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WORLD TRADE WT/REG4/5
29May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2244)
Original: English Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Information Submitted bytheParties
Thefollowingcommunicationdated23May1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada, onbehalf oftheNAFTA Parties, withtrade statistics toupdate theinformation contained
indocument WT/REG4/1. These statistics were requested byMembers during theEighth Session
oftheCommittee onRegional Trade Agreements.
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NAFTA -Update ofTrade Data
25. What percentage, bothinvolume andinvalue, ofthetotalMexican trade isnowconducted
within NAFTA countries? What about thatfortheUSandCanada? Inwhat wayare
these figures likely tochange?
Canadian Imports from NAFTA Partners:
1996 World Imports C$234.9 billion
1996 Imports from U.S. C$157.7 billion 67.1% oftotal
1996 Imports from Mexico C$6.0 billion 2.6% oftotal
1996 Imports from NAFTA C$163.7 billion 69.7% oftotal
Mexican Imports from NAFTA partners:
1996 World Imports US$89.5 billion
1996 Imports from Canada US$1.7 billion 1.95% oftotal
1996 Imports from U.S. US$67.5 billion 75.4% oftotal
1996 Imports from NAFTA US$69.2 billion 77.35% oftotal
U.S.Imports from NAFTA Partners:
1996 World Imports US$791.3 billion
1996 Imports from Canada US$156.5 billion 19.8% oftotal
1996 Imports from Mexico US$73 billion 9.2% oftotal
1996 Imports from NAFTA US$259.5 billion 29%oftotalWT/REG4/5
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26. What percentage ofthetotal Mexican trade isnowconducted under allitspreferential
trade arrangements, including theNAFTA andthefreetrade arrangement withLatin
American countries? What about thatforCanada andtheU.S.? Inwhat wayarethese
figures likely tochange?
Canadian Imports from preferential partners:
1996 World Imports C$234.9 billion
1996 Imports from NAFTA C$163.7 billion 69.7% oftotal
Canada hasrecently signed andratified freetrade agreements withIsrael andChile. The
agreement withIsrael came intoeffect on1January 1997. Theagreement withChile isexpected to
come intoforce on2June1997.
Mexican Imports from preferential partners:
1996 World Imports US$89.5 billion
1996 Imports from NAFTA US$69.2 billion 77.35% oftotal
1996 Imports from Columbia
andVenezuela US$331 million 0.37% oftotal
1996 Imports from Bolivia US$8 million 0.009% oftotal
1996 Imports from Costa Rica US$57.6 million 0.06% oftotal
1996 Imports from Chile US$170.8 million 0.19% oftotal
1996 Total preferential trade US$69.77 billion 77.98% oftotal
U.S.Imports from preferential partners:
1996 World Imports US$791.3 billion
1996 Imports from NAFTA US$259.5 billion 29%oftotal
1996 Imports from Israel US$6.4 billion 0.8% oftotal
1996 Total preferential US$265.9 billion 29.8% oftotal
27. What percentage oftrade between theParties tothisAgreement isaccounted forby:
(a) goods covered byAnnex 300-A
(b) goods covered byAnnex 300-B
(c) goods covered byanother chapter inthisPart; and
(d) goods notcovered by(a),(b) or(c)?
(a) Goods covered byAnnex 300-A
Imports intoCanada (1996)
U.S. C$48.55 billion 30.8% ofCanadian imports from U.S.
Mexico C$3.09 billion 51.4% ofCanadian imports from Mexico
Imports intoMexico (1996):
U.S. US$10.855 billion 16.09% ofMexican imports from U.S.
Canada US$230.3 million 13.24% ofMexican imports from Canada
Imports intoU.S.(1996):
Canada US$25.3 billion 16.2% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$7.8 billion 10.7% ofU.S.imports from MexicoWT/REG4/5
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Imports intoU.S.(1994 Revised)1
Canada US$22 billion 17.3% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$3.9 billion 8%ofU.S.imports from Mexico
(b) Goods covered byAnnex 300-B
Imports intoCanada (1996)
U.S. C$3.8 billion 2.4% ofCanadian imports from U.S.
Mexico C$143 million 2.4% ofCanadian imports from Mexico
Imports intoMexico (1996)
U.S. US$4.27 billion 6.33% ofMexican imports from U.S.
Canada US$35.06 million 2.01% ofMexican imports from Canada
Imports intoU.S.(1996)
Canada US$2.3 billion 1.5% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$4.7 billion 6.5% ofU.S.imports from Mexico
Imports intoU.S.(1994 Revised)1
Canada US$1.7 billion 1.3% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico: US$2.3 billion 4.7% ofU.S.imports from Mexico
(c) Goods covered byHSChapter 1-24excluding NAFTA Chapter 3
Imports intoCanada (1996)
U.S. C$7.66 billion 4.8% ofCanadian imports from U.S.
Mexico C$315.3 million 5.2% ofCanadian imports from Mexico
Imports intoMexico (1996)
U.S. US$5.32 billion 7.89% ofMexican imports from U.S.
Canada US$430.7 million 24.7% ofMexican imports from Canada
Imports intoU.S.(1996)
Canada US$7.3 billion 4.7% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$4.0 billion 5.4% ofU.S.imports from Mexico
Imports intoU.S.(1994 REVISED)1
Canada US$5.8 billion 4.5% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$2.3 billion 4.7% ofU.S.imports from Mexico
(d) Goods notcovered by(a),(b)or(c)
Imports intoCanada (1996)
U.S. C$97.65 billion 61.9% ofCanadian imports from U.S.
Mexico C$2.46 billion 40.9% ofCanadian imports from Mexico
1These arecorrected numbers for1994. Theoriginal 1994 numbers supplied inresponse tothisquestion
andcontained indocument WT/REG4/1 were based onanincorrect reading ofthequestion.WT/REG4/5
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Imports intoMexico (1996)
U.S. US$47.0 billion 69.68% ofMexican imports from U.S.
Canada US$1.047 billion 60.04% ofMexican imports from Canada
Imports intoU.S.(1996)
Canada US$121.7 billion 77.7% ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$56.5 billion 77.4% ofU.S.imports from Mexico
Imports intoU.S.(1994 Revised)1
Canada US$98.9 billion 77%ofU.S.imports from Canada
Mexico US$41 billion 82.8% ofU.S.imports from Mexico
29(a) What proportion ofthetrade between theParties isdutyfree?
Imports intoCanada (1996)
82.0% oftrade from theU.S.entered duty-free
78.2% oftrade from Mexico entered duty-free
Imports intoMexico (1996)
54.47% oftrade from theU.S.entered duty-free
62.55% oftrade from Canada entered duty-free
Imports intotheU.S.(1996)
81%oftrade from Canada entered duty-free
77%oftrade from Mexico entered duty-free
29(b) What proportion ofthetrade between theParties willbecome duty-free within tenyears
from thedateofimplementation ofNAFTA?
Nochange toanswer contained inWT/REG4/1.
29(c) What proportion ofthetrade issubject totariff quotas under Annex 302.2?
Quotas under 302(2) maintained in1996 by:
- Canada, account for0.01% ofCanadian imports from NAFTA Parties.
- Mexico, account for4.26% ofMexican imports from NAFTA Parties.
- United States, account for1.2% ofU.S.imports from NAFTA Parties.