No. _________________ WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SECRET/22 
2 August 2004 
 (04-3288) 
 Original: English 
  
 
ARTICLE XXVIII:5 NEGOTIATIONS 
 
Schedule CXL – European Communities
 
  
 The following communication, dated 15 July 2004 is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Communities.  
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  In accordance with the provisions and pr ocedures of Article XXVIII, paragraph 5 of 
the General Agreement, the Eur opean Communities hereby provides notification that it intends to 
modify concessions on item 08030019 (bananas) in cluded in Schedule CXL of the European 
Communities annexed to the General Agreement.  
 The European Communities is prepared to ente r into negotiations and consultations with the 
appropriate Members under Article XXVIII for the m odification of concessions with respect to the 
above-mentioned tariff line.   Statistics of imports of the products involved, by country of origin, are enclosed
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1 In English only.  
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Imports of bananas (CN code 08030019: bananas, fresh, ex cl. plantains) into EC25 (EC15 + 10 Candidates Countries)  
  
  ( QUANTITY _TON)     ( VALUE _1000EURO)     
 2000 2001 2002 AV 00-02 2000 2001 2002 Av 00-02 
          
   Anguilla 4.1   1.4 1.9   0.6
   Argentina 3.1  20.0 7.7 3.2  10.8 4.6
   Australia 11.3   3.8 7.8   2.6
   Bahamas 258.0 426.3 76.5 253.6 79.9 268.3 28.1 125.4
   Bahrain 19.0  20.0 13.0 2.9  9.3 4.1
   Belarus    19.6 6.5   6.0 2.0
   Belize 68,558.2 51,609.1 38,709.3 52,958.9 41,143.5 29,969.8 23,003.9 31,372.4
   Bermuda   109.1  36.4  67.3  22.4
   Brazil 12,693.1 16,623.8 36,225.7 21,847.5 6,373.2 8,140.1 17,199.2 10,570.8
   Bulgaria    42.0 14.0   13.0 4.3
   Cameroon 211,847.1 225,398.6 236,470.9 224,572.2 131,743.3 149,261.4 142,365.1 141,123.3
   Canada 38.3  189.2 75.8 6.9  117.9 41.6
   Cape Verde 2.4   0.8 1.5   0.5
   Chile 104.7 46.2 233.9 128.3 48.8 31.2 197.2 92.4
   China   21.1  7.0  6.3  2.1
   Colombia 722,551.9 733,161.7 760,529.4 738,747.7 362,796.7 383,455.0 454,139.1 400,130.3
   Comoros 19.2   6.4 3.5   1.2
   Congo (Dem.     
Rep.) 109.0 132.5  80.5 41.6 58.4  33.3
   Costa Rica 709,979.3 679,188.8 743,061.3 710,743.1 385,755.5 410,867.7 481,555.2 426,059.5
   Croatia   19.2 20.1 13.1  2.7 13.2 5.3
   Cuba   67.9  22.6  31.6  10.5
   Dominica 27,712.6 17,536.2 17,467.4 20,905.4 19,372.1 12,118.8 12,367.8 14,619.5
   Dominican R. 59,889.9 85,909.8 97,331.6 81,7043.8 32,990.5 50,497.1 66,778.0 50,088.5
   Ecuador 1,036,244.3 1,039,549.0 1,087,057.2 1,054,283.5 489,506.5 550,054.8 616,251.1 551,937.5
   Egypt 54.9 5.8 206.3 89.0 27.2 2.9 122.5 50.9
   Equat.Guinea 6.7   2.2 2.0   0.7
   Ghana 3,741.1 3,458.1 3,249.5 3,482.9 2,263.0 2,897.1 2,498.8 2,553.0 
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 2000 2001 2002 AV 00-02 2000 2001 2002 Av 00-02 
   Grenada 783.6 591.0 556.7 643.8 549.5 416.9 394.7 453.7
   Guatemala 38,488.6 3,222.1 1,032.6 14,247.8 17,003.1 1,601.0 555.6 6,386.6
   Honduras 112,068.2 110,750.4 28,920.8 83,913.1 68,369.4 68,597.5 20,523.9 52,497.0
   India 20.0 0.0 13.1 11.0 6.0 0.0 9.3 5.1
   Indonesia 21.9   7.3 8.6   2.9
   Israel 76.2 20.6  32.3 49.9 10.1  20.0
   Ivory Coast 208,192.9 226,428.4 216,696.1 217,105.8 105,166.9 132,436.1 119,444.0 119,015.7
   Jamaica 40,940.7 42,957.8 40,600.4 41,499.6 33,610.3 33,287.7 29,769.6 32,222.5
   Kenya 9.9 1.2 3.2 4.8 21.4 3.5 8.6 11.1
   Liberia    208.6 69.5   114.5 38.2
   Macao    105.4 35.1   19.2 6.4
   Madagascar   0.0  0.0  0.1  0.0
   Malaysia 0.4   0.1 1.8   0.6
   Mexico 1,077.2 274.3 1,543.8 965.1 944.2 224.1 669.1 612.4
   Morocco     0.0    0.0
   N. Caledonia 20.0   6.7 9.1   3.0
   Nicaragua 25,831.4 1,333.0 848.8 9,337.7 16,480.1 1,026.6 526.4 6,011.0
   Panama 429,800.5 413,029.6 393,449.7 412,093.3 250,571.3 241,299.4 248,523.6 246,798.1
   Peru 20.0 1,329.2 6,804.4 2,717.9 8.0 821.2 4,235.8 1,688.3
   Philippines 6.5 15.0  7.2 8.3 14.1  7.5
   Pitcairn   59.5 20.0 26.5  31.0 11.6 14.2
   Rwanda 62.8 34.6 42.4 46.6 144.4 78.4 85.5 102.8
   S.Pierre,Miq   18.1  6.0  10.2  3.4
   Senegal   0.9  0.3  0.5  0.2
   South Africa 61.7 20.7 230.4 104.3 36.7 9.1 97.1 47.6
   South Korea   1.1  0.4  0.5  0.2
   Sri Lanka    2.3 0.8   6.9 2.3
   St Lucia 72,565.6 34,726.9 49,312.9 52,201.8 51,596.3 24,136.2 35,031.0 36,921.2
   St Vincent 42,922.7 30,828.5 32,519.9 35,423.7 30,225.8 21,437.8 23,113.2 24,925.6
   Surinam 34,274.8 28,720.2 6,547.8 23,180.9 30,057.4 19,502.6 3,968.3 17,842.7
   Switzerland 19.6   6.5 2.8   0.9
   Chinese Taipei  43.3   14.4 25.1   8.4 
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  ( QUANTITY _TON)     ( VALUE _1000EURO)     
 2000 2001 2002 AV 00-02 2000 2001 2002 Av 00-02 
   Thailand 0.0 54.1 0.6 18.2 1.3 30.8 2.0 11.4
   Turkey    1.6 0.5   2.2 0.7
   Uganda 24.5 23.2 10.8 19.5 54.4 54.6 24.0 44.3
   Uruguay    44.5 14.8   15.3 5.1
   USA 469.0 171.8 70.0 236.9 177.5 54.8 14.3 82.2
   Venezuela 23,390.7 12,421.3 9,545.9 15,119.3 13,239.2 8,798.1 8,040.8 10,026.0
   Vietnam 0.4 0.1  0.2 0.4 0.1  0.2
 
Source: Eurostat 
 
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