WT/L/896
5 November 2013
(13-6129)  Page: 1/18
General Council  Original: English
 
 EUROPEAN UNION PREFERENCES FOR ALBANIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 
CROATIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, 
MONTENEGRO, SERBIA AS WELL AS KOSOVO1 
REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDER THE DECISION OF 5 DECEMBER 20112 
The following communication, dated 30 October 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Union. 
 
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 1  INTRODUCTION 
1.1.  On 8 December 2000, the European Union (EU) was granted a waiver (WT/L/380) from its 
obligations under paragraph 1 of Article I of the GATT 1994 to the extent necessary to permit the 
European Union to afford duty-free or preferential treatment to eligible products originating in 
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and 
Montenegro, without being required to extend the same duty-free or preferential treatment to like 
products of any other Member. This waiver expired on 31 December 2006. 
1.2.  With a view to maintaining the current syst em in place, the EU requested two extensions of 
the Western Balkans Waiver, which were adopted by the WTO General Council at its meetings on 27-28 July 2006 (WT/L/654) and on 30 November 2011 (WT/L/836), respectively. This waiver covers products originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav 
R e p u b l i c  o f  M a c e d o n i a ,  M o n t e n e g r o ,  S e r b i a  a s  w e l l  a s  K o s o v o .  T h e  w a i v e r  w i l l  e x p i r e  o n  
31 December 2016. 
1.3.  Under the terms of this waiver, the EU is required to submit to the General Council an annual 
report on the preferences and duty -free treatment afforded to products from the countries listed in 
paragraph 1, including the extent to which such  preferences and duty-free treatment differ from 
the EU's MFN and GSP concessions,  with a view to facilitating the annual review provided for in 
paragraph 4 of Article IX of the WTO Agreement. This report covers the calendar year 2012. 
1.4.  The EU trade regime vis-à-vis  these countries is currently regulated by the granting of 
autonomous trade preferences and by the conclusion of Stabilization and Association Agreements. 
2  AUTONOMOUS TRADE PREFERENCES 
2.1.  Before 2000, the EU already had a liberal trade regime towards the Western Balkans, 
allowing more than 80% of regional exports to enter the European Union duty-free. On 
1 December 2000 the EU Council of Ministers extend ed the duty-free access to the EU market for 
products originating from this area even further. 
2.2.  The reason for such an extension was that  the general level of imports from the Western 
Balkans countries remained very low, being less than one per cent of all EU imports. It was, 
therefore, considered appropriate to further im prove the EU's autonomous trade preferences by 
removing all remaining tariff ceilings for industrial and agricultural products and by further improving access to the EU market for agricultural and fishery products. 
                                               
1 Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. 
2 WT/L/836. WT/L/896 
 
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  2.3.  Further market opening is expected to cont ribute to the process of political and economic 
stabilisation in the region. Fully liberalized access to  the markets of the EU is also foreseen as part 
of the Stabilization and Association Agreements or  of the Interim Agreements on trade and trade-
related matters. 
3  THE STABILIZATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENTS 
3.1.  The  Stabilization and Association Agreements, which the EU has concluded with all the 
countries of the Western Balkans, are tools  which provide, much as the Europe Agreements did for 
the candidate countries in Central Europe, for the economic development and political stabilisation 
of the countries in the region, and to establish a close, long-term association between the EU and the Western Balkans. 
3.2.  The Stabilization and Association Agreements aim at creating a free trade area for goods 
among the parties over a transitional period in line with Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and 
envisages a progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of trade in services. Associated disciplines in areas such as competition and state aid rules, in tellectual property, public procurement, etc. are 
also envisaged. 
3.3.  Six agreements of this kind have been concluded so far: with the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. The Stabilization 
and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav  Republic of Macedonia entered into force on 
1 April 2004, the one with Croatia entered in force on 1 February 2005
3, the one with Albania on 
1 April 2009 and the one with Montenegro on 1 May 2010.  The ratification of the Stabilization and 
Association Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovin a was concluded in December 2010 by the EU 
Member States; however it has not yet entered into force. The Stabilization and Association 
Agreement with Serbia had not yet entered into force by the end of 2012. 
3.4.  As the ratification procedures of these Stabilisation and Association Agreements take a 
significant period of time, the trade provisions of  these agreements entered into force by means of 
Interim Agreements on 1 June 2001 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 1 March 2002 for Croatia, 1
 December 2006 for Albania, 1 January 2008 for Montenegro, 1 July 2008 for Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, 1 February 2010 for Serbia.  All the agreements establish a free trade area with 
the concerned country in line with the obligation s foreseen in Article XXIV of the GATT 1994.  At 
the same time they allow the continuation of the autonomous preferences where these provide 
more favourable conditions for the export of the goods originating in Croatia, the former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. 
4  TRADE WITH THE COUNTRIE S OF THE WESTERN BALKANS 
4.1.  In the year 2012 EU imports from the Western Balkans concentrated primarily on machinery 
and chemicals and primary products.  However, the trade balance for the countries of the Western 
Balkans remained negative for all sectors. The stabilization of the area and the new export opportunities described in the precedent paragraphs should help the Western Balkans countries to 
diversify their economies and to ameliorate such a trade balance. The EU is the first trade partner 
(both for import and exports) of these countries; hence this stabilisation process has paved the way for the integration of the economy of these countries into the EU economy. 
4.2.  Statistical annexes are provided to present a detailed description of the EU trade relations 
with the countries of the Western Balkans for the year 2012. The first annex describes the trade 
relations with the countries of the Western Balkans as a whole, while the remaining annexes describe in detail the trade relations with each country of the region. 
                                               
3 On 9 December 2011, Croatia signed the Treaty of Accession and, on 1 July 2013, became the 
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 ANNEX 1: WESTERN BALKANS 
 
Population in Mio   22.5
Area in 1000skm 264.4
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 117
GDP Per Capita in euro 4,490
EU 27 TRADE WITH WESTERN BALKANS 
Year IMPORTS EXPORTS BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €) 
2005 9,003 0.8 21,584 2.1 12,581 
2006 11,573 0.9 25,204 2.2 13,631 
2007 13,340 0.9 29,374 2.4 16,034 
2008 13,928 0.9 33,029 2.5 19,101 
2009 11,177 0.9 25,478 2.3 14,301 
2010 14,030 0.9 26,490 1.9 12,460 
2011 16,320 0.9 30,284 1.9 13.964 
2012 15,432 0.9 29,861 1.8 14,430 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 15,432 100% 0.86% 29,861 100% 1.77%
1000 - Primary products 5,170 33.5% 0.68% 9,151 30.6%  3.09%
1100 - Agricultural products 2,118 13.7% 1.57% 3,522 11.8% 2.76%
1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 3,052 19.8% 0.49% 5,629 18.9% 3.34%
2000 - Manufactures 10,035 65.0% 1.04% 20,423 68.4%  1.53%
2100 - Iron and steel 741 4.8% 2.74% 1,075 3.6% 2.52%
2200 - Chemicals 1,247 8.1% 0.77% 4,565 15.3% 1.65%
2300 - Other semi-
manufactures 1,589 10.3% 1.89% 3,250 10.9% 2.72%
2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 2,992 19.4% 0.66% 7,630 25.6% 1.08%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 93 0.6% 0.05% 1,268 4.2% 1.58%
2420 - Transport equipment 804 5.2% 0.76% 2,304 7.7% 0.83%
2430 - Other machinery 2,095 13.6% 1.27% 4,055 13.6% 1.17%
2500 - Textiles 182 1.2% 0.86% 1,019 3.4% 5.85%
2600 - Clothing 1,377 8.9% 1.96% 718 2.4% 3.21%WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
2700 - Other manufactures 1,907 12.4% 1.29% 2,166 7.3% 1.42%
3000 - Other products 212 1.4% 0.29% 150 0.5%  0.28%
 
The above SITC codes correspond to the following HS Ch apters:  1000 - Primary products: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 68; 
1100 - Agricultural products: 0, 1, 2, 4, excl. 27, excl. 28; 1200 - Fuels and mining products: 3, 27, 28, 68; 2000 – Manufactures: 5, 6, 7, 8, excl. 68, excl. 891; 2100 - Iron and steel: 67; 2200 – Chemicals: 5; 2300 - 
Other semi-manufactures: 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 69; 2400 - Machinery and transport equipment: 7; 2410 - Office 
and telecommunication equipment: 75, 76, 776; 2420 - Transport equipment: 78, 79, 713, 7783; 2430 - Other machinery: 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, excl. 713, excl. 776, excl. 7783; 2500 – Textiles: 65; 2600 – Clothing: 84; 2700 - Other manufactures: 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, excl. 891; 3000 - Other products: 9, 891.  Source: World Bank. Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. WT/L/896 
 
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 ANNEX 2: ALBANIA 
Population in Mio  3.2
Area in 1000skm  29
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 10.2
GDP Per Capita in euro 3,229
EU 27 TRADE WITH ALBANIA 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 71 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 62 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €)
2005 417 0.0 1,383 0.1 966 
2006 496 0.0 1,541 0.1 1,045 
2007 627 0.0 1,802 0.1 1,175 
2008 688 0.0 2,002 0.2 1,315 
2009 654 0.1 1,969 0.2 1,315 
2010 894 0.1 2,063 0.2 1,169 
2011 942 0.1 2,289 0.1 1,347 
2012 1114 0.1 2,372 0.1 1,258 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Exports
0000 – Total 1,114 100% 0.06% 2,372 100% 0.13%
1000 – Primary products 478 43.0% 0.06% 930 39.2% 0.12%
1100 – Agricultural products 71 6.4% 0.05% 344 14.5% 0.25%
1200 - Fuels and mining products 407 36.6% 0.07% 587 24.7% 0.09%
2000 – Manufactures 630 56.5% 0.07% 1,411 59.5% 0.15%
2100 – Iron and steel 29 2.6% 0.11% 83 3.5% 0.31%
2200 – Chemicals 20 1.8% 0.01% 239 10.1% 0.15%
2300 – Other semi-manufactures 83 7.5% 0.10% 317 13.4% 0.38%
2400 – Machinery and transport 
equipment 48 4.3% 0.01% 412 17.4% 0.09%
2410 – Office and 
telecommunication equipment 10 0.9% 0.01% 75 3.2% 0.04%
2420 – Transport equipment 3 0.2% 0.00% 117 4.9% 0.11%
2430 – Other machinery 35 3.2% 0.02% 220 9.3% 0.13%
2500 – Textiles 5 0.5% 0.03% 92 3.9% 0.43%
2600 – Clothing 212 19.0% 0.30% 101 4.3% 0.14%
2700 – Other manufactures 232 20.9% 0.16% 167 7.1% 0.11%WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Exports
3000 – Other products 3 0.3% 0.00% 10 0.4% 0.01%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. 
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 ANNEX 3: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 
Population in Mio  3.8
Area in 1000skm  51
Gross Domestic Product in BN euro  13.3
GDP Per Capita in euro 3,461
EU 27 TRADE WITH BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 61 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 54 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €)
2005 1,332 0.1 2,871 0.3 1,538 
2006 1,725 0.1 2,883 0.2 1,157 
2007 1832 0.1 3,123 0.3 1,292 
2008 1,937 0.1 3,736 0.3 1,799 
2009 1,527 0.1 2,941 0.3 1,414 
2010 2,026 0.1 3,138 0.2 1,112 
2011 2,406 0.1 3,537 0.2 1,131 
2012 2,422 0.1 3,598 0.2 1,176 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 2,422 100% 0.14% 2,422 100% 0.20%
1000 - Primary products 613 25.3% 0.08% 613 24.5% 0.12%
1100 - Agricultural products 229 9.5% 0.17% 229 14.2% 0.38%
1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 384 15.9% 0.06% 384 10.3% 0.06%
2000 - Manufactures 1,796 74.2% 0.19% 1,796 74.6% 0.28%
2100 - Iron and steel 134 5.5% 0.50% 134 3.9% 0.52%
2200 - Chemicals 129 5.3% 0.08% 129 15.9% 0.35%
2300 - Other semi-
manufactures 261 10.8% 0.31% 261 14.4% 0.62%
2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 458 18.9% 0.10% 458 25.5% 0.20%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 5 0.2% 0.00% 5 3.0% 0.06%
2420 - Transport equipment 120 4.9% 0.11% 120 9.6% 0.33%
2430 - Other machinery 333 13.7% 0.20% 333 12.8% 0.28%
2500 - Textiles 30 1.2% 0.14% 30 4.3% 0.73%
2600 - Clothing 104 4.3% 0.15% 104 1.9% 0.10%WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
2700 - Other manufactures 680 28.1% 0.46% 680 8.6% 0.21%
3000 - Other products 12 0.5% 0.02% 12 0.5% 0.03%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. WT/L/896 
 
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 ANNEX 4: CROATIA 
 
  
 
 
EU 27 TRADE WITH CROATIA 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 48 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 31 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €) 
2005 4,077 0.3 10,732 1.0 6,654 
2006 4,891 0.4 12,361 1.1 7,470 
2007 4,979 0.3 13,258 1.1 8,279 
2008 5,169 0.3 14,311 1.1 9,143 
2009 4,385 0.4 10,752 1.0 6,367 
2010 4,961 0.3 10,310 0.8 5,349 
2011 5,640 0.3 11,523 0.7 5,883 
2012 4,666 0.3 10,077 0.6 5,411 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 4,665 100% 0.26% 10,075 100% 0.56%
1000 - Primary products 1,670 35.8% 0.22% 3,171 31.5% 0.42%
1100 - Agricultural products 703 15.1% 0.52% 1,303 12.9% 0.96%
1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 966 20.7% 0.16% 1,868 18.5% 0.30%
2000 - Manufactures 2,855 61.2% 0.30% 6,804 67.5% 0.71%
2100 - Iron and steel 20 0.4% 0.07% 370 3.7% 1.37%
2200 - Chemicals 389 8.3% 0.24% 1,545 15.3% 0.95%
2300 - Other semi-manufactures 613 13.1% 0.73% 973 9.7% 1.16%
2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 934 20.0% 0.21% 2,537 25.2% 0.56%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 29 0.6% 0.02% 502 5.0% 0.28%
2420 - Transport equipment 220 4.7% 0.21% 736 7.3% 0.70%
2430 - Other machinery 685 14.7% 0.41% 1,299 12.9% 0.79%
2500 - Textiles 56 1.2% 0.26% 252 2.5% 1.19%
2600 - Clothing 330 7.1% 0.47% 275 2.7% 0.39%Population in Mio  4.3
Area in 1000skm  57
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 43.9
GDP Per Capita in euro 10,295WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
2700 - Other manufactures 513 11.0% 0.35% 851 8.4% 0.57%
3000 - Other products 139 3.0% 0.19% 53 0.5% 0.07%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. WT/L/896 
 
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 ANNEX 5: FORMER YUGOSLAV  REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 
 
  
 
  
 
EU 27 TRADE WITH FORMER YUGO SLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 62 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 58 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports 
(%) Value (Mio €)  
2005 1,018 0.1 1,567 0.1 550 
2006 1,304 0.1 1,832 0.2 528 
2007 1,858 0.1 2,080 0.2 223 
2008 1,765 0.1 2,532 0.2 767 
2009 1,189 0.1 2,076 0.2 887 
2010 1,735 0.1 2,383 0.2 648 
2011 2,161 0.1 2,947 0.2 787 
2012 2,126 0.1 3,300 0.2 1,174 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Exports
0000 – Total 2,126 100% 0.12% 3,300 100% 0.18%
1000 - Primary products 514 24.2% 0.07% 1,419 43.0% 0.19%
1100 - Agricultural products 178 8.4% 0.13% 319 9.7% 0.24%
1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 335 15.8% 0.05% 1,100 33.3% 0.18%
2000 - Manufactures 1,609 75.6% 0.17% 1,853 56.1% 0.19%
2100 - Iron and steel 304 14.3% 1.12% 166 5.0% 0.61%
2200 - Chemicals 426 20.0% 0.26% 387 11.7% 0.24%
2300 - Other semi-
manufactures 39 1.8% 0.05% 267 8.1% 0.32%
2400 - Machinery and 
transport equipment 255 12.0% 0.06% 556 16.8% 0.12%
2410 -Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 3 0.1% 0.00% 113 3.4% 0.06%
2420 - Transport equipment 27 1.3% 0.03% 146 4.4% 0.14%
2430 - Other machinery 224 10.6% 0.14% 296 9.0% 0.18%
2500 - Textiles 26 1.2% 0.12% 283 8.6% 1.34%Population in Mio  2.1
Area in 1000skm 26
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 7.5
GDP Per Capita in euro 3,572WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Exports
2600 - Clothing 455 21.4% 0.65% 37 1.1% 0.05%
2700 - Other manufactures 104 4.9% 0.07% 157 4.8% 0.11%
3000 - Other products 4 0.2% 0.01% 21 0.6% 0.03%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. WT/L/896 
 
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 ANNEX 6: KOSOVO 
 
  
 
  
 
EU 27 TRADE WITH KOSOVO 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 131 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 107 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports 
(%) Value (Mio €)
2005 12 0.0 155 0.0 143 
2006 28 0.0 277 0.0 250 
2007 47 0.0 424 0.0 377 
2008 86 0.0 533 0.0 447 
2009 80 0.0 619 0.1 539 
2010 147 0.0 626 0.1 479 
2011 137 0.0 672 0.0 535 
2012 121 0.0 645 0.0 524 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 – Total 121 100% 0.01% 645 100% 0.04%
1000 - Primary products 24 19.5% 0.00% 224 34.7% 0.03%
1100 - Agricultural products 11 9.2% 0.01% 156 24.3% 0.12%
1200 - Fuels and mining products 13 10.3% 0.00% 68 10.5% 0.01%
2000 - Manufactures 93 76.8% 0.01% 412 63.8% 0.04%
2100 - Iron and steel 67 54.8% 0.25% 9 1.4% 0.03%
2200 - Chemicals 0 0.3% 0.00% 88 13.6% 0.05%
2300 - Other semi-manufactures 6 5.0% 0.01% 91 14.2% 0.11%
2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 10 8.1% 0.00% 156 24.2% 0.03%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 1 0.9% 0.00% 20 3.1% 0.01%
2420 - Transport equipment 3 2.6% 0.00% 50 7.7% 0.05%
2430 - Other machinery 6 4.6% 0.00% 87 13.4% 0.05%
2500 - Textiles 7 5.9% 0.03% 5 0.7% 0.02%
2600 - Clothing 1 0.6% 0.00% 15 2.3% 0.02%Population in Mio  1.7
Area in 1000sk 11
Gross Domestic Product in BN €  (2010) 4
GDP Per Capita in euro (2010) 2,383WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
2700 - Other manufactures 3 2.1% 0.00% 48 7.4% 0.03%
3000 - Other products 5 3.7% 0.01% 7 1.1% 0.01%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. WT/L/896 
 
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 ANNEX 7: SERBIA 
 
  
 
  
 
EU 27 TRADE WITH SERBIA 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 48 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 34 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports 
(%) Value (Mio €) 
2005 1,177 0.1 2,610 0.2 1,433 
2006 2,835 0.2 5,793 0.5 2,957 
2007 3,656 0.3 8,012 0.6 4,356 
2008 4,013 0.3 9,044 0.7 5,031 
2009 3,211 0.3 6,588 0.6 3,377 
2010 4,085 0.3 7,426 0.6 3,341 
2011 4,819 0.3 8,629 0.6 3,810 
2012 4,716 0.3 9,124 0.6 4,408 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 4,716 100% 0.26% 9,124  100% 0.51%
1000 - Primary products 1,649 35.0% 0.22% 2,194  24.1% 0.29%
1100 - Agricultural products 917 19.4% 0.68% 728  8.0% 0.54%
1200 - Fuels and mining products 733 15.5% 0.12% 1,467  16.1% 0.24%
2000 - Manufactures 3,008 63.8% 0.31% 6,849  75.1% 0.71%
2100 - Iron and steel 176 3.7% 0.65% 303  3.3% 1.12%
2300 - Other semi-manufactures 280 5.9% 0.17% 1,673  18.3% 1.03%
2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 585 12.4% 0.70% 1,014  11.1% 1.21%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 1,261 26.7% 0.28% 2,860  31.3% 0.63%
2420 - Transport equipment 43 0.9% 0.02% 414  4.5% 0.23%
2430 - Other machinery 419 8.9% 0.40% 818  9.0% 0.78%
2500 - Textiles 800 17.0% 0.48% 1,626  17.8% 0.98%
2600 - Clothing 57 1.2% 0.27% 228  2.5% 1.08%Population in Mio  7.2
Area in 1000skm  88
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 29.2
GDP Per Capita in euro 4,039WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
2700 - Other manufactures 275 5.8% 0.39% 194  2.1% 0.28%
3000 - Other products 374 7.9% 0.25% 576  6.3% 0.39%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. 
 
 
 WT/L/896 
 
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 ANNEX 8: MONTENEGRO 
 
  
 
  
 
EU 27 TRADE WITH MONTENEGRO 
Year IMPORTS 
Rank 2012: 108 EXPORTS 
Rank 2012: 100 BALANCE 
Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of 
total EU 
exports 
(%) Value (Mio €)
2005 85 0.0 284 0.0 199 
2006 293 0.0 517 0.0 224 
2007 341 0.0 673 0.1 333 
2008 271 0.0 871 0.1 600 
2009 130 0.0 533 0.0 403 
2010 183 0.0 545 0.0 362 
2011 220 0.0 686 0.0 466 
2012 268 0.0 747 0.0 479 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2012 
Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 – Total 268 100% 0.01% 747 100% 0.04%
1000 - Primary products 222 82.6% 0.03% 331 44.3% 0.04%
1100 - Agricultural products 8 3.1% 0.01% 162 21.7% 0.12%
1200 - Fuels and mining products 213 79.5% 0.03% 169 22.6% 0.03%
2000 - Manufactures 44 16.5% 0.00% 412 55.1% 0.04%
2100 - Iron and steel 12 4.5% 0.04% 5 0.7% 0.02%
2300 - Other semi-manufactures 1 0.4% 0.00% 62 8.3% 0.04%
2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 3 1.0% 0.00% 69 9.2% 0.08%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 27 9.9% 0.01% 190 25.4% 0.04%
2420 - Transport equipment 2 0.8% 0.00% 34 4.5% 0.02%
2430 - Other machinery 13 4.7% 0.01% 90 12.1% 0.09%
2500 - Textiles 12 4.3% 0.01% 66 8.8% 0.04%
2600 - Clothing 0 0.0% 0.00% 4 0.5% 0.02%Population in Mio  0.6
Area in 1000skm  14
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 3.3
GDP Per Capita in euro 5,303WT/L/896 
 
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  Products Imports Exports 
(Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports (Mio 
euro) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
2700 - Other manufactures 1 0.2% 0.00% 26 3.5% 0.04%
3000 - Other products 1 0.5% 0.00% 56 7.5% 0.04%
Source: World Bank. 
Source: IMF (World economic outlook). Source: EUROSTAT (Comext,  Statistical regime 4). 
World excluding Intra-EU trade an d European Union: 27 members. 
 
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