. /.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG59/3/Add.1
10 February 1999
(99-0509)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND ROMANIA
Communication from the Parties
Addendum
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Missions of Turkey and
Romania with the request that it be distributed to WTO Members.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE AGREEMENT
4. Trade data
Imports of Turkey from Romania
(in thousands US dollars)
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SECTIONHS DESCRIPTION 1995 1996 1997
I Live animals and animal products 12,598 3,021 58
II Vegetable products 18,865 92,958 12,403
III Animal or vegetable fats and oils 46,905 25,453 55,935
IV Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco 227 708 3,574
V Mineral products 35,567 86,800 76,351
VI Products of the chemical or allied industries 114,728 107,899 95,723
VII Plastics, rubber and articles thereof 4,263 9,412 4,467
VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins, travel goods 1,600 4,854 4,511
IX Wood and articles of wood 736 608 1,303
X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material,
paper5,699 3,444 2,041
XI Textile and textile articles 26,518 24,006 22,979
XII Footwear, headgear and similar articles 0 8 7
XIII Articles of stone, cement, asbestos or similar materials 684 394 383
XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious stones 531 238 254
XV Base metals and articles thereof 56,557 36,832 54,503
XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical
equipment7,827 21,213 28,849
XVII Vehicles and transport equipment 34,474 17,660 22,299
XVIII Optical, photographic, medical and surgical instruments 50 33 1,139
XIX Arms and ammunition 0 5,647 6,745WT/REG59/3/Add.1
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SECTIONHS DESCRIPTION 1995 1996 1997
XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles 40 103 560
Total 367,869 441,291 394,084
Trade covered 329,679 352,519 353,163
% of coverage 89% 80% 90%
Imports of Romania from Turkey
(in thousands US dollars)
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SECTIONHS DESCRIPTION 1996 1997 1998*
(8 months)
I Live animals and animal products 213.4 2087.2 1,526.5
II Vegetal products 12,551.1 16,285.5 12,271.5
III Animal or vegetal oil fats 1,488.4 3,127.8 3,593.3
IV Food, beverages and tobacco 21,703.7 18,220.4 10,271.6
V Mineral products 10,120.5 7,352.0 6,761.3
VI Chemical products 39,497.4 27,496.1 21,514.7
VII Plastics, rubber and articles thereof 16,197.5 19,173.2 13,346.4
VIII Undressed hides and skins, dressed-leather, furs, and
products679.3 207.2 344.2
IX Wooden products, excluding furniture 146.4 525.6 333.4
X Paper and article thereof 7,487.3 8,109.2 5,368.8
XI Textiles and textile articles 20,048.1 27,945.3 25,835.5
XII Footwear, headgear, and similar articles 1,297.6 1,678.7 712.0
XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, ceramics, glass and
other similar materials3,760.3 4,147.7 3,234.2
XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious stones
XV Basics metals and articles thereof 18,208.4 16,622.9 12,254.1
XVI Electric machinery, appliances and equipment;
recording and reproducing sound and imagesapparatus52,145.9 46,352.8 40,774
XVII Transport means and materials 7,915.3 4,897.4 5,047.6
XVIII Optical, photo, cinema, measurement, control and
medical devices777.2 1,082.9 728.3
XIX Arms and ammunition
XX Miscellaneous goods and products 3,933.0 4,813.4 3,145.3
Total 218,704.2 212,790.0 173,666.3
*Provisional data
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