WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG87/R/B/1
G/L/353
6 March 2000
(00-0849)
Original:  English
EFTA-CZECH REPUBLIC FREE-TRADE AREA
Biennial Report on the Operation of the Agreement
Communication from the Parties
The report below presents the information received from the European Free Trade
Association and the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic, dated 28 May 1999.  It is organized in
accordance to the Standard Format for Information on Regional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/W/6).
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The Agreement between the States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the
Czech Republic was examined in accordance with Article XXIV of GATT.1
In accordance with the guidelines approved by the Council For Trade in Goods,2 as
recommended by the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements,3 and the reporting schedule
established by the WTO Secretariat,4 the Parties to the Agreement establishing the Free-Trade Area
(FTA) between the EFTA States and the Czech Republic herewith provide their biennial report on the
operation of the FTA since 1994.  The biennial report outlines the major developments of the FTA
and the trade relations between the EFTA States and the Czech Republic since the adoption of the
report of the Working Party.
Main developments
The Parties have given considerable attention to the updating and upgrading of the FTA.  The
Joint Committee has since the entry into force of the Agreement adopted a number of Decisions
deleting, amending or introducing new provisions.  For further details, see Annex 1.  The purpose ofthe updating has been to clean the text so that it reflects the current state of play, making it user
friendly for economic operators.
The aim of the upgrading has been to amend the Agreement inter alia , in the light of
developments at the regional and/or international trade scene such as the introduction of "new" WTOrules.  The FTA has been upgraded in the fields of processed agricultural products, rules of origin and
methods of administrative cooperation, technical re gulations and protection of intellectual property.
The FTA has been issued in a loose-leaf version, which is available in electronic form on the
EFTA website.
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1 The Report was adopted on 8 December 1994 (L/7570).
2 G/L/286.
3 WT/REG/4.
4 WT/REG/W/33.
5 Copies of the updated loose-leaf version of the Agreement have been made available to the WTO
Secretariat.  Interested delegations may consult them by contacting the WTO Secretariat (Room 3006) or
alternatively the EFTA's website at http://www.efta.int/structure/EFTA/efta-sec.cfm.WT/REG87/R/B/1
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
1. Membership and Dates of Signature, Ratification and Entry into Force
The Agreement was signed on 20 March 1992, originally between the EFTA States and the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR).  Following the dissolution of the CSFR on
31 December 1992, a Protocol on the succession by the Czech Republic to the Agreement was signed
on 19 April 1993.
The Agreement entered into force on 1 July 1992.  Austria, Finland and Sweden ceased to be
Parties to the FTA, following their withdraw fr om the EFTA Convention and subsequent accession to
the European Union on 1 January 1995.  Liechtenstein has applied it provisionally as of1 January 1997.
4. Trade Data
According to EFTA statistics, in the period 1994 to 1997, trade between the EFTA States and
the Czech Republic experienced continuous growth.  Total trade rose by as much as 61.8 per cent;
EFTA imports from the Czech Republic grew by 69.8 per cent, while EFTA exports to the
Czech Republic increased by 57.3 per cent.  The highest growth rate was observed in 1994 to 1995:
total trade expanded by 42 per cent; EFTA imports increased by 51.2 per cent and EFTA exports by
36.8 per cent.  The trend was more modest in 1995/96 and 1996/97 with trade on average growth rateof 6.5 per cent and 6.9 per cent respectively.
Despite the more rapid increase EFTA imports than EFTA exports in the period, the trade
balance was clearly in favour of the EFTA States.  In 1997 the EFTA States imported goods from the
Czech Republic worth 336.6 million US dollars, while exports amounted to 547 million US dollars.
Among the EFTA States, Switzerland is the largest trading partner with the Czech Republic.  In
1997, Switzerland accounted for 74.1 per cent of the tr ade, followed by Norway with 25 per cent and
Iceland with 0.9 per cent.
There was no trade in products covered by Annex I of the Agreement (products excluded from
the scope).
The share of trade in agricultural products was 3.76 per cent of total trade in 1997.  Trade in
agricultural products covered under the Agreement and the bilateral arrangements was 48.7 per cent
of total trade in agricultural products in 1997 between the EFTA States and the Czech Republic.
In the period 1994 to 1997, total EFTA trade rose by 18.1 per cent or in absolute terms from
203, 479 million US dollars to 240,337 million US dollars.  The growth rate fluctuated considerably
from an increase of 17.8 per cent in 1994/95 down to 3.1 per cent in 1995/96 and further down to
-2.8 per cent in 1996/97.  The development of imports and exports followed the same trend.
In the period 1994 to 1997, the share of EFTA trade with the Czech Republic of total EFTA
trade increased from 0.27 per cent to 0.37 per cent.  With regard to other FTA partner countries, the
share increased slightly from 2.3 per cent to 2.9 per cent, while for the 15 EU countries the share fell
from 70.9 per cent to 69.7 per cent.  For other countries the share rose slightly from 26 per cent to
26.6 per cent.  In the period 1994 to 1997, the share of Czech trade with the EFTA States of its totaltrade decreased from 2.2 per cent in 1994 to 1.9 per cent in 1997.
Detailed trade data can be found in Annex 2.WT/REG87/R/B/1
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II. TRADE PROVISIONS
1. Import Restrictions  &
2. Export Restrictions
Both the EFTA States and the Czech Republic have dismantled and/or abolished customs duties
and quantitative restrictions in accordance with the timetables of the Agreement.  They have also
accelerated the gradual dismantling/abolishing of certain trade restrictions such as the Norwegian
customs duties on textiles and abolished exceptions for other trade restrictions such as Icelandic,
Liechtenstein and Swiss customs duties of a fiscal nature.  It should be noted that the abolition of
these duties was done on a MFN basis.
With regard to processed agricultural products, the substance of Protocol A was brought in line
with the rules of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture in January 1997.  Furthermore, the principle of
parallelism i.e. equal treatment between the Parties and between each Party and the European
Communities (EC) was introduced and further concessions on liberalization was exchanged.
3. Rules of Origin
A new Protocol B on rules of origin and methods of administrative co-operation entered into
force in January 1997.  By the introduction of new pan-European rules of origin, diagonal cumulationamong European countries interlinked with a ne twork of free trade agreements was established.
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4. Standards
A Joint Committee Decision on amendment to Article 12 and Annex X on technical regulations
was adopted in October 1996.  Thereby, provisions on co-operation, consultations on measures that
could or have created an obstacle to trade as well as provisions on notification under the
WTO Agreement on Techncial Barriers to Trade replaced the information procedure on draft
technical regulations.  The entry into force of the Decision is pending national acceptances.
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
5. Institutional Framework
A Joint EFTA-Czech Republic Committee has been established under the FTA.  The aim of the
Joint Committee is to supervise and administer the implementation of the Agreement, as well as to
review the possibility of further removal of obstacles to trade between the Parties.  The rules ofprocedure were adopted in April 1993.  The Joint Committee is assisted by expert groups, in
particular by the Sub-Committee on Customs and Origin Matters.  Other expert groups can be
convened, as agreed.  Hitherto, five meetings of the Joint Committee have taken place.
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6 The pan-European cumulation of origin was notified jointly by the countries participating in the
system (WT/REG/GEN/N/1).
7 April 1993 in St.Gallen, March 1994 in Geneva, May 1995 in Geneva, October 1996 in Prague and
June 1998 in Geneva.WT/REG87/R/B/1
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IV. OTHER
A Joint Committee Decision on amendment to Article 17 and Annex XI on protection of
intellectual property was adopted in January 1997.  The provisions of the Agreement were adjusted to
reflect the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.  Moreover thelevel of protection was strengthened in the areas of, inter alia , patent protection and trade mark
protection.  The entry into force of the Decision is pending national acceptances.WT/REG87/R/B/1
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ANNEX 1
Amendments to the EFTA-Czech Republic FTA since 1994
Articles/
AnnexesDescription Amendments/
DeletionsRemarks Entry into Force
Article 12 Information
procedure ondraft technicalregulationsAmended
JCD of 15.10.96Provisions on co-
operation, consultationsand notification under theWTO TBT Agreement
replaced the information
procedure on drafttechnical regulations.Entry into force is
pending nationalacceptances
Article 17and AnnexXIProtection of
intellectualpropertyAmended
JCD of 14.01.97Article 17 and Annex XI
were upgraded i.a. in thelight of "new" WTO rules.Entry into force is
pending nationalacceptances
Article 40 Depositary Amended
JCD of 15.10.96Norway has replaced
Sweden as Depositary.Entry into force is
pending national
acceptances
Annex I Products not
covered by theAgreementAmended
JCD of 10.06.98Annex I was updated to
HS 96 and its list ofproducts was shortened.Entered into force
Protocol A Processed
agriculturalproductsAmended
JCD of 23.12.96Protocol A was upgraded
i.a. in the light of “new”WTO rules and the level of
concessions was increased.Entered into force
Annex II Fish and other
marine productsAmended
JCD of 15.10.96The Czech exceptions for
freshwater fish weredeleted.Entered into force
Protocol B Rules of origin
and methods ofadministrativeco-operationAmended
JCD of 15.10.96Rules on pan-European
cumulation wereintroduced.Entered into force
Annex III EFTA
transitional
arrangementsfor the abolitionof import dutiesand chargeshaving
equivalent effectDeleted
JCD of 29.11.96Entered into force
Annex IV Czech
transitionalarrangementsfor the abolitionof import duties
and charges
havingequivalent effectAmended
JCD of 10.06.98The Tables to Annex IV
were updated to HS 96.Entered into force
Protocol C EFTA
exceptions forthe abolition ofduties of a fiscal
natureDeleted
JCD of 10.06.98Entry into force is
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Articles/
AnnexesDescription Amendments/
DeletionsRemarks Entry into Force
Annex V EFTA
exceptions andtransitionalarrangements
for the abolition
of export dutiesand chargeshavingequivalent effectDeleted
JCD of 15.10.96Entered into force
Annex VI EFTA
exceptions and
transitional
arrangementsfor the abolitionof quantitativeimport
restrictions and
measures havingequivalent effectDeleted
JCD of 10.06.98Entered into force
Annex VII Czech
transitionalarrangementsfor the abolition
of quantitative
importrestrictions andmeasures havingequivalent effectAmended
JCD of 10.06.98The product coverage of
Annex VII was partlyamendedEntered into force
Annex VIII EFTA
exceptions for
the abolition of
quantitativeexportrestrictions andmeasures having
equivalent effectDeleted
JCD of 10.06.98Entered into force
Annex X Information
procedure ondraft technicalregulationsDeleted
JCD of 15.10.96See Article 12 Entry into force is
pending nationalacceptances
Annex IX Czech
transitionalarrangements
for the abolition
of quantitativeexportrestrictions andmeasures havingequivalent effectDeleted
JCD of 10.06.98Entered into force
Annex XIV Trade relations
governed by
otheragreementsDeleted Annex XIV was deleted as
Finland ceased to be a
Party to the AgreementEntered into forceWT/REG87/R/B/1
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ANNEX 2
EFTA Countries Trade with the Czech Republic
1994 1995 1996 1997 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97
In thousand US dollars Percentage Change
IMPORTS
Iceland 4,774 6,210 7,262 6,864 30.1 16.9 -5.5
Norway 49,530 81,550 85,489 100,151 64.6 4.8 17.2
Switzerland 143,940 212,037 219,621 229,541 47.3 3.6 4.5
EFTA198,244 299.797 312,371 336,555 51.2 4.2 7.7
Share in EFTA's tot. imports 0.20 0.26 0.27 0.30
EXPORTS
Iceland 844 663 1,116 689 -21.5 68-5 -38.3
Norway 48,232 66,810 65,224 121,223 38.5 -2.4 85.9
Switzerland 298,708 408,374 447,528 425,138 36.7 9.6 -5.0
EFTA347,784 475,846 513,869 547,049 36.8 8.0 6.5
Share in EFTA's tot. exports 0.33 0.38 0.39 0.43
IMPORTS + EXPORTS
Iceland 5,618 6,873 8,378 7,552 22.3 21.9 -9.9
Norway 97,762 148,359 150,714 221,373 51.8 1.6 46.9
Switzerland 442,648 620,411 667,148 654,679 40.2 7.5 -1.9
EFTA546,028 775,643 826,240 883,605 42.1 6.5 6.9
Share in EFTA's total trade 0.27 0.32 0.33 0.37
Source:  UN COMTRADE7 1100 121230425
050100150200250300350400450
Iceland Norway SwitzerlandEFTA Countries Trade with the Czech Republic 
(1997, in  million US dollars)
Imports
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Source: UN COMTRADE 1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997
IMPORTS In thousand US dollars In per cent
Iceland
Total from Czech Republic 6,210 7,262 6,864 100.0 100.0 100.0
In per cent of imports from the World 0.35% 0.36% 0.34%
SITC 69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s. 181 2,009 1,565 2.9 27.7 22.8
SITC 67 Iron and steel 1,896 1,118 1,306 30.5 15.4 19.0
SITC 72 Specialized machinery for industries 760 642 699 12.2 8.8 10.2
SITC 78 Road vehicles 1,035 1,069 650 16.7 14.7 9.5
SITC 74 General industrial machinery, machine parts, n.e.s. 106 130 516 1.7 1.8 7.5
SITC 65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles 568 415 457 9.1 5.7 6.7
Norway
Total from Czech Republic 81,550 85,489 100,151 100.0 100.0 100.0
In per cent of imports from the World 0.25% 0.25% 0.28%
SITC 67 Iron and steel 23,785 24,198 21,653 29.2 28.3 21.6
SITC 78 Road vehicles 4,028 2,015 14,341 4.9 2.4 14.3
SITC 65 Textile, yarn, fabrics, made-up articles 8,834 10,124 11,870 10.8 11.8 11.9
SITC 72 Specialized machinery for industries 8,222 6,029 6,020 10.1 7.1 6.0
SITC 89 Misc. manufactured articles, n.e.s. 6,170 6,591 5,505 7.6 7.7 5.5
SITC 69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s. 2,995 3,256 4,460 3.7 3.8 4.5
SITC 74 General industrial machinery, machine parts, n.e.s. 1,775 2,764 4,365 2.2 3.2 4.4
SITC 66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures 2,484 3,602 3,600 3.0 4.2 3.6
SITC 71 Power generating machinery and equipment 2,740 4,687 3,532 3.4 5.5 3.5
SITC 84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 2,988 3,494 3,355 3.7 4.1 3.4
SITC 75 Office machinery and automatic data processing machines 99 265 3,099 0.1 0.3 3.1
Switzerland
Total from Czech Republic 212,037 219,621 229,541 100.0 100.0 100.0
In per cent of imports from the World 0.26% 0.28% 0.30%
SITC 51 Organic chemicals 18,009 18,336 21,735 8.5 8.3 9.5
SITC 65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles 16,953 18,440 19,996 8.0 8.4 8.7
SITC 74 General industrial machinery, machine parts, n.e.s. 15,264 19,441 19,500 7.2 8.9 8.5
SITC 78 Road vehicles 7,877 13,236 17,586 3.7 6.0 7.7
SITC 84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 9,913 8,020 15,810 4.7 3.7 6.9
SITC 72 Specialized machinery for industries 11,149 8,186 14,659 5.3 3.7 6.4
SITC 77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and applicances, n.e.s. 6,841 11,350 13,154 3.2 5.2 5.7
SITC 69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s. 9,988 9,744 12,613 4.7 4.4 5.5
SITC 89 Misc. manufactured articles, n.e.s. 10,803 11,860 11,959 5.1 5.4 5.2
SITC 82 Furniture; begging, mattresses 8,313 8,436 10,527 3.9 3.8 4.6
SITC 67 Iron and steel 12,131 5,039 6,951 5.7 2.3 3.0
SITC 68 Non-ferrous metals 2,955 18,583 5,103 1.4 8.5 2.2WT/REG87/R/B/1
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Source: UN COMTRADE 1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997
EXPORTS In thousand US dollars In per cent
Iceland
Total  to Czech Republic 663 1,116 689 100.0 100.0 100.0
In per cent of exports to the World: 0.04% 0.06% 0.04%
SITC 61 Leather 473 242 362 71.4 21.4 52.6
SITC 03 Fish 123 344 178 18.6 30.8 25.9
SITC 01 Meat 31 520 140 4.7 46.6 20.3
Norway
Total  to Czech Republic 66,810 65,224 121,223 100.0 100.0 100.0
In per cent of exports to the World: 0.16% 0.13% 0.25%
SITC 34 Gas, natural and manufactured 0 0 60,636 0.0 0.0 50.0
SITC 93 Special transactions and commodities 19,182 16,913 16,554 28.7 25.9 13.7
SITC 68 Non-ferrous metals 9,656 7,443 5,840 14.5 11.4 4.8
SITC 03 Fish 4,819 5,553 4,991 7.2 8.5 4.1
SITC 76 Telecommunications, sound recording equipment etc. 5,826 5,439 4,366 8.7 8.3 3.6
SITC 72 Specialized machinery for industries 2,022 3,369 3,085 3.0 5.2 2.5
SITC 67 Iron and steel 1,239 1,948 2,939 1.9 3.0 2.4
SITC 65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles 2,625 2,978 2,416 3.9 4.6 2.0
SITC 58 Plastics in non-primary form 4,006 2,170 949 6.0 3.3 0.8
Switzerland
Total  to Czech Republic 408,374 447,528 425,138 100.0 100.0 100.0
In per cent of exports to the World: 0.50% 0.55% 0.56%
SITC 54 Pharmaceuticals 46,477 62,274 62,799 11.4 13.9 14.8
SITC 77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s. 39,633 37,090 44,427 9.7 8.3 10.5
SITC 72 Specialized machinery for industries 52,067 48,651 39,786 12.7 10.9 9.4
SITC 74 General industrial machinery, machine parts, n.e.s. 41.861 34.508 30,473 10.3 7.7 7.2
SITC 73 Metal working machinery 23,417 23,313 27,421 5.7 5.2 6.4
SITC 65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles 12,725 13,350 21,691 3.1 3.0 5.1
SITC 87 Instruments 28,778 30,351 20,752 7.0 6.8 4.9
SITC 89 Misc. manufactured articles, n.e.s. 17,201 18,003 18,174 4.2 4.0 4.3
SITC 69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s. 13,425 18,238 17,597 3.3 4.1 4.1
SITC 78 Road vehicles 9,715 14,158 13,872 2.4 3.2 3.3WT/REG87/R/B/1
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                    Table 3 – EFTA CO UNTRIES TRADE WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC BY SITC SECTION
Source UN COMTRADE                                                                                                                                                                                                          In thousand US dollars
S I T C :0123 45678 9 5 - 8 T o t a l
IMPORTS
1995: Iceland 1 34 18 117 0 10 2,987 2,049 992 3 6,308 6,210
Norway 425 110 1,633 0 0 2,030 43,118 20,096 13,976 164 79,217 81,550
Switzerland 6,044 2,258 12,241 3,748 2 29,144 55,946 60,059 42,572 22 187,721 212,037
EFTA 6,470 2,403 13,892 3,864 2 31,184 102,050 82,203 57,539 189 272,976 299,797
1996: Iceland 10 47 22 127 0 206 4,080 1,984 785 0 7,055 7,262
Norway 397 60 1,654 8 0 2,581 45,709 20,875 14,085 119 83,250 85,489
Switzerland 6,220 1,830 9,806 2,066 0 28,588 60,652 66,641 43,818 0 199,698 219,621
EFTA 6,627 1,937 11,482 2,202 0 31,375 110,441 89,500 58,688 119 290,004 312,371
1997: Iceland 3 119 26 23 0 46 3,933 2,155 558 0 6,692 6,864
Norway 332 62 1,209 10 77 2,152 46,057 36,850 13,301 100 98,361 100,151
Switzerland 6,383 1,547 5,293 2,219 0 29,587 56,023 80,065 48,413 11 214,088 229,541
EFTA 6,718 1,728 6,527 2,252 77 31,785 106,013 119,070 62,272 111 319,141 336,555
EXPORTS
1995: Iceland 154 0 0 0 4 0 473 0 31 0 504 663
Norway 7,009 0 74 116 9 6,825 15,933 13,410 4,253 19182 40,420 66,810
Switzerland 7,573 2,507 5,378 311 24 102,635 38,649 191,651 59,448 199 392,383 408,374
EFTA 14,736 2,507 5,452 426 37 109,460 55,054 205,061 63,732 19,380 433,308 475,846
1996: Iceland 864 0 0 0 10 0 242 0 0 0 242 1,116
Norway 7,116 2 694 251 25 6,419 15,148 14,879 3,778 16,913 40,223 65,224
Switzerland 9,391 6,357 5,008 367 79 128,284 47,971 183,554 66,420 98 426,229 447,528
EFTA 17,371 6,359 5,702 618 114 134,702 63,361 198,433 70,199 17,011, 466,694 513,869
1997: Iceland 318 0 0 0 4 0 362 4 0 0 366 689
Norway 6,363 2 235 60,820 27 3,736 14,762 13,706 5,019 16,554 37,223 121,223
Switzerland 7,012 9,188 4,419 394 13 116,731 57,865 173,165 56,338 14 404,098 425,138
EFTA 13,693 9.190 4,654 61,213 44 120,467 72,989 186,875 61,356 16,568 441,687 547,049
SITC 0:  Food and live animals SITC 5:  Chemicals and related products
SITC 1:  Beverages and tobacco SITC 6:  Manufactured g oods classified chiefly by material
SITC 2:  Crude materials, inedible, except fuels SITC 7:  Machinery and transport equipmentSITC 3:  Mineral fuels, lubricants SITC 8:  Miscellaneous manufactured articlesSITC 4:  Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes SITC 9:  Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITCWT/REG87/R/B/1
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1994 1995 1996 1997 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97
In million US dollars Shares in per cent Annual percentage change
Imports from:
Iceland 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.6 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.006 42.2 -13.9 49.3
Norway 4.7 73 66 129 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 56.4 -9.7 94.4
Switzerland 343 494 493 459 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.7 43.9 -0.2 -6.9
EFTA 391 569 560 590 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.2 45.4 -1.5 5.2
EU. 8,308 15,455 17,300 16,712 55.6 61.1 62.4 61.5 86.0 11.9 -3.4
Other 6,252 9,280 9,857 9,882 41.8 36.7 35.6 36.4 48.4 6.2 0.3
World 14,951 25,303 27,717 27,184 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 69.2 9.5 -1.9
Exports to:
Iceland 2.7 3.9 4.4 5.4 0.019 0.018 0.020 0.024 46.1 12.8 22.4
Norway 42 70 85 98 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 64.9 22.3 15.0
Switzerland 198 291 265 279 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 46.5 -8.8 5.2
EFTA 243 364 355 382 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 49.7 -2.6 7.8
EU 7,633 13,218 12,762 13,635 54,2 61.0 58.3 59.9 73.2 -3.4 6.8
Other 6,205 8,104 8,790 8,729 44.1 37.4 40.1 38.4 30.6 8.5 -0.7
World 14,081 21,686 21,907 22,746 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 54.0 1.0 3.8
Imports+ Exports:
Iceland 3.6 5.2 5.5 7.1 0.012 0.011 0.011 0.014 45.1 6.3 27.7
Norway 89.3 143.3 151.7 227.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 60.5 5.9 49.7
Switzerland 541.6 784.6 758.0 737.9 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.5 44.9 -3.4 -2.7
EFTA 634.5 933.1 915.3 972.0 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.9 47.1 -1.9 6.2
EU 15,941.2 28,672.3 30,062.3 30,346.4 54.9 61.0 60.6 60.8 79.9 4.8 0.9
Other 12,456.7 17,383.6 18,647.1 18,611.5 42.9 37.0 37.0 37.3 39.6 7.3 -0.2
World 29,032.4 46,989.0 49,624.7 49,930.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 61.9 5.6 0.6
Source:  UN COMTRADE
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