 0 0 609,892 0.1%
Dominica 752,513 0 0 0 752,513 0.2%
Grenada 480,422 103,741 0 0 584,163 0.1%
Guyana 152,946,867 534,109 2,901,839 12,346,093 168,728,908 37.7%
Jamaica 17,0843,760 8,656,294 6,765,283 69,373 186,334,710 41.6%
Montserrat 13,343 0 0 0 13,343 0.0%
St.Lucia 173,207 426,936 161,202 2,702 764,047 0.2%
St.Christopher
andNevis21,081 0 0 0 21,081 0.0%
St.Vincent &
theGrenadines136,509 0 0 0 136,509 0.0
%
Trinidad &
Tobago5,076,027 9,159,514 83,723 358,361 14,677,625 3.3%
Turks &
Caicos Islands13,106 0 0 0 13,106 0.0%
Total: 353,183,500 29,153,322 10,219,534 22,010,882 414,567,238 92.6%
Source: Statistics Canada
Note: 1995 Data ispreliminaryWT/L/175
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Annex III(ii)
Dutiable 1995 Imports from CARIBCAN beneficiaries byTariff Treatment
($Canadian)
CARIBCAN
BeneficiaryMFN General
Preferential
TariffBritish
Preferential
TariffTotal Dutiable Dutiable as%
ofTotal
Imports
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0.0%
Antigua -
Barbuda34,936 0 0 34,936 0.0%
Bahamas 351,958 89,844 0 441,802 0.1%
Barbados 6,953,867 82,666 1,660 7,038,193 1.6%
Belize 505,676 4,406 0 510,082 0.1%
Bermuda 76,540 0 0 76,540 0.0%
British Virgin
Islands0 0 0 0 0.0%
Cayman
Islands18,812 9,612 0 28,424 0.0%
Dominica 1,540,360 88,420 0 1,628,780 0.4%
Grenada 55,015 0 0 55,015 0.0%
Guyana 2,105,982 334,984 38,583 2,479,549 0.6%
Jamaica 9,553,620 369,859 3,694,001 13,617,480 3.0%
Montserrat 4,528 0 0 4,528 0.0%
St.Lucia 386,502 24,991 4,688 416,181 0.1%
St.Christopher
&Nevis2,915,646 0 0 2,915,646 0.7%
St.Vincent &
theGrenadines46,517 0 0 46,517 0.0%
Trinidad &
Tobago2,768,951 204,952 997,325 3,971,228 0.9%
Turks &
Caicos Islands3,675 0 0 3,675 0.0%
Total: 27,318,910 1,209,734 4,736,257 33,264,901 7.4%
Source: Statistics Canada
Note: 1995 Data isPreliminaryWT/L/175
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Annex IV
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Anguilla 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 509 118 391 627
1989 879 - 879 879
1990 509 - 509 509
1991 308 - 308 308
1992 331 - 331 331
1993 272 - 272 272
1994 127 5 122 132
1995 548 - 548 548
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Antigua -Barbuda 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 10,544 452 10,092 10,996
1989 8,826 366 8,460 9,192
1990 5,706 177 5,529 5,883
1991 8,975 200 8,775 9,175
1992 9,326 394 8,932 9,720
1993 9,014 393 8,621 9,407
1994 6,022 368 5,654 6,390
1995 6,160 389 5,771 6,549WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Bahamas 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 36,397 20,950 15,447 57,347
1989 27,287 32,598 -5,311 59,885
1990 46,866 29,258 17,608 76,124
1991 48,336 38,769 9,567 87,105
1992 20,870 50,097 -29,227 70,967
1993 16,949 34,806 -17,857 51,755
1994 15,170 44,867 -29,697 60,037
1995 15,231 16,715 -1,484 31,946
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Barbados 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 40,074 6,593 33,481 46,667
1989 45,121 13,254 31,867 58,375
1990 33,102 15,145 17,957 48,247
1991 35,385 13,510 21,875 48,895
1992 20,469 6,025 14,444 26,494
1993 20,490 9,594 10,896 30,084
1994 33,459 14,098 19,361 47,557
1995 31,554 16,990 14,564 48,544WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Belize 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 7,355 13,168 -5,813 20,523
1989 5,114 8,861 -3,747 13,975
1990 3,552 10,639 -7,087 14,191
1991 3,067 7,447 -4,380 10,514
1992 3,532 6,634 -3,102 10,166
1993 12,543 11,419 1,124 23,962
1994 4,776 17,686 -12,910 22,462
1995 4,232 11,688 -7,456 15,920
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Bermuda 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dolars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 38,996 991 38,005 39,987
1989 36,916 3,113 33,803 40,029
1990 23,784 9,200 14,584 32,984
1991 27,208 6,366 20,842 33,574
1992 38,472 20,378 18,094 58,850
1993 41,891 4,315 37,576 46,206
1994 22,004 13,988 8,016 35,992
1995 34,302 4,173 30,129 38,475WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with British Virgin Islands 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 6,584 71 6,513 6,655
1989 1,596 70 1,526 1,666
1990 1,048 - 1,048 1,048
1991 625 16 609 641
1992 1,435 10 1,425 1,445
1993 1,010 44 966 1,054
1994 4,551 37 4,514 4,588
1995 1,381 91 1,290 1,472
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Cayman Islands 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 3,194 93 3,101 3,287
1989 2,868 35 2,833 2,903
1990 2,003 3 2,000 2,006
1991 1,725 321 1,404 2,046
1992 4,601 489 4,112 5,090
1993 1,885 1,628 257 3,513
1994 4,483 586 3,897 5,069
1995 11,490 638 10,852 12,128WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Dominica 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 3,730 3,377 353 7,107
1989 8,257 238 8,019 8,495
1990 2,488 53 2,435 2,541
1991 1,027 196 831 1,223
1992 1,368 67 1,301 1,435
1993 1,672 206 1,466 1,878
1994 1,613 423 1,190 2,036
1995 1,891 2,381 -490 4,272
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Grenada 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 4,225 1,193 3,032 5,418
1989 4,274 884 3,390 5,158
1990 3,809 85 3,724 3,894
1991 4,264 420 3,844 4,684
1992 2,656 321 2,335 2,977
1993 3,863 337 3,526 4,200
1994 1,936 440 1,496 2,376
1995 3,789 639 3,150 4,428WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Guyana 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 5,539 15,866 -10,327 21,405
1989 4,393 19,994 -15,601 24,387
1990 10,144 24,568 -14,424 34,712
1991 13,592 30,824 -17,232 44,416
1992 6,034 39,018 -32,984 45,052
1993 9,118 152,172 -143,054 161,290
1994 5,517 203,865 -198,348 209,382
1995 8,144 171,208 -163,064 179,352
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Jamaica 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportersCanadian
ImportersBalance Turnover
1988 126,529 150,594 -24,065 277,123
1989 126,075 188,643 -62,568 314,718
1990 107,120 157,055 -49,935 264,175
1991 73,259 150,509 -77,250 223,768
1992 64,940 166,546 -101,606 231,486
1993 85,549 181,495 -95,946 267,044
1994 89,578 211,328 -121,750 300,906
1995 96,645 199,952 -103,307 296,597WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Montserrat 1988 -1995
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 865 398 467 1,263
1989 962 163 799 1,125
1990 646 63 583 709
1991 312 59 253 371
1992 301 120 181 421
1993 248 15 233 263
1994 208 78 130 286
1995 128 18 110 146
Canadian Merchandise Trade with St.Lucia 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 12,786 260 12,526 13,046
1989 6,742 423 6,319 7,165
1990 7,037 269 6,768 7,306
1991 7,229 280 6,949 7,509
1992 6,811 350 6,461 7,161
1993 7,400 245 7,155 7,645
1994 10,425 463 9,962 10,888
1995 12,521 1,222 11,299 13,743WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with St.Christopher &Nevis 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 2,819 90 2,729 2,909
1989 3,048 17 3,031 3,065
1990 5,065 34 5,031 5,099
1991 1,348 84 1,264 1,432
1992 1,531 - 1,531 1,531
1993 1,680 225 1,455 1,905
1994 4,098 1,888 2,210 5,986
1995 2,498 2,937 -439 5,435
Canadian Merchandise Trade with St.Vincent &theGrenadines
1988 -1995 (values inCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 2,885 820 2,065 3,705
1989 3,510 646 2,864 4,156
1990 3,250 244 3,006 3,494
1991 2,357 483 1,874 2,840
1992 3,277 387 2,890 3,664
1993 2,630 210 2,420 2,840
1994 3,015 247 2,768 3,262
1995 2,815 183 2,632 2,998WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Trinidad &Tobago 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 51,707 52,848 -1,141 104,555
1989 54,123 22,176 31,947 76,299
1990 59,380 24,646 34,734 84,026
1991 56,168 40,800 15,368 96,968
1992 55,646 38,101 17,545 93,747
1993 53,023 23,108 29,915 76,131
1994 65,192 16,122 49,070 81,314
1995 94,658 18,649 76,009 113,307
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Turks &Caicos Islands 1988 -1995
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 - 9 -9 9
1989 - - 0 0
1990 - - 0 0
1991 201 - 201 201
1992 1,287 - 1,287 1,287
1993 557 - 557 557
1994 387 66 321 453
1995 654 17 637 671WT/L/175
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with AllCARIBCAN beneficiaries
1988 -1995 (values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Year Canadian
ExportsCanadian
ImportsBalance Turnover
1988 354,738 267,891 86,847 622,629
1989 339,991 291,481 48,510 631,472
1990 315,509 271,439 44,070 586,948
1991 285,386 290,284 -4,898 575,670
1992 242,887 328,937 -86,050 571,824
1993 269,794 420,212 -150,418 690,006
1994 272,561 526,555 -253,994 799,116
1995 328,641 447,890 -119,249 776,531
Source: Statistics Canada
Notes: (1)Balance isExports minus Imports
(2)Turnover isExports plus Imports
(3) Adash (-)indicates thatanamount isnilornegligible
(4) Data for1995 ispreliminaryWT/L/175
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Annex V
Top 25Merchandise Imports from CARIBCAN beneficiaries which
entered Canada under CARIBCAN Duty Free Tariff Treatment in1995
HS
SubheadingDescription Imports under
CARIBCAN
Tariff
Treatment
721331 Hot Rolled Iron and Steel Bars ofcircular cross-section measuring less than 14mm indiameter 4,814,429
030611 Rock lobster and other seacrawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) 2,228,295
220840 Rum andtafia 1,646,844
200899 Other, apples 1,640,844
220710 Unenatured ethyl alcohol ofanalcoholic strength byvolume of80% volorhigher 1,476,827
293329 Organic chemicals, Other 1,284,634
293722 Halogenated derivatives ofadrenal cortical hormones 1,131,000
721350 Iron and Steel bars and rods, other, containing byweight 0.6% ormore ofcarbon 1,044,977
071490 Edible Vegetables, other 1,040,383
721341 Ofcircular cross-section measuring less than 14mm indiameter 847,501
852990 Parts forelectrical machinery, other 805,481
071420 Sweet potatoes 720,710
180610 Cocoa powder, containing added sugar orother sweetening mater 627,561
190590 Other bread 624,630
220300 Beer made from malt 544,760
291890 Carboxylic acids..., other 537,600
210390 Sauces and preparation thereof..., other 529,051
820540 Screwdrivers 516,617
853669 Electrical apparatus..., other 489,986
220290 Water, other... 422,586
070990 Other vegetables, fresh orchilled, other... 393,652
071410 Manioc (cassava) 386,317
721590 Bars and rods ofiron ornon-alloy steel, other... 382,559
830630 Photograph, picture orsimilar frames; mirrors 324,528
320300 Colouring matter ofvegetable oranimal origin (including dyeing extracts butexcluding animal
black), whether ornotchemically defined; preparations asspecified inNote 3tothisChapter
based oncolouring matter ofvegetable oranimal origin316,587
Leading 25entries under CARIBCAN Tariff Treatment 24,778,453
Allother entries under CARIBCAN Tariff 4,374,869
Allother Tariff Treatments 418,678,817
Total Imports from CARIBCAN 447,832,139