WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/STR/N/8/CRI
5 November 2003
(03-5901)
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises Original:  Spanish
STATE TRADING
Updating Notification Pursuant to Ar ticle XVII.4(a) of the GATT 1994 and
Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
COSTA RICA
The following communication, dated 30 October 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Costa Rica.
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Pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, Costa Rica herewith submits its replies, correspondingto the period July 2001 to June 2002, to the Questionnaire on State Trading.G/STR/N/8/CRI
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STATE TRADING
Updating Notification Pursuant to Ar ticle XVII.4(a) of the GATT 1994 and
Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
COSTA RICA
Pursuant to Article XVII.4(a) of the GATT 1994 and paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the
Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994, the Government of Costa Rica submits herewith an
update to the full notification circulated in document G/STR/N/4/CRI with the changes in its State
trading activities introduced during the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.
I. ENUMERATION OF STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES
No change.
II. REASON AND PURPOSE
No change.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE STATE TRADING ENTERPRISE
No change.
IV. STATISTICAL INFORMATION
The attached Annex contains tables with figures on imports, exports and domestic activities
for the corresponding period, set out in terms of quantity and value.
V. REASON WHY NO FOREIGN TRADE HAS TAKEN PLACE
There has been foreign trade, as shown in the above-mentioned tables.G/STR/N/8/CRI
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TABLE I
STATE TRADING:  REFINADORA COSTARRICENSE DE PETRÓLEO S. A. (RECOPE)
Statistical Information:  Imports
(Period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002)
Product description Tariff
headingTotal quantity
imported
(M3)Average
import price
($/M3)Average domestic
sales price
($/M3)Mark-up
($/M3)Domestic
production
(M3)
Light Crude 27.09.00.10.00 496,937 132.63 ---- -44.72
Heavy Crude 27.09.00.10.00 11,292 116.87 ---- -6.07
Regular Gasoline 27.10.00.55.00 66,074 196.17 461.10 -27.02 ----
Premium Gasoline 27.10.00.55.00 673,169 173.91 492.80 -64.38 ----
Diesel 27.10.00.73.20 684,901 170.76 318.18 -53.61 153,510
Bunker Oil 27.10.00.72.00 32,095 137.80 139.09 4.77 128,694
Aviation Gasoline(Avgas)27.10.00.52.90 4,508 293.67 545.16 -48.79 ----
Jet Fuel 27.10.00.61.00 145,518 177.93 204.57 -30.02 ----
Asphalt 27.13.20.00.00 45,461 187.08 204.67 1.7 6,868
Liquefied Petroleum
Gas (L.P.G.)27.11.12.00.00 145,768 125.60 209.03 -63.82 506
IFO-380 27.10.00.72.00 64,031 134.39 ---- 0.80 120,856
Methyl tertiary-butyl
ether (MTBE)29.09.19.00.00 9,367 250.40 ---- -169.46 ----
Source: RECOPE financial statements for the period July 2001 to June 2002.
Import volume and price: Import/export reports for 2001 and 2002.
Note: Sales price refers to the RECOPE Group price.G/STR/N/8/CRI
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TABLE II
STATE TRADING:  RECOPE
Statistical Information:  Exports
(Period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002)
Product
descriptionTariff
headingQuantity exported by
the State
Trading Enterprise
(M3)Average
representative
domestic sales price
($/M3)Average
export price
($/M3)Domestic
production
(M3)
Gasoline 27.10.00.55.00           8 303.85 436.32 ----
Diesel 27.10.00.73.20   12,621 193.80 312.32 153,510
Avgas 27.10.00.52.90       178 384.94 467.91 ----
Jet Fuel 27.10.00.61.00   29,313 250.21 309.34 ----
IFO-380 27.10.00.72.00 154,198 ---- 127.73 120,856
L.P.G. 27.11.12.00.00         30 195.20 232.87       506
Naphtha 27.10.00.64.00   45,852 ------ 118.41 109,629
Source:  RECOPE financial statements for the period July 2001 to June 2002.G/STR/N/8/CRI
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STATE TRADING:  RECOPE
Statistical Information:  Domestic Activities
(Period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002)
Product
descriptionTariff
headingPurchases on the
domestic market
(M3)Domestic
production
(M3)Sales on the domestic
market
(M3)Domestic
consumption
(M3)
Regular Gasoline 27.10.00.55.00 ---- ---- 478,810 Same
Premium Gasoline 27.10.00.55.00 ---- ---- 327,427 Same
Diesel 27.10.00.73.20 ---- 153,510 797,766 Same
Avgas 27.10.00.52.90 ---- ---- 3,601 Same
Jet Fuel 27.10.00.61.00 ---- ---- 102,857 Same
L.P.G. 27.11.12.00.00 ---- ---- 145,146 Same
Bunker Oil 27.10.00.72.00 ---- 128,694 158,469 Same
Kerosene 27.10.00.62.00 ---- ---- 9,334 Same
Asphalt 27.13.20.00.00 ---- 6,868 42,259 Same
Heavy Diesel 27.10.00.71.00 ---- 2,909 6,335 Same
Asphaltic Emulsion 27.13.20.00.00 ---- 7,344 7,938 Same
Heavy Naphtha 27.10.00.59.90 ---- 109,629 1,192 Same
Source:  RECOPE financial statements for the period July 2001 to June 2002.
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