RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG37/4/Add.1
23 August 1999
(99-3505)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
AND THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
Questions and Replies
Addendum
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Mission of Slovenia
with the request that it be distributed to the WTO Members.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
4. Trade Data
Imports from Slovenia to Estonia in 1997 and 1998
HS Commodity 1997
(US Dollars)1998
(US Dollars)
Section II Vegetable products 25,728 19,399
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and
fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder19,084 0
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 6,644 19,399
Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages spirits and vinegar; tob acco and
manufactured tobacco substitutes454,335 583,179
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 0 28,180
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks'
products08 , 2 2 9
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 18,149 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 36,952 36,372
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 13,666 17,899
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 385,568 492,499
Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industries 617,521 878,189
29 Organic chemicals 3,307 3,935
30 Pharmaceutical products 579,237 809,047
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes,
pigments, other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty
and other mastics; inks3,298 0
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery cosmetic or toilet
preparations31,330 18,341
34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations,
lubricating preparations , artificial waxes, prepared waxes,polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles,modelling pastes, "dental waxes"349 46,827
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 39WT/REG37/4/Add.1
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HS Commodity 1997
(US Dollars)1998
(US Dollars)
Section VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof 782,266 688,599
39 Plastics and articles thereof 197,840 136,375
40 Rubber and articles thereof 584,426 552,224
Section VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof;
saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar
containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)638 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods,
handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other
than silkworm gut)638 0
Section IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of
cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaitingmaterials, basketware and wickerwork6,579 4,985
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 6,579 4,985
Section X Pulp of food or of other fibrous cellulostic material; recovered
(waste and scrap) paper and paperboard; paper and paperboard
and articles thereof142.046 249,546
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paperpulp, of paper or of
paperboard124,829 233,953
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the
printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans17,217 15,593
Section XI Textiles and textile articles 170,178 223,639
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven
fabric0 10,129
52 Cotton 12,430 63,151
54 Man-made filaments 0 7,215
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage,
ropes and cables and articles thereof03 , 4 6 7
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 2,980
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textiles fabrics;
textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use96,994 71,570
61 Articles of apparel and cl othing accessories knitted or
crocheted12,919 29,397
62 Articles of apparel and clot hing accessories not knitted or
crocheted47,835 35,730
Section XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks,
seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared
feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articlesof human hair31,157 44,244
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 30,659 44,244
65 Headgear and parts thereof 61 0
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, wa lking-sticks, s eat-sticks, whips,
riding-crops and parts thereof437 0
Section XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar
materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware2,742 28,703
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar
materials0 20,546
69 Ceramic products 554 3,081
70 Glass and glassware 2,188 5,076
Section XV Base metals and articles of base metal 138,645 95,586
72 Iron and steel 8,078 262
73 Articles of iron or steel 110,631 81,848
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 19,203 10,705
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, or base metal;
parts thereof of base metal0 834
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 733 1,937
Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment;
parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, televisionimage and sound recorders and reproducers and parts and
accessories of such articles169,726 619,342
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical
appliances; parts thereof108,364 305,592WT/REG37/4/Add.1
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HS Commodity 1997
(US Dollars)1998
(US Dollars)
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound
recorders and reproducers, television image and soundrecorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such
articles61,362 313,750
Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment 5,257 3,120
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts
and accessories thereof5,257 3,120
Section XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking,
precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus;
clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories
thereof255,510 277,489
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking,
precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts
and accessories thereof255,194 277,489
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 316 0
Section XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,408 39,204
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and
similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, notelsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated
name-plates and the like2,847 30,241
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 294 8,371
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 267 592
TOTAL 2.805,736 3.755,224
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