RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG72/3
15 March 2000
(00-1061)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND BULGARIA
Communication from the Parties
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Mission of Turkey, also
on behalf of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria, with the request that it be distributed
to the WTO Members.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
1. Membership, Dates of Signature, Ratification and Entry into Force
The Parties to the Agreement are the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Bulgaria.  The
Agreement applies in respect of the territory to which the customs laws of Turkey and Bulgaria are
applicable respectively.
The free-trade area Agreement between Turkey and Bulgaria was signed on 11 July 1998 in
Sofia.  It entered into force on 1 January 1999 after the completion of the legal internal ratification
procedures of the two Parties.
2. Type of Agreement
The Agreement establishes a free trade area in  conformity with the definition set out in
Article XXIV:8 (b) of GATT 1994 in a transitional period ending at the latest on 1 January 2002.
3. Scope
The free-trade area established by this Agreement provides the framework for future trade
relations between Turkey and Bulgaria.
The Agreement covers all trade in industrial products (HS Chapter 25-97) and a number of
agricultural, processed agricultural and fishery products.  The Parties will examine the possibilities ofgranting each other further concessions on agricultural products.
With the entry into force of the Agreement, customs duties and other restrictive regulations of
commerce on all industrial and certain agricultural products were abolished or decreased, thus
meeting the requirement of Article XXIV in respect of the principle of "covering substantially alltrade".
The Agreement contains an Article on Right of Establishment and Supply of Services which
envisages that the Parties shall seek to widen the scope of this Agreement to cover the right of
establishment of firms of one of the Parties in the territory of the other Party and the liberalization ofthe provision of services by one Party's firms to consumers of services in the other.WT/REG72/3
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Also, there exists an Evolutionary Clause enabling to develop and deepen the relations
established by this Agreement by extending them to fields not covered thereby.
In order to ensure the proper functioning of the free-trade area, the Agreement contains
provisions, inter alia , on state-aid, state monopolies, competition, public procurement and protection
of intellectual property.
4. Trade Data
See Annexes for detailed information.
II. TRADE PROVISIONS
1. Import Restrictions
All customs duties and charges having equivalent effect on imports of industrial products,
except for those classified as sensitive, were abolished on 1 January 1999 and no new customs dutiesor charges having equivalent effect shall be intr oduced in trade between the Parties.  As for the
sensitive products, customs duties and charges having equivalent effect will be gradually eliminated
until 1 January 2002.
The Parties have also abolished all quantitative restrictions on imports and measures having
equivalent effect in trade between the Parties on 1 January 1999 and shall not introduce such new
measures.
2. Export Restrictions
In the Agreement it is envisaged that all customs duties and charges having equivalent effect
on exports, as well as all quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect shall be
abolished on the date of entry into force and that no new measures of that kind shall be introduced in
trade between the Parties.
3. Rules of Origin
The rules of origin on trade between Turkey and Bulgaria, defined in Protocol B of the
Agreement, are based on the sufficient working or processing criteria.  In general, origin is conferred
when:
(a) The good is wholly obtained or produced in the territory of a Party;(b) each of the non-originating materials used in the production of the good undergoes
and applicable change in tariff classification set out in the specific rule for that good,
and the good satisfies any other applicable requirement set out in that rule, as a result
of production occurring entirely in the territory of one or both of the Parties;
(c) the good is produced entirely in the territory of one or both of the Parties exclusively
from originating materials; or,
(d) other particular circumstances as set out in Protocol B.The rules of origin enable extended cumulation of products between Turkey, Bulgaria and
countries of the European Union, of the European Free Trade Association and of the Central and
Eastern Europe.WT/REG72/3
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4. Standards
4.1 Technical barriers to trade
The rights and obligations of the Parties rela ting to standards or technical regulations and
related measures are governed by the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.
The Parties shall cooperate and exchange information in the field of standardization,
metrology, conformity assessment and accreditation with the aim of reducing technical barriers to
trade.  To eliminate technical barriers the Parties may conclude an agreement for mutual recognition
of test reports, certificates of conformity and other documents directly or indirectly related to
conformity assessment of products which are the subject of the goods exchanged between Parties, onthe basis of the regulations in force in the importing country.
4.1 Sanitary and phytosanitary measuresThe Parties shall apply their regulations in veterinary, plant health and health matters in a
non-discriminatory fashion and shall not introduce any new measures that have the effect of unduly
obstructing trade.
5. Safeguards
The Agreement permits the application of safeguard measures in the case of dumping
(Article 20), emergency action on imports of particular products (Article 21), re-export  and serious
shortage (Article 22), provisions concerning rules of competition (Article 28) and
state-aid (Article 29) between the Parties.
The procedure for the application of these measures is laid down in Article 24 of the
Agreement.
In accordance with Article 19 on Structural Adjustment, the Parties may increase their
customs duties, as an exceptional measure, in conne ction with infant industries, or certain sectors
undergoing restructuring or facing serious difficulties, particularly where these difficulties produce
important social problems.
In the case of balance of payments difficulties, Article 30 of the Agreement gives to the
Parties the right of adopting restrictive measures in accordance with the conditions laid down within
the framework of GATT 1994 and with the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary
Fund.
6. Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures
Article 20 of the Agreement states that if a Party finds that dumping within the meaning of
Article VI of the GATT 1994, is taking place in trade relations governed by this Agreement, it maytake appropriate measures against that practice in accordance with Article VI of the GATT 1994 and
the Agreement of Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994, and in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Article 24.
7. Subsidies and State-aid
The Agreement evaluates "state-aid" issues in  the context of distortion of competition.
According to Article 29 of the Agreement, any aid granted by a State being a Party to the
Agreement or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distortWT/REG72/3
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competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall be subject to
measures to be taken in conformity with the pro cedures and under the conditions laid down by the
GATT 1994 and by the Agreement establishing the WTO and any other relevant instruments
negotiated under their auspices, pursuant to the provisions laid down in Article 24 of the Agreement.
The Agreement also sets up appropriate means to ensure transparency in the area of state-aid.
8. Sector-Specific Provisions
8.1 Agriculture
Under the Agreement, the Parties declared thei r readiness to foster, in so far as their
agricultural policies allow, the harmonious development of trade in agricultural products and to
discuss this issue periodically in the Joint Committee.  In this framework, the Parties granted each
other the concessions specified in Protocol A to the Agreement to facilitate trade in agricultural
products.
8.2 Services
The Parties shall seek to widen the scope of the Agreement to cover the right of establishment
and supply of services.
9. Other
9.1 Cooperation in customs administration
A framework for cooperation in customs administration was established with Article 25 and
Protocol B concerning the definition of the co ncept of "originating products" and methods of
administrative cooperation between the Parties.
9.2 State monopoliesUnder Article 23 of the Agreement, the Parties agreed to adjust progressively any state
monopoly of a commercial character so as to ensure that by the end of the year following the entryinto force of the Agreement no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are
procured and marketed exists between the nationals of the Parties.
9.3 Internal taxation
Any measure or practice of an internal fiscal nature establishing discrimination between the
like products originating in the Parties has been prohibited with Article 17.  This Article also prohibits
repayment of  internal taxes in excess of the amount of indirect or direct taxes imposed on exports.
9.4 Protection of intellectual propertyThe protection of intellectual property is addressed in Article 31.  The Parties agreed to
respect obligations arising from the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, as well as other conventions on in tellectual property protections, which are listed in
Annex IV to the Agreement.
9.5 PaymentsAccording to Article 27, payments in freely c onvertible currencies relating to  commercial
transactions, other than those existing in the current legislation of the Parties, within the framework ofWT/REG72/3
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this Agreement between the Parties and the transfer of such payments to the territory of the other
Party where the creditor resides shall be free from any restrictions.
In the same Article, it is also stated that any measure concerning current payments connected
with the movement of goods shall be in conform ity with the conditions laid down under the Articles
of the Agreement of International Monetary Fund.
9.6 Public procurementThe Parties consider the liberalization of their respective public procurement markets as an
objective of this Agreement.  The progress in this field will be reviewed in the Joint Committee
annually.
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
1. Exceptions and Reservations
All customs duties and charges having equivalent effect on imports applied to industrial
products, except for those classified as sensitive, are abolished with the entry into force of the
Agreement.  As for the sensitive products, customs duties and charges having equivalent effect will be
gradually eliminated by the year 2002.  This, however, will not preclude prohibitions or restrictions
on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or publicsecurity; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants and environment; the
protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value, the protection of
intellectual property, or the rules relating to gold or silver or the conservation of exhaustible natural
resources.
Also, the Agreement allows the Parties to take measures, with concerns of security, in the
cases specified in Article 35.
2. Accession
There is no provision in the Agreement allowing other countries to accede to the
free-trade area.
3. Institutional Framework
The Agreement establishes a Joint Committee which is responsible for administration of the
Agreement and shall meet once a year to monitor its implementation.
4. Dispute Settlement Procedures
Although the Agreement does not contain special provisions regarding dispute settlement the
Joint Committee which is responsible for the administration of the Agreement and its properimplementation has the authority to take decisions on issues mentioned in various Articles of the
Agreement.
5. Relation with Other Trade Agreements
Regarding "basic duties" defined in Article 3, the Agreement envisages that any tariff
reduction resulting from the tariff agreement concluded as a result of the GATT Uruguay Round
replaces the former basic duty.WT/REG72/3
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The Agreement does not contain any provisions that establish any specific relation with other
bilateral, plurialateral and/or multilateral trade ag reements. However, it stipulates that rights and
obligations relating to certain matters, among which standards or technical regulations and related
matters, anti-dumping measures, state-aid, balance-of-payments difficulties, etc. shall be governed by
the relevant WTO Agreements".WT/REG72/3
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ANNEX 1
Imports from Turkey into Bulgaria
(Thousand US$)
HS
CHAPTERDESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS 1996 1997 1998 1999*
1 Live animals 2 0 0 6
2 Meat and meat offal 0 246 11 11
3 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs 0 1 12 7
4 Dairy produce, eggs, honey, animal products 1 301 283 44
5 Animal products, not elsewhere included 0 43 19 16
6 Live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers 370 79 97 91
7 Edible vegetables 1,157 4,902 1,234 1,079
8 Edible fruit and nuts 1,100 617 1,450 2,087
9 Coffee, tea, spices 14 78 163 113
10 Cereals 304 211 535 11
11 Products of the milling industry 523 514 12 9
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains etc. 36 135 1,085 3,279
13 Lac, gums, resines, vegetable saps and extracts 0 2 0 0
14 Vegetable products not elsewhere included 0 26 0 0
15 Animal or  vegetable fats and oils 4,467 1,361 2,262 1,387
16 Preparations of meat, fish etc. 0 0 0 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 651 821 2,117 1,744
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 138 291 359 143
19 Preparation of  cereals, flour, starch, milk 572 449 952 778
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts 724 2,286 1,627 1,560
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 592 877 2,012 1,710
22 Beverages, spirits, vinegar 1,211 0 5 173
23 Residues and waste from the food industries 8 1 2 1
24 Tobacco 100 0 942 48
25 Salt, sulphur,  earths, stone, cement, etc. 143 324 215 666
26 Ores, slag and ash 7,338 13,609 22,820 6,979
27 Mineral fuels, oils etc. 326 7,708 827 459
28 Inorganic chemicals 1,575 1,107 1,149 1,573
29 Organic chemicals 3,076 1,979 1,121 432
30 Pharmaceutical products 382 1,406 1,720 839
31 Fertilisers 0 1 0 1
32 Dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty, inks, etc. 1,898 1,810 2,489 2,494
33 Essential oils, perfumery etc. 213 234 264 375
34 Soap, washing preparations, lubricating preparations etc. 10,221 3,294 4,767 10,617
35 Albuminoidal substances, starches, glues, enzymes 204 260 446 213
36 Explosives, pirotechnic products, matches 1 3 15 4
37 Photographic of cinematographic goods 1 1 11 7
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,144 947 807 749
39 Plastics and articles thereof 4,760 3,645 5,008 9,506
40 Rubber and articles thereof 654 502 352 500
41 Raw hides and skins, leather 9,978 6,158 3,662 1,234
42 Articles of leather, saddlery, travel goods, handbags, etc. 46 84 148 337
43 Furskins and artificial fur 661 99 57 31
44 Wood and articles of wood 962 871 856 858
45 Cork and articles of cork 1 0 0 0
46 Manufactures of straw, basketware and wickerwork 0 1 1 1
47 Pulp of wood, waste and scrap of paper 1 0 1 0
48 Paper and paperboard, articles thereof 3,035 3,559 4,800 7,513
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures etc. 103 58 86 169
5 0 S i l k 50 00
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair etc. 63 339 543 2,608
                                                     
* January-NovemberWT/REG72/3
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HS
CHAPTERDESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS 1996 1997 1998 1999*
52 Cotton 3,088 3,579 3,132 4,311
53 Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn etc. 18 0 1 270
54 Man-made filaments 2,000 3,536 3,425 3,554
55 Man-made staple fibres 830 1,623 1,780 3,655
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns, twine etc. 47 117 189 492
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 188 87 495 419
58 Special woven fabrics, lace tapestries, trimmings etc. 3,023 1,785 393 636
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics 532 1,279 669 561
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 986 1,658 3,788 6,891
61 Articles of apparel, accessories, knitted or crocheted 835 1,873 4,702 6,002
62 Articles of apparel, accessories, not knitted or crocheted 518 1,198 1,739 1,522
63 Other made-up textile articles, worn clothing etc. 715 1,274 978 965
64 Footwear, gaiters, parts thereof 319 1,156 1,316 1,511
65 Headgear, parts thereof 2 9 22 21
66 Umbrellas, sun, umbrellas, walking sticks etc. 4 10 12 103
67 Prepared feathers and down, articles thereof etc. 1 0 1 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, etc. 181 425 268 505
69 Ceramic products 4,426 4,501 2,008 2,009
70 Glass and glassware 790 1,439 2,249 4,019
71 Pearls, precious stones, metals, articles thereof etc. 231 397 157 1,687
72 Iron and steel 719 977 736 874
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,098 1,400 2,092 2,509
74 Copper and articles thereof 60 84 770 2,295
75 Nickel and articles thereof 4 0 0 9
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 3,693 3,696 4,142 5,021
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0 0 0
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0 0 6
80 Tin and articles thereof 4 2 0 0
81 Other base metals, cermets, articles thereof 5 1 3 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal, parts thereof 49 95 125 649
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 262 371 704 753
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, appliances etc. 3,582 3,907 5,470 6,250
85 Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof 3,581 2,249 4,056 7,383
86 Railway of tramway locomotives, rolling-stock, parts thereof 1 4 0 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock 2,954 681 16,065 11,332
88 Aircraft, spacecraft, parts thereof 0 0 0 0
89 Ships, boats, floating structures 42 2 19 8
90 Optical, photographic etc., instruments and apparatus 306 418 327 427
91 Clocks and watches, parts thereof 19 36 46 95
92 Musical instruments, parts and accessories thereof 0 0 1 4
93 Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories thereof 4 1 23 7
94 Furniture, bedding, mattresses, lamps etc. 1,726 732 1,290 2,087
95 Toys, games, sports requisites, parts thereof 100 116 534 819
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 264 525 433 362
97 Works of art, collectors pieces and antiques 0 2 0 0
TOTAL 95,967 102,486 131,505 142,487
                                                     
* January-NovemberWT/REG72/3
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ANNEX 2
Imports of Turkey from Bulgaria
(Thousand US$)
HS
CHAPTERDESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS 1996 1997 1998 1999*
1 Live animals 23,382 15,254 3,290 48,210
2 Meat and edible meat offal 13,510 0 0 0
3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic
invertebrates55,104 521,159 113,011 213,127
4 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey, edible
products of animal origin, not elsewhere specifiedor included67,585 71,533 46,454 53,679
5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
or included21,199 206,342 184,627 145,302
6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the
like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage460,550 532,532 342,809 149,942
7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 318,707 113,317 287,186 18,058
8 Edible enuit and nuts; peel of citrus enuits or
melons517,016 374,412 677,128 382,654
9 Coffee, tea maté and spices 216,687 13,057 55,194 61,786
10 Cereals 527,060 837,259 40,960,673 15,568,781
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches;
inulin; wheat gluten17,249 7,500 0 9,927
12 Oil seeds and enuits; miscellaneous grains, seeds
and enuit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and
fodder8,276,534 4,317,584 2,397,347 13,793,181
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and
extracts01 8 5 0 0
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products
not elsewhere specified or included573,352 51,873 286,001 262,707
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable
waxes3,824,636 6,650,491 2,774,602 8,030,671
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans,
molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates869,350 738,428 1,031,700 356,148
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 4,126,719 2,566,253 332,661 566,725
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0 285,913 245,922
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry
cooks' products0 16,087 0 22,455
20 Preparations of vegetables, enuit, nuts or other
parts of plants262,670 74,350 29,187 15,615
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 0 0 10,614 33,577
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 11,320 3,648 0 2,638
23 Residues and waste cnom the industries; prepared
animal fodder28,774 277,518 3,066,568 4,971,233
25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials,
lime and cement2,579,788 7,346,168 3,760,551 4,079,452
26 Ores, slag and ash 38,380 70,310 124,612 898,392
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their
distillations; bituminous substances; mineral waxes79,639,558 102,007,994 84,359,175 64,132,156
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic
compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes8,514,960 16,930,766 33,129,649 29,386,176
29 Organic chemicals 32,527,280 47,811,618 29,394,957 13,409,445
30 Pharmaceutical products 332,000 172,680 49,702 222,362
31 Fertilizers 16,811,985 5,282,048 5,696,922 1,511,501
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their
derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouringmatter; paints and varnishes; putty and other
mastics; inks18,144 235,499 95,915 491,348
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic of
toilet preparations16,282 0 3,875 10,863
                                                     
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HS
CHAPTERDESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS 1996 1997 1998 1999*
34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing
preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial
waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring
preparations, candles and similar articles,
modelling pastes, & lsquo; dental waxes' and dental
preparations with a basis of plaster51,419 12,289 44,216 18,118
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues;
enzymes235,295 280,391 174,915 169,093
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches;
pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations62,963 522,362 0 260,625
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 40,592 393,974 1,013,915 1,195,637
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 31,325 37,853 173,745 283,781
39 Plastics and articles thereof 26,739,607 37,133,802 13,932,890 15,781,676
40 Rubbers and articles thereof 1,765,143 1,962,549 1,863,004 789,307
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and
leather6,004,971 2,205,174 1,398,159 1,604,904
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel
goods handbags and similar containers; articles of
animal gut (other than silkworm gut)114,062 125,773 62,883 33,010
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 823,941 1,126,930 615,293 108,250
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 5,770,810 5,630,886 14,640,730 10,306,920
45 Cork and articles of cork 16,196 0 0 0
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other
plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork303 3,212 686 650
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic
material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard9,633 435 1,608,641 1,868,480
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of
paper or of paperboard2,173,969 625,649 4,843,725 5,491,371
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other
products of the printing industry, in manuscripts,typescripts and plans0 7,000 67,065 29,052
50 Silk 24,273 0 0 0
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, horsehair yarn
and woven129,781 121,879 177,528 54,669
52 Cotton 116,250 141,103 998,918 321,046
53 Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and
woven fabrics of paper yearn238,054 71,728 13,755 611
54 Man-made filaments 5,275,666 6,883,519 2,580,899 2,010,553
55 Man-made staple fibres 7,482,314 9,247,400 3,824,785 1,611,149
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine,
cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof73,538 44,740 61,349 22,730
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 34,405 62,262 53,481 51,358
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace;
tapestries; trimmings; embroidery30,355 33,648 147,783 248,357
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile
fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for
industrial use16,915 1,375 0 0
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 484,662 91,122 49,431 51,798
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted
or crocheted59,252 113,572 271,991 371,459
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not
knitted or crocheted173,185 467,501 488,753 416,738
63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing
and worn textile articles; rags14,963 65,869 10,850 293,182
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,982 112,244 113,598 103,661
65 headgear and parts thereof 0 0 4,273 0
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-
sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof000 1 , 0 1 3
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of
feather or of down; artificial flowers; articles ofhuman000 4 , 6 5 8
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or
similar materials232,195 26,930 29,702 2,608
69 Ceramic products 2,140,200 25,020 66,950 92,334
70 Glass and glassware 944,640 980,823 2,051,730 1,142,411
                                                     
* January-NovemberWT/REG72/3
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HS
CHAPTERDESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS 1996 1997 1998 1999*
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-
precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with
precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation
jewellery, coin22,754 17,263 13,091 331
72 Iron and steel 17,578,689 18,487,493 15,942,266 9,290,437
73 Articles of iron or steel 3,083,999 2,689,541 2,117,628 2,657,132
74 Copper and articles thereof 78,647,607 89,926,105 43,778,583 21,493,352
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0 3,884 0
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 1,134,403 646,843 671,454 216,688
78 Lead and articles thereof 11,116,559 8,085,193 6,208,892 6,325,013
79 Zinc and articles thereof 10,938,672 6,578,171 8,905,338 9,529,877
81 Other base metals, cemets; articles thereof 0 1,104 0 2,936
82 Tools implements, cutlery, poons and forks, of base
metal; parts thereof of base metal356,045 303,409 434,864 624,948
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 54,784 45,587 42,566 8,502
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and
mechanical appliances; parts thereof9,501,268 10,713,344 17,864,776 4,936,911
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts
thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, televisionimage and sound recorders and reproducers, and
parts and accessories of such articles2,389,133 2,528,970 3,370,435 2,961,002
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and
parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and
parts thereof: mechanical (including electro-
mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of allkinds03 , 1 3 7 5 9 2 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-
stock and parts and accessories thereof225,907 193,130 112,236 78,669
88 Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof 10,714 3,310 264,250 0
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 462,611 306,100 159,513 282
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic,
measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical
instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
thereof505,491 385,180 327,446 363,763
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such
articles5,246 8,759 0 0
93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories of
such articles4,545,226 1,918,823 5,738,681 92,098
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports,
cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps andlights fittings, not elsewhere specified or included;
illuminated signs illuminated name-plates and the
like, prefabricated buildings12,347 121,990 221,082 159,742
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and
accessories thereof9,247 4,585 20,599 56,122
96 Miscellaneous, manufactured articles 166,634 68,775 330,530 102,583
97 Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques 1,227 538 5,535 0
TOTAL Toys, games, sports requisites, parts thereof 362,771,203 408,852,229 367,420,214 261,735,630
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* January-November