WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/553
5 December 2003
(03-6485)
General Council
15, 16 and 18 December 2003Original:  English
TURKEY – PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Report by the Government of Turkey under the Decision of 8 December 20001
The following communication, dated 4 December 2003, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Turkey.
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I. INTRODUCTION
1. On 8 December 2000, Turkey was granted a waiver from its obligations under paragraph 1 of
Article I of the GATT 1994 until 31 December 2006, to the extent necessary to permit Turkey to
provide duty-free or preferential treatment to eligible products originating in Bosnia-Herzegovina
without being required to extend the same duty-free or preferential treatment to like products of any
other Member.
2. Under the terms of this waiver, Turkey is requ ired to submit to the General Council an annual
report on the implementation of the preferences and duty-free treatment afforded to eligible products
from Bosnia-Herzegovina, including the extent to which such preferences and duty-free treatment
derogate from Turkey's MFN concessions, with a view  to facilitating the annual review provided for
in paragraph 4 of Article IX of the WTO Agreemen t. Accordingly, the first two reports have been
circulated on 7 December 2001 and 29 November 2002 with the symbols of WT/L/431 and WT/L/499 ,
respectively. This third report covers calendar year 2002. Trade data has been provided for calendar
year 2002, the most recent year for which full data is available.
II. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT AFFORDED TO ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS FROM
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
3. As stated in the first two reports, the relevant provisions of the Decision No. 1/95 establishing
the Customs Union, require that, all the duties and import regulations of Turkey and the European
Communities are to be applied identically.  In line with this, the same level of concessions stated in
the previous reports has been maintained.
III. PERFORMANCE OF THE REGIME
4. Same as the previous period concerned, the amount of foreign trade between Turkey and
Bosnia-Herzegovina has not reached a noticeable level and Bosnia-Herzegovina's main export
products to Turkey broadly remained to be the same in 2002.
5. Statistical tables are provided to present a detailed description of the trade aspects of the
regime for the most recent period.
                                                     
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-Table 1  provides information on Turkey's foreign trade with Bosnia-Herzegovina during
1998-2003, where figures for the first half of 2001-2002 are also given.
-Table 2  provides information on the first 10 leading Turkish imports, by product (2 Digit
Description) from Bosnia-Herzegovina during 2001-2002.
-Table 3  provides information on the first 15 leading Turkish imports, by product (6 Digit
Description) from Bosnia-Herzegovina during 2001-2002.WT/L/553
Page 3Table 1
Turkey’s foreign trade with Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1999-2003 (1000$)
YearTukey's
imports from
Bosnia-
HerzegovinaChange over
the previous
year or the
same period
of the
previous
yearTurkey's
imports
from the
WorldShare of
Bosnia-
Hezegovina
in Turkey's
total
importsTukey's
exports to
Bosnia-
HerzegovinaChange
over the
previous
year or
the same
period of
the
previous
yearTurkey's
exports to
the WorldShare of
Bosnia-
Hezegovina
in Turkey's
total
exportsTrade
Balance
(Turkey's
Exports to -
Imports from
Bosnia-
Herzegovina)
1999 16,222  40,687,270 %0.040 39,892  26,588,612 %0.150 23,670
2000 7,497 -54% 54,502,821 %0.014 26,871 -33% 27,774,906 %0.097 19,374
2001 4,926 -34% 41,399,083 %0.012 27,585 3% 31,342,034 %0.088 22,659
2002 6,300 28% 51,203,266 %0.012 42,919 56% 35,760,821 %0.120 36,619
2001 (First Half) 1,849  20,670,770 %0.009 11,526  15,360,647 %0.075 9,677
2001 (Second Half) 3,077  20,728,312 %0.015 16,060  15,981,387 %0.100 12,983
2002 (First Half) 3,818 106% 21,725,031 %0.018 18,152 57% 16,031,351 %0.113 14,334
2002 (Second Half) 2,483 -19% 28,407,694 %0.009 24,767 54% 19,337,850 %0.128 22,284
2003 (First Half) 3,558 -7% 30,424,037 %0.012 25,687 42% 21,434,860 %0.120 22,129
Source:  Official Statistics of the Undersecretariat for Foreign TradeWT/L/553
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TABLE 2
Leading Turkish Imports by Product (2 Digi t Description), from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001
No. Description/Chapter Value
1. 41 - Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 1,858,403
2. 84 - Nuclear reactors, boiler and machinery 1,169,436
3. 98 - Other arms and ammunitions 578,835
4. 72 - Iron and steel 394,858
5. 29 - Organic chemicals 347,435
6. 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or
surgical instruments and apparatus and articles thereof211,340
7. 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof 142,620
8. 39 - Plastics and articles thereof 61,560
9. 44 - Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 38,759
10. 21- Miscellaneous Edible Preparations 31,710
Sub-Total4,834,956
Total4,926,277
Leading Turkish Imports, by Product (2 Di git Description), from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2002
No Description/Chapter Value
1. 41- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 2,719,384
2. 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or
surgical instruments and apparatus and articles thereof1,255,928
3. 84- Nuclear reactors, boiler and machinery 940,312
4. 44 - Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 592,627
5. 29 - Organic chemicals 378,700
6. 36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible
preparations138,076
7. 82-Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 57,614
8. 43 - Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 48,063
9. 42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar
containers; articles of animal gut39,933
10. 93 - Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories thereof 37,772
Sub-Total6,208,409
Total6,300,368
SOURCE:  Official Statistics Of The Undersecretariat For Foreign TradeWT/L/553
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Table 3
Leading Turkish Imports by Product (6 Digi t Description), from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001
No, Description Value
1. 410210 - Raw skins of sheep or lambs with wool on 1,581,287
2. 983100 - Other arms and ammunitions 578,835
3. 848180 - Other appliances, machinery 450,127
4. 720836- Other in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled 376,544
5. 291714 - Maleic anhydride 347,435
6. 410221- Raw skins of sheep or lamps, without wool on, picked 271,930
7. 843049 - Other boring or sinking machinery, other 217,524
8. 901310 - Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes 210,340
9. 841381 - Other pumps, liquid elevators 170,400
10. 841330-Fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engines 116,113
11. 840999 - Other parts of engines 98,147
12. 854590 - Other carbon articles 71,910
13. 851790 - Parts of various electric assemblies 35,636
14. 841440 - Air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing 35,000
15. 848310 - Transmission shafts 32,839
Sub-Total4,594,067
Total4,926,277
Leading Turkish Imports, by Product (6 Di git Description), from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2002
No Description Value
1. 410210- Raw skins of sheep or lambs with wool on 2,303,455
2. 901310- Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes 1,247,044
3. 848180 -Other appliances; Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler
shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically
controlled valves437,148
4. 440391 -Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or ro ughly
squared; of oak (Quercus spp.)416,608
5. 291714- Maleic anhydride 378,700
6. 410120- Whole hides and skins, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8 kg when simply
dried, 10 kg when dry-salted, or 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved259,828
7. 841330-Fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engines 211,358
8. 360300-Safety fuses; detonating fuses; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric
detonators138,076
9. 410150-Whole hides and skins, of a weight exceeding 16 kg 132,080
10. 842123-Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines 120,039
11. 440392 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or ro ughly
squared;of beech (Fagus spp.)107,596
12. 840999- Other parts of engines 57,816
13. 842131- Intake air filters for internal combustion engines 53,479
14. 430219- Other- Tanned or dressed furskins, unassembled, or assembled other than those of
heading 430348,063
15. 820740- Tools for tapping or threading 40,831
Sub-Total5,952,121
Total6,300,368
Source:  Official Statistics of th e Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade
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