WORLD TRADE WT/L/236
10October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4453)
Original: English General Council
22October 1997
CANADA -CARIBCAN
Report oftheGovernment ofCanada
under theDecision of14October 19961
Thefollowingcommunication,dated10October,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada.
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Introduction
CARIBCAN isaneconomic andtradedevelopment assistance program fortheCommonwealth
Caribbean countries andterritories established asaresult ofacommitment byCanada atthe
Commonwealth Heads ofGovernment meeting inNassau inOctober 1985.
Theobjectives ofCARIBCAN aretoenhance Commonwealth Caribbean trade andexport
earnings, improve thetradeandeconomic development prospects oftheregion, promote newinvestment
opportunities, andencourage enhanced economic integration andco-operation. Themain feature of
CARIBCAN istheunilateral extension byCanada, beginning on15June1986, ofdutyfreeaccess
totheCanadian market formost commodities originating inCommonwealth Caribbean countries.
On28November 1986, theContracting Parties totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade
(GATT) decided, interalia,towaive until15June1998, theprovisions ofparagraph 1ofArticle 1
oftheGeneral Agreement, "only totheextent necessary topermit theGovernment ofCanada toprovide
duty-free treatment toeligible imports ofCommonwealth Caribbean countries benefiting from the
provisionsofCARIBCAN,withoutbeingrequiredtoextendthesameduty-freetreatmenttolikeproducts
ofanyother contracting party" (L/6102). Paragraph 2oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers
ofObligations Under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 provides thatanywaiver in
effect onthedateofentryintoforceoftheWorld Trade Organization Agreement shallterminate, unless
extended inaccordance withtheprocedures setoutintheUnderstanding andthose ofArticle IXof
theWTO Agreement, onthedateofitsexpiry ortwoyears from thedateofentry intoforce ofthe
WTO Agreement, whichever isearlier. Therefore, attheMarch 1996 CARICOM Summit, Prime
Minister JeanChrétien confirmed thatCanada would seekfromtheWorld Trade Organization (WTO)
anextension oftheCARIBCAN waiver beyond 31December 1996, thedateofitsexpiry under the
UnderstandinginRespectofWaivers.PursuanttoCanada'srequest,theWTOextendedtheCARIBCAN
waiver until31December 2006, asoutlined intheCanada-CARIBCAN Decision of14October 1996
(WT/L/185). Thecircumstances under which theWTO renewed theCARIBCAN waiver remain
unchanged.
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Within thiscontext, andinaccordance with paragraph 3oftheWTO decision of
14October 1996, Canada submits thisreport ontheimplementation oftheprovisions ofCARIBCAN
covered bythewaiver. Thisreport isprovided withaviewtofacilitating theannual review provided
forinparagraph 4ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement.
Country Coverage
Section 53oftheCanadian Customs Tariff provides thattheratesofcustoms dutyshallbe
freeinrespect ofmost goods thatoriginate inacountry listed asabeneficiary ofCommonwealth
Caribbean Countries tarifftreatment. Schedule IIIoftheCustoms Tariff lists18countries ordependent
territories which areeligible toreceive theduty-free benefits accorded under CARIBCAN: Anguilla,
Antigua-Barbuda, TheBahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, theBritish Virgin Islands, theCayman
Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.Christopher andNevis, St.Lucia, St.
Vincent andtheGrenadines, Trinidad andTobago, andtheTurks andCaicos Islands. Noadditions
ordeletions from thislisthaveoccurred since CARIBCAN wasenacted on15June1986.
Product Coverage
Theoriginal CARIBCAN legislation extended duty-free treatment toallcommodities except
textiles, clothing, footwear, luggage, handbags, leather garments, certain vegetable fibre products,
lubricating oilsandmethanol.
In1990, theCanadian Government reviewed product coverage under CARIBCAN and
subsequently, in1991, expanded CARIBCAN product coverage toallow duty-free entry forleather
luggage andcertain vegetable fibreproducts. Today, product exclusions fromtheduty-free provisions
ofCARIBCAN are:
- Goods ofHSChapters 50to65inclusive;
- Goods ofHSheading 42.02, other thanleather luggage oftariff itemNo.4202.11.00 or
4202.91.90, orgoods ofHSheading No.46.02, other thanvegetable fibrebaskets oftariff
itemNo.4602.10.92;
- Goods oftariff itemNo.2710.00.20, 2905.11.00, 3403.11.10, 3403.19.10 or4203.10.00;
and
- Goods subject toMFN ratesofdutywhich aremore thanthirty-five percent(35%).
Rules ofOrigin
TherulesoforiginforthepurposesoftheCommonwealthCaribbeanCountriesTariffTreatment
aresetoutinregulations enacted pursuant toSection 13oftheCustoms Tariff.
Toqualify forthedutyfreetreatment accorded toCommonwealth Caribbean countries, atleast
60percentoftheex-factory price ofthegoods aspacked forshipment toCanada mustoriginate in
oneormore beneficiary countries orCanada. The60percentqualifying content maybecumulated
fromvariousCARIBCANbeneficiarycountriesorCanada.Thegoodsmustbefinishedinthebeneficiary
country intheform inwhich theyareimported intoCanada. Pursuant totheProof ofOrigin
Regulations, either adulycompleted Certificate ofOrigin, Form A,orawritten statement oforigin
signed bytheexporter, must bepresented toCustoms atthetimeofrelease, accounting orrefund.WT/L/236
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Prior to1March 1996, theCertificate ofOrigin, Form A,hadtobecertified andstamped
inthecountry where thegoods were finished. Forgoods accounted foronorafter1March 1996,
Canada discontinued using theListofAuthorized Certifying Authorities fororigin certification.
Consequently, theForm A,Certificate ofOrigin isaccepted without acertifying body'sstamp and
signature. Theadministrative requirements forrulesoforigin haverecently beenfurther simplified.
Asof17September 1997, Canada nowallows asproof oforigin either thecurrently prescribed Form
A,orawritten andsigned exporter 'sstatement oforigin. Moreover, therevised Proof ofOrigin
Regulations exempt commercial importers fromtherequirement tofurnish proof oforigin inhardcopy
foreachimportation. None ofthesechanges eliminates theneedforexporters tobasetheircertification
onproduction information thatproves theapplicable origin requirement wasmet,andtomake such
information available forreview byCanadian customs authorities.
Trade under CARIBCAN
Canada-CARIBCAN tradestatistics areannexed inaseries oftables tothisreport. Thestatistics
cover theperiod 1988 to1996. Ingeneral, these trade statistics indicate that:
- In1996, over$520million oralmost 95percentoftotalCanadian imports fromCARIBCAN
beneficiaries entered Canada freeofduty. Asshown inAnnex III,$482million ofthistrade
entered under MFN freerates ofdutyandafurther $14million entered under General
PreferentialTariff(GPT)orBritishPreferentialTariff(BPT)freeratesofduty.Importsentering
under thepreferential CARIBCAN tariffs amounted toCDN $25million in1996 (Annex V
shows thetoptwenty-five commodity imports benefitting fromtheCARIBCAN preference).
- Total Canada-CARIBCAN trade (exports plusimports) hasgrown from CDN $622 million
in1988 to$884million in1996. Thisgrowth intrade isaccounted foralmost entirely byan
increaseinimportsfromCARIBCANcountries.ThevalueofCanadianimportsfromtheregion
hasrisenfrom$268million in1988to$551million in1996. Thevalue ofCanadian exports
toCARIBCAN countries hasremained relatively flatoverthissameperiod, falling from$355
million in1988 to$270 million in1993 butrecovering toalevelof$333 million in1996.
- Twocountries, Jamaica andGuyana, accounted for$443 million or80percentofthetotal
of$551 million ofCanadian imports from allCARIBCAN beneficiaries in1996.
Statistical Annexes
Annex I: Total Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1996
Annex II: Total Canadian exports toCARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1996
Annex III: 1996 Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries byTariff
Treatment
Annex IV: Canadian Merchandise Trade Balance andTrade Turnover withCARIBCAN
Beneficiaries 1988-1996
Annex V: Top25Merchandise Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries which entered
Canada under theCARIBCAN Duty FreeTariff Treatment in1996WT/L/236
Page4Total Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1996 Annex I
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Anguilla 118 - - - - - 5 - 11
Antigua -Barbuda 452 366 177 200 394 393 368 389 1,857
Bahamas 20,950 32,598 29,258 38,769 50,097 34,806 44,867 16,715 23,432
Barbados 6,593 13,254 15,145 13,510 6,025 9,594 14,098 16,990 15,703
Belize 13,168 8,861 10,639 7,447 6,634 11,419 17,686 11,688 7,953
Bermuda 991 3,113 9,200 6,366 20,378 4,315 13,988 4,173 2,317
British Virgin Islands 71 70 - 16 10 44 37 91 1,299
Cayman Islands 93 35 3 321 489 1,628 586 638 1,968
Dominica 3,377 238 53 196 67 206 423 2,381 1,180
Grenada 1,193 884 85 420 321 337 440 639 559
Guyana 15,866 19,994 24,568 30,824 39,018 152,172 203,865 171,208 204,033
Jamaica 150,594 188,643 157,055 150,509 166,546 181,495 211,328 199,952 239,135
Montserrat 398 163 63 59 120 15 78 18 203
St.Lucia 260 423 269 280 350 245 463 1,222 1,602
St.Christopher andNevis 90 17 34 84 - 225 1,888 2,937 2,958
St.Vincent andtheGrenadines 820 646 244 483 387 210 247 183 138
Trinidad &Tobago 52,848 22,176 24,646 40,800 38,101 23,108 16,122 18,469 46,599
Turks &Caicos Islands 9 - - - - - 66 17 93
Total: 267,891 291,481 271,439 290,284 328,937 420,212 526,555 447,890 551,046
Source: Statistics Canada Notes: Adash (-)indicates thatanamount isnilornegligible. 1996 dataispreliminary.WT/L/236
Page5Total Canadian Exports toCARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1996 Annex II
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Anguilla 509 879 509 308 331 272 127 548 588
Antigua -Barbuda 10,544 8,826 5,706 8,975 9,326 9,014 6,022 6,160 28,133
Bahamas 36,397 27,287 46,866 48,336 20,870 16,949 15,170 15,231 19,292
Barbados 40,074 45,121 33,102 35,385 20,469 20,490 33,459 31,554 35,872
Belize 7,355 5,114 3,552 3,067 3,532 12,543 4,776 4,232 2,586
Bermuda 38,996 36,916 23,784 27,208 38,472 41,891 22,004 34,302 33,453
British Virgin Islands 6,584 1,596 1,048 625 1,435 1,010 4,551 1,381 898
Cayman Islands 3,194 2,868 2,003 1,725 4,601 1,885 4,483 11,490 7,281
Dominica 3,730 8,257 2,488 1,027 1,368 1,672 1,613 1,891 2,238
Grenada 4,225 4,274 3,809 4,264 2,656 3,863 1,936 3,789 4,649
Guyana 5,539 4,393 10,144 13,592 6,034 9,118 5,517 8,144 11,171
Jamaica 126,529 126,075 107,120 73,259 64,940 85,549 89,578 96,645 90,784
Montserrat 865 962 646 312 301 248 208 128 185
St.Lucia 12,786 6,742 7,037 7,229 6,811 7,400 10,425 12,521 5,426
St.Christopher andNevis 2,819 3,048 5,065 1,348 1,531 1,680 4,098 2,498 2,560
St.Vincent andtheGrenadines 2,885 3,510 3,250 2,357 3,277 2,630 3,015 2,815 3,116
Trinidad &Tobago 51,707 54,123 59,380 56,168 55,646 53,023 65,192 94,658 83,913
Turks &Caicos Islands - - - 201 1,287 557 387 654 514
Total: 354,738 339,991 315,509 285,386 242,887 269,794 272,561 328,641 332,667
Source: Statistics Canada. Notes: Adash (-)indicates thatanamount isnilornegligible. 1996 dataispreliminary. Includes Canadian domestic exports only.WT/L/236
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Duty-Free 1996 Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries byTariff Treatment Annex III(i)
($Canadian)
CARIBCAN
Beneficiary MFN CARIBCANGeneral
Preferential
TariffBritish
Preferential
Tariff Total FreeFree as%
ofTotal
Imports
from
CARIBCAN
Anguilla 7,033 0 0 0 7,033 0.0%
Antigua -
Barbuda 1,477,647 0 0 0 1,477,6470.2%
Bahamas 19,632,293 3,174,978 0 0 22,807,271 4.1%
Barbados 4,637,213 7,289,454 396,723 33,216 12,356,606 2.4%
Belize 939,538 330,511 0 6,481,624 7,751,673 1.4%
Bermuda 2,236,261 0 11,004 0 2,247,265 0.4%
British Virgin
Islands 1,246,695 0 48,589 0 1,295,2840.2%
Cayman
Islands 1,922,064 0 2,500 4,257 1,928,8210.3%
Dominica 615,327 0 0 0 615,327 0.1%
Grenada 476,152 37,847 1,679 0 515,678 0.1%
Guyana .200,836,409 77,323 1,290,612 0 202,204,344 37%
Jamaica 209,799,755 9,911,869 5,878,839 18,541 225,609,004 41%
Montserrat 188,513 0 0 0 188,513 0.0%
St.Lucia 93,421 1,354,159 0 0 1,447,580 0.2%
St.Christopher
andNevis 10,857 0 0 0 00.0%
St.Vincent &
theGrenadines 51,682 14,245 13,079 0 79,0060.0%
Trinidad &
Tobago 37,564,834 2,518,803 118,634 42,844 40,245,1157.3%
Turks &
Caicos Islands 10,660 0 0 0 10,6600.0%
Total 481,746,354 24,709,189 7,761,659 6,580,482 520,797,684 94.7%
Source: Statistics Canada
Note: 1996 data ispreliminary.
Note: CARIBCAN treatment includes trade valued atapproximately $1.5 million subject toexcise taxes (e.g. distilled
spirits)WT/L/236
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Dutiable 1996 Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries byTariff Treatment Annex III(ii)
($Canadian)
CARIBCAN
Beneficiary MFNGeneral
Preferential
TariffBritish
Preferential
TariffTotal
DutiableDutiable as
%ofTotal
Imports from
CARIBCAN
Anguilla 4,050 0 0 4,050 0.0%
Antigua -
Barbuda350,826 13,628 0 364,454 0.0%
Bahamas 402,247 202,268 0 604,515 0.1%
Barbados 2,651,106 568,312 0 3,219,418 0.6%
Belize 123,363 4,499 32,691 160,553 0.0%
Bermuda 45,272 0 0 45,272 0.0%
British Virgin
Islands1,787 0 0 1,787 0.0%
Cayman
Islands30,248 0 0 30,248 0.0%
Dominica 289,367 241,195 0 530,562 0.1%
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0.0%
Guyana 1,533,086 154,123 105,512 1,792,721 0.3%
Jamaica 9,325,396 269,864 3,600,964 13,196,224 2.4%
Montserrat 14,054 0 0 14,054 0.0%
St.Lucia 126,279 0 0 126,279 0.0%
St.Christopher
andNevis2,845,177 0 0 2,845,177 0.5%
St.Vincent &
theGrenadines2,066 0 39,540 41,606 0.0%
Trinidad &
Tobago5,214,477 164,729 531,300 5,910,506 1.1%
Turks &
Caicos Islands76,043 0 0 76,043 0.0%
Total 23,034,844 1,618,618 4,310,007 28,963,469 5.1%
Source: Statistics Canada
Note: 1996 data ispreliminary.WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Anguilla 1988 -1996 Annex IV
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 509 118 391 627
1989 879 - 879 879
1990 509 - 509 509
1991 308 - 308 308
1992 331 - 331 331
1993 272 - 272 272
1994 127 5 122 132
1995 548 - 548 548
1996 588 11 577 599
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Antigua -Barbuda 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 10,544 452 10,092 10,996
1989 8,826 366 8,460 9,192
1990 5,706 177 5,529 5,883
1991 8,975 200 8,775 9,175
1992 9,326 394 8,932 9,720
1993 9,014 393 8,621 9,407
1994 6,022 368 5,654 6,390
1995 6,160 389 5,771 6,549
1996 28,133 1,857 26,276 29,990WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Bahamas 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 36,397 20,950 15,447 57,347
1989 27,287 32,598 -5,311 59,885
1990 46,866 29,258 17,608 76,124
1991 48,336 38,769 9,567 87,105
1992 20,870 50,097 -29,227 70,967
1993 16,949 34,806 -17,857 51,755
1994 15,170 44,867 -29,697 60,037
1995 15,231 16,715 -1,484 31,946
1996 19,292 23,432 -4,140 42,724
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Barbados 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 40,074 6,593 33,481 46,667
1989 45,121 13,254 31,867 58,375
1990 33,102 15,145 17,957 48,247
1991 35,385 13,510 21,875 48,895
1992 20,469 6,025 14,444 26,494
1993 20,490 9,594 10,896 30,084
1994 33,459 14,098 19,361 47,557
1995 31,554 16,990 14,564 48,544
1996 35,872 15,703 20,169 51,575WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Belize 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 7,355 13,168 -5,813 20,523
1989 5,114 8,861 -3,747 13,975
1990 3,552 10,639 -7,087 14,191
1991 3,067 7,447 -4,380 10,514
1992 3,532 6,634 -3,102 10,166
1993 12,543 11,419 1,124 23,962
1994 4,776 17,686 -12,910 22,462
1995 4,232 11,688 -7,456 15,920
1996 2,586 7,953 -5,367 10,539
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Bermuda 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 38,996 991 38,005 39,987
1989 36,916 3,113 23,803 40,029
1990 23,784 9,200 14,584 32,984
1991 27,208 6,366 20,842 33,574
1992 38,472 20,378 18,094 58,850
1993 41,891 4,315 37,576 46,206
1994 22,004 13,988 8,016 35,992
1995 34,302 4,173 30,129 38,475
1996 33,453 2,317 31,136 35,770WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with British Virgin Islands 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 6,584 71 6,513 6,655
1989 1,596 70 1,526 1,666
1990 1,048 - 1,048 1,048
1991 625 16 609 641
1992 1,435 10 1,425 1,445
1993 1,010 44 966 1,054
1994 4,551 37 4,514 4,588
1995 1,381 91 1,290 1,472
1996 898 1,299 -401 2,197
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Cayman Islands 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 3,194 93 3,101 3,287
1989 2,868 35 2,833 2,903
1990 2,003 3 2,000 2,006
1991 1,725 321 1,404 2,046
1992 4,601 489 4,112 5,090
1993 1,885 1,628 257 3,513
1994 4,483 586 3,897 5,069
1995 11,490 638 10,852 12,128
1996 7,281 1,968 5,313 9,249WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Dominica 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 3,730 3,377 353 7,107
1989 8,257 238 8,019 8,495
1990 2,488 53 2,435 2,541
1991 1,027 196 831 1,223
1992 1,368 67 1,301 1,435
1993 1,672 206 1,466 1,878
1994 1,613 423 1,190 2,036
1995 1,891 2,381 -490 4,272
1996 2,238 1,180 1,058 3,418
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Grenada 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 4,225 1,193 3,032 5,418
1989 4,274 884 3,390 5,158
1990 3,809 85 3,724 3,894
1991 4,264 420 3,844 4,684
1992 2,656 321 2,335 2,977
1993 3,863 337 3,526 4,200
1994 1,936 440 1,496 2,376
1995 3,789 639 3,150 4,428
1996 4,649 559 4,090 5,208WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Guyana 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 5,539 15,866 -10,327 21,405
1989 4,393 19,994 -15,601 24,387
1990 10,144 24,568 -14,424 34,712
1991 13,592 30,824 -17,232 44,416
1992 6,034 39,018 -32,984 45,052
1993 9,118 152,172 -143,054 161,290
1994 5,517 203,865 -198,348 209,382
1995 8,144 171,208 -163,064 179,352
1996 11,171 204,033 -192,862 215,204
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Jamaica 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 126,529 150,594 -24,065 277,123
1989 126,075 188,643 -62,568 314,718
1990 107,120 157,055 -49,935 264,175
1991 73,259 150,509 -77,250 223,768
1992 64,940 166,546 -101,606 231,486
1993 85,549 181,495 -95,946 267,044
1994 89,578 211,328 -121,750 300,906
1995 96,645 199,952 -103,307 296,597
1996 90,784 239,135 -148,351 329,919WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Montserrat 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 865 398 467 1,263
1989 962 163 799 1,125
1990 646 63 583 709
1991 312 59 253 371
1992 301 120 181 421
1993 248 15 233 263
1994 208 78 130 286
1995 128 18 110 146
1996 185 203 -18 388
Canadian Merchandise Trade with St.Lucia 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 12,786 260 12,526 13,046
1989 6,742 423 6,319 7,165
1990 7,037 269 6,768 7,306
1991 7,229 280 6,949 7,509
1992 6,811 350 6,461 7,161
1993 7,400 245 7,155 7,645
1994 10,425 463 9,962 10,888
1995 12,521 1,222 11,299 13,743
1996 5,426 1,602 3,824 7,028WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with St.Christopher &Nevis 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 2,819 90 2,729 2,909
1989 3,048 17 3,031 3,065
1990 5,065 34 5,031 5,099
1991 1,348 84 1,264 1,432
1992 1,531 - 1,531 1,531
1993 1,680 225 1,455 1,905
1994 4,098 1,888 2,210 5,986
1995 2,498 2,937 -439 5,435
1996 2,560 2,958 -398 5,518
Canadian Merchandise Trade with St.Vincent &theGrenadines 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 2,885 820 2,065 3,705
1989 3,510 646 2,864 4,156
1990 3,250 244 3,006 3,494
1991 2,357 483 1,874 2,840
1992 3,277 387 2,890 3,664
1993 2,630 210 2,420 2,840
1994 3,015 247 2,768 3,262
1995 2,815 183 2,632 2,998
1996 3,116 138 2,978 3,254WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with Trinidad &Tobago 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 51,707 52,848 -1,141 104,555
1989 54,123 22,176 31,947 76,299
1990 59,380 24,646 34,734 84,026
1991 56,168 40,800 15,368 96,968
1992 55,646 38,101 17,545 93,747
1993 53,023 23,108 29,915 76,131
1994 65,192 16,122 49,070 81,314
1995 94,658 18,649 76,009 113,307
1996 83,913 46,599 37,314 130,512
Canadian Merchandise Trade with Turks &Caicos Islands 1988 -1996
(value inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 - 9 -9 9
1989 - - 0 0
1990 - - 0 0
1991 201 - 201 201
1992 1,287 - 1,287 1,287
1993 557 - 557 557
1994 387 66 321 453
1995 654 17 637 671
1996 514 93 421 607WT/L/236
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Canadian Merchandise Trade with AllCARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1988 -1996
(values inthousands ofCanadian dollars)
YearCanadian
ExportsCanadian
Imports Balance Turnover
1988 354,738 267,891 86,847 622,629
1989 339,991 291,481 48,510 631,472
1990 315,509 271,439 44,070 586,948
1991 285,386 290,284 -4,898 575,670
1992 242,887 328,937 -86,050 571,824
1993 269,794 420,212 -150,418 690,006
1994 272,561 526,555 -253,994 799,116
1995 328,641 447,890 -119,249 776,531
1996 332,667 551,046 -218,379 883,713
Source: Statistics Canada
Notes: (1)Balance isExports minus Imports.
(2)Turnover isExports plus Imports.
(3)Adash (-)indicates thatanamount isnilornegligible.
(4)Data for1996 ispreliminary.WT/L/236
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Top 25Merchandise Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries which Annex V
entered Canada Under CARIBCAN Duty Free Tariff Treatment in1996 (inCanadian Dollars)
HS
Subheading DescriptionImports Under
CARIBCAN
Tariff
Treatment
03061100 Rock lobster and other seacrawfish (Palinurus spp., Jasus spp.) 3,433,651
94059990 Other parts (lighting fixtures) 2,895,775
20089992 Akalas, akees, anchovy pears, apple-pears, avocados, bananas, bread fruit, carambolas,
chayotes, cherimoyas 2,195,788
22071010 Foruseasaspirituous oralcoholic beverage orforthemanufacture ofspirituous or
alcoholic beverages 1,707,840
22084010 Rum 1,231,052
07149091 Fresh Jerusalem artichokes 1,013,265
22021000 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar orother
sweetening matter orflavored853,114
18061090 Other cocoa powder 828,251
82054000 Screwdrivers 659,547
48239099 Other paper/pads (photomounts, giftwrapping, etc.) 593,707
07101000 Potatoes 574,358
80070000 Other articles oftin 569,213
07141000 Maioc (cassava) 530,405
07142000 Sweet potatoes 528,745
85369020 Junction boxes 501,291
85299052 Ofthegoods oftariff item No. 8525.10.90, 8525.20.90, 8525.30.21, 8525.30.22,
8525.30.29, 8525.40.90, 8526.10.00 455,586
07099020 Marrows, pumpkins and squash 379,477
22030000 Beer made from malt 363,613
85366900 Other apparatus (switches) 360,367
22029090 Other juices (nectar) 354,955
21039020 Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings 340,848
19059029 Other biscuits (soda), products made without flour andbakery products leavened with
yeast301,395
08129010 Akalas, akees, anchovy pears, apple-pears, avocados, bananas, bread fruit, carambolas,
chayotes, cherimoyas 278,264
04063010 Processed cheese, notgrated orpowdered, within access commitment 258,075
21039090 Other sauces based onfish products 220,521
Leading 25entries under CARIBCAN Tariff Treatment 21,208,582
Allother entries under CARIBCAN Tariff 3,246,550
Allother Tariff Treatments 526,611,752
Total Imports from CARIBCAN 551,046,884