RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/BOP/G/3
4July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2782)
Original: English Committee onBalance-of-Payments Restrictions
1997 CONSULTATIONS WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC UNDER ARTICLE XII:4(a)
OFTHE GATT 1994 AND THE RELATED UNDERSTANDING
Basic Document Supplied bytheCzech Republic
I. INTRODUCTION
1. TheGovernment oftheCzech Republic, acting inconformity withtherelevant provisions of
Article XIIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 andtheUnderstanding onBalance
ofPayments Provisions oftheGATT 1994, introduced, witheffect from21April 1997, atemporary
import deposit scheme.
2. Theimport deposit scheme isdesigned toaddress themost pressing problem ofaserious
deterioration ofthebalance ofpayments. Itspurpose istocontribute toforestall animminent threat
ofaserious decline intheforeign exchange reserves andtoavoid significant pressures fromthegrowing
external imbalances.
3. TheWTO Members were notified oftheintroduction ofthedeposit scheme indocument
WTO/BOP/N/19 dated 29April 1997. Inthisdocument, theCzech authorities stated thatthescheme
isofatemporary nature andthatitisanintegral partofabroader setofmacroeconomic measures
adopted recently bytheGovernment andaimed attheimprovement ofthecurrent economic situation.
II. MACROECONOMIC AND BALANCE OFPAYMENT DEVELOPMENT
4. Theeconomic development oftheCzech Republic overthepastyears hasbeenlargely positive.
Ithasbeenaccompanied inparticular bygradually accelerating economic growth together withlowering
inflation, sound public finance andastable external position. However, inthecourse of1996,
firstnegative macroeconomic tendencies appeared which proliferated further atthebeginning of1997.
5. Thecurrent account deficit widened sharply to8.6percentofGDP in1996. Inthefirsthalf
of1996, thedeclining competitiveness oftheCzech economy manifested itselfinagradual slowdown
ofexports andeventheirdecline laterintheyear. Thedownturn trajectory ofexports continued in
thefirstquarter of1997 while imports keptongrowing.
6. Starting inthesecond halfof1996, industrial output followed thesame pattern andinthe
firstquarter of1997 itsgrowth turned intodecline (4.2percent). Though wage growth hasslowed
down, itremained wellabove labour productivity growth andcontributed tobooming consumer demand.
Budgetary incomes stagnated innominal terms anddecreased inrealvalues. Asaresult, thestate
budget deficit increased substantially andamounted toalmost CZK12billion attheendofApril 1997.WT/BOP/G/3
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a. Current Account
7. Thewhole transformation process hasbeenmarked byanunprecedented opening oftheCzech
economy andbyitsincreased exposure tointernational competition through thesubstantial reduction
oftariff ratesandelimination ofbarriers totrade andinvestment. Ahighdegree ofliberalization of
bothcapital andcurrent account transactions brought about afullintegration oftheCzech Republic
intoworld markets.
8. Anopenandliberal import policy hascontinued despite theprogressive deterioration ofthe
trade balance. TheGovernment maintains theviewthatthetrade deficit hasacertain logicstemming
fromaparticular stage ofthetransformation process andthatthisdeficit ismanageable ifitsmedium
andlong-term financing issecured andifimported goods areutilized inparticular intherestructuring
andmodernization oftheeconomy.
9. Theleadofdomestic demand oversupply appeared, forthefirsttime, inthemid-1994 when
arapid upturn oftheeconomy tookplace. Since then, increases inimports faroutpaced growth in
exports. While the1994trade deficit (CZK 26billion) wascomfortably covered byanactive balance
ininvisibles, already in1995other current account entries wereinsufficient tocompensate forthetotal
trade billandthecurrent account registered adeficit ofCZK 36billion.
10. Thebalance oftrade deteriorated substantially through 1996 when itroseby70percentto
CZK 162billion (US$6 billion), i.e.11.5 percentofGDP. Asadirect consequence oftrade
performance, thecurrent account deficit expanded dramatically toCZK121.5 billion (US$4.5 billion)
orequivalent to8.6percentofGDP.
11. Inthefirstthree months of1997, theCzech Republic exports almost stagnated (anincrease
of0.6percentcompared tothesame period of1996) while imports continued togrow although at
lower rates (8percent). Consequently, thecountry ’strade deficit inthefirstquarter increased
substantially toCZK 38.3billion andwasabout CZK 11.2billion larger (41percent) thaninthe
same period ofthepreceding year. Thecurrent account deficit almost doubled andamounted to
CZK 30.3(US$1.1 billion). Inthefirstquarter of1996, thecurrent account ended inadeficit of
CZK 14.7billion ((US$541 billion).
12. Theadverse development ofbalance ofthetrade hasbeenfurther fostered bychanges inthe
commodity structure ofimports. Inprevious years highest increases occurred inpurchases ofcapital
goods andproducts forintermediate consumption. Attheendof1996andinthefirstquarter of1997
thetendency forincreasing imports ofgoods forprivate consumption hasaccelerated. Inthefirstquarter
of1997, growth rates ofimports forprivate consumption almost doubled compared tototalimports
(imports offoodstuffs were higher by16percentandthose ofconsumer goods by14percent).
13. Thedeterioration inthecurrent account deficit wasduetoacombination ofinternal andexternal
factors. Asregards internal factors, themostimportant wastheincreased domestic demand, generated
bothbypublic andprivate sectors, which wasmetthrough imports rather thanbydomestic supply.
Thistendency waslinked totheweakening ofcompetitiveness ofCzech companies resulting inparticular
fromthedisproportion between labour productivity andunitlabour costsdevelopment inmanufacturing
andagriculture andfrom realappreciation oftheCzech koruna. Asforexternal factors, theCzech
export performance wasaffected byaslowdown ofeconomic growth inmajor export markets and
increased competition inthese markets.WT/BOP/G/3
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b. Capital Account
14. In1996, theaggregate capital account surplus amounted toonlyonehalfofthelevelinthe
previous year, totalling CZK 110billion US$(4.1 billion), compared toCZK 218billion
(US$8.2 billion) in1995. Furthermore, thestructure ofcapital flows registered significant changes.
Debtcreatingsourcesincreased,inparticularasaresultofmorefrequenttransactionsbyforeignsubjects
withcrown denominated instruments duetothehighinterest ratedifferential.
c. Foreign Exchange Reserves
15. Theforeign exchange reserves oftheCzech National Bank declined byCZK 22.5billion in
1996 (exchange ratedifferences excluded), from CZK 362.4 billion attheend of1995 to
CZK339.9billion(US$12.4billion).InMarch1997,foreignexchangereservesstoodatUS$11.7billion.
Theleveloftheforeign exchange reserves continued downward trajectory interms ofthecorresponding
months ofimports coverage. In1996, after their previous steady growth, thereserves of
theCzech National Bank covered approximately 4.4months ´imports ofgoods andservices, compared
to6.2months in1995.
16. Themaintenance oftheexisting levelofreserves isconsidered indispensable foracountry
seeking afundamental transformation ofitseconomy. Itisalsoimportant inorder toavoid speculative
movement against thenational currency which isopentothepressures oftheglobal capital markets.
Adecline inforeign exchange reserves below thefour-month import limitisseenbytheGovernment
asunacceptable.
17. Thedecline inofficial reserves andincrease inforeign liabilities led,forthefirsttimeinthe
transformation process, toadeficit intheinvestment position oftheCzech Republic.
d. Foreign Debt
18. Thetotal gross foreign debtinconvertible currencies expanded toCZK 557.9 billion
(US$20.4 billion; 39.4percentofGDP) attheendof1996(upbyCZK 117.7 billion, US$3.9 billion
compared to1995). Debtservice ofUS$3.3 billion reached 10.9percent ofannual exports ofgoods
andservices, equivalent to6.2percentofGDP. Inthefirstquarter 1997, theforeign debtincreased
byCZK 15.2billion toCZK 573.1 billion.
III. POLICY OPTIONS
19. Inreaction totheabove mentioned disruptions ofvitalmacroeconomic trends, theGovernment
decided, on16April 1997, toembark onasetofcorrective measures ofsystemic, macroeconomic
aswellasoftemporary nature (theApril package). Themain objective oftheshort termmeasures
consisted inimproving theexternal position andreduction ofthecurrent account deficit through
comprehensivepolicyeffortdesignedtoreducedomesticdemandandpromoteforeignexchangeearnings.
20. Since thesimultaneously adopted measures require some timetoproduce positive effects, the
Government decided tocomplement thembyanadministrative measure toavoid further deterioration
ofthebalance ofpayments andtoprevent, inconditions ofvolatility oftheglobal capital flows, the
riskofunsustainability ofthese processes.WT/BOP/G/3
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21. TheGovernment decided tointroduce theimport deposit scheme which, compared toother
price-based measures (import surcharge, increased tariff rates) tendtominimize thedevaluation
expectations andinflationary impacts. Thisisofparticular importance foracountry intransformation.
22. Further prerequisites forimproving thebalance ofpayments development werecreated bythe
change intheCzech National Bank exchange ratepolicy putintoeffect on26May1997. Based on
therecent development characterized bythespeculative attacks against thenational currency, theCzech
National Bankdecided tocancel the7percentfluctuation bandandthecurrency basket andtointroduce
afloating exchange rateforthekoruna.
23. Withtheaimtomake anewexchange ratestable andinorder tostabilize theeconomic situation,
theApril package hasbeenfurther accentuated byastabilization andrecovery programme for
theCzech economy worked outbytheGovernment on28May1997. Thisprogram which isbased
onfurther fiscal tightening andwage restraint includes (a)large scale spending cuts;(b)support for
thecentral bankinitsrestrictive policy tocombat inflation; (c)foreign exchange measures tobolster
thestability ofthecurrency; (d)restraint inincreasing wages atcompanies and(e)afreeze on
public-sector wages.
24. Theshort-term measures havetheirroletoplayincorrection ofmacroeconomic policy and
stabilizing theeconomy, inparticular inmonths tocome. However, theyshould beputinabroader
perspective ofmedium andlong-term objectives. The Government expects torevive the
economy andeliminate thestructural rigidities hampering thefullpotential oftheCzech economy
andthustocomplete thetransformation process through longer-term systemic andinstitutional measures
inparticular intheareas ofprivatization, increased transparency ofcapital markets andimproved
competitiveness andentrepreneurial conditions.
IV. ESSENTIAL FEATURES OFTHE DEPOSIT SCHEME
25. Theimport deposit scheme wasintroduced bytheDecree oftheMinistry ofIndustry andTrade
No.90/1997 oftheCollection ofLaws of21April 1997, issued onthebasis oftheauthorization
given bytheActNo.42/1980 oftheCollection ofLaws, onEconomic Relations withForeign Countries
asamended.
26. With effect from2May1997, theconditions ofapplication ofthescheme havebeenmodified
intheDecree oftheMinistry ofIndustry andTrade No.102/1997 oftheCollection ofLaws of28
April 1997. Themodifications werebrought about bythenecessity toenlarge thelistofbanks collecting
thedeposits (thesystem isopen toall banks having expressed theirinterest toparticipate in
thescheme), avoid circumvention (exception relating toimports ofgoods withthevalue lessthan
5000 CZK waswithdrawn) andtomodify slightly theproduct coverage tomeet thecriteria for
selecting products subject tothedeposit requirement.
27. According tothedeposit scheme, imports ofmostconsumer goods andfoodstuffs aresubject
toasixmonth non-interest bearing import deposit equivalent to20percentoftheinvoiced price of
theproducts tobeimported. Thelodging ofthedeposit isobligatory forreleasing ofgoods inquestion
intofreecirculation intheCzech Republic.
28. Taking thepattern oftheCzech Republic imports in1996asabasis, thescheme affects products
which, overall, account forapproximately 30percentoftotalimports. These products comprise
mainly agricultural products, foodstuffs andconsumer goods.WT/BOP/G/3
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29. Thecriteria adopted forselecting theitems subject tothedeposit reflect acombination offactors
which ledtheGovernment totakethedecision tointroduce theimport deposit measure.
30. Thelistofcovered products wasdrafted nottogrant protection toanyparticular domestic
industry. Existing exemptions which consist inparticular oftheinputs needed forproduction and
capital goods, areaimed toavoid thesituation when thedeposits areendangering theexpansion
ofeconomic activity andcontributing totheincrease inthecostofproduction ofproducts essential
fortheimprovement ofbalance ofpayments situation.
31. Thescheme isnon-discriminatory, being applied toallcountries, including those withwhich
theCzech Republic haspreferential trade agreements.
32. TheGovernment oftheCzech Republic believes thatthedeposit scheme isinconformity with
therequirements setforsuchmeasures inArticle XIIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs and
Trade 1994 andintherelevant provisions oftheUnderstanding onBalance ofPayments Provisions
ofGATT 1994. Itisfullyjustifiable bythenature ofthebalance-of-payments problem andthenecessity
tomake itmanageable through adequate financing capacity.WT/BOP/G/3
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APPENDIX I
HS/CN Description ofproducts
01 LIVE ANIMALS
0102 Live bovine animals
0102 90 -Other
0103 Live swine
-Other
0103 91 --Weighing lessthan50kg
0103 92 --Weighing 50kgormore
02 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL
03 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
0301 Live fish
-Other livefish
0301 91 --Trout
0301 93 --Carp
0302 Fish, fresh orchilled, excluding fishfillets andother fishmeat ofheading No0304
-Salmonidae, excluding livers androes
0302 11 --Trout
0302 69 --Other
---Freshwater fish
0302 6911 ----Carp
0302 6919 ----Other
0303 Fish, frozen, excluding fishfillets andother fishmeat ofheading No0304
-Other salmonidae, excluding livers androes
0303 21 --Trout
0303 79 --Other
---Freshwater fish
0303 7911 ----Carp
0303 7919 ----Other
04 DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS 'EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OFANIMAL
ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED ORINCLUDED
05 PRODUCTS OFANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED ORINCLUDED
06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND
ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
0603 Cutflowers andflower buds ofakindsuitable forbouquets orforornamental purposes, fresh, dried,
dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared
0604 Foliage, branches andother parts ofplants, without flowers orflower buds, andgrasses, mosses and
lichens, being goods ofakindsuitable forbouquets orforornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed,
bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared
07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OFCITRUS FRUIT ORMELONS
0801 Coconuts, Brazil nutsandcashew nuts, fresh ordried, whether ornotshelled orpeeled
0802 Other nuts, fresh ordried, whether ornotshelled orpeeled
0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes andmangosteens, fresh ordried
0806 Grapes, fresh ordried
0807 Melons (including watermelons) andpapaws (papayas), fresh
0808 Apples, pears andquinces, fresh
0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums andsloes, fresh
0810 Other fruit, fresh
0811 Fruit andnuts, uncooked orcooked bysteaming orboiling inwater, frozen, whether ornotcontaining
added sugar orother sweetening matter
0812 Fruit andnuts, provisionally preserved (forexample, bysulphur dioxide gas,inbrine, insulphur water
orinother preservative solutions), butunsuitable inthattateforimmediate consumption
0813 Fruit, dried, other thanthatofheadings Nos. 0801 to0806; mixtures ofnutsordried fruits ofthis
Chapter
0814 Peelofcitrus fruitormelons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried orprovisionally preserved
inbrine, insulphur water orinother preservative solutionsWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
09 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
0909 Seeds ofanise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin orcaraway; juniper berries
0909 20 -Seeds ofcoriander
0909 30 -Seeds ofcumin
0909 40 -Seeds ofcaraway
11 PRODUCTS OFTHE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN
12 OILSEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT;
INDUSTRIAL ORMEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
1201 Soya beans, whether ornotbroken
1202 Ground-nuts, notroasted orotherwise cooked, whether ornotshelled orbroken
1203 Copra
1204 Linseed, whether ornotbroken
1205 Rape orcolza seeds, whether ornotbroken
1206 Sunflower seeds, whether ornotbroken
1207 Other oilseeds andoleaginous fruits, whether ornotbroken
1208 Flours andmeals ofoilseeds oroleaginous fruits, other thanthose ofmustard
1210 Hopcones, fresh ordried, whether ornotground, powdered orintheform ofpellets; lupulin
1211 Plants andparts ofplants (including seeds andfruits), ofakindused primarily inperfumery, in
pharmacy orforinsecticidal, fungicidal orsimilar purposes, fresh ordried, whether ornotcut,crushed
orpowdered
1212 Locust beans, seaweeds andother algae, sugar beetandsugar cane, fresh ordried, whether ornot
ground; fruitstones andkernels andother vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots ofthe
variety Cichorium intybus sativum) ofakindused primarily forhuman consumption, notelsewhere
specified orincluded
1213 Cereal straw andhusks, unprepared, whether ornotchopped, ground, pressed orintheform ofpellets
1214 Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay,lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches
andsimilar forage products, whether ornotintheform ofpellets
13 LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS
14 VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED ORINCLUDED
15 ANIMAL ORVEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED
EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL ORVEGETABLE WAXES
16 PREPARATIONS OFMEAT, OFFISH OROFCRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OROTHER
AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
17 SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY
18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS
1802 Cocoa shells, husks, skins andother cocoa waste
1806 Chocolate andother food preparations containing cocoa
19 PREPARATIONS OFCEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH ORMILK; PASTRYCOOKS 'PRODUCTS
20 PREPARATIONS OFVEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OROTHER PARTS OFPLANTS
21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS
22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR.
23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
2302 Bran, sharps andother residues, whether ornotintheform ofpellets derived from thesifting, milling
orother working ofcereals orofleguminous plants
2303 Residues ofstarch manufacture andsimilar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse andother waste ofsugar
manufacture, brewing ordistilling dregs andwaste, whether ornotintheform ofpellets
2305 Oil-cake andother solid residues, whether ornotground orintheform ofpellets, resulting from the
extraction ofground-nut oil
2306 Oil-cake andother solid residues, whether ornotground orintheform ofpellets, resulting from the
extraction ofvegetable fatsoroils,other thanthose ofheading No2304 or2305
2307 Wine lees; argol
2308 Vegetable materials andvegetable waste, vegetable residues andby-products, whether ornotinthe
form ofpellets, ofakindused inanimal feeding, notelsewhere specified orincluded
2309 Preparations ofakindused inanimal feeding
24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos andcigarettes, oftobacco oroftobacco substitutesWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
2403 Other manufactured tobacco andmanufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenized" or"reconstituted"
tobacco; tobacco extracts andessences
27 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OFTHEIR DISTILLATION;
BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES.
2710 Petroleum oilsandoilsobtained from bituminous minerals, other thancrude; preparations not
elsewhere specified orincluded, containing byweight 70% ormore ofpetroleum oilsorofoils
obtained from bituminous minerals, these oilsbeing thebasic constituents ofthepreparations
-Heavy oils
--Gasoils
2710 0061 ---Forundergoing aspecific process
2710 0065 ---Forundergoing chemical transformation byaprocess other thanthose specified inrespect of
subheading 2710 0061
---Forother purposes
2710 0066 ----With asulphur content notexceeding 0,05% byweight
2710 0067 ----With asulphur content exceeding 0,05% byweight butnotexceeding 0,2% byweight
2710 0068 ----With asulphur content exceeding 0,2% byweight
--Fueloils
2710 0071 ---Forundergoing aspecific proceses
2710 0072 ---Forundergoing chemical transformation byaprocess other thanthose specified inrespect of
subheading 2710 0071
---Forother purposes
2710 0074 ----With asulphur content notexceeding 1%byweight
2710 0076 ----With asulphur content exceeding 1%byweight butnotexceeding 2%byweight
2710 0077 ----With asulphur content exceeding 2%byweight butnotexceeding 2,8% byweight
2710 0078 ----With asulphur content exceeding 2,8% byweight
--Lubricating oils;other oils
2710 0081 ---Forundergoing aspecific process
2710 0083 ---Forundergoing chemical transformation byaprocess other thanthose specified inrespect of
subheading 2710 0081
2710 0085 ---Tobemixed inaccordance withtheterms ofadditional note6tothischapter
---Forother purposes
2710 0087 ----Motor oils,compressor lubeoils,turbine lubeoils
2710 0088 ----Liquids forhydraulic purposes
2710 0089 ----White oils,liquid paraffin
2710 0092 ----Gear oilsandreductor oils
2710 0094 ----Metal-working compounds, mould release oils,anticorrosion oils
2710 0096 ----Electrical insulating oils
2710 0098 ----Other lubricating oilsandother oils
31 FERTILISERS
3102 Mineral orchemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
3102 10 -Urea, whether ornotinaqueous solution
3102 1090 --Other
-Ammonium sulphate; double saltsandmixtures ofammonium sulphate andammonium nitrate
3102 21 --Ammonium sulphate
3102 29 --Other
3102 30 -Ammonium nitrate, whether ornotinaqueous solution
3102 40 -Mixtures ofammonium nitrate withcalcium carbonate orother inorganic non-fertilising substances
3102 50 -Sodium nitrate
3102 60 -Double saltsandmixtures ofcalcium nitrate andammonium nitrate
3102 70 -Calcium cyanamide
3102 90 -Other, including mixtures notspecified intheforegoing subheadings
32 TANNING ORDYING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS
AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER
MASTICS; INKS
3213 Artists ',students 'orsignboard painters 'colours, modifying tints, amusement colours andthelike,in
tablets, tubes, jars,bottles, pans orinsimilar forms orpackings
3214 Glaziers 'putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds andother mastics; painters 'fillings;
non-refractory surfacing preparations forfaçades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings orthelikeWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
3214 90 -Other
33 ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC ORTOILET PREPARATIONS
3303 Perfumes andtoilet waters
3304 Beauty ormake-up preparations andpreparations forthecareoftheskin(other thanmedicaments),
including sunscreen orsuntanpreparations; manicure orpedicure preparations
3305 Preparations foruseonthehair
3306 Preparations fororalordental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes andpowders; yarnused to
clean between theteeth (dental floss), inindividual retail packages
3307 Pre-shave, shaving orafter-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bathpreparations, depilatories and
other perfumery, cosmetic ortoilet preparations, notelsewhere specified orincluded; prepared room
deodorizers, whether ornotperfumed orhaving disinfectant properties
34 SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING
PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING ORSCOURING
PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, "DENTAL
WAXES" AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH ABASIS OFPLASTER
3401 Soap; organic surface-active products andpreparations foruseassoap, intheform ofbars, cakes,
moulded pieces orshapes, whether ornotcontaining soap; paper, wadding, feltandnonwovens,
impregnated, coated orcovered withsoap ordetergent
-Soap andorganic surface-active products andpreparations, intheform ofbars, cakes, moulded
pieces orshapes, andpaper, wadding, feltandnonwovens, impregnated, coated orcovered withsoap
ordetergent
3401 11 --Fortoilet use(including medicated products)
3402 Organic surface-active agents (other thansoap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations
(including auxiliary washing preparations) andcleaning preparations, whether ornotcontaining soap,
other thanthose ofheading No3401
3403 Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, boltornutrelease preparations, anti-rust
oranti-corrosion preparations andmould release preparations, based onlubricants) andpreparations of
akindused fortheoilorgrease treatment oftextile materials, leather, furskins orother materials, but
excluding preparations containing, asbasic constituents, 70% ormore byweight ofpetroleum oilsor
ofoilsobtained from bituminous minerals
3405 Polishes andcreams, forfootwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass ormetal, scouring pastes and
powders andsimilar preparations (whether ornotintheform ofpaper, wadding, felt,nonwovens,
cellular plastics orcellular rubber, impregnated, coated orcovered withsuch preparations), excluding
waxes ofheading No3404
3406 Candles, tapers andthelike
35 ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES
3505 Dextrins andother modified starches (forexample, pregelatinised oresterified starches); glues based on
starches, orondextrins orother modified starches
3505 10 -Dextrins andother modified starches
36 EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN
COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS
37 PHOTOGRAPHIC ORCINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS.
3701 Photographic plates andfilmintheflat,sensitised, unexposed, ofanymaterial other thanpaper,
paperboard ortextiles; instant print filmintheflat,sensitised, unexposed, whether ornotinpacks
3701 20 -Instant print film
3701 30 -Other plates andfilm, withanysideexceeding 255mm
3701 91 --Forcolour photography (polychrome)
3702 Photographic filminrolls, sensitised, unexposed, ofanymaterial other thanpaper, paperboard or
textiles; instant print filminrolls, sensitised, unexposed
3702 20 -Instant print film
-Other film, without perforations, ofawidth notexceeding 105mm
3702 31 --Forcolour photography (polychrome)
3702 32 --Other, withsilver halide emulsion
---Ofawidth notexceeding 35mm
3702 3219 ----Other
---Ofawidth exceeding 35mm
3702 3251 ----Film forthegraphic arts
3702 3290 ----OtherWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
3702 39 --Other
-Other film, forcolour photography (polychrome)
3702 51 --Ofawidth notexceeding 16mmandofalength notexceeding 14m
3702 53 --Ofawidth exceeding 16mmbutnotexceeding 35mmandofalength notexceeding 30m,for
slides
3702 54 --Ofawidth exceeding 16mmbutnotexceeding 35mmandofalength notexceeding 30m,other
thanforslides
-Other
3702 91 --Ofawidth notexceeding 16mmandofalength notexceeding 14m
3702 93 --Ofawidth exceeding 16mmbutnotexceeding 35mmandofalength notexceeding 30m
3703 Photographic paper, paperboard andtextiles, sensitised, unexposed
3706 Cinematographic film, exposed anddeveloped, whether ornotincorporating sound track orconsisting
onlyofsound track
3706 90 -Other
3707 Chemical preparations forphotographic uses(other thanvarnishes, glues, adhesives andsimilar
preparations); unmixed products forphotographic uses, putupinmeasured portions orputupforretail
saleinaform ready foruse
38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
3809 Finishing agents, dyecarriers toaccelerate thedyeing orfixing ofdyestuffs andother products and
preparations (forexample, dressings andmordants), ofakindused inthetextile, paper, leather orlike
industries, notelsewhere specified orincluded
3809 10 -With abasis ofamylaceous substances
39 PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF
3917 Tubes, pipes andhoses, andfittings therefor (forexample, joints, elbows, flanges), ofplastics
3917 10 -Artificial guts(sausage casings) ofhardened protein orofcellulosic materials
-Tubes, pipes andhoses, rigid
3917 21 --Ofpolymers ofethylene
3917 22 --Ofpolymers ofpropylene
3917 23 --Ofpolymers ofvinyl chloride
3917 29 --Ofother plastics
-Other tubes, pipes andhoses
3917 31 --Flexible tubes, pipes andhoses, having aminimum burst pressure of27,6 MPa
3917 32 --Other, notreinforced orotherwise combined withother materials, without fittings
3917 33 --Other, notreinforced orotherwise combined withother materials, withfittings
3917 39 --Other
3918 Floor coverings ofplastics, whether ornotselfadhesive, inrollsorintheform oftiles; wallorceiling
coverings ofplastics, asdefined inNote 9tothisChapter
3919 Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil,tape, stripandother flatshapes, ofplastics, whether ornotin
rolls
3922 Baths, shower-baths, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats andcovers, flushing cisterns andsimilar
sanitary ware, ofplastics
3923 Articles fortheconveyance orpacking ofgoods, ofplastics; stoppers, lids,capsandother closures, of
plastics
3923 10 -Boxes, cases, crates andsimilar articles
-Sacks andbags (including cones)
3923 21 --Ofpolymers ofethylene
3923 29 --Ofother plastics
3923 2910 ---Ofpolyvinyl chloride
3923 30 -Carboys, bottles, flasks andsimilar articles
3923 40 -Spools, cops, bobbins andsimilar supports
3923 50 -Stoppers, lids,capsandother closures
3923 90 -Other
3924 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles andtoilet articles, ofplastics
3926 Other articles ofplastics andarticles ofother materials ofheading Nos3901 to3914
40 RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
4011 New pneumatic tyres, ofrubber
4011 10 -Ofakindused onmotor cars(including station wagons andracing cars)
4011 20 -Ofakindused onbuses orlorriesWT/BOP/G/3
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4011 40 -Ofakindused onmotorcycles
4011 50 -Ofakindused onbicycles
4012 Retreaded orused pneumatic tyres ofrubber; solid orcushion tyres, interchangeable tyretreads and
tyreflaps, ofrubber
4013 Inner tubes, ofrubber
4013 10 -Ofakindused onmotor cars(including station wagons andracing cars), buses orlorries
4013 90 -Other
4016 Other articles ofvulcanised rubber other thanhardrubber
42 ARTICLES OFLEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OFANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT).
4201 Saddlery andharness foranyanimal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle
bags, dogcoats andthelike), ofanymaterial
4202 Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular
cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, guncases, holsters andsimilar containers;
travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases,
cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, toolbags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes,
cutlery cases andsimilar containers, ofleather orofcomposition leather, ofsheeting ofplastics, of
textile materials, ofvulcanised fibre orofpaperboard, orwholly ormainly covered withsuch materials
orwithpaper
4203 Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, ofleather orofcomposition leather
4205 Other articles ofleather orofcomposition leather
4206 Articles ofgut(other thansilk-worm gut), ofgoldbeater 'sskin, ofbladders oroftendons
43 FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF
4303 Articles ofapparel, clothing accessories andother articles offurskin
4304 Artificial furandarticles thereof
44 WOOD AND ARTICLES OFWOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL
4401 Fuelwood, inlogs, inbillets, intwigs, infaggots orinsimilar forms; wood inchips orparticles;
sawdust andwood waste andscrap, whether ornotagglomerated inlogs, briquettes, pellets orsimilar
forms
4402 Wood charcoal (including shell ornutcharcoal), whether ornotagglomerated
4414 Wooden frames forpaintings, photographs, mirrors orsimilar objects
4415 Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums andsimilar packings, ofwood; cable-drums ofwood; pallets, box
pallets andother loadboards, ofwood; pallet collars ofwood
4416 Casks, barrels, vats, tubsandother coopers 'products andparts thereof, ofwood, including staves
4417 Tools, toolbodies, toolhandles, broom orbrush bodies andhandles, ofwood; bootorshoe lastsand
trees, ofwood
4419 Tableware andkitchenware, ofwood
4420 Wood marquetry andinlaid wood; caskets andcases forjewellery orcutlery, andsimilar articles, of
wood; statuettes andother ornaments, ofwood; wooden articles offurniture notfalling inChapter 94
4421 Other articles ofwood
4421 10 -Clothes hangers
4421 90 -Other
4421 9030 --Blind rollers, whether ornotfitted withsprings
4421 9050 --Match splints; wooden pegs orpinsforfootwear
4421 9070 --Handles fortables-knives, forks orspoons
--Other
4421 9091 ---Offibreboard
4421 9099 ---Other
45 CORK AND ARTICLES OFCORK
4503 Articles ofnatural cork
4504 Agglomerated cork(with orwithout abinding substance) andarticles ofagglomerated cork
4504 10 -Blocks, plates, sheets andstrip; tilesofanyshape; solid cylinders, including discs
46 MANUFACTURES OFSTRAW, OFESPARTO OROFOTHER PLAITING MATERIALS;
BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
48 PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; ARTICLES OFPAPER PULP, OFPAPER OROFPAPERBOARD
4813 Cigarette paper, whether ornotcuttosizeorintheform ofbooklets ortubes
4814 Wallpaper andsimilar wallcoverings; window transparencies ofpaper
4815 Floor coverings onabaseofpaper orofpaperboard, whether ornotcuttosizeWT/BOP/G/3
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4817 Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards andcorrespondence cards, ofpaper orpaperboard; boxes,
pouches, wallets andwriting compendiums, ofpaper orpaperboard, containing anassortment ofpaper
stationery
4818 Toilet paper andsimilar paper, cellulose wadding orwebs ofcellulose fibres, ofakindused for
household orsanitary purposes, inrollsofawidth notexceeding 36cm,orcuttosizeorshape;
handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serviettes, napkins forbabies, tampons, bedsheets
andsimilar household, sanitary orhospital articles, articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, of
paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding orwebs ofcellulose fibres
4818 20 -Handkerchiefs, cleansing orfacial tissues andtowels
4818 30 -Tablecloths andserviettes
4818 50 -Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories
4818 90 -Other
4818 9090 --Other
4819 Cartons, boxes, cases, bags andother packing containers, ofpaper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or
webs ofcellulose fibres; boxfiles, letter trays, andsimilar articles, ofpaper orpaperboard ofakind
used inoffices, shops orthelike
4819 10 -Cartons, boxes andcases, ofcorrugated paper orpaperboard
4819 20 -Folding cartons, boxes andcases, ofnon-corrugated paper orpaperboard
4819 30 -Sacks andbags, having abaseofawidth of40cmormore
4819 50 -Other packing containers, including record sleeves
4819 60 -Boxfiles, letter trays, storage boxes andsimilar articles, ofakindused inoffices, shops orthelike
4820 Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads,
diaries andsimilar articles, exercise-books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf orother), folders, file
covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon setsandother articles ofstationery, ofpaper or
paperboard; albums forsamples orforcollections andbook covers, ofpaper orpaperboard
4820 10 -Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads,
diaries andsimilar articles
4820 30 -Binders (other thanbook covers), folders andfilecovers
4820 40 -Manifold business forms andinterleaved carbon sets
4820 50 -Albums forsamples orforcollections
4820 90 -Other
4821 Paper orpaperboard labels ofallkinds, whether ornotprinted
4823 Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding andwebs ofcellulose fibres, cuttosizeorshape; other
articles ofpaper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding orwebs ofcellulose fibres
4823 60 -Trays, dishes, plates, cups andthelike,ofpaper orpaperboard
49 PRINTED BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, PICTURES AND OTHER PRODUCTS OFTHE PRINTING
INDUSTRY; MANUSCRIPTS,TYPESCRIPTS AND PLANS
4908 Transfers (decalcomanias)
4909 Printed orillustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages orannouncements,
whether ornotillustrated, withorwithout envelopes ortrimmings
4910 Calendars ofanykind, printed, including calendar blocks
4911 Other printed matter, including printed pictures andphotographs
57 CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS
58 SPECIAL WOVEN FABRICS; TUFTED TEXTILE FABRICS; LACE; TAPESTRIES; TRIMMINGS;
EMBROIDERY
5802 Terry towelling andsimilar woven terry fabrics, other thannarrow fabrics ofheading No5806; tufted
textile fabrics, other thanproducts ofheading No5703
5803 Gauze, other thannarrow fabrics ofheading No5806
5805 Hand-woven tapestries ofthetypeGobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais andthelike,and
needle-worked tapestries (forexample, petitpoint, cross stitch), whether ornotmade up
5806 Narrow woven fabrics, other thangoods ofheading No5807; narrow fabrics consisting ofwarp
without weftassembled bymeans ofanadhesive (bolducs)
5807 Labels, badges andsimilar articles oftextile materials, inthepiece, instrips orcuttoshape orsize,
notembroidered
5808 Braids inthepiece; ornamental trimmings inthepiece, without embroidery, other thanknitted or
crocheted; tassels, pompons andsimilar articles
5809 Woven fabrics ofmetal thread andwoven fabrics ofmetallised yarnofheading No5605, ofakind
used inapparel, asfurnishing fabrics orforsimilar purposes, notelsewhere specified orincludedWT/BOP/G/3
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5811 Quilted textile products inthepiece, composed ofoneormore layers oftextile materials assembled
withpadding bystitching orotherwise, other thanembroidery ofheading No5810
59 IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED ORLAMINATED TEXTILE FABRICS; TEXTILE
ARTICLES OFAKIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE
5904 Linoleum, whether ornotcuttoshape; floor coverings consisting ofacoating orcovering applied ona
textile backing, whether ornotcuttoshape
5905 Textile wallcoverings
5906 Rubberised textile fabrics, other thanthose ofheading No5902
61 ARTICLES OFAPPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, KNITTED ORCROCHETED
6101 Men'sorboys'overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters,
wind-jackets andsimilar articles, knitted orcrocheted, other thanthose ofheading No6103
6102 Women 'sorgirls'overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters,
wind-jackets andsimilar articles, knitted orcrocheted, other thanthose ofheading No6104
6103 Men'sorboys'suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bibandbrace overalls, breeches andshorts
(other thanswimwear), knitted orcrocheted
6104 Women 'sorgirls'suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, biband
brace overalls, breeches andshorts (other thanswimwear), knitted orcrocheted
6105 Men'sorboys'shirts, knitted orcrocheted
6106 Women 'sorgirls'blouses, shirts andshirt-blouses, knitted orcrocheted
6107 Men'sorboys'underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns andsimilar articles,
knitted orcrocheted
6108 Women 'sorgirls'slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, négligés, bathrobes, dressing
gowns andsimilar articles, knitted orcrocheted
6109 T-shirts, singlets andother vests, knitted orcrocheted
6110 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats andsimilar articles, knitted orcrocheted
6112 Track suits, skisuitsandswimwear, knitted orcrocheted
6113 Garments, made upofknitted orcrocheted fabrics ofheading No5903, 5906, or5907
6114 Other garments, knitted orcrocheted
6115 Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks andother hosiery, including stockings forvaricose veins and
footwear without applied soles, knitted orcrocheted
-Panty hose andtights
6115 11 --Ofsynthetic fibres, measuring persingle yarnlessthan67decitex
6115 12 --Ofsynthetic fibres, measuring persingle yarn67decitex ormore
6115 19 --Ofother textile materials
6115 20 -Women 'sfull-length orknee-length hosiery, measuring persingle yarnlessthan67decitex
-Other
6115 91 --Ofwool orfineanimal hair
6115 92 --Ofcotton
6115 93 --Ofsynthetic fibres
6115 9330 ---Knee-length stockings (other thanstockings forvaricose veins)
---Other
6115 9391 ----Women 'sstockings
6115 9399 ----Other
6115 99 --Ofother textile materials
6116 Gloves, mittens andmitts, knitted orcrocheted
6117 Other made upclothing accessories, knitted orcrocheted; knitted orcrocheted parts ofgarments orof
clothing accessories
62 ARTICLES OFAPPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT KNITTED ORCROCHETED
6201 Men'sorboys'overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters,
wind-jackets andsimilar articles, other thanthose ofheading No.6203
6202 Women 'sorgirls'overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters,
wind-jackets andsimilar articles, other thanthose ofheading No.6204
6203 Men'sorboys'suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bibandbrace overalls, breeches andshorts
(other thanswimwear)
6204 Women 'sorgirls'suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, biband
brace overalls, breeches andshorts (other thanswimwear)
6205 Men'sorboys'shirts
6206 Women 'sorgirls'blouses, shirts andshirt-blousesWT/BOP/G/3
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6207 Men'sorboys'singlets andother vests, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing
gowns andsimilar articles
6208 Women 'sorgirls'singlets andother vests, slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas,
negligés, bathrobes, dressing gowns andsimilar articles
6210 Garments, made upoffabrics ofheading No5602, 5603, 5903, 5906 or5907
6211 Track suits, skisuitsandswimwear; other garments
6212 Brassières, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters andsimilar articles andparts thereof, whether
ornotknitted orcrocheted
6213 Handkerchiefs
6214 Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils andthelike
6215 Ties, bowtiesandcravats
6216 Gloves, mittens andmitts (T087000)
6217 Other made upclothing accessories; parts ofgarments orofclothing accessories, other thanthose of
heading No.6212
63 OTHER MADE UPTEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND WORN TEXTILE
ARTICLES; RAGS
64 FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OFSUCH ARTICLES
6401 Waterproof footwear withouter soles anduppers ofrubber orofplastics, theuppers ofwhich are
neither fixed tothesolenorassembled bystitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging orsimilar
processes
6402 Other footwear withouter soles anduppers ofrubber orplastics
6403 Footwear withouter soles ofrubber, plastics, leather orcomposition leather anduppers ofleather
6404 Footwear withouter soles ofrubber, plastics, leather orcomposition leather anduppers oftextile
materials
6405 Other footwear
65 HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF
6503 Felthatsandother feltheadgear, made from thehatbodies, hoods orplateaux ofheading No6501,
whether ornotlined ortrimmed
6504 Hats andother headgear, plaited ormade byassembling strips ofanymaterial, whether ornotlined or
trimmed
6505 Hats andother headgear, knitted orcrocheted, ormade upfrom lace, feltorother textile fabric, inthe
piece (butnotinstrips), whether ornotlined ortrimmed; hair-nets ofanymaterial, whether ornot
lined ortrimmed
6506 Other headgear, whether ornotlined ortrimmed
66 UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS
AND PARTS THEREOF
6601 Umbrellas andsunumbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas andsimilar
umbrellas)
6602 Walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops andthelike
67 PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OFFEATHERS OROFDOWN;
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OFHUMAN HAIR
68 ARTICLES OFSTONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA ORSIMILAR MATERIALS
6801 Setts, curbstones andflagstones, ofnatural stone (except slate)
6803 Worked slateandarticles ofslateorofagglomerated slate
6804 Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels andthelike,without frameworks, forgrinding, sharpening,
polishing, trueing orcutting, hand sharpening orpolishing stones, andparts thereof, ofnatural stone,
ofagglomerated natural orartificial abrasives, orofceramics, withorwithout parts ofother materials
6805 Natural orartificial abrasive powder orgrain, onabaseoftextile material, ofpaper, ofpaperboard or
ofother materials, whether ornotcuttoshape orsewn orotherwise made up
6810 Articles ofcement, ofconcrete orofartificial stone, whether ornotreinforced
69 CERAMIC PRODUCTS
6907 Unglazed ceramic flags andpaving, hearth orwalltiles; unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes andthelike,
whether ornotonabacking
6908 Glazed ceramic flags andpaving, hearth orwalltiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes andthelike,
whether ornotonabacking
6910 Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns,
urinals andsimilar sanitary fixtures
6911 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles andtoilet articles, ofporcelain orchinaWT/BOP/G/3
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6912 Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles andtoilet articles, other thanofporcelain or
china
6913 Statuettes andother ornamental ceramic articles
6914 Other ceramic articles
70 GLASS AND GLASSWARE
7009 Glass mirrors, whether ornotframed, including rear-view mirrors
7010 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars,pots, phials, ampoules andother containers, ofglass, ofakindused for
theconveyance orpacking ofgoods; preserving jarsofglass; stoppers, lidsandother closures, ofglass
7010 20 -Stoppers, lidsandother closures
-Other, ofacapacity
7010 91 --Exceeding 1l
7010 92 --Exceeding 0,33 lbutnotexceeding 1l
7010 93 --Exceeding 0,15 lbutnotexceeding 0,33 l
7010 94 --Notexceeding 0,15 l
7013 Glassware ofakindused fortable, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration orsimilar purposes (other
thanthatofheading No7010 or7018)
7018 Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious orsemi-precious stones andsimilar glass smallwares,
andarticles thereof other thanimitation jewellery; glass eyesother thanprosthetic articles; statuettes
andother ornaments oflamp-worked glass, other thanimitation jewellery; glass microspheres not
exceeding 1mmindiameter
7018 10 -Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious orsemi-precious stones andsimilar glass smallwares
71 NATURAL ORCULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS ORSEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS
METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION
JEWELLERY; COIN
7113 Articles ofjewellery andparts thereof, ofprecious metal orofmetal cladwithprecious metal
7114 Articles ofgoldsmiths 'orsilversmiths 'wares andparts thereof, ofprecious metal orofmetal cladwith
precious metal
7116 Articles ofnatural orcultured pearls, precious orsemi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed)
7117 Imitation jewellery
7118 Coin
73 ARTICLES OFIRON ORSTEEL
7315 Chain andparts thereof, ofironorsteel
7315 20 -Skidchain
7317 Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other thanthose ofheading No8305) andsimilar
articles, ofironorsteel, whether ornotwithheads ofother material, butexcluding such articles with
heads ofcopper
7318 Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring
washers) andsimilar articles, ofironorsteel
7319 Sewing needles, knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos andsimilar articles, for
useinthehand, ofironorsteel; safety pinsandother pinsofironorsteel, notelsewhere specified or
included
7320 Springs andleaves forsprings, ofironorsteel
7321 Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those withsubsidiary boilers forcentral heating), barbecues,
braziers, gas-rings, plate warmers andsimilar non-electric domestic appliances, andparts thereof, of
ironorsteel
7322 Radiators forcentral heating, notelectrically heated, andparts thereof, ofironorsteel; airheaters and
hotairdistributors (including distributors which canalsodistribute fresh orconditioned air),not
electrically heated, incorporating amotor-driven fanorblower, andparts thereof, ofironorsteel
-Radiators andparts thereof
7322 11 --Ofcastiron
7322 19 --Other
7323 Table, kitchen orother household articles andparts thereof, ofironorsteel; ironorsteelwool; pot
scourers andscouring orpolishing pads, gloves andthelike,ofironorsteel
7324 Sanitary ware andparts thereof, ofironorsteel
74 COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOFWT/BOP/G/3
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7415 Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples (other thanthose ofheading No8305) andsimilar articles, of
copper orofironorsteelwithheads ofcopper; screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters,
cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) andsimilar articles, ofcopper
7417 Cooking orheating apparatus ofakindused fordomestic purposes, non-electric, andparts thereof, of
copper
7418 Table, kitchen orother household articles andparts thereof, ofcopper; potscourers andscouring or
polishing pads, gloves andthelike,ofcopper; sanitary ware andparts thereof, ofcopper
76 ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF
7615 Table, kitchen orother household articles andparts thereof, ofaluminium; potscourers andscouring
orpolishing pads, gloves andthelike,ofaluminium; sanitary ware andparts thereof, of
82 TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OFBASE METAL; PARTS
THEREOF OFBASE METAL
8201 Hand tools, thefollowing spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks andrakes; axes, billhooks and
similar hewing tools; secateurs andpruners ofanykind; scythes, sickles, hayknives, hedge shears,
timber wedges andandother tools ofakindused inagriculture, horticulture orforestry
8202 Hand saws; blades forsaws ofallkinds (including slitting, slotting ortoothless sawblades)
8202 10 -Hand saws
8203 Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt
croppers, perforating punches andsimilar hand tools
8204 Hand-operated spanners andwrenches (including torque meter wrenches butnotincluding tap
wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, withorwithout handles
8205 Hand tools (including glaziers 'diamonds), notelsewhere specified orincluded; blow lamps; vices,
clamps andthelike,other thanaccessories forandparts of,machine tools; anvils; portable forges;
hand orpedal-operated grinding wheels withframeworks
8206 Tools oftwoormore ofheadings Nos. 8202 to8205, putupinsetsforretail sale
8211 Knives withcutting blades, serrated ornot(including pruning knives), other thanknives ofheading No
8208, andblades therefor
8212 Razors andrazor blades (including razor blade blanks instrips)
8213 Scissors, tailors 'shears andsimilar shears, andblades therefor
8214 Other articles ofcutlery (forexample, hairclippers, butchers 'orkitchen cleavers, choppers and
mincing knives, paper knives); manicure orpedicure setsandinstruments (including nailfiles)
8215 Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs andsimilar
kitchen ortableware
83 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OFBASE METAL
8301 Padlocks andlocks (key, combination orelectrically operated), ofbasemetal; clasps andframes with
clasps, incorporating locks, ofbasemetal; keys foranyoftheforegoing articles, ofbasemetal
8301 10 -Padlocks
8301 20 -Locks ofakindused formotor vehicles
8301 30 -Locks ofakindused forfurniture
8301 40 -Other locks
8301 50 -Clasps andframes withclasps, incorporating locks
8301 70 -Keys presented separately
8302 Base metal mountings, fittings andsimilar articles suitable forfurniture, doors, staircases, windows,
blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets orthelike;basemetal hat-racks, hat-pegs,
brackets andsimilar fixtures; castors withmountings ofbasemetal; automatic door closers ofbase
metal
8304 Filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pentrays, office-stamp stands andsimilar
office ordesk equipment, ofbasemetal, other thanoffice furniture ofheading No.9403
8305 Fittings forloose-leaf binders orfiles, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tagsandsimilar
office articles, ofbasemetal; staples instrips (forexample, foroffices, upholstery, packaging), ofbase
metal
8306 Bells, gongs andthelike,non-electric, ofbasemetal; statuettes andother ornaments, ofbasemetal;
photograph, picture orsimilar frames, ofbasemetal; mirrors ofbasemetal
8308 Clasps, frames withclasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets andthelike,ofbasemetal, of
akindused forclothing, footwear, awnings, handbags, travel goods orother made uparticles, tubular
orbifurcated rivets, ofbasemetal; beads andspangles ofbasemetal
8309 Stoppers, capsandlids(including crown corks, screw capsandpouring stoppers), capsules forbottles,
threaded bungs, bung covers, seals andother packing accessories, ofbasemetalWT/BOP/G/3
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8310 Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates andsimilar plates, numbers, letters andother symbols, ofbase
metal, excluding those ofheading No.9405
84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS
THEREOF
8403 Central heating boilers other thanthose ofheading No8402
8407 Spark-ignition reciprocating orrotary internal combustion piston engines
-Marine propulsion engines
8407 21 --Outboard motors
8413 Pumps forliquids, whether ornotfitted withameasuring device; liquid elevators
8413 20 -Hand pumps, other thanthose ofsubheading No8413 11or8413 19
8414 Airorvacuum pumps, airorother gascompressors andfans; ventilating orrecycling hoods
incorporating afan,whether ornotfitted withfilters
-Fans
8414 51 --Table, floor, wall, window, ceiling orrooffans, withaself-contained electric motor ofanoutput
notexceeding 125W
8419 Machinery, plant orlaboratory equipment, whether ornotelectrically heated, forthetreatment of
materials byaprocess involving achange oftemperature such asheating, cooking, roasting, distilling,
rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourising, condensing orcooling,
other thanmachinery orplant ofakindused fordomestic purposes; instantaneous orstorage water
heaters, nonelectric
-Instantaneous orstorage water heaters, non-electric
8419 11 --Instantaneous gaswater heaters
8419 19 --Other
8421 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering orpurifying machinery andapparatus, forliquids or
gases
-Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers
8421 12 --Clothes-dryers
8422 Dish washing machines; machinery forcleaning ordrying bottles orother containers; machinery for
filling, closing, sealing, orlabelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags orother containers; machinery for
capsuling bottles, jars,tubes andsimilar containers; other packing orwrapping machinery (including
heat-shrink wrapping machinery); machinery foraerating beverages
-Dish washing machines
8422 11 --Ofthehousehold type
8423 Weighing machinery (excluding balances ofasensitivity of5cgorbetter), including weight operated
counting orchecking machines; weighing machine weights ofallkinds
8423 10 -Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales
8433 Harvesting orthreshing machinery, including straw orfodder balers; grass orhaymowers; machines
forcleaning, sorting orgrading eggs, fruitorother agricultural produce, other thanmachinery of
heading No8437
-Mowers forlawns, parks orsports grounds
8433 11 --Powered, withthecutting device rotating inahorizontal plane
8433 19 --Other
8450 Household orlaundry-type washing machines, including machines which bothwash anddry
-Machines, each ofadrylinen capacity notexceeding 10kg
8450 11 --Fully-automatic machines
8450 12 --Other machines, withbuilt-in centrifugal drier
8450 19 --Other
8452 Sewing machines, other thanbook-sewing machines ofheading No8440; furniture, bases andcovers
specially designed forsewing machines; sewing machine needles
8452 10 -Sewing machines ofthehousehold type
8484 Gaskets andsimilar joints ofmetal sheeting combined withother material oroftwoormore layers of
metal; setsorassortments ofgaskets andsimilar joints, dissimilar incomposition, putupinpouches,
envelopes orsimilar packings; mechanical seals
85 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS
AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS,
AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OFSUCH ARTICLES
8507 Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether ornotrectangular (including square)
8507 10 -Lead-acid, ofakindused forstarting piston enginesWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
8507 20 -Other lead-acid accumulators
8507 30 -Nickel-cadmium
8507 3010 --Foruseincivilaircraft (NC004)
--Other
---Other
8507 3093 ----Traction accumulators
8507 3098 ----Other
8507 40 -Nickel-iron
8507 80 -Other accumulators
8508 Electro-mechanical tools forworking inthehand, withself-contained electric motor
8509 Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, withself-contained electric motor
8511 Electrical ignition orstarting equipment ofakindused forspark-ignition orcompression-ignition
internal combustion engines (forexample, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils,
sparking plugs andglow plugs, starter motors); generators (forexample, dynamos, alternators) and
cut-outs ofakindused inconjunction withsuch engines
8511 10 -Sparking plugs
8511 20 -Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels
8511 30 -Distributors; ignition coils
8511 40 -Starter motors anddualpurpose starter-generators
8511 50 -Other generators
8511 80 -Other equipment
8512 Electrical lighting orsignalling equipment (excluding articles ofheading No8539), windscreen wipers,
defrosters anddemisters, ofakindused forcycles ormotor vehicles
8512 10 -Lighting orvisual signalling equipment ofakindused onbicycles
8512 20 -Other lighting orvisual signalling equipment
8512 30 -Sound signalling equipment
8512 40 -Windscreen wipers, defrosters anddemisters
8513 Portable electric lamps designed tofunction bytheir ownsource ofenergy (forexample, drybatteries,
accumulators, magnetos), other thanlighting equipment ofheading No8512
8513 10 -Lamps
8516 Electric instantaneous orstorage water heaters andimmersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus
andsoilheating apparatus; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus (forexample, hairdryers, hair
curlers, curling tongheaters) andhand dryers; electric smoothing irons; other electro-thermic
appliances ofakindused fordomestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other thanthose ofheading
No8545
8516 10 -Electric instantaneous orstorage water heaters andimmersion heaters
-Electric space heating apparatus andelectric soilheating apparatus
8516 21 --Storage heating radiators
8516 29 --Other
-Electro-thermic hair-dressing orhand-drying apparatus
8516 31 --Hairdryers
8516 32 --Other hair-dressing apparatus
8516 33 --Hand-drying apparatus
8516 40 -Electric smoothing irons
8516 50 -Microwave ovens
8516 60 -Other ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings; grillers androasters
-Other electro-thermic appliances
8516 71 --Coffee orteamakers
8516 72 --Toasters
8516 79 --Other
8518 Microphones andstands therefor; loudspeakers, whether ornotmounted intheir enclosures;
headphones, earphones andcombined microphone/speaker sets; audio-frequency electric amplifiers;
electric sound amplifier sets
8519 Turntables (record-decks), record-players, cassette-players andother sound reproducing apparatus, not
incorporating asound recording device
8520 Magnetic taperecorders andother sound recording apparatus, whether ornotincorporating asound
reproducing device
8521 Video recording orreproducing apparatus, whether ornotincorporating avideo tunerWT/BOP/G/3
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8523 Prepared unrecorded media forsound recording orsimilar recording ofother phenomena, other than
products ofChapter 37
8524 Records, tapes andother recorded media forsound orother similarly recorded phenomena, including
matrices andmasters fortheproduction ofrecords, butexcluding products ofChapter 37
8524 10 -Gramophone records
-Discs forlaser reading systems
8524 32 --Forreproducing sound only
8524 39 --Other
8524 40 -Magnetic tapes forreproducing phenomena other thansound orimage
-Other magnetic tapes
8524 51 --Ofawidth notexceeding 4mm
8524 52 --Ofawidth exceeding 4mmbutnotexceeding 6,5mm
8524 53 --Ofawidth exceeding 6,5mm
8524 60 -Cards incorporating amagnetic stripe
-Other
8524 91 --Forreproducing phenomena other thansound orimage
8524 9190 ---Other
8524 99 --Other
8528 Reception apparatus fortelevision, whether ornotincorporating radio-broadcast receivers orsound or
video recording orreproducing apparatus; video monitors andvideo projectors
8539 Electric filament ordischarge lamps, including sealed-beam lamp units andultraviolet orinfra-red
lamps; arc-lamps
8539 10 -Sealed beam lamp units
-Other filament lamps, excluding ultra-violet orinfra-red lamps
8539 21 --Tungsten halogen
8539 22 --Other, ofapower notexceeding 200Wandforavoltage exceeding 100V
8539 29 --Other
-Discharge lamps, other thanultra-violet lamps
8539 31 --Fluorescent, hotcathode
8539 32 --Mercury orsodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps
8539 39 --Other
-Ultra-violet orinfra-red lamps; arc-lamps
87 VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY ORTRAMWAY ROLLING-STOCK, AND PARTS AND
ACCESSORIES THEREOF
8701 Tractors (other thantractors ofheading No8709)
8701 10 -Pedestrian controlled tractors
8701 20 -Road tractors forsemi-trailers
8701 30 -Track-laying tractors
8701 90 -Other
--Agricultural tractors (excluding pedestrian-controlled tractors) andforestry tractors, wheeled
---New, ofanengine power
8701 9011 ----Notexceeding 18kW
8701 9015 ----Exceeding 18kWbutnotexceeding 25kW
8701 9021 ----Exceeding 25kWbutnotexceeding 37kW
8701 9025 ----Exceeding 37kWbutnotexceeding 59kW
8701 9031 ----Exceeding 59kWbutnotexceeding 75kW
8701 9035 ----Exceeding 75kWbutnotexceeding 90kW
8701 9050 ---Used
8701 9090 --Other
8703 Motor carsandother motor vehicles principally designed forthetransport ofpersons (other thanthose
ofheading No8702), including station wagons andracing cars
8704 Motor vehicles forthetransport ofgoods
8711 Motorcycles (including mopeds) andcycles fitted withanauxiliary motor, withorwithout side-cars;
side-cars
8712 Bicycles andother cycles (including delivery tricycles), notmotorised
8716 Trailers andsemi-trailers; other vehicles, notmechanically propelled; parts thereof
8716 10 -Trailers andsemi-trailers ofthecaravan type, forhousing orcamping
88 AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT, AND PARTS THEREOFWT/BOP/G/3
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8801 Balloons anddirigibles; gliders, hang gliders andother non-powered aircraft
8802 Other aircraft (forexample, helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) andsuborbital and
spacecraft launch vehicles
8802 20 -Aeroplanes andother aircraft, ofanunladen weight notexceeding 2000kg
8802 2010 --Civil aircraft (NC004)
89 SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES
8903 Yachts andother vessels forpleasure orsports; rowing boats andcanoes
90 OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION,
MEDICAL ORSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
THEREOF
9005 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, andmountings therefor; other astronomical
instruments andmountings therefor, butnotincluding instruments forradio-astronomy
9006 Photographic (other thancinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus andflashbulbs
other thandischarge lamps ofheading No8539
-Other cameras
9006 51 --With athrough-the-lens viewfinder (single lensreflex (SLR)), forrollfilmofawidth notexceeding
35mm
9006 52 --Other, forrollfilmofawidth lessthan35mm
9006 53 --Other, forrollfilmofawidth of35mm
9006 59 --Other
9007 Cinematographic cameras andprojectors, whether ornotincorporating sound recording orreproducing
apparatus
-Cameras
9007 11 --Forfilmoflessthan16mmwidth orfordouble-8 mmfilm
9007 19 --Other
-Parts andaccessories
9008 Image projectors, other thancinematographic; photographic (other thancinematographic) enlargers and
reducers
9008 10 -Slide projectors
9008 20 -Microfilm, microfiche orother microform readers, whether ornotcapable ofproducing copies
9008 30 -Other image projectors
9008 40 -Photographic (other thancinematographic) enlargers andreducers
9009 Photocopying apparatus incorporating anoptical system orofthecontact typeandthermo-copying
apparatus
-Electrostatic photocopying apparatus
9009 11 --Operating byreproducing theoriginal image directly ontothecopy (direct process)
9009 12 --Operating byreproducing theoriginal image viaanintermediate ontothecopy (indirect process)
-Other photocopying apparatus
9009 21 --Incorporating anoptical system
9009 22 --Ofthecontact type
9009 30 -Thermo-copying apparatus
91 CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF
9101 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches andother watches, including stop-watches, withcaseofprecious metal
orofmetal cladwithprecious metal
9102 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches andother watches, including stop-watches, other thanthose ofheading
No9101
9103 Clocks withwatch movements, excluding clocks ofheading No9104
9104 Instrument panel clocks andclocks ofasimilar typeforvehicles, aircraft, spacecraft orvessels
9105 Other clocks
9106 Time ofdayrecording apparatus andapparatus formeasuring, recording orotherwise indicating
intervals oftime, withclock orwatch movement orwithsynchronous motor (forexample,
time-registers, time-recorders)
9113 Watch straps, watch bands andwatch bracelets, andparts thereof
92 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OFSUCH ARTICLES
9201 Pianos, including automatic pianos; harpsichords andother keyboard stringed instruments
9202 Other string musical instruments (forexample, guitars, violins, harps)
9203 Keyboard pipeorgans; harmoniums andsimilar keyboard instruments withfreemetal reeds
9204 Accordions andsimilar instruments; mouth organsWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
9205 Other wind musical instruments (forexample, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes)
9206 Percussion musical instruments (forexample, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maraccas)
9207 Musical instruments, thesound ofwhich isproduced, ormust beamplified, electrically (forexample,
organs, guitars, accordions)
9208 Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws
andother musical instruments notfalling within anyother heading ofthisChapter; decoy callsofall
kinds; whistles, callhorns andother mouth-blown sound signalling instruments
93 ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
9302 Revolvers andpistols, other thanthose ofheading
9303 Other firearms andsimilar devices which operate bythefiring ofanexplosive charge (forexample,
sporting shotguns andrifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols andother devices designed to
project onlysignal flares, pistols andrevolvers forfiring blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane
killers, line-throwing guns)
9304 Other arms (forexample, spring, airorgasguns
9305 Parts andaccessories ofarticles ofheadings Nos9301 to9304
9307 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances andsimilar arms andparts thereof andscabbards andsheaths
therefor
94 FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR
STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LAMPS AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
ORINCLUDED; ILLUMINATED SIGNS, ILLUMINATED NAME-PLATES AND THE LIKE;
PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS
9401 Seats (other thanthose ofheading No.9402), whether ornotconvertible intobeds, andparts thereof
9401 10 -Seats ofakindused foraircraft
9401 20 -Seats ofakindused formotor vehicles
9401 30 -Swivel seats withvariable height adjustment
9401 40 -Seats other thangarden seats orcamping equipment, convertible intobeds
9401 50 -Seats ofcane, osier, bamboo orsimilar materials
-Other seats, withwooden frames
9401 61 --Upholstered
9401 69 --Other
-Other seats, withmetal frames
9401 71 --Upholstered
9401 79 --Other
9401 80 -Other seats
9403 Other furniture andparts thereof
9404 Mattress supports; articles ofbedding andsimilar furnishing (forexample, mattresses, quilts,
eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes andpillows) fitted withsprings orstuffed orinternally fitted withany
material orofcellular rubber orplastics, whether ornotcovered
9405 Lamps andlighting fittings including searchlights andspotlights andparts thereof, notelsewhere
specified orincluded; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates andthelike,having apermanently
fixed lightsource, andparts thereof notelsewhere specified orincluded
9405 10 -Chandeliers andother electric ceiling orwalllighting fittings, excluding those ofakindused for
lighting public open spaces orthoroughfares
9405 20 -Electric table, desk, bedside orfloor-standing lamps
9405 30 -Lighting setsofakindused forChristmas trees
9405 40 -Other electric lamps andlighting fittings
9405 50 -Non-electrical lamps andlighting fittings
95 TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
9504 Articles forfunfair, table orparlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables forcasino
games andautomatic bowling alley equipment
9505 Festive, carnival orother entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks andnovelty jokes
9506 Articles andequipment forgeneral physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including
table-tennis) oroutdoor games, notspecified orincluded elsewere inthisChapter; swimming pools and
paddling pools
9507 Fishing rods, fish-hooks andother linefishing tackle; fishlanding nets, butterfly netsandsimilar nets;
decoy "birds" (other thanthose ofheading No9208 or9705) andsimilar hunting orshooting requisitesWT/BOP/G/3
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HS/CN Description ofproducts
9508 Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries andother fairground amusements; travelling circuses,
travelling menageries andtravelling theatres
96 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
9601 Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl andother animal carving
material, andarticles ofthese materials (including articles obtained bymoulding)
9602 Worked vegetable ormineral carving material andarticles ofthese materials; moulded orcarved
articles ofwax, ofstearin, ofnatural gums ornatural resins orofmodelling pastes, andother moulded
orcarved articles, notelsewhere specified orincluded; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of
heading No3503) andarticles ofunhardened gelatin
9603 Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts ofmachines, appliances orvehicles),
hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, notmotorised, mops andfeather dusters; prepared knots and
tuftsforbroom orbrush making; paint pads androllers; squeegees (other thanroller squeegees)
9603 10 -Brooms andbrushes, consisting oftwigs orother vegetable materials bound together, withorwithout
handles
-Tooth brushes, shaving brushes, hairbrushes, nailbrushes, eyelash brushes andother toilet brushes
foruseontheperson, including such brushes constituting parts ofappliances
9603 21 --Tooth brushes, including dental-plate brushes
9603 29 --Other
9603 30 -Artists 'brushes, writing brushes andsimilar brushes fortheapplication ofcosmetics
9603 40 -Paint, distemper, varnish orsimilar brushes (other thanbrushes ofsubheading 9603 30);paint pads
androllers
9603 90 -Other
9604 Hand sieves andhand riddles
9605 Travel setsforpersonal toilet, sewing orshoe orclothes cleaning
9606 Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners andpress-studs, button moulds andother parts ofthese articles;
button blanks
9607 Slide fasteners andparts thereof
9608 Ballpoint pens; felttipped andother porous-tipped pens andmarkers; fountain pens, stylograph pens
andother pens; duplicating stylos; propelling orsliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders andsimilar
holders; parts (including capsandclips) oftheforegoing articles, other thanthose ofheading No9609
9609 Pencils (other thanpencils ofheading No9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals,
writing ordrawing chalks andtailors 'chalks
9610 Slates andboards, withwriting ordrawing surfaces, whether ornotframed
9611 Date, sealing ornumbering stamps, andthelike(including devices forprinting orembossing labels),
designed foroperating inthehand; hand-operated composing sticks andhand printing sets
incorporating such composing sticks
9613 Cigarette lighters andother lighters, whether ornotmechanical orelectrical, andparts thereof other
thanflints andwicks
97 WORKS OFART, COLLECTORS 'PIECES AND ANTIQUESWT/BOP/G/3
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APPENDIX II
MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS
1994 1995 1996 1997
GDP incurrent prices (bnCZK) 1037.5 1252.1 1414.0
inconstant prices (1994, bnCZK) 1137.0 1186.6
Trade balance ($million) based oncustoms statistics -3608 -5906 -1871**/
Exports ($million) based oncustoms statistics 21657 21918 7249**/
Imports ($million) based oncustoms statistics 25265 27824 9120**/
Current Account ($million) -47.9 -1362.3 -4475.8 -1069,2*/
Current Account (%GDP) -0.1 -2.9 -8.6
Capital Account ($million) 3371.1 8225.9 4071.7 782,4*/
Capital Account (%GDP) 9.4 17.4 7.8
Offical reserves ($million) 6.2 14.0 12.4 11,5**/
Offical Reserves (months ofimports -goods
andservices) 5.0 8.0 4.4
Convertible debt($million) 10.7 16.5 20.4
Convertible debt(%ofGDP) 28.9 35.8 39.4
Debt Service (%ofexports) 15.0 12.4 10.9
Exchange Rate CZK/US$ 28.8 26.6 27.1 29,82**/
*/03/1997
**/04/97
Thedifference between theCNB strade balance dataandthedataonexports andimports published by
theCSO (based oncustoms statistics) isduetoadjustments made bytheCNB:
-thevalues ofexports andimports obtained from customs statistics arereduced bytheestimated
value ofinterests ontrade credits which areincluded under income,
-theimports ofnatural gasfrom Russia (representing therepayments ofagovernment credit
andinthetrade balance recorded under non-convertible currencies) arevalued atcurrent market
price while incustoms statistics thevalue results from theprice intransferable rubles fixed
intheinter-governmental agreement.WT/BOP/G/3
Page25BALANCE OFPAYMENTS
1993 1994 1995 1996+/ I.Q1996+/ I.Q1997+/
inmil.CZK inmil.
US$inmil.CZK inmil.
US$inmil.CZK inmil.
US$inmil.CZK inmil.
US$inmil.CZK inmil.
US$inmil.CZK inmil.
US$
Current account 3334.6 114.6 -1430.6 -49.7 -36152.2 -1362.3 -121494.0 -4475.8 -14661.7 -541.1 -30257.2 -1069.2
Trade balance ++/ -9090.1 -311.7 -25581.3 -888.9 -97598.6 -3677.9 -162103.5 -5971.8 -26524.6 -978.8 -39819.0 -1407.1
Exports 378919.2 12997.2 403392.4 14016.4 569549.1 21462.5 589114.8 21702.5 147526.3 5444.0 148299.0 5240.4
Imports 388009.3 13308.9 428973.7 14905.3 667147.7 25140.4 751218.3 27674.3 174050.9 6422.8 188118.0 6647.5
Services balance 29465.2 1010.8 21095.8 732.9 48881.2 1842.0 48456.0 1785.0 9318.0 343.8 9987.0 352.9
Credit 137691.2 4722.9 140804.0 4892.3 178270.4 6717.8 215844.1 7951.5 37938.5 1400.0 41519.6 1467.1
Transportation 36186.6 1241.2 35757.9 1242.5 38757.4 1460.5 35851.7 1320.7 10030.0 370.1 9463.5 334.4
Travel 45437.4 1558.5 56570.3 1965.6 76301.3 2875.2 110620.0 4075.2 15750.0 581.2 18500.0 653.7
Other services 56067.2 1923.2 48475.8 1684.2 63211.7 2382.1 69372.4 2555.6 12158.5 448.7 13556.1 479.0
Debit 108226.0 3712.1 119708.2 4159.4 129389.2 4875.8 167388.1 6166.5 28620.5 1056.2 31532.6 1114.2
Transportation 21402.1 734.1 24542.4 852.8 21208.9 799.3 18905.6 696.5 5260.0 194.1 5160.0 182.3
Travel 15368.3 527.1 30962.6 1075.8 43330.3 1632.8 80170.0 2953.4 8670.0 320.0 10500.0 371.0
Other services 71455.6 2450.9 64203.2 2230.8 64850.0 2443.7 68312.5 2516.6 14690.5 542.1 15872.6 560.9
Income balance -3424.7 -117.5 -580.8 -20.1 -2804.0 -105.6 -18456.6 -679.9 -967.5 -35.7 -5171.7 -182.7
Credit 15952.0 547.2 22713.2 789.2 31696.1 1194.5 32523.7 1198.2 9747.4 359.7 7622.9 269.4
Debit 19376.7 664.7 23294.0 809.3 34500.1 1300.1 50980.3 1878.1 10714.9 395.4 12794.6 452.1
Transfers (net) -13615.8 -467.0 3635.7 126.4 15369.2 579.2 10610.1 390.9 3512.4 129.6 4746.5 167.7
Capital account 88184.7 3024.8 97019.7 3371.1 218288.5 8225.9 110525.6 4071.7 2434.1 89.9 22141.2 782.4
Direct investment 16098.2 552.2 21551.1 748.9 67021.2 2525.6 37674.8 1387.9 8093.2 298.6 7909.7 279.5
Abroad -2952.2 -101.3 -3443.3 -119.6 -971.6 -36.6 -1100.0 -40.5 -550.0 -20.3 -684.7 -24.2
IntheCzech
Republic19050.4 653.5 24994.4 868.5 67992.8 2562.2 38774.8 1428.4 8643.2 318.9 8594.4 303.7
Portfolio investment 46658.5 1600.5 24595.9 854.6 36144.4 1362.0 19692.5 725.5 -3496.5 -129.0 -9461.4 -334.3
Assets -6686.9 -229.3 -1327.1 -46.1 . . -1291.1 -47.5 . . -567.2 -20.0
Liabilities 53345.4 1829.8 25923.0 900.7 . . 20983.6 773.0 -3496.5 -129.0 -8894.2 -314.3
Other capital 25428.0 872.1 50872.7 1767.6 115122.9 4338.3 53158.3 1958.3 -2162.6 -79.7 23692.9 837.2
Long-term capital 23796.3 816.2 31911.5 1108.7 89350.2 3367.1 73729.5 2716.2 5282.1 195.0 18780.2 663.7
Assets 13664.4 468.7 12046.4 418.5 1384.4 52.2 -14458.6 -532.6 -1014.9 -37.4 5574.3 197.0
Liabilities 10131.9 347.5 19865.1 690.2 87965.8 3314.9 88188.1 3248.8 6297.0 232.4 13205.9 466.7
Short-term capital 1631.7 55.9 18961.2 658.9 25772.7 971.2 -20571.2 -757.9 -7444.7 -274.7 4912.7 173.5
ofwhich financial transfers 15000.0 530.0
Errors, omissions and
valuation changes-3203.1 -110.1 -27334.5 -949.8 15779.4 594.5 -11506.7 -423.9 -1048.5 -38.7 7004.5 247.5
Reserves -88316.2 -3029.3 -68254.6 -2371.6 -197915.7 -7458.1 22475.1 828.0 13276.1 489.9 1111.5 39.3
CZK/US$ 29.154 28.780 26.537 27.145 27.099 28.299
+/1996,1997 -preliminary data. ++/ trade balance: 1993, 1994 -oldmethodology. 1995, 1996, 1997 -newmethodology.
Source: Czech National Bank, 12June1997WT/BOP/G/3
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EXTERNAL DEBT
(inmillions ofCZK; endofperiod)
1Jan.
199331Dec. 1993 31Dec. 1994 31Dec. 1995 31Dec. 1996
+/31March 1997
+/
Debt inconvertible currencies 204674.7 254488.1 299960.7 440229.3 557908.6 573127.2
Medium- andlong-term 152695.1 194525.0 218944.5 306034.4 395694.0 403736.9
Bycreditor:
Foreign banks 62121.2 82849.8 124224.8 218310.9 300713.8 312582.9
Governments 6685.9 7346.8 7482.1 7039.1 6631.8 6546.8
Multilateral institutions 50127.1 52891.7 19889.7 18987.2 17645.5 17541.1
Suppliers 'credits and
credits from direct investors29023.0 25838.0 32601.0 24567.0 17863.0 20230.5
Other investors 4737.9 25598.7 34746.9 37130.2 52839.9 46835.6
Bydebtor:
Banking system 49890.9 75011.6 50465.4 117701.3 161958.5 173211.5
ofwhich CNB 35399.8 58836.1 22845.3 22268.0 11178.4 11199.7
Commercial banks 14491.1 16175.5 27620.1 95433.3 150780.1 162011.8
Government 61147.2 59477.1 61763.4 52101.7 46738.6 43900.4
Corporations andother 41657.0 60036.3 106715.7 136231.4 186996.9 186625.0
Short-term 51979.6 59963.1 81016.2 134194.9 162214.6 169390.3
ofwhich liabilities inCZK 20142.3 48744.7 47171.6
Debt innon-convertible
currencies10708.8 23258.5 29644.9 9494.8 8865.9 8867.2
Medium- andlong-term 9941.8 23062.0 22773.1 9492.7 8865.9 8867.2
Short-term 767.0 196.5 6871.8 2.1
Debt vis-a-vis theSlovak
Republic8940.0 9966.8 12863.2 7571.1 314.8 253.5
Medium- andlong-term 531.0 438.0 319.0 992.0
Short-term 8409.0 9528.8 12544.2 6579.1 314.8 253.5
TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT 224323.5 287713.4 342468.8 457295.2 567089.3 582247.9
ofwhich:
Medium- andlong-term 163167.9 218025.0 242036.6 316519.1 404559.9 412604.1
Short-term 61155.6 69688.4 100432.2 140776.1 162529.4 169643.8
Foreign investment inthe
Czech Republic
Convertible currencies
Direct investment 44946.3 61498.9 86318.1 154212.5 192987.3 201581.7
Portfolio investment 72.0 10616.3 12848.8 43996.9 92867.8 94427.9
Non-convertible currencies
Direct investment 498.0 3007.8 3183.0 3358.1
Portfolio investment 3.0 22368.9 24486.8 26283.5
TOTAL EXTERNAL
LIABILITIES269842.8 385205.3 469305.5 685146.2 852944.4 878257.5
+/preliminary data
Source: Czech National Bank, June1997WT/BOP/G/3
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EXTERNAL DEBT
(inmillions ofUS$; endofperiod)
1Jan.
199331Dec. 1993 31Dec. 1994 31Dec. 1995 31Dec. 1996
+/31March 1997
+/
Debt inconvertible currencies 7082.4 8495.8 10694.2 16548.8 20412.3 19626.3
Medium- andlong-term 5283.7 6494.0 7805.9 11504.2 14477.3 13825.6
Bycreditor :
Foreign banks 2149.6 2765.9 4428.9 8206.6 11002.3 10704.1
Governments 231.4 245.3 266.7 264.6 242.6 224.2
Multilateral institutions 1734.5 1765.6 709.2 713.8 645.6 600.7
Suppliers 'credits and
credits from direct investors1004.3 862.6 1162.3 923.5 653.5 692.8
Other investors 163.9 854.6 1238.8 1395.7 1933.3 1603.8
Bydebtor :
Banking system 1726.3 2504.1 1799.2 4424.6 5925.6 5931.4
ofwhich CNB 1224.9 1964.1 814.5 837.1 409.0 383.5
Commercial banks 501.4 540.0 984.7 3587.5 5516.6 5547.9
Government 2115.9 1985.6 2202.0 1958.5 1710.1 1503.3
Corporations andother 1441.5 2004.3 3804.7 5121.1 6841.6 6390.9
Short-term 1798.7 2001.8 2888.3 5044.6 5935.0 5800.7
ofwhich liabilities inCZK 757.2 1783.4 1615.4
Debt innon-convertible
currencies370.5 776.4 1056.9 356.9 324.4 303.6
Medium- andlong-term 344.0 769.8 811.9 356.8 324.4 303.6
Short-term 26.5 6.6 245.0 0.1
Debt vis-a-vis theSlovak
Republic309.4 332.7 458.6 284.6 11.5 8.7
Medium- andlong-term 18.4 14.6 11.4 37.3
Short-term 291.0 318.1 447.2 247.3 11.5 8.7
TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT 7762.3 9604.9 12209.7 17190.3 20748.2 19938.6
ofwhich:
Medium- andlong-term 5646.1 7278.4 8629.2 11898.3 14801.7 14129.2
Short-term 2116.2 2326.5 3580.5 5292.0 5946.5 5809.4
Foreign investment inthe
Czech Republic
Convertible currencies
Direct investment 1555.3 2053.0 3077.4 5797.0 7060.9 6903.0
Portfolio investment 2.5 354.4 458.1 1653.9 3397.8 3233.6
Non-convertible currencies
Direct investment 17.2 100.4 113.5 126.2
Portfolio investment 0.1 746.8 873.0 988.0
TOTAL EXTERNAL
LIABILITIES9337.4 12859.5 16731.7 25755.4 31206.9 30075.2
+/-preliminary data.
Source: Czech National Bank, June1997.WT/BOP/G/3
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EXTERNAL RESERVES AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSETS
(inmillions ofCZK; endofperiod)
1Jan.1993 31Dec. 31
199331Dec.
199431Dec.
199531Dec.
1996+/31
March
1997+/
EXTERNAL RESERVES (Gross reserves) 103387.5 187055.8 249420.2 462504.4 478321.9 489263.5
ofwhich
Official reserves (CNB) 24347.4 115980.2 175121.9 373037.7 339884.0 342182.8
Gold 2488.2 2466.4 2309.3 2234.6 2290.3 2444.5
Foreign exchange 21006.7 113266.5 172812.6 370798.4 337593.7 339738.3
Holding ofSDR 852.5 247.3 4.7
Short-term assets heldbycommercial banks 79040.1 71075.6 74298.3 89466.7 138437.9 147080.7
Gold 104.7 21.6 20.2 19.1 19.6 21.0
Foreign exchange 78935.4 71054.0 74278.1 78665.7 100037.0 107206.1
Assets inCZK 10781.9 38381.3 39853.6
OTHER FOREIGN ASSESTS IN
CONVERTIBLE CURRENCIES140549.5 143106.2 132999.4 146034.0 242917.3 244778.1
Held bybanks (long-term) 365.9 1852.3 1763.0 5116.6 59580.8 55045.7
Held byenterprises 82227.0 79449.0 72605.0 81237.0 99577.0 98601.8
Portfolio investment 201.0 301.0 362.0 296.0 19266.5 22537.0
Held bygovernment institutions 53137.6 55323.8 51462.6 51686.9 50873.2 53494.8
Direct investment (equity capital) 2361.0 3648.4 4002.6 4658.0 10544.7 11972.8
Paid-up capital ininternational organizations 2257.0 2531.7 2804.2 3039.5 3075.1 3126.0
FOREIGN ASSETS INNON-
CONVERTIBLE CURRENCIES
Assets vis-a-vis theSlovak Republic 40904.4 68570.8 63163.1 64550.4 0.0 0.0
Held bycentral bank 23102.5 24572.5 24573.3 26172.3
Held byother banks 3251.9 12360.0 9565.0
Held byenterprises 14411.0 16954.0 15899.0 16628.0
Held bygovernment institutions 5501.9
Direct investment (equity capital) 114.0 1573.5 4415.3 4527.1
Portfolio investment (incl. voucher
privatization)25.0 7608.9 8710.5 17223.0
Other assets innon-convertible currencies 121261.6 137655.9 127291.4 107604.2 110603.2 118408.8
Held bycentral bank 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
Held byother banks 164.2 45.7 22.4 267.5 1.3 1.2
Held byenterprises 8899.0 8282.0 6738.0 4103.0 3595.8 3869.5
Held bygovernment institutions 112034.7 129112.5 120517.3 103224.0 107001.4 114533.4
Direct investment 159.0 211.0 9.0 5.0
FOREIGN ASSETS total 406103.0 536388.7 572874.1 780693.0 831842.4 852450.4
ofwhich
inconvertible currencies 243937.0 330162.0 382419.6 608538.4 721239.2 734041.6
innon-convertible currencies 162166.0 206226.7 190454.5 172154.6 110603.2 118408.8
Gold valued at42,22 US$perounce. +/preliminary data.
Source: Czech National Bank, June1997.WT/BOP/G/3
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EXTERNAL RESERVES AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSETS
(inmillions ofUS$; endofperiod)
1Jan.1993 31Dec.
199331Dec.
199431Dec.
199531Dec.
1996
+/31
March
1997
+/
EXTERNAL RESERVES (Gross reserves) 3577.5 6244.5 8892.3 17386.1 17500.4 16754.5
ofwhich
Official reserves (CNB) 842.5 3871.8 6243.4 14022.9 12435.4 11717.8
Gold 86.1 82.3 82.3 84.0 83.8 83.7
Foreign exchange 726.9 3781.2 6161.1 13938.7 12351.6 11634.1
Holding ofSDR 29.5 8.3 0.2
Short-term assets heldbycommercial banks 2735.0 2372.7 2648.9 3363.2 5065.0 5036.7
Gold 3.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Foreign exchange 2731.4 2372.0 2648.2 2957.2 3660.1 3671.2
Assets inCZK 405.3 1404.2 1364.8
OTHER FOREIGN ASSETS IN
CONVERTIBLE CURRENCIES4863.5 4777.4 4741.6 5489.6 8887.7 8382.2
Held bybanks (long-term) 12.7 61.9 62.9 192.3 2179.9 1885.0
Held byenterprises 2845.3 2652.3 2588.5 3053.8 3643.3 3376.5
Portfolio investment 7.0 10.0 12.9 11.1 704.9 771.8
Held bygovernment institutions 1838.7 1846.9 1834.7 1943.0 1861.3 1831.9
Direct investment (equity capital) 81.7 121.8 142.7 175.1 385.8 410.0
Paid-up capital ininternational
organizations78.1 84.5 99.9 114.3 112.5 107.0
FOREIGN ASSETS INNON-
CONVERTIBLE CURRENCIES
Assets vis-a-vis theSlovak Republic 1415.4 2289.1 2251.8 2426.5 0.0 0.0
Held bycentral bank 799.4 820.3 876.1 983.8
Held byother banks 112.5 412.6 341.0
Held byenterprises 498.7 566.0 566.8 625.1
Held bygovernment institutions 183.7
Direct investment (equity capital) 3.9 52.5 157.4 170.2
Portfolio investment (incl. voucher
privatization)0.9 254.0 310.5 647.4
Other assets innon-convertible currencies 4196.1 4595.4 4538.2 4045.0 4046.6 4054.8
Held bycentral bank 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Held byother banks 5.7 1.5 0.8 10.1
Held byenterprises 307.9 276.5 240.2 154.2 131.5 132.5
Held bygovernment institutions 3876.8 4310.2 4296.7 3880.3 3914.9 3922.1
Direct investment 5.5 7.0 0.3 0.2
FOREIGN ASSETS total 14052.5 17906.4 20423.9 29347.2 30434.7 29191.5
ofwhich
inconvertible currencies 8441.0 11021.9 13633.9 22875.7 26388.1 25136.7
innon-convertible currencies 5611.5 6884.5 6790.0 6471.5 4046.6 4054.8
Gold valued at42,22 US$perounce. +/preliminary data.
Source: Czech National Bank, June1977.WT/BOP/G/3
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BALANCE BYGROUP OFCOUNTRIES, 1995 -1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator 1995 1996 1997
1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 1.Q
Total balance -17532 -25147 -19588 -33456 -27112 -41775 -41859 -49580 -38319
*Developed market economies -14855 -19825 -17831 -31907 -28564 -39883 -39334 -44964 -33386
**EU -9429 -12720 -12133 -24971 -22451 -31757 -31760 -38996 -25185
**EFTA -1017 -1604 -1308 -1490 -1186 -1406 -1774 -1294 -655
*Developing economies 929 -542 461 466 475 -947 -1395 -2816 -2906
*European Transition economies
andCIScountries-3079 -4214 -1714 -1218 1655 591 306 415 275
**CEFTA 3660 3032 3365 3122 7354 5660 5598 6756 6741
***Slovakia 1098 -164 -77 -278 3276 3080 2875 3536 5052
*Other transition economies and
economies withastatetrading
system-517 -555 -639 -896 -732 -1509 -1473 -2244 -2302
16.6.1997
IMPORTS BYGROUP OFCOUNTIES, 1995 -1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1995 1996 1997
1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 1.Q
Total imports 149053 170348 159049 191995 174305 189086 186227 205660 186618
*Developed market economies 102246 118511 109527 133468 123010 133686 130576 143622 130190
**EU 89798 104151 97192 118343 109440 118578 116107 126831 114224
**EFTA 3274 4050 3559 4187 3837 3741 3858 3871 3330
*Developing economies 6299 7x44 6380 8981 8436 9676 8800 10950 9819
*European transition economies and
CIScountries39382 42552 41547 47456 41082 43588 44633 48073 43690
**CEFTA 24155 27378 26538 31463 25396 27718 27899 29615 27212
***Slovakia 17502 19937 19132 22606 17211 18348 18238 18384 16335
*Other transition eocnomies and
economies withastatetrading
system1092 1349 1553 2023 1649 1980 2140 2900 2919
16.6.1997WT/BOP/G/3
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EXPORTS BYGROUP OFCOUNTRIES 1995 -1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1995 1996 1997
1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 1.Q
Total exports 131521 145201 139461 158539 147193 147311 144368 156080 148299
*Developed market economies 87391 98686 91696 101561 94446 93803 91242 98658 96804
**EU 80369 91431 85059 93372 86989 86821 84347 87835 89039
**EFTA 2257 2446 2251 2697 2651 2335 2084 2577 2675
*Developing economies 7228 7302 6841 9447 8911 8729 7405 8134 6913
*European transition economies and
CIScountries36303 38338 39833 46238 42737 44179 44939 48488 43965
**CEFTA 27815 30410 29903 34585 32750 33378 33497 36371 33953
***Slovakia 18600 19773 19055 22328 20487 21428 21113 21920 21387
*Other transition economies and
economies withastatetrading
system575 794 914 1127 917 471 667 656 617
16.6.1997
BALANCE BYSITC 1995-1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1995 1996 1997
1.Q 1.-2.Q 1.-3.Q 1.-4.Q 1.Q 1.-2.Q 1.-3.Q 1.-4.Q 1.Q
Total balance -17532 -42679 -62267 -95723 -27112 -68887 -110746 -160326 -38319
0Food andliveanimals -2820 -6586 -7583 -9461 -3878 -8934 -13487 -19232 -6023
1Beverages andtobacco -278 -246 -185 -639 -292 -218 -74 -518 -495
2Crude materials, inedible,
except fuels180 304 272 -269 105 259 1061 132 -1196
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and
related materials-7422 -13865 -20720 -27964 -8379 -17501 -27255 -38668 -12558
4Animal andvegetable oils,fats
andwaxes-230 -560 -870 -1163 -290 -490 -731 -1161 -209
5Chemicals andrelated products -4872 -12978 -19026 -25808 -6586 -15631 -25127 -34736 -7847
6Manufactured goods classified
chiefly bymaterial13347 26444 38525 49254 9046 14748 21160 25964 5740
7Machinery andtransport
equipment-14384 -33063 -51241 -73738 -17333 -41395 -67846 -93920 -15362
8Miscellaneous manufactured
articles-1085 -2203 -1499 -5912 433 70 1125 1275 -520
9Commodities notclassified 32 74 60 -23 62 205 428 538 150
16.6.1997WT/BOP/G/3
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IMPORTS BYSITC 1995 -1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1995 1996 1997
1.Q 1.-2.Q 1.-3.Q 1.-4.Q 1.Q 1.-2.Q 1.-3.Q 1.-4.Q 1.Q
Total imports 149053 319401 478450 670445 174305 363391 549618 755278 186618
0Food andliveanimals 8734 18738 27106 37149 10481 21324 31230 43217 11705
1Beverages andtobacco 1164 2325 3513 5255 1559 3206 4791 6596 2298
2Crude materials, inedible, except
fuels7653 15427 22176 29942 7434 14484 20769 27773 7258
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and
related materials13283 25500 38342 52483 14497 29956 46928 65592 18205
4Animal andvegetable oils,fats
andwaxes451 956 1469 2057 468 946 1502 2192 461
5Chemicals andrelated products 18127 39499 58190 79236 20434 42866 65175 88882 22256
6Manufactured goods classified
chiefly bymaterial29347 64326 97547 135959 35072 72465 107668 145632 34762
7Machinery andtransport
equipment52873 115956 174916 248465 65177 137772 210394 288492 68795
8Miscellaneous manufactured
articles17307 36428 54832 79325 19092 40222 60957 86646 20826
9Commodities notclassified 114 246 359 574 91 150 204 256 51
16.6.1997
EXPORTS BYSITC 1995 -1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1995 1996 1997
1.Q1.Q 1.-2.Q 1.-3.Q 1.-4.Q 1.Q 1.-2.Q 1.-3.Q 1.-4.Q
Total exports 131521 276722 416183 574722 147193 294504 438872 594952 148299
00Food andliveanimals 5914 12152 19523 27688 6603 12390 17743 23985 5682
11Beverages andtobacco 886 2079 3328 4616 1267 2988 4717 6078 1803
2Crude materials, inedible, except
fuels7833 15731 22448 29673 7539 14743 21830 27905 6063
3Mineral fuels, lubricants and
related materials5861 11635 17622 24519 6118 12455 19673 26924 5647
4Animal andvegetable oils, fats
andwaxes221 396 599 894 178 456 771 1031 252
5Chemicals andrelated products 13255 26521 39164 53428 13848 27235 40048 54146 14410
6Manufactured goods classified
chiefly bymaterial42694 90770 136072 185213 44118 87213 128828 171596 40502
7Machinery andtransport
equipment38489 82893 123675 174727 47844 96377 142548 194572 53433
8Miscellaneous manufactured
articles16222 34225 53333 73413 19525 40292 62082 87921 20306
9Commodities notclassified 146 320 419 551 153 355 632 794 201
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BALANCE BYGROUP OFCOUNTRIES 1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1997
January February March Summary 1-3 April
Total -12991 -12246 -13082 -38319 -15333
*Developed market economies -10722 -10771 -11893 -33386 -14704
**EU -8135 -8633 -8417 -25185 -10236
**EFTA -94 -209 -352 -655 -270
*Developing economies -710 -1427 -769 -2906 -587
*European transition economies and
CIScountries-749 692 332 275 910
**CEFTA 2131 2635 1975 6741 3237
***Slovakia 1539 2196 1317 5052 2788
* Other transition economies and
economies withastatetrading system-810 -740 -752 -2302 -952
16.6.1997
IMPORTS BYGROUP OFCOUNTRIES 1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1997
January February March Summary 1-3 April
Total 59576 61856 65186 186618 75034
*Developed market economies 41404 42954 45832 130190 53432
**EU 36453 38248 39523 114224 45699
**EFTA 944 1101 1285 3330 1281
*Developing economies 2960 3531 3328 9819 3773
*European transition economies and
CIScountries14209 14441 15040 43690 16666
**CEFTA 8261 9208 9743 27212 10443
***Slovakia 4947 5449 5939 16335 5980
*Other transition economies and
economies withastatetrading
system1003 930 986 2919 1163
16.6.1997WT/BOP/G/3
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EXPORTS BYGROUP OFCOUNTRIES 1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1997
January February March Summary 1-3 April Summary 1-4
Total 46585 49610 52104 148299 59701 208000
*Developed market economies 30682 32183 33939 96804 38728 135532
**EU 28318 29615 31106 89039 35463 124502
**EFTA 850 892 933 2675 1011 3686
*Developing economies 2250 2104 2559 6913 3186 10099
*European transition economies
andCIScountries13460 15133 15372 43965 17576 61541
**CEFTA 10392 11843 11718 33953 13680 47633
***Slovakia 6486 7645 7256 21387 8768 30155
*Other transition economies and
economies withastatetrading
system193 190 234 617 211 828
16.6.1997
BALANCE BYSITC 1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1997
January February March Summary 1-3 April Summary 1-4
Total balance -12991 -12246 -13082 -38319 -15333 -53652
0Food andliveanimals -2046 -1932 -2045 -6023 -2023 -8046
1Beverages andtobacco -320 -122 -53 -495 -64 -559
2Crude materials, inedible, except
fuels-463 -326 -406 -1196 -465 -1661
3Mineral fuels, lubricants andrelated
materials-4576 -4132 -3850 -12558 -4633 -17192
4Animal andvegetable oils, fatsand
waxes-62 -70 -77 -209 -51 -260
5Chemicals andrelated products -2137 -2725 -2985 -7847 -4122 -11969
6Manufactured goods classified
chiefly bymaterial2005 1720 2016 5740 3006 8747
7Machinery andtransport equipment -5491 -4624 -5247 -15362 -6966 -22328
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles 53 -97 -476 -520 -77 -597
9Commodities notclassified 45 63 42 150 64 213
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IMPORTS BYSITC 1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1997
January February March Summary 1-3 April Summary 1-4
Total imports 59576 61856 65186 186618 75034 261652
0Food andliveanimals 3830 3926 3949 11705 4022 15727
1Beverages andtobacco 836 756 707 2298 844 3143
2Crude materials, inedible, except
fuels2191 2381 2686 7258 2954 10212
3Mineral fuels, lubricants andrelated
materials6437 5960 5808 18205 6539 24744
4Animal andvegetable oils,fatsand
waxes142 161 158 461 150 612
5Chemicals andrelated products 6718 7453 8085 22256 9187 31443
6Manufactured goods classified
chiefly bymaterial10729 11839 12194 34762 13778 48539
7Machinery andtransport equipment 22249 22385 24161 68795 29769 98564
8Miscellaneous manufactured
articles6434 6971 7421 20826 7777 28603
9Commodities notclassified 11 24 16 51 14 65
16.6.1997
EXPORTS BYSITC 1997
(inmil.CZK, current prices)
Indicator1997
January February March Summary 1-3 April Summary 1-4
Total exports 46585 49610 52104 148299 59701 261652
0Food andliveanimals 1784 1994 1904 5682 1999 157237
1Beverages andtobacco 516 634 653 1803 780 3143
2Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 1728 2055 2280 6063 2489 10212
3Mineral fuels, lubricants andrelated
materials1861 1828 1958 5647 1906 24744
4Animal andvegetable oils,fatsand
waxes80 91 81 252 99 612
5Chemicals andrelated products 4581 4728 5100 14410 5065 31443
6Manufactured goods classified chiefly
bymaterial12734 13559 14209 40502 16784 48539
7Machinery andtransport equipment 16758 17761 18914 53433 22802 98564
8Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6487 6874 6945 20306 7699 28603
9Commodities notclassified 56 87 58 201 78 65
16.6.1997WT/BOP/G/3
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FOREIGN TRADE
(based oncustoms statistics)
YearMonth
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1995 6.8 6.9 8.8 2.1 11.7 12.6 18.0 9.2 14.8 19.9 10.3 5.8
Exports %oya 1996 24.1 13.9 0.9 10.4 -0.1 -4.7 9.0 1.3 0.6 -0.9 -3.7 0.1
1997 -2.2 1.4 2.9 23.0
1995 64.8 24.7 28.6 37.4 29.5 24.4 27.4 26.5 13.2 40.9 24.1 20.7
Imports 1996 27.3 21.3 5.7 15.4 11.6 6.4 27.8 8.6 15.2 7.7 7.7 5.9
1997 7.4 7.9 6.0 22.9
1995 -5.2 -4.3 -8.0 -8.9 -8.7 -7.5 -6.8 -10.0 -2.8 -9.8 -9.3 -14.4
Balance bnCZK 1996 -7.9 -8.3 -10.9 -12.5 -15.5 -13.7 -17.2 -14.0 -10.7 -15.2 -16.4 -18.0
1997 -13.0 -12.2 -13.1 -15.3
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