RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG91/5
7 May 2001
(01-2320)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE EFTA STATES AND MOROCCO
Communication from the Parties
The following communication has been received from the Parties to the Agreement with the
request that it be distributed to the WTO Members.WT/REG91/5
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Trade coverage of the EFTA-Morocco FTA in 1999 (exports and imports)
Main agreement and bilateral agricultural arrangements
HS Total EFTA Duty free Reduced Without Duty Reduced Without
trade duty concessions free duty concessions
 in US dollars  in per cent
01 0
02 003 823,424 823,424 100%04 1,941,543 1,941,543 100%
05 0
06 1,647,417 755,996 50,661 840,760 46% 3% 51%07 9,932,397 7,957,485 1,091,107 883,805 80% 11% 9%08 10,400,822 233,112 2,734,640 7,433,070 2% 26% 71%09 72,598 46,289 26,309 64% 36%10 011 3,276 3,276 100%12 242,477 242,477 100%13 11,462 4,862 6,600 42% 58%14 9,552 9,552 100%15 1,829,826 1,812,056 17,770 99% 1%16 1,234,641 1,234,641 100%17 22,118 19,694 2,424 89% 11%18 310,735 310,735 100%
19 13,281 13,281 100%
20 674,227 668,788 4,780 659 99.2% 0.7% 0.1%21 293,638 293,638 100%22 63,403 938 62,465 1% 99%23 146,967 60,426 86,541 41% 59%24 15,952 15,952 100%25 6,310,310 6,310,310 100%26 1,501 1,501 100%27 815,849 815,849 100%28 368,176 368,176 100%29 10,124,121 10,124,121 100%30 5,606,608 5,606,608 100%31 032 10,344,216 10,344,216 100%33 1,826,935 1,826,935 100%
34 224,873 224,873 100%
35 273,851 273,851 100%36 16,115 16,115 100%37 378,404 378,404 100%38 4,760,062 4,760,062 100%39 1,340,974 1,340,974 100%40 413,271 413,271 100%41 24,484 24,484 100%42 1,261,087 1,261,087 100%43 2,417 2,417 100%44 496,270 496,270 100%45 046 58,452 58,452 100%47 0WT/REG91/5
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HS Total EFTA Duty free Reduced Without Duty Reduced Without
trade duty concessions free duty concessions
 in US dollars  in per cent
48 345,926 345,926 100%
49 1,520,315 1,520,315 100%50 75,676 75,676 100%51 10,982 10,982 100%52 796,051 796,051 100%53 054 715,689 715,689 100%55 149,712 149,712 100%56 88,460 88,460 100%57 1,175,244 1,175,244 100%58 162,707 162,707 100%59 279,439 279,439 100%60 1,489,112 1,489,112 100%61 1,436,399 1,436,399 100%62 6,165,364 6,165,364 100%63 77,923 77,923 100%64 500,715 500,715 100%65 64,129 64,129 100%66 1,222 1,222 100%67 0 068 30,887 30,887 100%69 125,648 125,648 100%70 140,506 140,506 100%71 14,707,546 14,707,546 100%72 8,183,604 8,183,604 100%73 903,961 903,961 100%74 90,205 90,205 100%75 163,614 163,614 100%76 1,687,953 1,687,953 100%78 079 080 853 853 100%81 4,987 4,987 100%82 602,253 602,253 100%83 221,223 221,223 100%84 17,670,270 17,670,270 100%85 25,286,221 25,286,221 100%86 59,707 59,707 100%87 136,038 136,038 100%88 73,986 73,986 100%89 090 4,116,623 4,116,623 100%91 4,359,193 4,359,193 100%92 970 970 100%93 094 404,671 404,671 100%95 802,397 802,397 100%96 68,681 68,681 100%97 13,608 13,608 100%
total 169,248,402 153,992,014 3,941,614 11,314,774 91.0% 2.3% 6.7%
Source: World Trade AtlasWT/REG91/5
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EFTA STATES' TRADE WITH MOROCCO
1996 1997 1998 1999 1997/98 1997/98 1998/99
                 In thousand US dollars Percentage change
IMPORTS
Iceland 600 372 483 765 -38.0 29.8 58.4
Norway 34,092 34,551 26,230 25,635 1.3 -24.1 -2.3
Switzerland 37,883 36,051 44,914 38,277 -4.8 24.6 -14.8
EFTA 72,575 70,974 71,627 64,677 -2.2 0.9 -9.7
Share in EFTA's tot. imports 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
EXPORTS
Iceland 42 907 24 1 2,059.5 -97.4 -95.8
Norway 10,249 4,867 8,251 16,736 -52.5 69.5 102.8
Switzerland 88,469 83,053 91,227 87,871 -6.1 9.8 -3.7
EFTA 98,760 88,827 99,502 104,608 -10.1 12.0 5.1
Share in EFTA's tot. exports 0.07% 0.07% 0.08% 0.08%
IMPORTS + EXPORTS
Iceland 642 1,279 507 766 99.2 -60.4 51.1
Norway 44,341 39,418 34,481 42,371 -11.1 -12.5 22.9
Switzerland 126,352 119,104 136,141 126,148 -5.7 14.3 -7.3
EFTA 171,335 159,801 171,129 169,285 -6.7 7.1 -1.1
Share in EFTA's total trade 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
-- no percentage calculated
Source: World Trade Atlas0.770.0026
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Iceland Norway SwitzerlandEFTA States' trade with Morocco 
(1999 - million US dollars)
Imports
Exports
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