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ORGANIZATION 12December 1996
(96-5269)
Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
EFTA FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
WITH ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
Communication from theEFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland)
Background
1. TheEFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway andSwitzerland) concluded FreeTrade
Agreements (FTAs) withEstonia, Latvia andLithuania inDecember 1995. AllthreeAgreements were
notified inJune1996 toWTO under Article XXIV:7. Detailed information onthedates ofsignature
andofapplication ofthese agreements istobefound inAnnex 1.*
2. TheEFTA States (including Austria, Finland andSweden) hadconcluded withEstonia, Latvia
andLithuania inDecember 1991, following there-establishment oftheirindependence, Declarations
ofCo-operation.Asafollow-uptothisdevelopment,individualEFTAStates(Finland,Norway,Sweden
andSwitzerland) concluded in1992, witheachofthethreeBaltic States, bilateral freetradeagreements
which werenotified totheGATT under Article XXIV:7. Theexaminations oftheagreements inthe
GATT were concluded in1993 withtheexception ofthebilateral agreements between Switzerland
andEstonia, Latvia andLithuania. Since themore recent FreeTrade Agreements concluded between
theEFTA States andEstonia, Latvia andLithuania supersede theexisting bilateral agreements, the
Committee onRegional Trade Agreements (CRTA) agreed torenounce thepending examination of
thebilateral Swiss agreements withthethree Baltic States.
3. ThisnotehasbeenpreparedasanattempttofacilitatethedeliberationsoftheCRTAinexamining
theEFTA-Estonia, EFTA-Latvia andEFTA-Lithuania Agreements andtogivetotheWTO Members
information inaconcise andconsolidated form. Asimilar notewasissued inSeptember 1996onother
EFTA FTAs under examination intheCRTA. Taking intoaccount thesimilarities ofalltheEFTA
FTAs, thisnoteishopefully acontribution towards streamlining oftheexamination process.
Nevertheless, theParties totheFreeTrade Agreements recognise thateachoftheFTAs should be
examined onitsownmerits. Inthiscontext, thisnotealsohighlights themain differences between
thevarious FTAs.
4. Theintention oftheParties totheAgreements under examination isnottopropose amerging
oftheexamination processes oftheseparate agreements, butrather toprovide, inaconsolidated and
structuredmanner,basicinformationandanswerstoquestionsputforwardpreviouslyinworkingparties.
Thisnotealsoaimsatsetting thefreetrade arrangements inawider European context. Statistical
information isattached inAnnexes 3to5.
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Introduction
5. TheAgreements were concluded withtheaimoffurther developing economic co-operation
andtraderelations between theEFTA States andthreeBaltic States andofinteraliasupporting transition
tothemarket economy andtheintegration ofthese countries intotheworld economy bycontributing
tothecreation ofaEuropean-wide freetrade system. While theAgreements between EFTA States
andEstonia andLatvia donotcontain anygeneral transitional periods forabolition oftheduties and
other restrictions ontrade, theEFTA-Lithuania Agreement provides Lithuania aperiod oftransition
fordismantling theduties leading tofullfreetradeoverareasonable period oftime. TheEFTA countries
haveeliminated inprinciple allobstacles ontradeuponentry intoforceoftheAgreements. Astructural
adjustment clause, infavour oftheBaltic States, allows them toincrease their customs duties in
exceptional cases andinsectors where serious difficulties orsocial problems ariseduring theprocess
ofrestructuring. Such asymmetry isdeemed politically justified inorder toallow eachofthese
economies intransition toadjust properly tothemarket economy.
6. EFTA 'sagreements withEstonia, Latvia andLithuania werenegotiated along thelinesofthe
Association Agreements andtheFreeTrade Agreements existing between theECandeachofthethree
Baltic States. Thus, thepattern oftheAgreements ismuch alike, although theyarenotidentical.
Itshould benoted thatwhile theAssociation Agreements cover awiderange ofeconomic andpolicy
issues, theEFTA agreements aretraditional freetrade agreements andthusmore limited inscope.
7. TheEFTAFreeTradeAgreementsarelargelybasedonthemodeloftheStockholmConvention,
thefounding charter ofEFTA, aswellasonthebilateral freetrade agreements which eachEFTA
country concluded withtheEuropean Economic Community (EEC) in1972and1973. Theyaresimilar
tothose concluded between theEFTA States andanumber oftheCentral andEastEuropean Countries
(CEECs), i.e.Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic andSlovenia,
aswellasthose withIsrael andTurkey. There areprovisions addressing other fields suchasstate
aid,statemonopolies, competition, intellectual property, public procurement andalsoservices and
investment,thusaligningtheseagreementswiththeECAssociationAgreements,theEuropeanEconomic
Area(EEA) Agreement, aswellaswiththenewWTO rulesasagreed intheUruguay Round. They
alsocontain evolutionary clauses providing thebasis forfuture development oftheagreements and
allowing extension ofthecoverage tonewareas. ThePreamble oftheAgreements stipulates thatno
provisions maybeinterpreted asexempting theParties from theirobligations under GATT/WTO.
8. InlinewiththeapproachappliedintheotherEFTAFreeTradeAgreementsandintheStockholm
Convention aswellasinthebilateral freetrade agreements between theindividual EFTA States and
theECandmore recently intheEEAAgreement, theEFTA FTAs withtheBaltic States cover trade
inindustrial goods (HSChapters 25-97), processed agricultural products andfishandother marine
products. While thetrade inprocessed agricultural products andfishisliberalized, thebilateral
arrangements concluded between eachEFTA country andtherespective FTApartner countries improve
market access conditions either byeliminating orsignificantly reducing tariff barriers onagricultural
products covered bythese arrangements. These bilateral arrangements form partoftheinstruments
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Consolidated, selective assessment oftheEFTA-Estonia (EE), EFTA-Latvia (LV) and
EFTA-Lithuania (LT) FTAs
Objectives
9. Theprimary objective ofalltheAgreements istoestablish freetrade areas. Thefullplans
forthereduction tozerooftariffs onsubstantially allthetrade between theParties, where thisisnot
already thecase, arecontained intherelevant Articles oftheAgreements aswellasintherelevant
Annexes andProtocols oftheAgreements (Annex 2contains asummary ofthestructure oftheFTAs,
including Annexes andProtocols).
Scope andproduct coverage
10. Asstated above, theFTAs cover trade inindustrial products (HSChapters 25-97), fishand
other marine products (Annex II)andprocessed agricultural products (Protocol A).TheAgreements
alsocontain provisions, interalia,onstateaid,statemonopolies, competition, public procurement,
intellectual property rights, services andinvestment. TheParties havealsoexpressed theirreadiness
todiscuss theextension ofthescope oftheAgreements totheareas notcurrently covered (evolutionary
clause).
11. Theproducts excluded fromthecoverage oftheAgreements (Annex ItotheFTAs) areproducts
originally falling within Chapters 1to24("agricultural products") inthenomenclature preceding the
Harmonized Description andCoding System (HS), butwhich were transferred atthetimeofthe
introduction oftheHarmonized System intoHSChapters 25to97("industrial products"). These
products listed inAnnex Iarethusproducts which areexcluded fromtheapplication oftheprovisions
oftheAgreements relating toindustrial products. However, theproducts maybecovered bybilateral
agricultural arrangements orbytheprotocols relating toprocessed agricultural products (Protocol A).
Itshould bementioned thattheEFTA States apply thesamesystem intheirrelations withtheEuropean
Community.
12. Thefollowing summary indicates products which arecovered by,orexcluded from, the
Agreements:
(i) Allproducts falling within HSChapters 25to97arecovered, withtheexception of
alimited number ofproducts contained inAnnex I;
(ii) Theproducts contained inProtocol Aarecovered. These products areprocessed
agricultural products;
(iii) Fishandother marine products contained inAnnex IIarecovered. These products
generally fallwithin HSChapters 3,15and16.
13. Thetrade coverage oftheproducts covered bythevarious Agreements under review andof
thebilateral agricultural arrangements, which alsoformpartoftheinstruments creating thefreetrade
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Industrial products
Import duties
(a) EFTA
14. Allimport duties areeliminated attheentry intoforce oftheAgreements.
(b) Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania
15. Differences appear:
(i) inEFTA/Estonia FTAandEFTA/Latvia FTAallproducts covered arefreeofduty
from theentry intoforce oftheAgreement,
(ii) intheEFTA/Lithuania FTAatransitional period ending onJanuary 2001 isapplied
toproducts listed inTables AandCtoAnnex IIIoftheAgreement,
Fishproducts
16. Freetrade infishandother marine products ispartoftheprevailing EFTA regime, andalso
theFreeTrade Agreements cover trade inthese products (asspecified inAnnex II),onwhich duties
andother restrictions areeliminated withsome exceptions. While theEFTA countries havecommitted
themselves toliberalize substantially allthetrade inthese products under theFTAs, theliberalization
byEstonia, Latvia andLithuania varies:
- Estonia hascommitted itself tofullfreetrade infishandother marine products.
- Latvia mayapply customs duties onsalmon imported fromNorway during atransitional
period offouryears, asspecified inArticle 4toAnnex II.Latvia canalsoapply import
duties onalimited number ofproducts imported from Iceland andiscommitted to
eliminate them within fours years, asspecified inArticle 5toAnnex II.
- Lithuania mayapply import duties onalimited number ofproducts imported from
Iceland andeliminate thematthelatest by1January 2004, asspecified inparagraph 1
toArticle 4ofAnnex II.Upon theentry intoforce oftheAgreement, Lithuania shall
grant dutyfreequotas onsome oftheproducts mentioned above originating inIceland
duringtheperiodofdutydismantlingprovidedforinparagraph2ofArticletoAnnexII.
Export duties
17. AllexportdutiesareabolisheduponentryintoforceofalltheFTAswiththefollowingexception:
- Latvia maymaintain export duties foralimited number ofproducts listed inAnnex III
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Fiscal duties
18. Theprovisions concerning theprohibition andabolition ofcustoms duties onimports alsoapply
tocustoms duties ofafiscal nature, withtheexception oftheproducts contained inProtocol Cofthe
Agreements. Duties ofafiscal nature arenon-discriminatory duties applied forrevenue purposes on
products which arenotproduced domestically. Switzerland applies suchduties foralimited number
ofproducts. InSwitzerland theprocess ofabolition ofthesystem offiscal duties isalsounderway.
Thefiscal duties forcertain filmproducts havealready beenabolished. Therestofthefiscal duties
aretobeeliminated asof1January 1997. Some oftheduties maybetransferred tointernal taxes.
Upon entry intoforce ofthese measures on1January 1997, Protocol CoftheAgreement willbecome
irrelevant.
Rules oforigin
19. Theprovisions onrules oforigin laiddown inProtocol BtotheAgreements areconceived
forthepurpose oftheAgreements andarethesame inallofthem. Theorigin rules arecompletely
inlinewiththeCommon Declaration withRegard toPreferential Rules ofOrigin contained inAnnex II
totheAgreement onRules ofOrigin assetoutintheFinal ActoftheUruguay Round. Therules
oforigin contained inProtocol BoftheFTAs willnotresult inhigher tariff barriers tonon-FTA
members. Therelevant provisions onthedefinition oftheconcept "originating products" arecontained
inTitleIIofProtocol B.Theexisting rulesoforigin willbeamended asfromthebeginning of1997
totakeintoaccount theagreed procedures forcumulation oforigin between theEuropean freetrade
partners. Thenewrules oforigin providing forthecumulation oforigin attheEuropean level, will
benotified separately totheWTO asamendments totheFTAs under examination.
Quantitative restrictions
20. Theprovisions onquantitative import andexport restrictions intheFTAs apply toallproducts
covered bythese Agreements (asspecified inArticle 2oftheFTAs). Theagreements foresee total
elimination ofquantitative restrictions, withonlyoneexception asspecified intherelevant Annexes.
Import restrictions
21. There arenoimport restrictions applied under theAgreements.
Export restrictions
22. Thefewproducts (ferrous waste andscrap) subject toexport restrictions inSwitzerland
(Liechtenstein) arethesame inallFTAs andnotimelimithasbeenindicated fortheabolition ofthese
restrictions. However, inSwitzerland adecision forabolishing these restrictions asof1July1996
hasbeenmade, butthisdecision issubject toparliamentary approval inearly 1997. Itisexpected
thatthedecision willtakeeffect inthefirsthalfof1997. These export restrictions areintended to
safeguard thesupply ofinput material andtheexports inthese products represent anegligent share
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Trade inagricultural products
Processed agricultural products
23. Trade inprocessed agricultural products (Protocol A)iscovered bytheAgreements. The
Agreements provide foramechanism ofapplying fixed duties (Article 2ofProtocol A)allowing to
takeintoaccount thedifferences inthecostoftheagricultural rawmaterials incorporated inthegoods
covered byProtocol A.Suchfixed duties mustnotexceed thedifferences between thedomestic price
andtheworld market price ofagricultural rawmaterials incorporated intothegoods concerned.
Protocol Aalsocontains areview clause thusallowing toreviewing itsfunctioning andalsotheproduct
coverage.
Basic agricultural products (bilateral arrangements)
24. Duetothedifferent policies andtrade regimes inagriculture oftheEFTA States, theParties
tothedifferent FTAs haveconcluded arrangements onabilateral basis, providing formeasures to
facilitate tradeinagricultural products ofinterest totheParties oftheFTAs. Itshould alsoberecalled
thattheStockholm Convention doesnotcover trade inagricultural products (with theexception of
processed agricultural products andfishproducts). Areference tothebilateral arrangements ismade
intherelevant article oftheFTA(Trade inAgricultural Products), thuslinking them withtheother
instruments negotiated within theframework oftheFTAs, which areallrelevant towards creating the
freetrade areas. IntheFreeTrade Agreements theParties havedeclared theirreadiness tofoster,
insofarastheiragriculturalpoliciesallow,theharmoniousdevelopmentoftradeinagriculturalproducts.
Inmostofthebilateral arrangements areference isalsomade tothecommitment tocontinue theefforts
byrelevant Parties withaviewtoachieving progressive liberalization ofagricultural trade, within the
framework oftheirrespective agricultural policies andtheirinternational commitments, andtaking
intoaccount theresults oftheUruguay Round. Most ofthearrangements alsocontain review clauses,
thusallowing toreviewing thefunctioning andalsothecoverage ofthearrangements.
25. Thebilateral arrangements abolish orreduce customs duties andcharges having equivalent
effectonanumberofagriculturalproducts,therebyprovidingbetteraccessconditionsforthoseproducts.
Nospecific quotas oranyother quantitative restrictions areapplied under thebilateral arrangements.
Forfewproducts preferential tariff quotas areapplied. TheParties donotapply onagriculture any
subsidies which arespecific totheirmutual trade.
26. Thebilateral arrangements, concluded within theframework oftheFreeTrade Agreements,
contribute tothedevelopment ofcloser integration between theeconomies oftheParties tothefree
tradeareas, without raising barriers tothetradeofother WTO Members withtheParties totheseareas.
Non-economic reasons forrestrictions
27. Theprovisions onnon-economic reasons forrestrictions (General exceptions) havebeendrafted
onthebasisoftheparallel provisions inGATT. Forinstance theterm"protection oftheenvironment"
hasbeenincluded intheprovisions, although thenotion isbasically thesame as"protection ofhuman,
animal orplantlifeandhealth" asunderstood inArticle XXoftheGeneral Agreement. TheAgreements
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State monopolies
28. Theprovisions onstatemonopolies ensure thatprocurement ormarketing ofproducts byany
statemonopolies ofcommercial nature, asdefined intherelevant Article oftheAgreement alsoinclude
monopolies delegated bytheStates toothers. TheAgreements donotcontain anylistsofstate
monopolies intheStates Parties totheFTAs, withtheexception ofthose statemonopolies listed in
Protocol Dandtowhich theprovisions oftherelevant Article donotapply. TheParties tothe
Agreements arebound bytheir commitments under Article XVII andtheUnderstanding onthe
Interpretation ofArticle XVII oftheGATT 1994, including those relating tothenotification.
Technical regulations
29. Thetechnical regulations andamendments introduced bytheStates Parties totheseAgreements
areequally applied toallcountries under theprovisions oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers to
Trade.
Internal taxation
30. Inlinewiththerelevant Article oftheAgreements, there arenomeasures orpractices ofan
internal fiscal nature, applied bytheParties totheFTAs, implying, directly orindirectly, discrimination
against other countries. Asanexample ofdirect taxation onecanmention income taxorcorporate
tax,whereas turnover taxandvalue-added taxareexamples ofindirect taxation.
Payments
31. TheAgreements provide freedom ofpayments relating totradeandtransfer ofsuchpayments
totheterritory oftheParty where thecreditor resides. They include acommitment torefrain from
anyexchange oradministrative restrictions ongrant, repayment oracceptance ofcredits covering
commercial transactions.
State aid
32. Anyactions taken inaccordance withtheStateaidprovisions oftheFTAs willbeinaccordance
withtherelevant provisions oftheWTO. TheState aidcriteria andnotification/annual reporting
requirements introduced under theFTAs aremore stringent thanthose under theWTO Subsidy
Agreement. Special State aidcriteria apply forthefishery sector (Annex IIoftheAgreements).
Dumping andemergency action onimports ofparticular products
33. TheParties totheAgreements mayonlytakeanti-dumping measures inaccordance withthe
Agreement onImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGATT 1994. TheAgreements contain provisions
fortheprocedures forapplication ofsafeguard measures which areapplicable toanti-dumping measures.
34. TheAgreementscontainprovisionsconcerningemergencyactiononimportsofparticularproducts
incasesofserious injury orserious disturbances. Theprovisions forapplication ofsafeguard measures,
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Structural adjustment
35. Thestructural adjustment provisions entail anelement ofasymmetry intheFree Trade
AgreementswithEstonia,LatviaandLithuania.Themeasuresundertheprovisionsapplyingtostructural
adjustmentmayconcerninfantindustriesorsectorsundergoingrestructuringorfacingseriousdifficulties,
particularly where these difficulties might leadtoimportant social problems. Themaximum coverage
oftrade represented byproducts onwhich structural adjustment measures maybeapplied isdefined
intherelevant Article.
36. Nomeasures against thirdcountries canbebased onthese provisions, since theFTAs donot
altertheParties 'respective rights vis-à-vis thirdcountries under theGeneral Agreement. Theprovisions
relating tothestructural adjustment onlyaimatmaintaining anelement ofpreference forproducts
ofEFTA origin inrelation tothem.f.n. rateifthepartner countries should wishtoderogate temporarily
fromtheprovisions ofArticle 4oftheFTAs andimpose exceptional measures onproducts fromEFTA
countries. Nolimitofmargin ofpreference hasbeenset,butthemargin which should beconsidered
appropriate would bedecided onacase-by-case basis.
Re-export andserious shortage
37. Anyexport restrictions introduced under these provisions shallbeapplied inaccordance with
therequirements ofArticle XIoftheGeneral Agreement unless theyarebased onArticle XX.
Balance ofpayments difficulties
38. Anymeasuresforbalance-of-paymentspurposesshallbeappliedinaccordancewiththeconditions
established under theGeneral Agreement andtheUnderstanding onBalance-of-Payments Provisions
ofGATT 1994.
Evolutionary clause
39. Afuture deepening andextension ofthecoverage oftheAgreements, asprovided forbythis
provision, maybedefined bytheParties within theobjectives oftheAgreements assetforthinArticle 1
oftheAgreements.
Accession, withdrawal andexpiration
40. Each Party totheAgreements maywithdraw from them bymeans ofawritten notification
totheDepositary. Thewithdrawal shalltakeeffect sixmonths afterthedateonwhich thenotification
isreceived. IfaParty totheAgreement, which isnotanEFTA country, withdraws, theAgreement
inquestion shallexpire attheendofthenotice period. AnyEFTA Member State which withdraws
fromtheStockholm Convention establishing theEuropean FreeTrade Association shallipsofactoon
thesame dayasthewithdrawal takes effect cease tobeaParty totheFTAs.
Trade flows andtrade coverage, economic andtrade indicators
41. Seecountry specific tables inAnnex 3ondevelopment oftrade between theEFTA States and
Estonia, Latvia andLithuania. Tables inAnnex 4indicate thetradevolumes andtradeshares covered
bythevarious partsoftheAgreements under examination. Inaddition compiled economic andtrade
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ANNEX 1
ENTRY INTO FORCE OFFREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
THE EFTA STATES AND THIRD COUNTRIES1
FTA SIGNATURE APPLIED ASOF2
Turkey 10.12.1991 Turkey 1.4.92
Austria 1.10.92
Finland 1.5.92
Iceland 1.9.92
Liechtenstein 1.4.92
Norway 15.4.92
Sweden 15.4.92
Switzerland 1.4.92
Czech 20.3.19923CSFR 1.7.92
Republic 19.4.19934Austria 1.12.92
Finland 1.12.92
Iceland 1.1.93
Liechtenstein notratified
Norway 1.7.92
Sweden 1.7.92
Switzerland 1.7.92
Slovak 20.3.19923CSFR 1.7.92
Republic 19.4.19934Austria 1.12.92
Finland 1.12.92
Iceland 1.1.93
Liechtenstein notratified
Norway 1.7.92
Sweden 1.7.92
Switzerland 1.7.92
1Onaprovisional basis orotherwise, dates forformal entry intoforce might differ.
2Austria, Finland andSweden, inviewoftheiraccession totheEuropean Union, havewithdrawn
from allthelisted agreements inforce on31December 1994 atthatdate.
3Signed withtheformer CSFR.
4Protocols onthesuccession oftheCzech Republic andtheSlovak Republic totheFTA.
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FTA SIGNATURE APPLIED ASOF
Israel 17.9.1992 Israel 1.1.93
Austria 1.1.93
Finland 1.1.93
Iceland 1.8.93
Liechtenstein 1.7.93
Norway 1.1.93
Sweden 1.1.93
Switzerland 1.7.93
Poland 10.12.1992 Poland 15.11.93
Austria 15.11.93
Finland 15.11.93
Iceland 15.11.93
Liechtenstein 15.11.93
Norway 15.11.93
Sweden 15.11.93
Switzerland 15.11.93
Romania 10.12.1992 Romania 1.5.93
Austria 1.8.93
Finland 1.10.93
Iceland 1.6.94
Liechtenstein 1.5.93
Norway 1.7.93
Sweden 1.5.93
Switzerland 1.5.93
Hungary 29.3.1993 Hungary 1.10.93
Austria 1.10.93
Finland 1.3.94
Iceland 1.6.94
Liechtenstein 1.10.94
Norway 1.10.93
Sweden 1.10.93
Switzerland 1.10.93
Bulgaria 29.3.1993 Bulgaria 1.7.93
Austria 1.9.93
Finland 1.7.94
Iceland 1.6.94
Liechtenstein 1.10.94
Norway 1.7.93
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FTA SIGNED APPLIED ASOF
Slovenia 13.6.1995 Slovenia 1.7.95
Iceland 1.4.96
Liechtenstein 1.7.95
Norway 1.7.95
Switzerland 1.7.95
Estonia 7.12.1995 Estonia 1.6.96
Iceland 1.6.96
Liechtenstein 1.6.96
Norway 1.6.96
Switzerland 1.6.96
Latvia 7.12.1995 Latvia 1.6.96
Iceland 1.6.96
Liechtenstein 1.6.96
Norway 1.6.96
Switzerland 1.6.96
Lithuania 7.12.1995 Lithuania 1.1.97
Iceland 1.1.97
Liechtenstein 1.1.97
Norway 1.1.97
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ANNEX 2
STRUCTURE OFTHE EFTA FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
Thistableshows thereference torelevant Articles, Annexes andProtocols
ineachoftheFTAs under review
Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Preamble
Objectives 1 1 1
Scope 2 2 2
Protocol A A A
Annex I I I
II II II
Rules oforigin andco-operation incustoms administration 3 3 3
Protocol B B B
Customs duties andcharges onimports 4 4 4
Annex III
Basic duties 5
Customs duties ofafiscal nature 5 5 6
Protocol C C C
Customs duties andcharges onexports 6 6 7
Annex III
QRs onimports andexports 7 7 8
Annex III IV IV
General exceptions 8 8 9
State monopolies 9 9 10
Protocol D D D
Technical regulations 10 10 11
Trade inagricultural products 11 11 12
Internal taxation 12 12 13
Payments 13 13 14
Public procurement 14 14 15
Protection ofintellectual property 15 15 16
Annex IV V V
Rules ofcompetition concerning undertakings 16 16 17
State aid 17 17 18WT/REG28/2
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Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Annex V VI VI
VI VII VII
Dumping 18 18 19
Emergency action onimports ofparticular products 19 19 20
Structural adjustment 20 20 21
Re-export andserious shortage 21 21 22
Balance ofpayments difficulties 22 22 23
Arbitration procedure 23 23 24
Annex VII VIII VIII
Procedure forapplication ofsafeguard measures 24 24 25
Security exceptions 25 25 26
TheJoint Committee 26 26 27
Procedures oftheJC 27 27 28
Evolutionary clause 28 28 29
Services andinvestment 29 29 30
Fulfilment ofobligations 30 30 31
Annexes andProtocols 31 31 32
Trade relations governed bythisAgreement 32 32 33
Territorial application 33 33 34
Customs unions, freetrade areas andfrontier1 trade 34 34 35
Amendments 35 35 36
Accession 36 36 37
Withdrawal andexpiration 37 37 38
Entry intoforce 38 38 39
Depositary 39 39 40
Protocol concerning scheme forbuilding upcompulsory
reserves inCHandFLE E E
Protocol concerning territorial application F F FWT/REG28/2
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ANNEX 3
EFTA FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH ESTONIA
1993 1994 1995 1993/94 1994/95
Inthousand USdollars Percentage change
IMPORTS
Iceland 1,429 2,052 4,491 43.6 118.8
Norway 15,793 32,535 43,216 106.0 32.8
Switzerland 1,929 2,912 8,409 50.9 188.8
EFTA 19,152 37,499 56,116 95.8 49.6
EXPORTS
Iceland 53 297 498 459.9 68.1
Norway 2,794 10,437 27,392 273.6 162.5
Switzerland 3,797 4,458 5,364 17.4 20.3
EFTA 6,644 15,191 33,254 128.7 118.9
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EFTA COUNTRIES WITH ESTONIA BYHS-SECTION
Inthousand USdollars
TOTAL I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI
IMPORTS
1993 Iceland 1,429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,396 0 25
Norway 15,793 167 26 0 141 6,313 47 77 153 1,126 123 4,334
Switzerland 1,929 789 0 0 11 0 24 0 22 9 0 22
EFTA 19,152 956 26 0 152 6,313 71 77 175 2,531 123 4,381
1994 Iceland 2,052 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1,918 0 69
Norway 32,535 31 22 1 68 2,894 306 278 254 15,862 170 7,297
Switzerland 2,912 1,126 127 0 0 0 148 0144 9 3 75
EFTA 37,499 1,158 150 1 68 2,894 454 285 398 17,789 173 7,442
1995 Iceland 4,491 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4,170 3 143
Norway 43,216 475 135 0 72 2,563 5402 922,100 2,165 8,713
Switzerland 8,409 2,362 40 0 0 13 0 0288 24 3 416
EFTA 56,116 2,837 175 0 72 2,576 5405 298 26,295 2,171 9,271
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI reserved
IMPORTS
1993 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Norway 554 53 01,564 29 355 10 62 659 0 0
Switzerland 44 0 443 78 31 2 14 0 374 65 0
EFTA 598 53 443 1,641 59 357 25 62 1,042 65 0
1994 Iceland 43 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 9 0 0
Norway 1,076 83 11,015 184 829 145 0 2,006 4 9
Switzerland 114 4 628 22 22 0 46 0 444 0 0
EFTA 1,233 87 629 1,038 208 829 194 0 2,459 4 9
1995 Iceland 11 5 3 0 108 0 13 0 30 0 0
Norway 1,266 62 01,010 695 315 90 0 3,138 0 0
Switzerland 524 114,030 23 225 0 0 0 450 0 0
EFTA 1,801 784,033 1,033 1,029 315 104 0 3,618 0 0
Section:
I Liveanimals; animal products XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas; art.flowers
II Vegetable products XIII Articles ofstone, plaster, cement; glass
III Animal orvegetable fatsandoils; waxes XIV Natural orcultured pearls, jewellery; coin
IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages; tobacco XV Basemetal andarticles ofbasemetal
V Mineral products XVI Machinery; elect. equipment; recorders
VI Products ofthechemical orallied industries XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, transport equ.
VII Plastic andarticles thereof; rubber XVIII Optical, photographic etc.instruments
VIII Rawhides andskins, leather, furskins; travel goods XIX Arms andammunition
IX Wood andarticles ofwood; basketware XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
X Pulpofwood; paper; waste paper XXI Works ofart;antiques
XI Textiles andtextile articles
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Inthousand USdollars
TOTAL I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI
EXPORTS
1993 Iceland 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 2,794 149 2 14 223 4 51 212 2 11 77 428
Switzerland 3,797 0 0 0 118 0 550 36 0 0 3 47
EFTA 6,644 202 2 14 341 4 601 247 2 11 80 476
1994 Iceland 297 244 0 0 41 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
Norway 10,437 2,732 0 86 331 958 142 504 45 30 188 1,736
Switzerland 4,458 0 0 0 374 18 897 35 0 0 6 11
EFTA 15,191 2,976 0 86 747 976 1,039 550 45 30 194 1,747
1995 Iceland 498 467 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Norway 27,392 6,256 152 62 538 1,661 234 671 5 85 723 3,879
Switzerland 5,364 0 0 0 114 65 1,270 246 0 5197 200
EFTA 33,254 6,723 152 62 671 1,726 1,504 926 5 90 920 4,078
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI reserved
EXPORTS
1993 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 10 2 33 151 547 298 53 0 438 0 89
Switzerland 0 34 4 85 1,359 225 1,319 0 16 0 0
EFTA 10 36 37 236 1,906 523 1,373 0 454 0 89
1994 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 325 6 1 336 1,190 110 110 0 287 0 1,317
Switzerland 0 118 0 112 1,357 203 1,279 0 48 0 0
EFTA 325 125 1 448 2,548 313 1,389 0 334 0 1317
1995 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Norway 755 15 01,243 7,818 345 59 0 622 0 2,268
Switzerland 2 160 121 231 1,583 108 973 5 85 0 0
EFTA 756 176 121 1,474 9,401 453 1,036 5 707 0 2,268
Section:
I Liveanimals; animal products XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas; art.flowers
II Vegetable products XIII Articles ofstone, plaster, cement; glass
III Animal orvegetable fatsandoils; waxes XIV Natural orcultured pearls, jewellery; coin
IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages; tobacco XV Basemetal andarticles ofbasemetal
V Mineral products XVI Machinery; elect. equipment; recorders
VI Products ofthechemical orallied industries XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, transport equ.
VII Plastic andarticles thereof; rubber XVIII Optical, photographic etc.instruments
VIII Rawhides andskins, leather, furskins; travel goods XIX Arms andammunition
IX Wood andarticles ofwood; basketware XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
X Pulpofwood; paper; waste paper XXI Works ofart;antiques
XI Textiles andtextile articles
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH ESTONIA BYSELECTED HSCHAPTERS
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
IMPORTS Inthousand USdollars Inpercent
Iceland
Total from Estonia 1,429 2,052 4,491 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.11% 0.14% 0.26%
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 1,396 1,918 4,170 97.6 93.5 92.9
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 0 1 105 0 0 2.3
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 1 9 72 0.1 0.4 1.6
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 23 50 54 1.6 2.4 1.2
Norway
Total from Estonia 15,793 32,535 43,216 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.07% 0.12% 0.13%
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 1,125 15,850 22,099 7.1 48.7 51.1
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 2,566 4,369 4,950 16.2 13.4 11.5
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 962 1,735 2,804 6.1 5.3 6.5
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 416 1,330 2,125 2.6 4.1 4.9
HS: 47Pulpofwood; waste andscrap ofpaper 0 02,056 0.0 0.0 4.8
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 6,313 2,476 1,507 40.0 7.6 3.5
HS: 25Salt; sulphur; earths andstone; limeandcement; etc. 0 238 1,056 0.0 0.7 2.4
HS: 95Toys, sports requisites 240 673 1,000 1.5 2.1 2.3
HS: 64Footwear 244 721 869 1.5 2.2 2.0
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 777 948 858 4.9 2.9 2.0
HS: 76Aluminium andarticles thereof 92 435 752 0.6 1.3 1.7
HS:: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 2 181 658 0.0 0.6 1.5
HS: 65Headgear 310 355 396 2.0 1.1 0.9
HS: 72Ironandsteel 687 160 132 4.3 0.5 0.3
HS: 86Locomotives; traffic signaling equipment 188 279 127 1.2 0.9 0.3
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 167 31 87 1.1 0.1 0.2
HS: 89Ships, boats 97 526 71 0.6 1.6 0.2
HS: 74Copper andarticles thereof 706 344 0 4.5 1.1 0
Switzerland
Total from Estonia 1,929 2,912 8,409 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
HS: 71Pearls; precious stones, precious metals; imitated jewellery;
coin443 628 4,030 23.0 21.6 47.9
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 369 1,126 2,362 19.1 38.7 28.1
HS: 64Footwear 44 114 524 2.3 3.9 6.2
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 369 395 354 19.1 13.6 4.2
HS: 41Rawhides andskins (oth. thanfurskins), leather 22 142 288 1.1 4.9 3.4
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 11 55 259 0.5 1.9 3.1
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 11 12 216 0.5 0.4 2.6
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 6 13 106 0.3 0.4 1.3
HS: 95Toys, sports requisites 5 48 96 0.2 1.6 1.1
HS: 07Vegetables 0 44 40 0.0 1.5 0.5
HS: 04Dairy products, eggs, honey 420 0 021.8 0.0 0.0
HS: 08Fruit andnuts 0 84 0 0.0 2.9 0.0
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1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
EXPORTS Inpercent
Iceland
Total toEstonia 53 297 498 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.00% 0.02% 0.03%
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 53 244 467 100.0 82.3 93.6
HS: 16Preparations ofmeat orfishetc. 0 41 18 0.0 14.0 3.6
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 0 11 10 0.0 3.8 2.0
Norway
Total toEstonia 2,794 10,437 27,392 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.03% 0.07%
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television image
recorders185 235 6,333 6.6 2.2 23.1
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 145 2,689 6,113 5.2 25.8 22.3
(Reserved forspecial usesbyContracting Parties) 89 1,317 2,268 3.2 12.6 8.3
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 4 958 1,556 0.2 9.2 5.7
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 363 955 1,484 13.0 9.2 5.4
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 215 862 1,202 7.7 8.3 4.4
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 37 156 1,075 1.3 1.5 3.9
HS: 64Footwear 10 312 715 0.4 3.0 2.6
HS: 48Paper andpaperboard; articles ofpaper 61 183 710 2.2 1.8 2.6
HS: 76Aluminium andarticles thereof 71 229 689 2.6 2.2 2.5
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 187 481 578 6.7 4.6 2.1
HS: 52Cotton 14 73 523 0.5 0.7 1.9
HS: 55Man-made staple fibres 118 358 340 4.2 3.4 1.2
HS: 87Vehicles other thanrailway rolling stock 274 39 338 9.8 0.4 1.2
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 133 198 298 4.8 1.9 1.1
HS: 54Man-made filaments 2 68 243 0.1 0.7 0.9
HS: 96Miscellaneous manufactured articles 303 73 242 10.8 0.7 0.9
HS: 73Articles ofironandsteel 5 103 225 0.2 1.0 0.8
HS: 16Preparations ofmeat orfishetc. 1 120 225 0.0 1.1 0.8
HS: 20Preparations ofvegetables, fruit, nutsetc. 53 1 192 1.9 0.0 0.7
HS: 82Tools, cutlery, spoons andforks ofbasemetal 30 4 79 1.1 0.0 0.3
HS: 22Beverages, spirits andvinegar 137 47 9 4.9 0.5 0.0
Switzerland
Total toEstonia 3,797 4,458 5,364 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 1,319 1,145 1,413 34.7 25.7 26.3
HS: 90Optical, photographic, precision, medical etc.instruments 1,319 1,250 805 34.7 28.0 15.0
HS: 30Pharmaceutical products 171 478 805 4.5 10.7 15.0
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 33 27 213 0.9 0.6 4.0
HS: 29Organic chemicals 11 72 187 0.3 1.6 3.5
HS: 54Man-made filaments 0 1 185 0.0 0.0 3.4
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television inage
recorders40 213 170 1.1 4.8 3.2
HS: 91Clocks andwatches 0 29 167 0.0 0.7 3.1
HS: 48Paper andpaperboard; articles ofpaper 0 0 137 0.0 0.0 2.6
HS: 71Pearls; precious stones, precious metals; imi.jewellery; coin 4 0 121 0.1 0.0 2.3
HS: 32Tanning anddyeing extracts; tannins; colouring matter etc. 52 100 113 1.4 2.2 2.1
HS: 87Vehicles other thanrailway rolling stock 225 203 108 5.9 4.5 2.0
HS: 68Articles ofstone, plaster, cement, asbestos etc. 4 60 106 0.1 1.4 2.0
HS: 82Tools, cutlery, spoons andforks ofbasemetal 54 35 86 1.4 0.8 1.6
HS: 38Miscellaneous chemical products 276 108 79 7.3 2.4 1.5
HS: 24Tobacco 92 0 63 2.4 0.0 1.2
HS: 33Essential oilandresinoids; perfumery, cosmetics etc. 38 112 26 1.0 2.5 0.5
HS: 18Cocoa andcocoa preparations 7 340 0 0.2 7.6 0.0
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA TRADE WITH LATVIA
1993 1994 1995 1993/94 1994/95
Inthousand USDollars Percentage change
IMPORTS
Iceland 250 721 2,841 188.5 294.2
Norway 21,963 21,360 79,675 -2.7 273.0
Switzerland 1,256 899 1,921 -28.5 113.8
EFTA 23,469 22,980 84,437 -2.1 267.4
EXPORTS
Iceland 33 92 24 184.1 -74.0
Norway 3,171 15,920 28,139 402.1 76.8
Switzerland 4,862 8,143 10,400 67.5 27.7
EFTA 8,065 24,155 38,563 199.5 59.6
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LATVIA BYHS-SECTION
Inthousand USdollars
TOTAL I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI
IMPORTS
1993 Iceland 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 0 81
Norway 21,963 86 0 0 76 11,925 6,231 23 1 695 0 1,085
Switzerland 1,256 0 121 0 9 207 0 3 0 7 5 528
EFTA 23,469 86 122 0 85 12,132 6,231 26 1 870 5 1,694
1994 Iceland 721 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 521 0 189
Norway 21,361 2 57 0 0 1,376 7,711 1 11 9,490 0 1,804
Switzerland 899 0 0 0 0 526 5 0 0 33 78 193
EFTA 22,980 2 57 0 0 1,902 7,715 1 11 10,045 78 2,185
1995 Iceland 2,841 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,524 0 313
Norway 79,675 387 0 0 0 3,684 30,931 24 36 39,027 10 2,351
Switzerland 1,921 0 3 0 0 79 10 0 1 152 45 881
EFTA 84,437 387 3 0 0 3,763 30,941 24 39 41,703 55 3,545
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI reserved
IMPORTS
1993 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 5 22 01,590 39 27 28 0 62 0 69
Switzerland 25 0 238 49 47 3 12 0 0 0 0
EFTA 30 22 238 1,640 86 30 40 0 62 0 69
1994 Iceland 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 4 20 0 558 93 79 0 0 153 0 1
Switzerland 20 0 9 14 5 4 0 0 11 1 0
EFTA 24 20 9 572 108 83 0 0 165 1 1
1995 Iceland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 138 78 02,454 192 53 0 0 310 1 0
Switzerland 10 0 121 399 148 0 0 0 71 0 0
EFTA 150 78 122 2,853 340 53 0 0 381 1 0
Section:
I Liveanimals; animal products XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas; art.flowers
II Vegetable products XIII Articles ofstone, plaster, cement; glass
III Animal orvegetable fatsandoils; waxes XIV Natural orcultured pearls, jewellery; coin
IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages; tobacco XV Basemetal andarticles ofbasemetal
V Mineral products XVI Machinery; elect. equipment; recorders
VI Products ofthechemical orallied industries XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, transport equ.
VII Plastic andarticles thereof; rubber XVIII Optical, photographic etc.instruments
VIII Rawhides andskins, leather, furskins; travel goods XIX Arms andammunition
IX Wood andarticles ofwood; basketware XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
X Pulpofwood; paper; waste paper XXI Works ofart;antiques
XI Textiles andtextile articles
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LATVIA BYHS-SECTION
Inthousand USdollars
TOTAL I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI
EXPORTS
1993 Iceland 33 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 3,171 275 0 1 178 5 176 40 1 607 10 115
Switzerland 4,862 0 2 0 104 0 678 8 61 0 23 436
EFTA 8,065 295 2 1 282 5 854 48 62 607 33 551
1994 Iceland 92 91 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Norway 15,920 6,040 0 45 181 1 425 159 21 288 28 420
Switzerland 8,143 4 20 0 320 81,345 25 2 0 44 218
EFTA 24,155 6,136 21 45 501 91,770 185 24 288 72 638
1995 Iceland 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Norway 28,139 20,550 2127 129 1,936 271 239 41 231 25 684
Switzerland 10,400 0 0 0 659 55 3,145 449 16 1 58 308
EFTA 38,563 20,558 2127 788 1,991 3,417 688 57 232 83 995
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI reserved
EXPORTS
1993 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Norway 54 8 0 155 648 434 13 0 387 0 63
Switzerland 15 0 0 14 3,238 105 134 31 14 0 0
EFTA 69 9 0 168 3,886 539 147 31 401 0 74
1994 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 17 10 5 433 6,894 74 137 0 668 0 74
Switzerland 9 8 3 101 3,830 146 1,973 58 22 6 0
EFTA 27 17 8 534 10,723 220 2,109 58 690 6 74
1995 Iceland 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 356 10 1 275 2,251 136 148 0 489 4 233
Switzerland 110 50 26 65 3,743 172 1,435 46 39 23 0
EFTA 466 59 27 341 6,006 308 1,583 46 527 27 233
Section:
I Liveanimals; animal products XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas; art.flowers
II Vegetable products XIII Articles ofstone, plaster, cement; glass
III Animal orvegetable fatsandoils; waxes XIV Natural orcultured pearls, jewellery; coin
IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages; tobacco XV Basemetal andarticles ofbasemetal
V Mineral products XVI Machinery; elect. equipment; recorders
VI Products ofthechemical orallied industries XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, transport equ.
VII Plastic andarticles thereof; rubber XVIII Optical, photographic etc.instruments
VIII Rawhides andskins, leather, furskins; travel goods XIX Arms andammunition
IX Wood andarticles ofwood; basketware XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
X Pulpofwood; paper; waste paper XXI Works ofart;antiques
XI Textiles andtextile articles
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LATVIA BYSELECTED HSCHAPTERS
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
IMPORTS Inthousand USdollars Inpercent
Iceland
Total from Latvia 250 721 2,841 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.02% 0.05% 0.16%
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 168 521 2,524 67.4 72.4 88.8
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 80 157 273 32.2 21.8 9.6
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 1 32 38.48 0.4 4.4 1.4
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television image
recorders0 10 0.00 0.0 1.4 0.0
Norway
Total from Latvia 21,963 21,361 79,675 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.09% 0.08% 0.24%
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 695 9,490 39,027 3.2 44.4 49.0
HS: 28Inorganic chemicals etc. 4,283 6,549 30,689 19.5 30.7 38.5
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 11,925 1,081 3,684 54.3 5.1 4.6
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 515 1,147 1,659 2.3 5.4 2.1
HS: 74Copper andarticles thereof 236 167 964 1.1 0.8 1.2
HS: 72Ironandsteel 1,295 31 884 5.9 0.1 1.1
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 354 584 216 1.6 2.7 0.3
HS: 25Salt; sulphur; earths andstone; limeandcement; etc. 0 295 0 0.0 1.4 0.0
HS: 31Fertilizers 1,826 1,157 0 8.3 5.4 0.0
Switzerland
Total from Latvia 1,256 899 1,921 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
HS: 52Cotton 382 167 514 30.4 18.6 26.7
HS: 81Other basemetals; cermets; articles thereof 29 0 270 2.3 0.0 14.1
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 15 10 202 1.2 1.1 10.5
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 7 33 152 0.5 3.7 7.9
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 47 0 148 3.8 0.0 7.7
HS: 71Pearls; precious stones, precious metals; imi.jewellery,
coin238 9 121 18.9 1.0 6.3
HS: 74Copper andarticles thereof 0 0 120 0.0 0.0 6.3
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 2 10 93 0.1 1.1 4.8
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 207 526 79 16.5 58.5 4.1
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 34 6 73 2.7 0.7 3.8
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 0 11 66 0.0 1.2 3.4
HS: 48Paper andpaperboard; articles ofpaper 0 0 45 0.0 0.0 2.3
HS: 64Footwear 25 20 10 2.0 2.3 0.5
HS: 8Fruit andnuts 121 0 3 9.7 0.0 0.1
HS: 49Printed books, newspapers; pictures 5 78 0 0.4 8.7 0.0
HS: 50Silk 95 0 0 7.6 0.0 0.0
HS: 72Ironandsteel 20 14 0 1.6 1.5 0.0
HS: 92Musical instruments 12 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0WT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LATVIA BYSELECTED HS-CHAPTERS
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
EXPORTS Inthousand USdollars Inpercent
Iceland
Total toLatvia 33 92 24 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 0 0 12 0.0 0.0 49.2
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 21 91 8 63.9 98.9 33.9
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 16.9
(Reserved forspecial usesbyContracting Parties) 12 0 0 36.1 0.0 0.0
Norway
Total toLatvia 3,171 15,920 28,139 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.05% 0.07%
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 275 6,040 20,272 8.7 37.9 72.0
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 5 1 1,936 0.2 0.0 6.9
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television image
recorders65 5,654 1,633 2.0 35.5 5.8
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 583 1,239 618 18.4 7.8 2.2
HS: 64Footwear 54 0 354 1.7 0.0 1.3
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 1 30 292 0.0 0.2 1.0
HS: 5Products ofanimal origin nes 0 0 278 0.0 0.0 1.0
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 112 330 261 3.5 2.1 0.9
(Reserved forspecial usesbyContracting Parties) 63 74 233 2.0 0.5 0.8
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 607 288 231 19.1 1.8 0.8
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 31 145 230 1.0 0.9 0.8
HS: 96Miscellaneous manufactured articles 275 329 218 8.7 2.1 0.8
HS: 87Vehicles other thanrailway rolling stock 434 74 136 13.7 0.5 0.5
HS: 73Articles ofironandsteel 16 195 133 0.5 1.2 0.5
HS: 55Man-made staple fibres 38 232 129 1.2 1.5 0.5
HS: 76Aluminium andarticles thereof 124 165 107 3.9 1.0 0.4
HS: 32Tanning anddyeing extracts; tannins; colouring matter etc. 158 363 22 5.0 2.3 0.1
Switzerland
Total toLatvia 4,862 8,143 10,400 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television image
recorders176 979 1,973 3.6 12.0 19.0
HS: 30Pharmaceutical products 253 710 1,790 5.2 8.7 17.2
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 3,062 2,850 1,770 63.0 35.0 17.0
HS: 90Optical, photographic, precision, medical etc.instruments 132 1,715 1,087 2.7 21.1 10.5
HS: 24Tobacco 92 188 582 1.9 2.3 5.6
HS: 32Tanning anddyeing extracts; tannins; colouring matter etc. 178 287 432 3.7 3.5 4.2
HS: 29Organic chemicals 55 96 401 1.1 1.2 3.9
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 5 22 379 0.1 0.3 3.6
HS: 91Clocks andwatches 2 258 348 0.0 3.2 3.3
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 1 83 186 0.0 1.0 1.8
HS: 38Miscellaneous chemical products 83 118 185 1.7 1.4 1.8
HS: 37Photographic andcinematographic goods 0 40 125 0.0 0.5 1.2
HS: 64Footwear 15 9 110 0.3 0.1 1.1
HS: 35Albuminoidal substances; starches; glues; enzymes 20 13 108 0.4 0.2 1.0
HS: 87Vehicles other thanrailway rolling stock 105 133 83 2.2 1.6 0.8
HS: 34Soap, washing preparations; candles etc. 4 34 76 0.1 0.4 0.7
HS: 23Residues andwaste from thefoodindustries 0 20 72 0.0 0.2 0.7
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 294 41 71 6.1 0.5 0.7
HS: 33Essential oilandresinoids; perfumery, cosmetics etc. 79 40 26 1.6 0.5 0.2
HS: 18Cocoa andcocoa preparations 3 106 0 0.1 1.3 0.0
HS: 54Man-made filaments 57 53 0 1.2 0.6 0.0
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LITHUANIA
1993 1994 1995 1993/94 1994/95
Inthousand USdollars Percentage change
IMPORTS
Iceland 33 175 3,755 437.7 2,041.3
Norway 3,029 16,803 28,410 454.7 69.1
Switzerland 4,195 6,687 5,462 59.4 -18.3
EFTA 7,257 23,665 37,627 226.1 59.0
EXPORTS
Iceland 168 421 1,118 150.8 165.8
Norway 3,312 15,456 31,266 366.6 102.3
Switzerland 6,696 26,435 33,728 294.8 27.6
EFTA 10,176 42,311 66,112 315.8 56.3
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LITHUANIA BYHS-SECTION
Inthousand USdollars
TOTAL I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI
IMPORTS
1993 Iceland 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31
Norway 3,029 0 0 0 2 0 132 4 0 177 1 2,552
Switzerland 4,195 37 92 0 3 88 130 57 28 44 1 697
EFTA 7,257 37 92 0 5 88 262 61 28 223 2 3,280
1994 Iceland 175 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 110
Norway 16,803 19 1 0 0 169 238 1 5 5,015 0 7,266
Switzerland 6,687 8246 0 26 108 24 384 367 69 41 1,294
EFTA 23,665 81 246 0 26 276 262 386 372 5,085 41 8,671
1995 Iceland 3,755 439 0 8 219 0 0 23 0 267 0 114
Norway 28,410 1,341 6 0 293 498 363 29 69 11,590 0 7,768
Switzerland 5,462 8246 0 5 486 440 1,485 357 212 16 1,258
EFTA 37,627 1,789 252 8 516 984 804 1,538 426 12,069 16 9,140
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI reserved
IMPORTS
1993 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 14 5 0 8 11 43 0 0 80 0 0
Switzerland 24 102,637 147 166 1 6 0 28 0 0
EFTA 38 152,637 155 176 44 6 0 108 0 0
1994 Iceland 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 6 61 23,718 23 21 5 0 83 31 85
Switzerland 31 73,377 32 328 3 2 0 336 6 0
EFTA 92 683,380 3,750 351 32 7 0 419 37 85
1995 Iceland 4 1 0 0 0 2,671 1 0 8 0 0
Norway 178 92 05,490 170 15 0 0 199 17 291
Switzerland 50 6 23 120 286 8 8 0 445 2 0
EFTA 232 99 235,610 455 2,695 9 0 652 18 291
Section:
I Liveanimals; animal products XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas; art.flowers
II Vegetable products XIII Articles ofstone, plaster, cement; glass
III Animal orvegetable fatsandoils; waxes XIV Natural orcultured pearls, jewellery; coin
IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages; tobacco XV Basemetal andarticles ofbasemetal
V Mineral products XVI Machinery; elect. equipment; recorders
VI Products ofthechemical orallied industries XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, transport equ.
VII Plastic andarticles thereof; rubber XVIII Optical, photographic etc.instruments
VIII Rawhides andskins, leather, furskins; travel goods XIX Arms andammunition
IX Wood andarticles ofwood; basketware XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
X Pulpofwood; paper; waste paper XXI Works ofart;antiques
XI Textiles andtextile articles
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LITHUANIA BYHS-SECTION
Inthousand USdollars
TOTAL I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI
EXPORTS
1993 Iceland 168 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Norway 3,312 412 0 0 148 9 4 61 12 26 2 1,297
Switzerland 6,696 0178 0 887 0 964 62 0 8 60 231
EFTA 10,176 564 178 0 1,035 9 968 123 12 34 62 1,544
1994 Iceland 421 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 277
Norway 15,456 6,542 28 94 585 492 141 798 27 87 32 2,123
Switzerland 26,435 0 47 012,112 0 1,957 229 51 2 174 311
EFTA 42,311 6,577 75 94 12,697 492 2,098 1,027 79 89 206 2,711
1995 Iceland 1,118 411 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0 308
Norway 31,266 19,980 0 146 761 30 371 248 19 336 85 2,430
Switzerland 33,728 0 0 017,013 0 4,571 404 106 21,573 494
EFTA 66,112 20,392 0 146 17,775 30 4,942 653 124 355 1,658 3,233
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI reserved
EXPORTS
1993 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 143 0 0 8 660 146 9 0 67 0 308
Switzerland 3 17 0 181 1998 1,682 379 0 46 0 0
EFTA 145 17 0 189 2658 1828 388 0112 0 308
1994 Iceland 0 0 0 8 22 79 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 5 8 2 1,030 1,395 514 59 0358 19 1,117
Switzerland 253 125 3 223 4,895 897 4,991 5159 0 0
EFTA 258 133 5 1,261 6,311 1,490 5,051 5517 19 1,117
1995 Iceland 0 0 0 82 212 86 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 4 57 1 1,567 2,995 371 318 0522 1 1,023
Switzerland 102 39 12 439 6,189 480 2,197 5 97 5 0
EFTA 107 97 13 2,088 9,396 936 2,516 5619 6 1,023
Section:
I Liveanimals; animal products XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas; art.flowers
II Vegetable products XIII Articles ofstone, plaster, cement; glass
III Animal orvegetable fatsandoils; waxes XIV Natural orcultured pearls, jewellery; coin
IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages; tobacco XV Basemetal andarticles ofbasemetal
V Mineral products XVI Machinery; elect. equipment; recorders
VI Products ofthechemical orallied industries XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels, transport equ.
VII Plastic andarticles thereof; rubber XVIII Optical, photographic etc.instruments
VIII Rawhides andskins, leather, furskins; travel goods XIX Arms andammunition
IX Wood andarticles ofwood; basketware XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
X Pulpofwood; paper; waste paper XXI Works ofart;antiques
XI Textiles andtextile articles
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LITHUANIA BYSELECTED HSCHAPTERS
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
IMPORTS Inthousand USdollars Inpercent
Iceland
Total from Lithuania 33 175 3,755 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.00% 0.01% 0.21%
HS: 89Ships, boats 0 0 2,646 0.0 0.0 70.5
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 0 54 439 0.0 31.0 11.7
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 1 1 267 4.3 0.5 7.1
HS: 23Residues andwaste from thefoodindustries 0 0 219 0.0 0.0 5.8
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 15 53 51 46.5 30.4 1.4
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 14 21 29 42.4 11.9 0.8
HS: 40Rubber andarticles thereof 0 0 23 0.0 0.0 0.6
HS: 88Aircraft 0 8 23 0.0 4.5 0.6
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 1 2 22 3.7 1.2 0.6
HS: 52Cotton 1 33 11 3.0 19.1 0.3
Norway
Total from Lithuania 3,029 16,803 28,410 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.01% 0.06% 0.09%
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 177 5,015 11,590 5.8 29.8 40.8
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 1,409 3,851 3,909 46.5 22.9 13.8
HS: 76Aluminium andarticles thereof 0 3,617 3,476 0.0 21.5 12.2
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 703 1,596 2,248 23.2 9.5 7.9
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 0 2 1,340 0.0 0.0 4.7
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 408 1,736 1,308 13.5 10.3 4.6
HS: 72Ironandsteel 0 32 1,165 0.0 0.2 4.1
HS: 74Copper andarticles thereof 0 58 740 0.0 0.3 2.6
HS: 25Salt; sulphur; earths andstone; limeandcement; etc. 0 169 498 0.0 1.0 1.8
HS: 31Fertilizers 132 196 346 4.4 1.2 1.2
HS: 23Residues andwaste from thefoodindustries 0 0 293 0.0 0.0 1.0
(Reserved forspecial usesbyContracting Parties) 0 85 291 0.0 0.5 1.0
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 37 64 181 1.2 0.4 0.6
HS: 95Toys, sports requisites 42 19 17 1.4 0.1 0.1
Switzerland
Total from Lithuania 4,195 6,687 5,462 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofimports from world 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 57 383 1,485 1.4 5.7 27.2
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 88 107 484 2.1 1.6 8.9
HS: 63Other made uptextile articles 214 299 472 5.1 4.5 8.6
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 27 333 439 0.6 5.0 8.0
HS: 52Cotton 281 669 430 6.7 10.0 7.9
HS: 31Fertilizers 85 0 423 2.0 0.0 7.7
HS: 41Rawhides andskins (oth. thanfurskins), leather 26 367 357 0.6 5.5 6.5
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 166 317 264 4.0 4.7 4.8
HS: 62Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, notknitted 196 294 258 4.7 4.4 4.7
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 41 30 178 1.0 0.4 3.3
HS: 7Vegetables 2 227 173 0.0 3.4 3.2
HS: 72Ironandsteel 0 7 119 0.0 0.1 2.2
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 3 0 98 0.1 0.0 1.8
HS: 8Fruit andnuts 90 18 74 2.1 0.3 1.3
HS: 71Pearls; precious stones, precious metals; imi.jewellery;
coin2,637 3,377 23 62.9 50.5 0.4
HS: 35Albuminoidal substances; starches; glues; enzymes 42 24 17 1.0 0.4 0.3
HS: 79Zincandarticles thereof 142 0 0 3.4 0.0 0.0WT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LITHUANIA BYSELECTED HSCHAPTERS
1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
EXPORTS Inthousand USdollars Inpercent
Iceland
Total toLithuania 168 421 1,118 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.03% 0.06%
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 91 35 411 54.0 8.3 36.8
HS: 56Wadding, feltandnonwovens; special yarns 0 184 308 0.0 43.7 27.6
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 0 22 212 0.0 5.1 19.0
HS: 89Ships, boats 0 79 86 0.0 18.8 7.7
HS: 73Articles ofironandsteel 0 8 82 0.0 1.8 7.4
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 0 0 17 0.0 0.0 1.5
HS: 1Liveanimals 62 0 037.0 0.0 0.0
HS: 61Articles ofapparel andclothing accessories, knitted 15 94 0 8.8 22.2 0.0
Norway
Total toLithuania 3,312 15,456 31,266
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.04% 0.07%
HS: 3Fishandcrustaceans 412 6,400 19,823 12.4 41.4 63.4
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 315 898 2,232 9.5 5.8 7.1
HS: 52Cotton 383 1,148 1,139 11.6 7.4 3.6
(Reserved forspecial usesbyContracting Parties) 308 1,117 1,023 9.3 7.2 3.3
HS: 72Ironandsteel 0 3 771 0.0 0.0 2.5
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television image
recorders345 496 763 10.4 3.2 2.4
HS: 55Man-made staple fibres 580 555 600 17.5 3.6 1.9
HS: 16Preparations ofmeat orfishetc. 0 60 418 0.0 0.4 1.3
HS: 83Miscellaneous articles ofbasemetal 0 304 381 0.0 2.0 1.2
HS: 94Furniture; bedding; lamps; prefabricated buildings etc. 38 150 339 1.1 1.0 1.1
HS: 44Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal 26 87 336 0.8 0.6 1.1
HS: 90Optical, photographic, precision, medical etc.instruments 9 59 314 0.3 0.4 1.0
HS: 19Preparations ofcereals; pastrycooks 'products 135 323 294 4.1 2.1 0.9
HS: 73Articles ofironandsteel 0 596 248 0.0 3.9 0.8
HS: 60Knitted orcrocheted fabrics 88 110 233 2.7 0.7 0.7
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 46 797 216 1.4 5.2 0.7
HS: 54Man-made filaments 115 67 205 3.5 0.4 0.7
HS: 89Ships, boats 1 459 190 0.0 3.0 0.6
HS: 87Vehicles other thanrailway rolling stock 145 56 181 4.4 0.4 0.6
HS: 96Miscellaneous manufactured articles 29 199 160 0.9 1.3 0.5
HS: 27Mineral fuels: mineral oilsetc.; mineral waxes 9 462 1 0.3 3.0 0.0
HS: 64Footwear 143 4 1 4.3 0.0 0.0
HS: 22Beverages, spirits andvinegar 11 164 0 0.3 1.1 0.0
Switzerland
Total toLithuania 6,696 26,435 33,728 100.0 100.0 100.0
Inpercentofexports toworld: 0.01% 0.04% 0.04%
HS: 24Tobacco 704 11,836 16,962 10.5 44.8 50.3
HS: 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery; parts thereof 1,660 4,491 4,484 24.8 17.0 13.3
HS: 30Pharmaceutical products 288 862 2,351 4.3 3.3 7.0
HS: 85Electrical machinery; sound recorders, television image
recorders338 404 1,705 5.0 1.5 5.1
HS: 90Optical, photographic, precision, medical etc.instruments 193 4,720 1,550 2.9 17.9 4.6
HS: 48Paper andpaperboard; articles ofpaper 56 148 1,546 0.8 0.6 4.6
HS: 32Tanning anddyeing extracts; tannins; colouring matter etc 345 681 1092 5.2 2.6 3.2
HS: 38Miscellaneous chemical products 131 148 688 2.0 0.6 2.0
HS: 91Clocks andwatches 185 269 640 2.8 1.0 1.9
HS: 87Vehicles other thanrailway rolling stock 1,682 897 480 25.1 3.4 1.4
HS: 39Plastics andarticles thereof 46 223 361 0.7 0.8 1.1
HS: 35Albuminoidal substances; starches; glues; enzymes 77 53 282 1.1 0.2 0.8
HS: 56Wadding, feltandnonwovens; special yarns 163 130 60 2.4 0.5 0.2
HS: 76Aluminium andarticles thereof 146 24 37 2.2 0.1 0.1
HS: 8Fruit andnuts 178 34 0 2.7 0.1 0.0
HS: 18Cocoa andcocoa preparations 119 103 0 1.8 0.4 0.0
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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ANNEX 4
EFTA FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
Trade Coverage
Note: Thelistofproducts inProtocol AforEFTA exports toEstonia isnotavailable.
Thelistofproducts inProtocol AforEFTA exports intoLithuania hasbeen
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EFTA TRADE WITH ESTONIA
1995
Value in1000 USdollars EFTA Coverage in%
IMPORTS
Agricultural products 3,084 67.8
Annex II 2,038 66.1
Protocol Ainagriculuture 27 0.9
Bilateral Agreement 26 0.8
Industrial products 53,032 100.0
Total 56,116 98.2
EXPORTS
Agricultural products 7,608 93.8
Annex II 6,948 91.3
Protocol Ainagriculuture 189 2.5
Bilateral Agreement 0 0.0
Industrial products 25,646 100.0
Total 33,254 98.6
IMPORTS +EXPORTS
Agricultural products 10,692 86.3
Annex II 8,986 84.0
Protocol Ainagriculuture 216 2.0
Bilateral Agreement 26 0.2
Industrial products 78,678 100.0
Total 89,370 98.4
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH ESTONIA
1995
Iceland Norway Switzerland/
FLEFTA Iceland Norway Switzerland/
FLEFTA
In1000 USdollars Inpercent
IMPORTS
Total 4,490.8 43,215.9 8,408.9 56,115.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture - 681.5 2,402.0 3,083.5 - 1.6 28.6 5.5
Annex II - 131.7 1,906.1 2,037.8 - 0.3 22.7 3.6
Total Protocol A - 27.1 - 27.1 - 0.1 - 0.0
Bilateral Agreement - - 25.6 25.6 - - 0.3 0.0
Annex I - - - - - - - 0.0
Agriculture - 681.5 2,402.0 3,083.5 - 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II - 131.7 1,906.1 2,037.8 - 19.3 79.4 66.1
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)- 27.1 - 27.1 - 4.0 - 0.9
Products covered 4,490.8 42,693.2 7,938.6 55,122.5 100.0 98.8 94.4 98.2
EXPORTS
Total 498.4 27,391.7 5,363.7 33,253.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 484.9 7,008.7 114.4 7,608.0 97.3 25.6 2.1 22.9
Annex II 484.9 6,463.5 - 6,948.3 97.3 23.6 - 20.9
Total Protocol A 0.008 163.1 96.1 259.2 0.0 0.6 1.8 0.8
Bilateral Agreement - - - - - - - -
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 484.9 7,008.7 114.4 7,608.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 484.9 6,463.5 - 6,948.3 100.0 92.2 - 91.3
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)0.008 139.5 49.5 189.0 0.0 2.0 43.3 2.5
Products covered 498.4 26,986.0 5,298.8 32,783.2 100.0 98.5 98.8 98.6
IMPORTS +EXPORTS
Total 4,989.2 70,607.7 13,772.6 89,369.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 484.9 7,690.2 2,516.4 10,691.5 9.7 10.9 18.3 12.0
Annex II 484.9 6,595.1 1,906.1 8,986.1 9.7 9.3 13.8 10.1
Total Protocol A 0.008 190.2 96.1 286.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.3
Bilateral Agreement - - 25.6 25.6 - - 0.2 0.0
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 484.9 7,690.2 2,516.4 10,691.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 484.9 6,595.1 1,906.1 8,986.1 100.0 85.8 75.7 84.0
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)0.008 166.6 49.5 216.1 0.0 2.2 2.0 2.0
Products covered 4,989.2 69,679.2 13,237.4 87,905.8 100.0 98.7 96.1 98.4
Products covered =Total -agriculture +Annex II+Protocol Ainagriculture +Bilateral Agreement -Annex 1
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA TRADE WITH LATVIA
1995
Value in1000 USdollars EFTA Coverage in%
IMPORTS
Agricultural products 390 99.9
Annex II 387 99.2
Protocol Ainagriculuture - -
Bilateral Agreement 3 0.7
Industrial products 84,047 100.0
Total 84,437 100.0
EXPORTS -
Agricultural products 21,476 95.9
Annex II 20,507 95.5
Protocol Ainagriculuture 82 0.4
Bilateral Agreement - -
Industrial products 17,087 100.0
Total 38,563 97.7
IMPORTS +EXPORTS
Agricultural products 21,866 95.9
Annex II 20,894 95.6
Protocol Ainagriculuture 82 0.4
Bilateral Agreement 3 0.0
Industrial products 101,134 100.0
Total 122,999 99.3
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LATVIA
1995
Iceland Norway Switzerland/
FLEFTA Iceland Norway Switzerland/
FLEFTA
In1000 USdollars Inpercent
IMPORTS
Total 2,840.6 79,675.0 1,921.0 84,436.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture - 386.9 3.0 389.9 - 0.5 0.2 0.5
Annex II - 386.9 - 386.9 - 0.5 - 0.5
Total Protocol A - 226.3 - 226.3 - 0.3 - 0.3
Bilateral Agreement - - 2.6 2.6 - 0.0 0.1 0.0
Annex I - - - - - 0.0 - -
Agriculture - 386.9 3.0 389.9 - 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II - 386.9 - 386.9 - 100.0 - 99.2
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)- - - - - 0.0 - -
Products covered 2,840.6 79,675.0 1,920.6 84,436.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
EXPORTS
Total 24.0 28,139.2 10,399.6 38,562.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 8.1 20,808.8 658.9 21,475.8 33.9 73.9 6.3 55.7
Annex II 8.1 20,427.0 71.9 20,507.0 33.9 72.6 0.7 53.2
Total Protocol A - 83.0 150.7 233.7 - 0.3 1.4 0.6
Bilateral Agreement - - - - - - - -
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 8.1 20,808.8 658.9 21,475.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 8.1 20,427.0 71.9 20,507.0 100.0 98.2 10.9 95.5
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)- 77.0 5.0 81.9 - 0.4 0.8 0.4
Products covered 24.0 27,834.3 9,817.6 37,676.0 100.0 98.9 94.4 97.7
IMPORTS +EXPORTS
Total 2,864.6 107,814.2 12,320.6 122,999.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 8.1 21,195.6 661.9 21,865.7 0.3 19.7 5.4 17.8
Annex II 8.1 20,813.8 71.9 20,893.9 0.3 19.3 0.6 17.0
Total Protocol A - 309.3 150.7 460.0 - 0.3 1.2 0.4
Bilateral Agreement - - 2.6 2.6 - - 0.0 0.0
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 8.1 21,195.6 661.9 21,865.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 8.1 20,813.8 71.9 20,893.9 100.0 98.2 10.9 95.6
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)00 77.0 5.0 81.9 - 0.4 0.8 0.4
Products covered 2,864.6 107,509.3 11,738.2 122,112.1 100.0 99.7 95.3 99.3
Products covered =Total -agriculture +Annex II+Protocol Ainagriculture +Bilateral Agreement -Annex 1
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA TRADE WITH LITHUANIA
1995
Value in1000 USdollars EFTA Coverage in%
IMPORTS
Agricultural products 2,565 95.9
Annex II 2,014 78.5
Protocol Ainagriculuture 4 0.1
Bilateral Agreement 442 17.2
Industrial products 35,061 100.0
Total 37,627 99.7
EXPORTS
Agricultural products 38,312 55.2
Annex II 20,824 54.4
Protocol Ainagriculuture 328 0.9
Bilateral Agreement 1 0.0
Industrial products 27,800 100.0
Total 66,112 74.0
IMPORTS +EXPORTS
Agricultural products 40,877 57.8
Annex II 22,838 55.9
Protocol Ainagriculuture 332 0.8
Bilateral Agreement 443 1.1
Industrial products 62,862 100.0
Total 103,739 83.4
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
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EFTA COUNTRIES TRADE WITH LITHUANIA
1995
Iceland Norway Switzerland
/FLEFTA Iceland Norway Switzerland
/FLEFTA
In1000 USdollars Inpercent
IMPORTS
Total 3,755.2 28,409.8 5,461.7 37,626.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 665.6 1,640.4 259.3 2,565.3 17.7 5.8 4.7 6.8
Annex II 665.6 1,340.0 8.4 2,014.0 17.7 4.7 0.2 5.4
Total Protocol A - 3.2 20.5 23.7 - 0.0 0.4 0.1
Bilateral Agreement - 299.0 143.5 442.5 - 1.1 2.6 1.2
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 665.6 1,640.4 259.3 2,565.3 - 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 665.6 1,340.0 8.4 2,014.0 - 81.7 3.2 78.5
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)- - 3.8 3.8 - - 1.5 0.1
Products covered 3,755.2 28,408.3 5,358.2 37,521.7 100.0 100.0 98.1 99.7
EXPORTS
Total 1,117.9 31,266.0 33,728.4 66,112.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 411.3 20,887.4 17,013.2 38,311.9 36.8 66.8 50.4 57.9
Annex II 411.3 20,386.4 26.1 20,823.9 36.8 65.2 0.1 31.5
Total Protocol A - 322.3 230.4 552.7 - 1.0 0.7 0.8
Bilateral Agreement - 0.8 - 0.8 - 0.0 - 0.0
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 411.3 20,887.4 17,013.2 38,311.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 411.3 20,386.4 26.1 20,823.9 100.0 97.6 0.2 54.4
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)- 318.3 10.2 328.4 - 1.5 0.1 0.9
Products covered 1,117.9 31,084.1 16,751.4 48,953.4 100.0 99.4 49.7 74.0
IMPORTS +EXPORTS
Total 4,873.1 59,675.8 39,190.1 103,739.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 1,076.9 22,527.8 17,272.5 40,877.2 22.1 37.8 44.1 39.4
Annex II 1,076.9 21,726.4 34.5 22,837.9 22.1 36.4 0.1 22.0
Total Protocol A - 325.5 250.9 576.4 - 0.5 0.6 0.6
Bilateral Agreement - 299.7 143.5 443.3 - 0.5 0.4 0.4
Annex I - - - - - - - -
Agriculture 1,076.9 22,527.8 17,272.5 40,877.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annex II 1,076.9 21,726.4 34.5 22,837.9 100.0 96.4 0.2 55.9
Protocol A
(inHS1-24)- 318.3 14.0 332.3 - 1.4 0.1 0.8
Products covered 4,873.1 59,492.5 22,109.6 86,475.2 100.0 99.7 56.4 83.4
Products covered =Total -agriculture +Annex II+Protocol Ainagriculture +Bilateral Agreement -Annex 1
Source: UNCOMTRADEWT/REG28/2
WT/REG29/2
WT/REG30/2
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BASIC DATA ONEFTA STATES AND FREE TRADE PARTNERS
Iceland Liechten-
steinNorway Switzer-
landEFTA Estonia Latvia Lithuania BALTIC
Population (million) 0.27 0.03 4.36 7.05 11.68 1.49 2.53 3.72 7.74
GDP (billion US$) 7.0 n.a. 148.0 306.7 461.7 3.5 4.9 6.1 14.5
GDP percapita 26,264 n.a. 33,932 43,496 39,529 2,334 1,930 1,638 1,868
Land area (100km2) 103.0 0.16 323.9 41.3 468.4 45.1 64.6 65.2 174.9
Imports (billion US$) 1.6 [1] 33.0 80.1 114.6 2.7 1.8 3.0 7.5
Exports (billion US$) 1.8 [1] 42.0 81.6 125.4 1.9 1.3 2.7 5.9
Trade balance (billion
US$)0.2 [1] 9.0 1.5 10.7 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 -1.6
[1] Liechtenstein hasacustoms union withSwitzerland; ThePrincipality 'strade isincluded intheSwiss trade statistics.
Note: Year ofreference: 1995
Source: TheEconomist Intelligence Unit, 3rdquarter reports, 1996
National statistics &OECD (forallEFTA States)