RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG60/3/Add.1
26 April 1999
(99-1687)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND ISRAEL
Communication from the Parties
Addendum
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Missions of Turkey and
Israel with the request that it be distributed to WTO Members.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE AGREEMENT
4. Trade Data
Israel – Total Imports from Turkey
(US$)
HS Chapter 1994 1995 1996 1997
1 0 0 0 376
20 0 0 0
3 57,224 0 20,502 46,003
4 62,806 83,144 27,065 9,223
5 0 2,019 0 3,163
60 0 0 0
7 2,637,481 4,723,029 9,347,738 7,251,039
8 21,561,298 19,561,019 23,658,866 24,536,366
9 515,734 605,536 653,025 551,607
10 32,694,743 4,642,293 1,531,361 46,465
11 88,382 42,672 236,218 104,247
12 2,633,027 2,902,269 1,461,977 1,907,852
13 11,821 5,887 0 0
14 916,161 1,197,857 2,549,127 2,132,250
15 3,421,988 5,983,703 7,441,208 6,358,319
16 0 98,972 307,878 0
17 4,668,663 1,115,184 631,383 673,385
18 953,504 1,494,243 752,585 778,401
19 632,258 1,011,016 658,976 784,601
20 2,391,857 3,435,227 3,492,154 3,243,790
21 132,088 281,363 750,691 397,635
22 38,666 61,325 12,712 136,173
23 963,181 726,175 2,074,083 444,433
24 52 4,374 80,136 106,915
25 30,503,530 52,100,771 26,484,304 24,900,163
26 0 403,454 890,313 806,743
27 92,328 248,414 199,045 764,924
28 3,948,502 4,435,579 4,972,430 3,890,382WT/REG60/3/Add.1
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HS Chapter 1994 1995 1996 1997
29 1,202,301 1,803,706 707,101 1,279,109
30 72,227 552,985 729,630 636,229
31 0 0 0 0
32 715,493 1,765,177 1,835,686 2,272,914
33 12,310 66 10,154 18,303
34 126,021 520,551 874,309 886,217
35 52,348 35,586 120,521 408,049
36 0 41 329,678 197,607
37 0 0 0 420
38 651,389 602,930 1,808,505 3,208,661
39 1,994,152 3,064,747 5,212,872 9,395,753
40 3,765,058 5,115,155 2,742,942 4,327,143
41 97,488 197,844 81,043 117,757
42 463,878 493,795 573,306 891,068
43 9,100 1,594 6,224 173
44 882,759 1,098,550 1,196,996 1,440,878
45 0 0 0 0
46 100 976 191 0
47 0 0 0 0
48 1,418,368 3,988,767 1,765,257 3,272,083
49 32,380 30,817 65,587 75,825
50 0 13,378 6,400 0
51 330,755 330,282 105 6,663
52 3,662,290 2,662,466 3,715,182 6,072,514
53 16,442 60,997 7,654 0
54 12,147,566 12,573,991 10,778,414 10,599,178
55 3,411,531 5,788,766 3,920,808 4,697,929
56 186,586 297,746 160,801 426,429
57 1,081,689 776,985 840,902 694,133
58 729,483 1,540,657 3,280,785 4,956,061
59 2,271,961 4,728,532 1,384,993 1,105,529
60 5,318,477 8,395,628 15,887,169 17,717,223
61 63,485 164,060 754,028 1,903,939
62 104,477 284,071 953,622 2,272,610
63 1,480,620 2,533,737 2,458,356 4,556,644
64 115,934 77,689 190,969 546,894
65 16,832 52,962 59,043 29,588
66 0 0 290 1,046
67 0 5,141 3,231 21,134
68 5,887,345 9,194,710 14,429,288 19,250,929
69 1,002,093 3,566,882 5,871,455 7,543,764
70 2,428,532 2,981,488 4,313,479 5,387,846
71 302,993 361,957 530,569 745,867
72 7,148,631 58,554,574 40,991,807 109,621,967
73 3,574,092 6,636,677 6,802,442 12,606,258
74 725,377 1,995,104 7,557,811 20,029,374
75 0 0 1,547 2,430
76 1,230,455 2,019,409 5,363,699 5,226,864
77 0 0 0 0
78 0 0 0 0
79 0 0 30,626 938,507
80 5 0 0 0
81 2,440 4,395 54,789 46,238
82 197,453 173,817 212,300 209,074
83 377,136 288,194 694,310 1,109,923
84 7,271,720 5,889,885 13,340,947 10,425,329
85 4,240,660 8,030,829 11,714,631 12,615,294
86 23,263 75,091 50,482 916
87 5,691,265 3,268,103 2,543,469 1,583,865
88 1,755,259 3,090,859 272,411 138,489WT/REG60/3/Add.1
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HS Chapter 1994 1995 1996 1997
89 134,102 475,090 308,181 659,696
90 1,407,160 2,511,210 2,626,261 577,373
91 12,004 30,066 7,071 30,051
92 65,634 54,283 76,596 93,409
93 0 0 0 0
94 175,094 479,430 3,335,190 3,609,785
95 34,761 131,555 155,335 180,567
96 416,523 431,411 815,049 1,046,529
97 11,581 0 500 82
Other 25,366,780 24,743,876 15,196,688 15,470,121
Total 220,841,152 299,714,795 287,993,464 393,060,705
Turkey – Total Imports from Israel
(thousands of US dollars)
Chapter Product 1994 1995 1996
01 Live animals 521 564 767
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 70 109
03 Fish and crustaceans 0 0 48
04 Dairy produce 150 379 1,114
05 Products of animal origin 21 15 26
06 Live trees and other plants 785 987 1,434
07 Edible vegetables 27 60 232
08 Edible nuts 4 17 72
09 Coffee, tea 0 0 42
10 Cereals 21 1,019 48
12 Oil seeds, grains, industrial or medicinal plants 4,922 7,325 7,407
13 Lac, gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 20 0 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils 0 0 56
16 Preparations of meat, fish or crustaceans 6 20 52
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 25 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, nuts 236 741 1,172
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 24 52 8
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0 9
23 Residues and waste from the food industries 49 473 445
25 Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, lime and cement 4,559 6,059 4,850
26 Ores, slag and ash 0 15 130
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils 17,028 2,351 1,492
28 Inorganic chemicals 8,412 15,427 34,199
29 Organic chemicals 28,189 55,742 24,845
30 Pharmaceutical products 320 731 703
31 Fertilisers 4,119 5,901 7,722
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts, dyes 416 668 1,261
33 Essential oils, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 470 694 331
34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations 29 1 318
35 Albuminoidal substances, glues, enzymes 38 25 4
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 11 11 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,913 4,112 4,837
39 Plastics and articles thereof 13,521 18,831 17,744
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,245 2,031 1,735
41 Raw hides and skins and leather 85 0 17
42 Articles of leather 25 105 88
43 Furskins and artificial fur 0 0 133
44 Wood and articles of wood 5 0 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material 103 680 8
48 Paper and paperboard, articles of paper pulp 907 219 317
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures 11 15 65WT/REG60/3/Add.1
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Chapter Product 1994 1995 1996
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair 3,020 218 0
52 Cotton 10,443 8,311 18,433
53 Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn 0 7 0
54 Man-made filaments 804 1,340 1,269
55 Man-made staple fibres 52 35 139
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns 15 5 25
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 0 6
58 Special woven fabrics 0 16 226
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics 18 0 37
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 49 388 262
61 Articles of clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 131 172 77
62 Articles of clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 59 82 278
63 Other made-up textiles articles 2 3 59
64 Footwear 0 0 22
65 Headgear 14 13 119
67 Prepared feathers and articles made of feathers or of down 0 0 8
68 Articles of stone, cement, asbestos or similar materials 3 31 194
69 Ceramic products 906 751 485
70 Glass and glassware 38 1,494 2,817
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones 43 38 172
72 Iron and steel 38 180 81
73 Articles of iron or steel 138 351 606
74 Copper and articles thereof 0 282 1,850
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 491 730 705
78 Lead and articles thereof 238 325 636
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0 40
82 Tools, implements, cutlery 103 274 936
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 94 90 314
84 Nuclear reactors, machinery and mechanical appliances 3,510 9,548 17,353
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof 8,350 2,599 9,680
86 Railway or tramway locomotives and parts thereof 0 0 3
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock 884 911 583
88 Aircraft and parts thereof 1 7,413 7,400
89 Ships, boats 0 2 0
90 Optical, photographic, medical or surgical instruments 4,399 3,795 6,913
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 10 1
93 Arms and ammunition 2,427 1 6,107
94 Furniture 392 1,338 681
95 Toys, games and sport requisites 3 26 71
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21 490 200
Total 125,878 166,634 192,628
Trade Covered 121,528 160,728 186,188
% of Coverage 97% 96% 97%
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