WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG96/R/B/1
G/L/362
14 April 2000
(00-1527)
Original:  English
COOPERATION  AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND TUNISIA
Biennial Report on the Operation of the Agreement
Communication from the Parties
The report below presents the information rece ived from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission, dated 21 March 2000.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
1. Membership and Dates of Signature, Ratification and Entry into Force
Following entry into force on 1 March 1998 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States and the
Republic of Tunisia, trade relations between the European Community and Tunisia are no longer
governed by the Co-operation Agreement between the European Community and the
Tunisian Republic of 1976.  On its entry into force, the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement replaced the
Co-operation Agreement.
As the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement has already been notified to the WTO1 and is
presently being examined by the WTO Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, the Parties
consider that a report on the operation of the earlier Co-operation Agreement would serve no purpose.
4. Trade Data 
Statistical information on the development of trade between the European Community and
Tunisia is given in the Annex.
                                                     
1 WT/REG69/N/1, dated 23 March 1999.WT/REG96/R/B/1
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Table 1 - EU Imports from World and Tunisia, 1980-19982
(Million ECU)
S I T C : 0 123 4 5 6789 T O T A L
1980 (EU 9)
      World 23,908 1,929 27,501 85,384 1,579 11,374 37,648 37,853 22,176 20,502 269,853
      Tunisia 56 8 37 389 97 123 67 29 278 6 1,091
1984 (EU 10)
      World 33,643 2,810 36,139 107,594 2,803 19,968 48,969 71,432 34,537 24,205 382,100
      Tunisia 84 7 40 440 47 155 84 46 426 13 1,343
1988 (EU 12)
      World 32,221 2,152 35,752 47,393 1,499 25,067 59,078 106,689 49,968 27,937 387,757
      Tunisia 141 6 50 219 70 160 113 116 639 13 1,528
1992 (EU 12)
      World 34,580 3,215 32,218 65,183 1,748 33,888 69,355 146,277 76,771 23,900 487,135
       Tunisia 121 5 35 263 125 132 129 265 1,381 10 2,467
1996 (EU 15)
      World 41,305 3,599 34,829 75,910 2,423 44,328 75,479 189,056 93,962 20,131 581,065
      Tunisia 123 4 56 373 121 221 189 371 2,162 13 3,636
1997 (EU 15)
      World 44,248 4,072 40,131 85,155 2,554 51,485 87,685 229,346 108,779 17,690 672,413
      Tunisia 149 6 45 369 205 213 208 477 2,334 8 4,017
1998 (EU 15)
      World 45,198 4,458 39,370 64,843 2,891 55,290 94,672 264,153 116,092 22,676 709,643
      Tunisia 173 5 49 192 143 238 235 609 2,633 10 4,287
                                                     
2 The source for all the tables is Eurostat (COMEXT).WT/REG96/R/B/1
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Page 3Table 2 - EU Exports to World and Tunisia, 1980-1998
(Million ECU)
SITC: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL
1980 (EU 9)
      World 13,662 3,422 4,327 10,071 717 23,228 46, 455 84,154 21,333 13,716 221,084
      Tunisia 138 4 37 104 7 144 406 538 128 36 1,541
1984 (EU 10)
      World 21,120 5,784 7,319 18,087 1,343 38,465 65,412 129,088 39,835 24,806 351,259
      Tunisia 186 5 37 168 23 194 545 867 175 39 2,239
1988 (EU 12)
      World 19,588 6,205 7,602 8,232 1,158 44,449 65, 673 141,249 48,507 20,256 362,917
      Tunisia 133 7 45 90 40 229 625 583 221 32 2,003
1992 (EU 12)
      World 24,887 8,778 8,068 10,552 1,491 54,200 71,091 180,838 59,247 16,939 436,091
       Tunisia 108 13 67 148 12 296 1,154 1,253 406 40 3,497
1996 (EU 15)
      World 30,646 10,339 11,414 15,431 1,998 79,14 4 102,957 283,081 79,287 12,695 627,011
      Tunisia 127 10 123 162 52 360 1,454 1,372 630 32 4,345
1997 (EU 15)
      World 33,504 12,374 13,084 17,109 2,575 93,04 6 114,927 331,113 88,686 13,717 721,109
      Tunisia 226 15 129 265 65 433 1,621 1,725 717 42 5,285
1998 (EU 15)
      World 31,772 12,005 11,554 13,833 2,831 95,88 5 112,815 343,435 89,424 16,869 730,423
      Tunisia 191 16 126 202 89 472 1,851 2,032 721 33 5,769WT/REG96/R/B/1
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Page 4Table 3 - EU Trade with Tunisia by HS Section
(Million ECU)
EXPORTS IMPORTS
SECTION 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998 SECTION 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998
TOTAL 2,003 3,497 4,345 5,285 5,769 TOTAL 1,528 2,467 3,636 4,017 4,287
I 48 43 25 48 32 I 88 64 64 82 94
II 72 39 46 118 91 II 50 59 51 60 73
III 40 13 50 64 87 III 70 125 121 205 143
IV 25 46 73 81 91 IV 10 8 16 18 14
V 108 171 187 290 225 V 261 280 415 405 232
VI 170 236 279 335 365 VI 160 132 221 211 235
VII 95 110 153 182 198 VII 6 8 7 9 15
VIII 23 40 92 103 108 VIII 13 16 39 36 35
IX 5 9 42 55 50 IX 4 3 5 6 8
X 4 0 6 9 8 29 4 1 0 0 X 7 9 1 31 71 7
XI 451 877 1,372 1,528 1,709 XI 627 1,313 1,994 2,131 2,392
XII 10 31 43 47 53 XII 35 90 190 218 234
XIII 25 27 40 41 48 XIII 3 6 10 13 17
XIV 19 13 12 10 10 XIV 19 6 8 7 6
XV 179 354 258 288 316 XV 24 36 36 48 76
XVI 447 831 1,013 1,220 1,370 XVI 103 199 339 451 573
XVII 132 413 356 504 662 XVII 13 67 32 27 36
XVIII 55 90 108 117 124 XVIII 15 18 39 42 43
XIX 0 1 0 1 1 XIX 0 0 0 0 0
XX 28 47 57 70 74 XX 6 17 22 26 35
XXI 10 7 22 41 16 XXI 7 8 9 6 8WT/REG96/R/B/1
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Page 5Table 4 - EU Trade with World by HS Section
(Million ECU)
EXPORTS IMPORTS
SECTION 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998 SECTION 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998
TOTAL 362,917 436,091 627,011 721,109 730,423 TOTAL 387,757 487,135 581,065 672,413 709,643
I 7,060 8,001 9,980 10,897 10,062 I 8, 349 10,300 10,897 12,227 13,296
II 6,372 8,511 8,819 9,757 9,145 II 17,55 5 17,353 23,130 25,437 24,992
III 1,341 1,673 2,286 2,977 3,156 III 1,542 1,781 2,250 2,390 2,693
IV 13,817 19,194 24,510 27,744 27,279 I V 13,638 15,595 18,511 19,019 19,518
V 9,723 12,152 17,487 19,630 16,711 V 55,920 73,081 84,793 95,737 75,508
VI 37,393 46,951 68,968 81,772 85,215 V I 22,179 29,303 39,774 46,234 49,432
VII 15,521 16,914 23,128 27,148 27,504 V II 10,125 13,862 17,132 19,323 21,043
VIII 4,119 4,084 7,159 7,375 6,435 VIII 6,121 5,701 7,590 8,498 8,224
IX 1,771 2,035 4,045 4,927 5,182 IX 9, 615 10,926 9,118 10,973 11,434
X 7,937 10,271 18,033 19,764 19,803 X 17,605 19,227 11,110 11,996 12,571
XI 20,244 25,208 31,611 34,724 35,221 X I 28,639 39,478 47,467 55,248 57,903
XII 3,440 4,526 5,922 6,313 6,043 XII 3,325 5,451 7,029 8,308 8,274
XIII 7,153 8,120 11,257 12,916 12, 894 XIII 2,593 3,883 4,386 5,090 5,648
XIV 13,026 12,425 16,992 19,285 17,990 X IV 17,526 15,037 21,620 23,890 26,981
XV 30,826 30,864 42,214 46,944 45,623 X V 26,101 29,345 33,661 40,312 44,472
XVI 93,666 120,842 193,730 226,482 234,539 XVI 81,389 106,397 146,298 173,122 195,378
XVII 46,674 59,351 89,086 104,705 110,049 XVII 25,240 40,386 42,797 56,275 68,476
XVIII 14,107 17,067 23,982 28,129 29,109 XVIII 14,869 19,652 24,343 27,814 29,926
XIX 402 388 1,097 1,326 1,656 XIX 118 194 466 603 510
XX 7,819 9,378 13,350 15,177 15,242 XX 6 ,655 12,072 14,394 17,529 19,046
XXI 8,204 5,727 13,354 13,115 11,565 XXI 5,733 5,511 14,298 12,387 14,318
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