. /.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG58/3/Add.3
1 July 1999
(99-2724)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND HUNGARY
Communication from Turkey
Addendum
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Mission of Turkey, with
the request that it be circulated to Members.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
4. Trade Data
Imports of Turkey from Hungary, 1995-1997, by H.S. Chapter (1,000 US$)
Imports HS Product Description
1995 1996 1997
01 Live animals 4,102 3,674 186
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 51 0
03 Fish and crustaceans 0 103 0
04 Dairy produce 2,037 2,003 379
05 Products of animal origin 9 60 7
06 Live trees and other plants 44 0 92
07 Edible vegetables 358 188 465
09 Coffee, tea 0 4 19
10 Cereals 14,720 33,157 10,031
12 Oil seeds, miscellaneous grains, industrial or medicinal plants 398 511 429
13 Lac, gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0 3
14 Vegetable plaiting materials 23 146 21
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils 11 164 0
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 1 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, nuts 65 0 1
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 0 0 1
23 Residues and waste from the food industries 85 124 20
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0 0 1
25 Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, lime and cement 43 23 0
27 Minerals fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation 38 0 47
28 Inorganic chemicals 2,067 2,951 3,417
29 Organic chemicals 6,841 4,892 1,847
30 Pharmaceutical products 430 148 26
31 Fertilisers 0 0 4
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts, dyes 111 75 158
33 Essential oils, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 14 6 486
34 Soap, organic surface-active ag ents, washing preparations 60 0 0
35 Albuminoidal substances, modified starches, glues, enzymes 10 25 7
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 53 66 88WT/REG58/3/Add.3
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Imports HS Product Description
1995 1996 1997
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 632 551 424
39 Plastics and articles thereof 7,268 7,104 9,085
40 Rubber and articles thereof 298 315 271
42 Articles of leather 1 8 10
44 Wood and articles of wood 31 37 37
48 Paper and paperboard, article s of paper pulp 6,369 3,060 6,059
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures 0 13 10
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair 198 167 543
52 Cotton 0 477 114
53 Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn 3 9 82
54 Man-made filaments 372 561 582
55 Man-made staple fibers 190 2,632 212
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns 1,763 1,866 2,075
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 11 0 0
58 Special woven fabrics 0 0 2
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics 0 1 0
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 0 0 31
61 Articles of clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 13 79 54
62 Articles of clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 49 63 71
63 Other made-up textile articles 0 9 5
64 Footwear 0 46 35
68 Articles of stone, cement, asbestos or similar materials 69 76 1,263
69 Ceramic products 437 406 88
70 Glass and glassware 243 287 286
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones 23 0 7
72 Iron and steel 7,755 8,716 6,161
73 Articles of iron or steel 835 1,050 2,137
74 Copper and articles thereof 1 0 82
75 Nickel and articles thereof 1 0 0
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 100 9 147
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 2 4
81 Other base metals 431 406 535
82 Tools, implements, cutlery 12 406 23
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 15 262 154
84 Nuclear reactors, machinery and mechanical appliances 2,302 2,958 41,419
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof 4,361 10,346 11,990
86 Railway or tramway locomotives and parts thereof 639 0 5
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock 3,049 3,794 4,404
88 Aircraft and parts thereof 2 0 0
90 Optical, photographic, medical or surgical instruments 113 177 194
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0 2
92 Musical instruments 0 0 8
94 Furniture 11 49 43
95 Toys, games and sport requisites 788 77 92
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1 23 29
97 Works of art, collectors' piece and antiques 0 4 0
Total 69,905 94,418 106,510
Trade Covered 65,041 64,895 100,125
(Percentage of Cove rage) (93% (69%) (94%)
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