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ORGANIZATIONWT/REG60/4
24 June 1999
(99-2590)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND ISRAEL
Questions and Replies
This document reproduces questions addressed to the Parties and the responses submitted.
The questions and replies set out below are organized in accordance with document WT/REG60/3.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
4. Trade Data
The Parties to the Agreement have circulated  overall two-way trade data at the chapter
or section level for the last few years.  While this information is useful, unfortunately the
information does not respond to the request ma de by the Committee.  Committee members are
still unclear on the treatment of certain type s of products under the Agreement.  While the
Parties claim that all trade is covered by the Agreement, it appears that some products –
primarily agricultural – are not subject to tariff elimination and in fact may receive only tariff
preferences.  Committee members have requested, on several occasions, statistical information
that would show the amount/type of trade s ubject to varying treatment under the Agreement.
Similar data has been provided by the parties to other agreements.  We are not prepared to
complete the factual review of this Agreement – or any other agreements - until satisfactory
trade data has been provided.  We note that while the Parties to the Agreement may consider
the meaning of the term "substantially all trade" to be a topic for the discussion on systemic
issues, the information we have requested has been provided by the parties in reviews of other
agreements.  Please provide the trade data that has been requested.
We welcome the trade statistics provided by the FTA parties in the standard format
report.  We would be grateful for clarification of what percentage of FTA trade between the
parties (for each party):
For agricultural products
- will have the duties/regulations eliminated?
- receives concessions (less than MFN but greater than zero duties and/or quotas) or is
excluded from FTA provisions?
For industrial products
- will have the duties/regulations eliminated?
- receives concessions (less than MFN but greater than zero duties and/or quotas) or is
excluded from FTA provisions?WT/REG60/4
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Imports of Turkey from Israel, 1994-1996,
by different duty levels according to the Agreement
1994
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty
rate 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 0 0 118.866 99.8 118.866 94.5
Less than MFN 2.410 36 226 0.2 2.636 2.0
MFN 4.375 64 0 0.0 4.375 3.5
1995
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty
rate 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 73 1 154.558 99.8 154.631 92.8
Less than MFN 5.864 50 329 0.2 6.193 3.7
MFN 5.809 49 0 0.0 5.809 3.5
1996
Agricultural products Industrial products* Total imports Duty
rate 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 12 0 179.152 99.8 179.164 93
Less than MFN 6.483 50 435 0.2 6.918 3.6
MFN 6.545 50 0 0.0 6.545 3.4
*  Duties on products subject to timetables will be abolished in 2000.
Imports of Israel from Turkey, 1995-1997,
by different duty levels according to the Agreement
1995
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty
rate US$ % US$ % US$ %
0% 37,919,251 79.0 251,741,862 100.0 289,661,113 96.6
Less than MFN 1,946,637 4.1 - - 1,946,637 0.6
MFN 8,111,419 16.9 - - 8,111,419 2.7
All 47,977,307 100.0 251,741,862 100.0 299,719,169 100.0
1996
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty
rate US$ % US$ % US$ %
0% 43,188,546 77.7 232,385,915 100.0 275,584,461 95.7
Less than MFN 1,934,509 3.5 - - 1,934,509 0.7
MFN 10,474,444 18.8 - - 10,474,444 3.6
All 55,607,499 100.0 232,385,915 100.0 287,993,414 100.0
1997
Agricultural products Industrial products* Total imports Duty
rate US$ % US$ % US$ %
0% 38,475,316 73.8 343,656,377 100.0 380,131,693 96.7
Less than MFN 1,382,617 2.8 - - 1,382,617 0.4
MFN 11,547,395 23.4 - - 11,547,395 2.9
All 49,405,328 100.0 343,656,377 100.0 393,061,705 100.0
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