RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG77/3
10 May 2000
(00-1910)
Committee on Regional Trade and Agreements Original:  English
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Communication from Estonia and Latvia
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENTS
1. Membership and Dates of Signature, Ratification an Entry into Force
(a) Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Estonia and the
Republic of Lithuania
Date of Signature: 13 September 1993 in  Tallinn (the Republic of Estonia)
Ratification: 15 December 1993 (the Republic of Estonia)
25 November 1993 (the Republic of Latvia)20 January 1994 (the Republic of Lithuania)
Entry into Force: 1 April 1994
(b) Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Estonia and the
Republic of Lithuania on trade in agricultural products
Date of Signature: 16 June 1996 in Vilnius (the Republic of Lithuania)
Ratification: 15 August 1996 (the Republic of Estonia)
3 October 1996 (the Republic of Latvia)
4 July 1996 (the Republic of Lithuania)
Entry into Force: 1 January 1997
(c) Agreement on the Abolition of Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade between the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Lithuania
Date of Signature: 20 November 1997 in Riga (the Republic of Latvia)
Ratification: 2 March 1998 (the Republic of Estonia)
1 April 1998 (the Republic of Latvia)
24 February 1998 (the Republic of Lithuania)
Entry into Force: 1 July 1998
2. Type of the Agreements
The Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Estonia and the
Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter “FTA”) and the Free Trade Agreement between the Republic ofLatvia, the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Lithuania on trade in agricultural products
(hereinafter “FTA on agricultural products”) create a free-trade area.  The Agreement on the Abolition
of Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade between the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia and the
Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter “AANTB”) complements the provisions of FTA and FTA on
agricultural products by setting terms for abolitio n of non-tariff barriers to trade between the Parties.WT/REG77/3
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Plan and schedule: the objective of the Agreements is to establish and develop free trade area
in conformity with the definition set in Article XXIV:8(b) of GATT 1994.
3. Scope
The provisions of FTA are applied to products originating in the Parties and falling within
Chapters 25-97 of the Harmonized Commodity  Description and Coding System (HS).
The provisions of FTA on agricultural products are applied to products originating in the
Parties and falling within HS Chapters 1-24.
The provisions of AANTB are applied to products  originating in the Parties and falling within
HS Chapters 1-97.
The FTA, the FTA on agricultural products and the AANTB envisage the elimination of
duties and other barriers to trade in respect of substantially all the trade between the Parties in
accordance with the requirement of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994.
The FTA and the FTA on agricultural products al so contain provisions on State aid, State
monopolies, competition, intellectual property rights and public procurement.  The FTA on
agricultural products also contains provisions on scientific and technical co-operation.
4. Trade Data
See Annex.
II. TRADE PROVISIONS
1. Import restrictions
1.1. Duties and charges
As provided for by Article 5 of FTA and Articles 3 and 4 of FTA on agricultural products, the
Parties shall introduce no new customs duties on imports or charges having equivalent effect as well
as no duties of a fiscal nature.
As provided for by Article 5 of FTA, the ex isting customs duties on imports of industrial
products and all charges having equivalent effect were abolished between the Parties on the date of
entry into force of the FTA.
As provided for by Article 3 of FTA on agricultural products, the existing customs duties on
imports of agricultural products and all charges having equivalent effect were abolished between theParties on the date of entry into force of the FTA on agricultural products.
1.2. Quantitative restrictionsPursuant to Article 7 of the FTA and Article 6 of FTA on agricultural products, the Parties
shall introduce no new quantitative restrictions on imports and measures having equivalent effect.
Pursuant to Article 7 of FTA and Article 6 of FTA on agricultural products, all quantitative
restrictions on imports and measures having equivalent effect were abolished on the date of entry into
force of FTA and FTA on agricultural products respectively.WT/REG77/3
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2. Export Restrictions
2.1. Duties and charges
Pursuant to Article 6 of the FTA and Article 5 of the FTA on agricultural products, the Parties
shall introduce no new customs duties on exports and charges having equivalent effect.
Pursuant to Article 6 of the FTA, all customs duties on exports and charges having equivalent
effect were abolished on the date of entry into force of FTA,
As an exception, the Republic of Latvia shall abolish customs duties and charges having
equivalent effect on exports to Republic of Estonia and Republic of Lithuania for gypsum, anhydride,
limestone, raw skins, wood logs and ferrous and non-ferrous metal waste and scrap by1 January 1999, at the latest.
Pursuant to Article 5 of the FTA on agricultural products, all customs duties on exports and
charges having equivalent effect were abolished on the date of entry into force of FTA on agricultural
products.
2.2. Quantitative restrictionsPursuant to Article 7 of the FTA and Article 6 of the FTA on agricultural products, the Parties
shall introduce no new quantitative restrictions on exports and measures having equivalent effect.
Pursuant to Article 7 of the FTA, all quantitative restrictions on exports and measures having
equivalent effect were abolished on the date of entry into force of the FTA.
As an exception, the Republic of Estonia shall abolish quantitative restrictions and measures
having equivalent effect on exports to Republic of Latvia and Republic of Lithuania for oil shale,
gravel, clay and quartz sand by 1 February 1995.
Pursuant to Article 6 of the FTA on agricultural products, all quantitative restrictions on
exports and measures having equivalent effect were abolished on the date of entry into force of FTA
on agricultural products.
3. Rules of Origin
Rules of origin of goods and related methods of administrative co-operation are specified in
Article 4 and Protocol A of the FTA, which is integral part of it.  Without prejudice to Article 2 of the
FTA (Scope), Protocol A of the FTA is applied to products falling within HS Chapters 1-97,
i.e., Protocol A of FTA sets out rules of orig in for both FTA and FTA on agricultural products.
In this Protocol, the principles and rules for a definition of the concept of "originating
products", for a proof of origin, for a rule of "drawback and exemption", territorial requirements,
arrangements for administrative co-operation and other provisions are laid down.
The Parties to the Agreements apply the concept of the Pan-European cumulation.
The implementation of this new origin network has two major consequences. Firstly,
semi-finished products originating in any country of the system and which are further processed or
assembled in other partner country may always be considered as originating products.  Secondly,originating products can be traded between any of the countries involved in the system.WT/REG77/3
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With regard to the territorial requirements, the principle of territoriality is established and the
terms related to direct transport and exhibitions, as well as the prohibition of drawback of, or
exemption from, customs duties, are set out in the Protocol A.
In the area of proof of origin, the document EUR 1 is used as movement certificate in trade
between the Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. The arrangements for administrative co-operation cover
inter alia,  mutual assistance, verification of proofs of origin, dispute settlement, penalties and free
zones.
4. Standards
The Parties have concluded a separate agreement - the AANTB - to abolish technical barriers
to trade (TBT) and to harmonize sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures applied by Latvia,Estonia and Lithuania.
4.1. Technical barriers to tradeThe Chapter III of the AANTB contains provisio ns on abolition of TB T between the Parties.
The Parties commend to use international standards in trade between the Parties, whenever
such exist or their completion is imminent.
The Parties ensure that national standardization bodies accept and comply with the Code of
Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Appl ication of Standards in accordance with the
WTO Agreement on TBT.
Any change in technical regulations and standards shall be notified at least one month before
its implementation.
The central government bodies and authorized inspection institutions in harmonized or
equivalent areas shall accept test results, certificates or marks of conformity issued by the relevant
bodies in the territories of other Parties;  or rely upon suppliers’ declaration of conformity in the
territories of other Parties.
In the area of conformity assessment procedures the Parties commend not to formulate or
apply such procedures with a view to creating obstacles to trade.  The conformity assessment
procedures are published before implementation to allow for comments of other Parties.
The Parties shall formulate and adopt international systems for conformity assessment and
become members or participate therein.
Each Party ensures that Enquiry Point is established to answer all reasonable enquiries from
parties in other Parties as regards TBT and SPS issues in trade between the Parties.
4.2. Sanitary and phytosanitary measuresThe Chapter II of the AANTB contains provisions on SPS measures.To  harmonize SPS measures on as wide basis as possible, the Parties base their SPS
measures on international standards, guidelines and recommendations developed by the relevantinternational organizations, including the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the International Office
of Epizootic, the relevant international and regional organizations operating within the framework of
the International Plant Protection Convention and European Community regulations, guidelines or
recommendations and European standards where they exist.WT/REG77/3
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The Parties accept SPS measures of other Parties as equivalent, even if these measures differ
from their own or from those used by other Parties trading in the same product, if the exporting Party
objectively demonstrates to the importing Party that its measures achieve the importing Party's
appropriate level of SPS protection.  For this purpose, reasonable access shall be given, upon request,to the importing Party for inspection, testing and other relevant procedures.
The Parties assure that  their SPS measures are based on an assessment, as appropriate to the
circumstances, of the risks to human, animal or plant life or health, taking into account risk
assessment techniques developed by the relevant  international organizations.
The Parties notify changes in their SPS measures at least one month before their introduction
and shall provide information on their SPS measures.
Each Party ensures that one Enquiry Point exists which is responsible for the provision of
answers to all reasonable questions from interested Parties as well as for the provision of relevant
documents.
5. Safeguards
Each Party to the FTA and FTA on agricultural products can apply safeguard and emergency
measures on the conditions and in conformity with the procedures specified in each of the respective
Agreements.
In the FTA, general safeguard measures are contained in Article 18.  Other safeguard
measures cover structural adjustment (Article 19),  re-exports and serious shortage (Article 20) and
balance of payments difficulties (Article 21).
In the FTA on agricultural products, general safeguard measures are contained in Article 13.
Other safeguard measures cover balance of payments difficulties (Article 14) and re-exports and
serious shortage (Article 15).
Article 22 of the FTA and Article 16 of the FTA on agricultural products provide for a
procedure for the application of safeguard measures, which foresees consultations within the Joint
Committee with a view of finding a mutually acceptable solution.  If the Joint Committee fails toreach such a solution or if a period of three months has elapsed from the date of notification on
consideration to resorting on safeguard measures, the Party concerned may take appropriate measures.
The safeguard mesures taken shall be the object of regular consultations with a view to their
relaxation, substitution or abolition as soon as possible.
6. Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures
As set by Article 17 of the FTA and Article 12 of the FTA on agricultural products, the
application of anti-dumping measures shall be in accordance with Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, as well as with the provisions laid down in Article 22 (FTA)
and Article 16 (FTA on agricultural products).
7. Subsidies and State-Aid
As provided for in Article 16 of the FTA, the Parties consider any aid granted by a Party to
the FTA or through state resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort
competition by favouring certain undertaking or the production of certain goods to be incompatiblewith the proper functioning of the FTA.WT/REG77/3
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As provided for in Article 11 of the FTA on agricultural products, export subsidies granted by
a Party which distort or threaten to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the
production of certain goods shall be incompatible with the proper functioning of the FTA on
agricultural products.
If a Party considers a given practice constitutes such a case of incompatibility, it may take
appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the respective procedures laid
down in Article 22 of the FTA or Article 16 of the FTA on agricultural products, respectively.
8. Sector–Specific Provisions
None of the three Agreements - FTA, FTA on agricultural products and AANTB - contain
any specific provisions applicable to trade between the Parties in individual sectors.
9. Other
State monopolies
As set out in the Article 9 of the FTA, the Parties shall ensure that any State monopoly of
commercial character be adjusted so that no di scrimination regarding the conditions under which
goods are procured and marketed will exist between nationals of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. The
goods shall be procured and marketed in accordance with commercial considerations.
The FTA on agricultural products and the AANTB do not contain specific provisions on State
monopolies.
Rules of competition concerning undertakings
As provided for in Article 15 of the FTA, the following are incompatible with the proper
functioning of the FTA:
- all agreements between undertakings, decisions taken by associations of undertakings
and concerted practices between undertakings which have as their object or effect the
prevention, restriction or distortion of competition;
- abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the territories of the
Parties as a whole or in a substantial part thereof.
If a Party to the FTA considers that a given practice is incompatible with the provisions of the
FTA, it may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedure set
out in the FTA.
The FTA on agricultural products and AANTB do not contain specific provisions on rules of
competition concerning undertakings.
Public Procurement
Article 13 of the FTA states that Parties consider the effective liberalization of their
respective public procurement markets as an integral objective of the FTA.  The FTA on agricultural
products and the AANTB do not contain specific provisions on public procurement.WT/REG77/3
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Payments
As provided for in Article 12 of the FTA and Article 10 of the FTA on agricultural products,
payments relating to trade and the transfer to such  payments to the territory of the Party where the
creditor resides shall be free from any restrictions.
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
1. Exceptions and Reservations
The FTA (Article 8), the FTA on agricultural products (Article 8) and the AANTB (Article 4)
provide for general exceptions.  The Parties may introduce prohibitons or restrictions on imports,
exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security;the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants;  the protection of the environment;  the
protection of national treasures possessing artistic, hi storic or archaeological value;  the protection of
intellectual property;  and laws and regulations relating to precious stones and metals.  Such
prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute means of arbitrary discrimination or a
disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.
The FTA (Article 23) provides for security exceptions.  The Parties to the Agreement may
take actions to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential security interests;  for the
protection of its essential security interest or for the implementation of international obligations or
national policies:
- relating to the traffic in arms, ammunition and implements of war, provided that such
measures do not impair the conditioned of competition in respect of products not
intended for specifically military purposes, and to such traffic in other goods,
materials and services as is carried on directly or indirectly for the purpose ofsupplying a military establishment; or
- relating to the non-proliferation of biological and chemical weapons, nuclear weapons
and other nuclear explosive devices;  or
- taken in time of war or other serious international tension.
2. Accession/Withdrawal
None of the three Agreements - FTA, FTA on agricultural products and AANTB - contain
specific provisions relating to accession.
All three Agreements - FTA, FTA on agricultural products and AANTB - contain provisions
allowing any of the Parties denounce this Agreement by means of a written notification to the
Depositary. In this case the respective agreement shall cease to be in force six months after the date on
which the depositary has informed all Parties about the receipt of such notification.
3. Dispute Settlement Procedures
As provided for in Article 26 of FTA (Fulfilment of obligations), if one of the Parties considers
that any other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the FTA, the Party concerned may take
appropriate measures after consultations in the Joint Committee under the conditions and in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22.WT/REG77/3
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As provided for in Article 21 of FTA on agricultural products (Fulfilment of obligations), if one
of the Parties considers that any other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the FTA on
agricultural products, the Party concerned may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16.
As provided for in Article 21 of the AANTB (Dispute Settlement), if one of the Parties
considers that any other Party has failed to fulf il an obligation under the AANTB, the Party concerned
may submit the dispute for consultations in the Joint Committee under the conditions and according to
the provisions of Article 20 of  the AANTB.  If the Joint Committee is unable to reach common
consent on the dispute, it shall present relevant information to the Joint Committee of the FTA (which
serves also for supervision of the FTA on agricultural products) on retaliatory measures according to
the provisions of FTA and FTA on agricultural products.
4. Relation with Other Trade Agreements
As set out in Article 28 of the FTA and in Article 22 of the FTA on agricultural products, the
FTA and the FTA on agricultural products shall not prevent the maintenance or establishment of
customs unions, free-trade areas or arrangements for frontier trade to the extent that these do notnegatively affect the trade regime, and, in particular, the provisions concerning rules of origin
provided for by the FTA.
5. Institutional Framework
As provided for in Article 24 of the FTA, th e implementation of the FTA shall be supervised
and administered by a Joint Committee consis ting of representatives of the Parties.
As set out by Article 17 of the FTA on agricultural products, the Joint Committee established
under FTA will also serve for the purposes of FTA on agricultural products.  Thus, both the FTA and the
FTA on agricultural products are supervised by the same Joint Committee - the Joint Committee of theFTA.
The main task of this Joint Committee is administration and review of implementation of both
Agreements.  The Joint Committee may take decisions  and recommendations concerning the application
of both Agreements.
The Joint Committee can set up sub-committees and working parties that can assist it in
carrying out its duties.  The meetings of the Joint Committee shall be held at least once a year in order
to review the general functioning of the Agreem ents.  The Joint Committee shall, in addition, meet
whenever special circumstances so require at the request of any Party (Article 24).
As provided for in Article 20 of the AANTB, th e Joint Committee is established to ensure the
proper implementation of th e AANTB.  The Joint Committee shall meet whenever necessary but at least
once a year.  Each Party may request that a meeting be held.  The Joint Committee may decide to set up
such sub-committees and working groups as it considers necessary to assist it in accomplishing its tasks.
The Joint Committee of the AANTB shall info rm the Joint Committee of the FTA on its
decisions.
For the purpose of the AANTB, the Joint Co mmittee shall adopt its rules of procedure which
shall, inter alia , contain provisions for convening meetings and for the designation of the Chairman and
his/her term of office.WT/REG77/3
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IV. OTHER
As set out in the Article 25 of the FTA (Evolutionary Clause), the Parties shall recognize the
growing importance of such areas as services, investments and the implementation of joint projects.
Where a Party considers that it would be useful, in the interests of the economies of the Parties, to
develop and deepen the relations established by the FTA by extending them to fields not coveredthereby, it shall submit a reasoned request to the ot her Parties.  The Parties may instruct the Joint
Committee to examine this request and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to them,
particularly with a view of opening up negotiations.
Article 20 of the FTA on agricultural products (Evolutionary Clause), contains a similar
provisions as the FTA, and, in particular, it states th at the Parties undertake to examine, in light of any
relevant factor, the possibility of further devel oping and deepening the co-operation under the FTA on
agricultural products and to extend it to areas not co vered therein.  The Parties may instruct the Joint
Committee to examine this possibility and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to them,
particularly with a view to opening up negotiations.WT/REG77/3
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ANNEX I
Estonia – Imports from Latvia
(Value in US$1,000)
HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 1999
01 181.5 105.3 239.1 2.8
02 154.8 79.4 413.3 170.2
03 537.9 503.8 2,621.3 129.8
04 4,550.3 4,699.7 4,503.1 1,787.9
05 60.6 143.2 101.8 46.9
06 4.4 8.8 12.9 21.3
07 42.4 65.8 224.4 52.0
08 1,641.1 2,131.8 2,222.1 132.9
09 273.1 370.9 1,150.3 1,511.5
10 175.7 37.9 137.4 236.2
11 556.8 699.4 747.4 962.3
12 33.3 84.1 75.9 84.1
13 7.8 44.8 43.5 69.4
14 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 135.6 7.5 72.9 620.9
16 9.6 9.1 905.0 281.8
17 1,100.8 1,146.2 1,601.4 845.5
18 515.2 481.1 210.1 497.7
19 646.5 851.7 1,100.1 859.1
20 1,547.0 2,215.5 2,758.3 2,661.4
21 451.8 845.7 540.3 408.6
22 2,843.2 2,943.8 3,308.9 3,061.2
23 348.9 1,219.2 1,123.9 889.2
24 56.7 179.3 200.1 175.8
25 387.8 142.6 138.6 299.3
26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
27 881.0 521.0 2,736.6 4,467.0
28 259.1 316.1 309.6 324.6
29 798.9 812.0 1,130.5 580.7
30 4,484.7 6,044.8 5,595.2 6,193.2
31 161.0 42.6 129.6 180.3
32 2,402.5 2,679.0 2,542.0 2,398.2
33 1,041.3 1,838.0 1,913.5 1,080.5
34 608.2 972.9 780.7 287.3
35 154.0 192.6 172.8 264.2
36 2.2 0.0 12.4 11.6
37 48.7 79.0 32.6 19.4
38 182.1 242.5 491.8 2,134.2
39 686.0 812.7 2,468.6 3,475.6
40 436.6 937.8 1,944.7 2,447.1
41 72.8 83.8 15.6 57.4
42 78.0 57.2 121.6 95.8
43 0.0 136.5 347.1 204.5
44 2,711.4 3,154.9 5,040.4 4,524.6
45 7.1 22.7 67.2 52.8
46 0.0 3.1 6.9 0.0
47 10.2 170.0 2.3 0.0
48 2,775.5 3,365.9 3,195.5 3,954.6
49 233.4 358.2 1,129.8 1,351.2
50 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
51 359.4 355.8 357.6 262.2
52 5,713.8 891.0 926.3 676.3
53 19.7 44.8 73.8 48.6
54 348.8 366.6 330.7 134.4WT/REG77/3
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HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 1999
55 596.0 662.5 1,422.2 719.5
56 387.1 296.0 472.6 157.7
57 0.0 12.0 30.7 11.8
58 109.2 712.9 792.0 651.7
59 41.3 67.5 83.5 51.8
60 175.7 1,626.1 1,610.8 1,867.5
61 812.7 1,026.9 1,581.8 1,589.0
62 1,774.1 3,016.6 4,740.0 3,303.7
63 198.6 244.9 235.5 230.2
64 311.5 517.2 1,589.0 860.1
65 6.2 19.6 17.1 38.3
66 0.0 2.9 0.7 0.0
67 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0
68 366.2 436.8 505.0 420.3
69 221.2 142.0 146.7 112.1
70 265.0 318.5 633.1 862.0
71 11.3 15.3 18.9 17.1
72 5,439.3 11,088.4 6,112.7 3,042.2
73 3,254.4 3,904.1 3,194.7 2,353.7
74 2.4 26.4 75.6 271.1
75 0.0 17.9 0.0 211.5
76 217.6 233.1 409.0 546.2
78 29.7 1.1 0.0 0.0
79 10.8 0.0 0.8 2.1
80 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
81 0.0 0.0 1.0 22.4
82 83.3 142.8 293.5 292.9
83 223.0 525.2 830.6 575.7
84 2,823.1 2,565.6 3,699.9 4,551.1
85 2,243.7 3,038.7 4,451.3 5,575.9
86 567.0 405.4 1,568.5 297.0
87 531.4 352.9 509.1 424.7
88 0.0 0.0 1.8 6.9
89 0.0 2.6 1.0 23.8
90 355.1 849.1 3,070.1 5,836.6
91 2.6 10.2 14.0 31.1
92 1.9 34.7 16.0 4.2
93 75.9 55.5 46.7 44.0
94 606.5 626.0 884.8 1,251.3
95 86.8 239.8 427.2 528.7
96 43.2 1,118.8 1,272.1 1,460.1
97 0.0 2.0 15.8 0.0
Total 62,625.6 77,890.1 97,108.8 89,279.6
Estonia – Imports from Lithuania
(Value in US$1,000)
HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 1999
01 69.6 44.4 6.4 8.8
02 763.4 4,246.0 83.3 278.3
03 313.9 484.3 205.8 1,072.7
04 9,119.3 2,506.9 8,356.7 3,152.0
05 0.0 0.0 251.3 395.5
06 1.3 0.9 3.1 0.0
07 99.3 105.7 289.1 169.6
08 89.3 73.4 144.4 149.5
09 33.5 339.3 133.5 464.2
10 35.1 6.0 82.5 125.5WT/REG77/3
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HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 1999
11 13.5 231.4 737.9 219.3
12 174.4 11.4 133.3 55.7
13 24.9 14.9 41.8 21.2
14 6.7 0.1 0.0 0.0
15 41.7 69.7 0.1 6.7
16 142.7 94.6 454.5 200.9
17 629.0 628.7 962.1 369.1
18 1,506.1 1,878.2 886.2 679.6
19 244.4 306.2 138.8 109.2
20 396.0 441.6 324.4 47.6
21 1,381.0 699.6 2,041.4 750.5
22 5,994.9 640.8 3,285.2 754.1
23 194.7 214.9 84.3 186.6
24 153.8 181.2 8,012.2 12,282.4
25 1,394.4 1,401.6 1,170.9 795.4
26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
27 1,060.8 1,361.4 9,168.3 11,878.8
28 1,471.1 303.8 249.3 756.4
29 302.8 87.5 306.8 65.5
30 6,810.7 3,967.2 4,586.2 2,461.4
31 314.8 204.8 1,479.9 1,386.1
32 699.1 260.9 389.0 400.7
33 103.8 93.6 479.0 273.5
34 113.2 78.1 391.4 115.5
35 206.9 120.2 166.2 158.7
36 0.2 2.3 8.8 0.0
37 53.2 47.7 9.7 21.1
38 132.0 161.2 117.8 272.3
39 3,186.2 1,406.2 2,959.0 4,384.9
40 145.4 184.8 246.0 197.6
41 453.3 199.0 1,192.3 897.2
42 88.4 220.6 57.2 31.4
43 77.3 10.8 30.8 31.8
44 618.0 280.9 746.6 575.5
45 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
46 13.9 15.8 28.2 34.5
47 0.0 0.0 1.5 7.8
48 2,657.6 1,490.6 2,634.0 1,769.3
49 950.9 678.4 643.5 495.6
50 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0
51 192.5 105.0 340.3 65.5
52 1,675.0 1,216.7 1,581.5 1,607.2
53 1,863.6 1,468.8 884.3 955.8
54 9,112.2 1,211.1 844.3 210.6
55 519.0 291.9 270.9 317.2
56 44.2 97.3 66.0 81.7
57 188.2 66.0 202.5 57.6
58 46.1 52.1 23.1 51.4
59 166.4 61.5 172.1 111.4
60 1,066.9 342.6 1,513.3 1,530.1
61 991.1 784.8 849.9 689.8
62 115.0 220.8 265.0 533.6
63 171.5 157.5 155.9 96.0
64 233.3 212.0 236.8 186.2
65 4.5 2.8 3.1 1.3
66 0.0 0.7 0.4 1.0
67 0.0 7.2 0.8 6.7
68 1,649.7 312.5 1,845.1 1,433.8
69 248.0 202.4 116.4 55.7
70 832.5 352.0 1,120.5 931.3WT/REG77/3
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71 50.7 15.0 128.0 69.6
72 1,950.4 2,238.0 2,035.2 458.0
73 571.2 303.1 794.8 710.3
74 3.2 28.8 12.6 49.0
75 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
76 74.3 21.0 112.5 249.7
78 0.0 251.2 0.0 0.0
79 12.5 5.8 0.9 3.6
80 0.0 16.7 0.0 0.5
81 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
82 81.4 47.9 110.2 70.6
83 785.3 396.6 706.7 813.9
84 4,900.8 3,335.2 3,298.9 2,627.5
85 2,418.2 1,168.1 3,127.0 2,299.2
86 134.7 121.8 41.7 168.6
87 1,160.1 994.9 865.2 656.1
88 402.7 0.0 208.2 201.3
89 99.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
90 1,455.9 507.1 854.9 571.4
91 74.2 38.9 108.5 60.9
92 0.0 2.2 0.2 0.4
93 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0
94 1,932.2 1,127.6 1,668.3 1,142.6
95 51.1 27.4 19.5 14.9
96 28.1 40.0 22.1 42.2
97 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6
Total 77,599.8 43,652.2 78,332.6 67,646.7WT/REG77/3
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ANNEX II
Latvia – Imports from Estonia
(Value in US$1,000)
HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 Jan-Oct. 1999
0- - - -
01 208,983 318,069 191,155 527,844
02 127,029 1,822,713 6,441,499 4,729,668
03 311,311 378,081 428,668 588,346
04 117,534 791,709 764,489 2,277,895
05 41,242 228,626 140,319 34,149
06 13,264 113,561 88,957 62,232
07 91,670 162,948 49,531 86,910
08 58,405 32,583 262,526 84,770
09 552,086 684,296 1,065,621 1,148,573
10 28,977 685,128 452,792 1,178,751
11 526,048 230,601 469,164 196,810
12 5,344 73,194 12,841 28,212
13 78,926 232,742 154,742 52,739
15 101,455 179,149 183,450 5,857
16 723,373 2,546,797 2,880,404 196,217
17 533,540 1,369,432 1,648,872 1,710,483
18 3,743,432 5,053,360 3,623,679 1,157,121
19 86,083 89,038 209,632 1,273,515
20 188,703 591,357 1,347,478 241,470
21 949,458 1,239,264 2,586,015 599,590
22 7,036,926 7,529,627 9,469,040 1,947,973
23 59,367 144,432 121,839 6,937,677
24 0 0 16,912 186,949
25 1,467,644 819,058 2,953,659 3,927
26 129,941 118,624 167,491 1,796,351
27 32,004,528 20,281,908 10,706,363 127,555
28 265,920 306,002 275,959 13,428,328
29 1,023,900 1,804,539 1,740,749 168,548
30 7,251,453 7,119,439 7,827,678 833,987
31 1,419,453 1,195,687 736,760 8,053,730
32 4,564,624 5,529,186 8,167,557 234,103
33 207,707 406,069 775,614 8,260,071
34 1,032,881 1,214,836 1,440,558 500,190
35 689,522 731,240 1,096,235 1,052,942
36 864 15,704 13,937 915,423
37 88,560 48,436 106,983 9,663
38 723,839 779,859 1,443,128 68,884
39 7,559,105 10,361,583 12,115,133 993,826
40 1,130,159 1,282,905 1,846,659 6,666,328
41 195,348 298,218 148,439 918,823
42 249,591 374,189 201,645 253,394
43 16,638 109,756 349,766 114,845
44 804,064 1,355,880 3,021,258 256,620
45 194 249 650 2,843,156
46 8,432 158 7 1,107
47 47,664 773 3,843 10,836
48 3,563,121 4,039,728 5,831,253 4,277,507
49 499,609 1,465,187 1,139,717 1,055,029
51 7,737 11,680 795 1,584
52 2,148,564 3,351,255 42,226 23,625
53 16 13,804 3,851,596 2,608,841
54 225,288 183,334 207 849
55 48,218 66,218 282,839 193,578WT/REG77/3
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56 257,496 303,260 122,248 29,177
57 258,523 201,358 449,662 277,134
58 48,946 41,534 158,476 63,625
59 272,894 353,406 71,112 48,597
60 12,239 12,420 477,487 279,038
61 1,576,043 1,700,954 64,667 49,676
62 2,244,602 3,027,832 2,169,333 1,466,871
63 173,300 444,305 4,828,761 2,740,516
64 751,222 980,087 933,187 600,751
65 17,732 55,884 1,548,525 1,026,116
66 13,797 9,177 64,782 47,000
67 831 2,277,789 27,913 5,032
68 2,329,113 104,376 2,779,370 3,447,189
69 103,326 7,587,626 308,158 299,209
70 6,108,050 90,330 6,005,577 4,453,874
71 81,478 6,325,148 62,006 51,495
72 2,818,487 10,440,244 13,157,519 6,522,403
73 6,182,843 202,082 13,773,089 7,828,135
74 386,104 404,663 195,872 110,944
75 98 3,723 44 333
76 551,283 2,770 622,170 964,676
79 1,809 4,083 48,425 35,833
80 626 643,545 871,310 804
82 426,231 947,827 1,175,447 645,397
83 671,965 12,953,257 17,328,044 989,648
84 7,039,589 8,764,542 11,264,437 13,445,250
85 5,759,306 94,883 140,279 8,004,080
86 417,475 11,492,865 25,093,359 200,995
87 3,917,674 146,891 455,302 14,336,780
89 90,031 1,729,412 3,153,483 3,373
90 2,492,256 107,647 188,966 1,564,260
91 39,659 9,204 8,201 60,518
92 2,383 225 1,538 5,823
94 3,632,973 2,695,759 4,288,893 7,851
95 214,367 594,346 572,484 3,081,695
96 233,786 283,939 341,459 385,197
97 12 0 6,067 -
TOTAL 132,086,289 162,819,604 211,952,859 154,235,500
Latvia - Imports from Lithuania
(Value in US$1,000)
HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 Jan.-Oct. 1999
0- - - -
01 208,840 1,764,817 349,054 363,732
02 225,208 4,086,838 1,853,358 536,127
03 2,536,868 1,635,021 982,418 648,679
04 90,714 2,597,525 4,614,771 2 208,579
05 4,885 97,866 401,895 540,333
06 26,329 91,558 189,675 202,364
07 34,961 2,165,159 2,685,554 2,443,917
08 1,897,977 2,731,012 1,180,921 2,513,592
09 1,939,396 2,185,760 2,310,989 2,348,288
10 645,184 1,118,604 1,583,194 174,669
11 183,006 633,557 1,271,050 576,772
12 208,137 1,984,497 549,708 699,549
13 38,664 1,818 227 10,345
14 0 0 1,228 412,889WT/REG77/3
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15 278,543 485,902 149,547 547,035
16 10,861 289,369 628,231 914,384
17 126,000 527,826 727,659 4,892,586
18 451,624 1,466,805 4,712,593 409,431
19 30,928 256,134 247,470 969,062
20 487,064 636,609 1,079,060 8,869,506
21 1,844,740 6,044,375 7,630,835 2,275,078
22 521,109 2,858,327 3,026,055 537,211
23 84,973 235,826 291,425 10,046,853
24 0 0 7,516,456 3,862,700
25 2,042,612 2,692,661 4,908,003 0
26 7,985 3,619 22,074 33,487,383
27 67,352,058 38,714,907 36,328,032 387,776
28 526,098 391,689 345,877 382,905
29 608,653 747,232 563,744 10,720,267
30 11,472,446 11,991,540 13,110,380 890,168
31 2,570,285 2,249,153 1,537,353 1,486,807
32 474,592 1,244,472 1,583,613 1,472,766
33 313,375 2,301,409 3,016,830 1,011,808
34 296,990 1,557,136 2,147,977 575,605
35 532,419 854,801 1,260,187 1,696
36 3,345 12,116 18,852 570,500
37 496,855 588,631 758,369 687,518
38 427,787 358,745 650,534 8,518,390
39 4,304,778 6,536,677 8,606,850 905,200
40 713,372 1,047,362 1,765,398 362,469
41 363,772 1,036,314 848,516 30,112
42 128,640 84,986 74,775 35,130
43 102,933 186,810 116,118 1,568,366
44 837,287 1,107,283 1,788,715 2,408
45 250 449 8,620 30,889
46 11,617 25,604 33,887 85,034
47 16,581 3,538 29,098 5,044,328
48 4,500,668 5,056,599 5,201,102 3,087,405
49 457,941 420,852 1,134,801 0
50 498 396 9,968 210,867
51 468,604 749,693 611,412 817,775
52 1,125,544 1,670,437 1,333,269 1,203,567
53 282,039 1,843,178 1,374,199 580,545
54 238,460 190,110 338,410 888,305
55 794,022 996,263 1,043,756 588,191
56 297,379 284,461 519,361 89,892
57 82,303 105,297 222,501 224,166
58 152,123 201,960 170,917 330,297
59 393,029 431,609 447,204 776,561
60 212,718 525,545 911,300 627,875
61 644,470 475,054 638,913 395,034
62 180,639 440,541 410,173 168,569
63 324,632 208,083 359,168 661,558
64 1,345,782 921,111 760,150 12,133
65 9,171 13,124 14,477 26,527
66 28 1,759 2,033 6,315
67 7 168 663 2,712,632
68 768,857 2,228,369 3,429,236 827,183
69 935,791 893,424 735,233 986,592
70 1,237,232 2,133,608 2,080,686 7,920
71 8,435 27,938 15,097 3,273,641
72 4,095,739 8,961,122 5,180,542 2,576,919
73 1,908,799 2,768,177 3,978,835 200,841
74 108,851 291,871 365,587 3,877WT/REG77/3
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75 0 21 15,512 538,586
76 129,334 285,430 640,086 3,368
78 9,200 13,598 19,176 6,861
79 12,474 6,624 6,942 9,102
80 108 6,823 0 471
82 301,643 279,500 413,918 227,476
83 1,438,486 1,722,415 1,995,711 1,859,657
84 7,494,276 12,850,043 16,490,757 11,270,775
85 3,374,706 6,339,003 9,601,163 5,890,391
86 238,483 307,432 197,216 478
87 1,899,402 3,858,121 6,276,907 5,637,244
88 65,479 5,000 0 23,529
89 16,500 210,235 83,362 58,622
90 2,332,529 3,590,630 4,755,781 2,865,562
91 24,694 103,080 104,847 83,903
92 23,629 32,434 11,997 3,386
93 5,155 2,061 13,321 5,694
94 2,481,993 3,973,049 5,100,688 4,448,766
95 313,436 173,219 171,095 168,514
96 77,946 136,488 241,432 169,749
97 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 146,293,975 173,368,294 200,936,079 169,818,527WT/REG77/3
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ANNEX III
Lithuania - Imports from Latvia
(Value in US$1,000)
HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 Jan.-Oct. 1999
02 37.3 5.4 261.8 411.2
03 1,075.2 2,233.7 1,557.5 1,228.7
04 153.2 1,454.6 2,562.5 1,876.8
08 4,019.5 329.5 245.0 323.1
09 2,618.1 2,439.1 3,295.0 2,349.6
10 97.5 1,250.9 1,289.1 1,373.3
11 41.6 809.8 531.1 359.1
12 348.2 1,061.9 372.3 129.0
15 110.9 4,933.7 3,578.7 406.0
16 2,084.8 3,291.6 1,674.1 1,599.1
17 4,423.1 2,688.6 2,529.7 814.6
18 923,1 1,110,4 1,239.9 678.3
19 873.4 1,135.2 1,544.4 545.2
20 2,255.2 1,323.7 2,242.1 3,156.3
21 2,014.2 1,139.5 3,090.2 4,338.1
22 304.6 4,715.9 5,207.4 4,137.9
23 82.0 855.2 1,398.4 954.5
24 99.1 314.7 812.3 2,291.8
25 1,268.3 1,967.2 2,340.2 2,183.2
27 12,122.3 11,736.2 14,747.4 13,669.8
28 460.5 364.3 633.7 504.6
29 1,014.3 1,044.4 861.4 340.3
30 9,367.7 13,770.4 19,180.5 18,861.3
31 764.2 721.2 1,145.1 404.1
32 4,163.8 6,728.1 7,596.9 7,308.1
33 2,868.7 5,717.8 5,676.5 2,987.2
34 439.8 1,458.6 2,725.0 677.2
35 323.5 808.6 967.0 1,049.7
36 20.5 415.0 569.1 372.6
38 1,211.8 1,858.9 2,505.2 1,941.5
39 1,282.5 2,488.3 4,224.2 4,182.7
40 534.3 807.1 1,727.5 1,052.2
41 457.5 955.2 482.2 545.7
44 5,715.7 5,456.8 6,783.1 3,238.4
47 329.9 193.6 302.0 287.2
48 8,078.6 7,631.8 6,602.3 4,873.5
49 598.6 1,746.3 7,390.7 7,469.4
51 789.6 848.2 548.7 644.8
52 3,654.1 5,447.9 9,500.1 5,629.7
53 294.4 1,052.0 2,746.2 3,483.3
54 4,427.8 4,170.4 2,154.2 2,248.1
55 3,325.1 1,543.2 1,980.3 2,099.1
56 388.0 719.4 423.6 122.4
60 617.3 1,636.7 1,921.9 719.6
61 98.7 558.6 1,268.7 1,220.5WT/REG77/3
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62 418.4 1,200.9 1,674.4 932.1
63 118.3 292.0 451.3 352.2
64 1,072.0 1,390.6 2,051.9 1,299.5
68 527.9 1,487.1 2,320.9 1,952.4
69 360.0 302.2 370.9 357.5
70 722.2 961.2 360.3 336.6
72 7769.8 10,415.2 12,525.1 7,044.2
73 4,219.2 5,815.3 5,713.9 2,816.4
76 1,628,1 1,140.6 1,093.8 801.6
82 205.3 286.8 520.8 575.4
83 725.6 1,187.0 1,095.7 1,000.4
84 6,780.3 14,661.1 21,571.4 16,329.7
85 6,138.2 11,886.3 16,670.2 12,927.5
86 5,660.2 11,239.6 7,871.8 3,899.9
87 20,025.7 8,236.1 4,697.1 6,904.8
89 36.6 45.0 146.9 568.5
90 1,506.6 1,404.5 2,303.3 3,614.7
94 1,764.2 1,494.9 1,421.7 853.2
95 149.1 443.2 667.3 448.1
96 148.3 262.1 446.8 378.0
98 839.7 289.8 259.7 421.1
Total 148,245.0 189,259.2 226,694.4 180,242.5
Lithuania - Imports from Estonia
(Value in US$1,000)
HS Chapter 1996 1997 1998 Jan.-Oct. 1999
02 71.4 1,546.8 1,541.7 4,317.0
03 3,496.2 1,651.0 622.9 548.3
04 361.1 493.6 553.7 1,108.5
07 12.9 46.7 127.6 312.5
09 506.7 497.2 1,686.7 2,035.8
11 17.0 329.8 3,069.3 1,317.5
12 4.9 834.3 419.9 30.1
13 792.5 473.9 322.8 177.2
16 1,645.4 2,221.2 2,647.0 2,059.0
17 463.9 1,850.0 1,199.3 554.2
18 1,699.7 2,958.4 1,912.2 555.0
20 746.4 506.1 540.7 304.9
21 535.1 769.9 1,050.8 1,172.1
22 5,495.3 4,475.2 7,766.0 5,517.7
23 336.3 563.6 290.0 153.9
25 3,187.6 4,711.8 2,460.6 1,421.0
27 15,300.3 11,167.3 10,075.1 8,735.5
28 562.1 667.2 1,705.1 1,601.9
30 5,223.7 8,538.6 5,486.9 3,556.2
32 6,074.8 7,956.3 6,964.3 4,733.5
33 556.4 1,422.8 1,964.3 1,473.2
34 518.1 376.8 372.4 281.6
35 611.1 564.6 868.3 766.2WT/REG77/3
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38 1,471.2 1,133.4 844.0 433.9
39 3,707.1 4,714.4 6,112.9 4,877.0
40 837.1 680.1 856.4 485.2
43 47.3 596.8 571.6 115.7
44 1,032.7 1,603.0 2,337.8 1,924.6
47 125.6 164.2 299.2 151.8
48 2,095.0 2,701.8 3,984.4 2,441.2
49 450.1 515.1 15,816.1 12,175.0
52 3,917.8 6,474.1 5,771.5 1,300.7
61 517.1 618.7 955.5 637.7
62 2,339.2 2,657.7 3,567.1 2,345.1
63 495.8 665.7 915.1 349.3
64 386.2 622.3 965.1 642.3
68 2,827.9 4,201.5 2,929.6 3,988.3
70 2,739.6 3,892.1 3,327.1 1,907.2
72 1,437.4 1,926.8 5,889.0 3,261.2
73 4,852.3 8,122.5 8,511.4 3,599.9
74 80.1 111.0 377.5 89.4
76 992.8 784.5 588.6 533.9
83 486.0 1,000.6 1,310.7 689.4
84 5,618.3 10,562.9 10,569.3 5,125.9
85 3,544.0 8,344.2 7,710.6 3,997.3
87 5,946.7 9,413.1 12,863.5 7,694.7
88 19.0 220.3 167.3 266.1
90 1,289.3 1,638.2 1,919.5 1,791.2
94 1,517.1 2,173.5 2,259.5 1,598.4
95 213.9 433.3 269.5 423.1
98 127.0 1,170.9 482.1 94.4
Total 102,036.6 135,955.9 158,807.7 107,450.1WT/REG77/3
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ANNEX IV
Tariff Treatment of Trade under HS Chapters 1-97
between the Parties in 1998
(Value in US$1,000 and percentage)
Zero import duties Less than MFN MFN
Value % Value % Value %
Imports into Latvia
from
- Estonia 211,952.9 100 - - - -
- Lithuania 200,936.1 100 - - - -
Imports into Lithuania
from
- Estonia 158,807.7 100 - - - -
- Latvia 226,694.4 100 - - - -
Imports into Estonia
from
- Latvia 97,108.8 100 - - - -
- Lithuania 78,332.6 100 - - - -
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