WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/L/707 
10 December 2007 
 (07-5487) 
General Council 
18-19 December 2007 Original:   English 
 
 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – THE ACP-EC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 
 
Report of the Parties to the Agreement under the Decision of 14 November 2001  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 6 December 2006, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of the European Commission.  
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1. Introduction 
1. On 14 November 2001
1, the Ministerial Conference decided to grant a waiver for the ACP-
EU Partnership Agreement (known as the Cotonou Ag reement) including the terms and conditions set 
out thereunder.  The waiver applies to the provisi ons of paragraph 1 of Ar ticle I of the General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to the ex tent necessary to permit the European Communities 
to provide preferential tariff treatment for pr oducts originating in ACP States as required by 
Article 36.3, Annex V and its Protocols of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, without being 
required to extend the same preferential treatment to  like products of any other WTO Member.  This 
waiver expires on 31 December 2007.  
 
2. In accordance with paragraph 5 of the waiver  Decision, the Parties to the Cotonou Agreement 
herewith provide a report on the implementation of th e preferential treatment covered by the waiver.  
This report covers the year 2006.  
2. Economic and trade co-operati on under the Cotonou Agreement 
3. Trade development is one of the objectives of  the Cotonou Agreement.  Article 34 states that 
“economic and trade co-operation shall aim at foster ing the smooth and gradual integration of the 
ACP States in to the world economy, with due re gard for their political choices and development 
priorities, thereby promoting their sustainable deve lopment and contributing to poverty eradication in 
the ACP countries”.  
 
4. To fulfil these objectives, the Parties to the Agreement agreed to conclude new WTO-
compatible trading arrangements, under which they  will progressively remove barriers to trade and 
enhance co-operation in all areas relevant to trad e.  The negotiations of these Economic Partnership 
Agreements commenced on 27 September 2002 with the ACP Group as a whole and continued on a 
regional basis. The new trading arrangements are scheduled to come into force on 1 January 2008. 
                                                     
 
1 Document WT/MIN(01)/15 of 14 November 2001, subsequently circulated also as WT/L/436. WT/L/707 
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5. Meanwhile, Article 36 of the Cotonou Agreement maintains the non-reciprocal trade preferences that were applied under the Fourth Lomé  Convention.  This preferential access into the 
EU market for products originating in ACP states is laid down in Article 1 of  Annex V to the Cotonou 
Agreement and in Declaration XXII.  In addition to  the Declaration which applies for all ACP states, 
the product protocols on beef and veal and sugar establish the preferential treatment for a list of 
specific ACP countries.   6. Of the 78 ACP contracting parties of the Cotonou Agreement, 56 are presently members of the WTO.  Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Princi pe is in the process of accession to the WTO. 
Moreover, Bahamas, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Samoa, Seychelles, Sudan and Vanuatu are 
observer governments to the WTO.  Forty-one of the ACP States are included in the UN list of fifty 
Least Developed Countries (see annex 1 for details).  
3. Trade performance under the Cotonou Agreement 
7. Total trade between the EU and the ACP furt her increased by 10% in 2006 to €74 billion, 
following an increase in 2005 of 19%.  These figures are based on imports to the enlarged EU25 and so are not directly comparable with prev iously reported figures based on the EU15. 
 8. The ACP continue to essentially export commodities.  In 2006, more than half of total exports 
consisted of petroleum products (44%) and diamonds (9%). Further, cocoa (6%), aluminium (5%), 
fish (3%), wood (3%), and sugar (2%) are dominant export items. 
 9. EU exports increased by 10% to €33.8 billio n. EU exports to the ACP consist mainly of 
machinery and mechanical equipment, vehicles, airc raft and other transport equipment and chemical 
products. 
 
10. Imports of non-petroleum products from ACP c ountries into the EU were higher than into 
comparable import markets in the US, Canada and Japan in 2006, mainly b ecause of the preferential 
access granted under the Cotonou Agreement.  The EU is the main trade partner for the ACP in non- 
petroleum products, its share in QUAD countries' imports of non-petroleum products from the ACP 
being 64%. 
 
4. Fulfilment of the terms and condi tions attached to the waiver 
11. The Parties to the Cotonou Agreement have met the terms and conditions attached to the 
waiver.  Any changes in the pref erential treatment for products or iginating in the ACP States will 
continue to be notified to the WTO.  Furthermore,  the parties to the Agreement wish to assure the 
other WTO Members that they will, upon request, promptly enter into consultations with any 
interested WTO Member with respect to any difficu lty or matter that may arise as a result of the 
waiver.     WT/L/707 
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  ANNEX 1  
 
Present ACP States Parties to the Cotonou Agreement (78)  
  
Angola  * Gabon * Rwanda  * 
Antigua and Barbuda * Gambia  * Saint Kitts and Nevis * 
Bahamas Ghana * Saint Lucia * Barbados * Grenada * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * Belize * Guinea  * Samoa 
Benin  * Guinea-Bissau  * Sao Tomé & Principe  
Botswana * Guyana * Senegal *  
Burkina Faso  * Haiti  * Seychelles 
Burundi  * Jamaica * Sierra Leone * 
Cameroon * Kenya * Solomon Islands*  
Cape Verde  Kiribati  Somalia  
Central African Republic  * Lesotho  * South Africa *
1 
Chad  * Liberia  Sudan  
Comoros  Madagascar * Suriname * 
Congo (Brazzaville) * Malawi  * Swaziland * 
Congo (Democratic Republic of) *  Mali  * Tanzania  * 
Cook Islands Marshall Islands Togo  * 
Côte d’Ivoire * Mauritania  * Tonga *  
Djibouti *  Mauritius * Trinidad and Tobago * 
Dominica * Mozambique  *  Tuvalu  
Dominican Republic * Namibia * Uganda  * 
East Timor Nauru Vanuatu 
Equatorial Guinea  Niue Zambia  * 
Eritrea  Niger  * Zimbabwe * 
Ethiopia  Nigeria *  
Federated States of Micronesia Palau  Fiji * Papua New Guinea *  
 
    
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* ACP States currently me mbers of the WTO (56). 
 
 1 The trade provisions of the Cotonou Agreement do not apply to South Africa. 
 
 Least Developed Countries (UN list) in italics (41).  
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Trade C-2 (BS) Source: EUROSTAT        rs 4    07-déc-07 
   IMPORTS      
EU imports in mio euro  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  05-06  
Agricultural products 8.563,5 8.350,8 8. 644,9 9.110,8 9.285,7 8. 545,0 8.647,6 8.572,2 -1% 
 (chapter 01-24)           
TOTAL imports 
 22.292,4 29.189,4 32.158, 6 30.658,2 29.836,2 29. 431,4 36.970,2 39.723,4 7% 
% of TOTAL imports  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006   
Agricultural products 
 38% 29% 27% 30% 31% 29% 23% 22%  
index 1990 = 100  
 1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006   
Agricultural products 
 100 98 101 106 108 100 101 100  
TOTAL imports 100 131 144 138 134 132 166 178  
   EXPORTS      
EU exports in mio euro  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  05-06  
Agricultural products  3.163,0 3.4694,9 4.201,0 4.238,0 4.181,5 3.715,7 3.854,7 4.419,6 15% 
 (chapter 01-24)          
TOTAL exports 22.151,2 27.115,1 28.323,5 28.259,3 27.527,2 26.759, 9 30.547,2 33.836,5 11% 
% of TOTAL exports  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006   
Agricultural products 14% 14% 15% 15% 15% 14% 13% 13%  
index 1990 = 100  
 1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006   
Agricultural products 100 117 133 134 132 117 122 140  
TOTAL exports 100 122 128 128 124 121 138 153  
   BALANCE      
Balance in mio euro  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006   
TOTAL trade balance -141,3 -2.074,4 -3.835,1 -2.398,9 -2.309,0 -2. 671,4 -6.423,0 -5.886,8  
Exports/Imports ratio  99% 93% 88% 92% 92% 91% 83% 85%  
 
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  Evolution of EU imports (1) 
 
 
all products
020406080100120140160180200220
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004Ecu bn
AC P  (2) Asia (3)
Latin-America (4) Mediterranean (5)
 
 
Source :  EUROSTAT.  agricultural products
051015202530
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004Ecu bn
AC P  (2) Asia (3)
Latin-America (4) Mediterranean (5)
 
 
 
 
 
Notes: 
(1) These figures represent EU9 in 1976, EU10 from 1980 to 1985, EU12 from 1990 to 1995, EU15 from 1996 
to 2003 and EU25 from 2005. 
(2) These figures represent exports and imports of the 78  states that are contrac ting parties to the Cotonou 
Agreement, although in ear lier years some of them have not benefited from Cotonou trade provisions. 
(3) Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, 
Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Paki stan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, 
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 
(4) Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia , Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador,  El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela 
(5) Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon , Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey  
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  Evolution of EU exports (1) 
 
020406080100120140160180200
1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
ACP(2) Asie(3) Latin-America(4) Mediterranean(5)
 
 
Source :  EUROSTAT.  
 
Notes: 
(1) These figures represent EU9 in 1976, EU10 from 1980 to 1985, EU12 from 1990 to 1995, EU15 from 1996 
to 2003 and EU25 from 2005. 
(2) These figures represent exports and imports of the 78  states that are contrac ting parties to the Cotonou 
Agreement, although in ear lier years some of them have not benefited from Cotonou trade provisions. 
(3) Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, 
Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Paki stan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, 
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 
(4) Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia , Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador,  El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela 
(5) Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon , Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey   
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Trends in trade between EU (1) and developing countries, 1976 – 2006 
 
1) EU imports in billion ecu    
 
 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 
ACP (2) 10,6 12,8 12,2 15,1 19, 5 17,2 18,8 20,1 25,5 27,0 19,9 16,5 17,5 19, 6 21,9 19,3 18,0 14,9 
Asia (3) 8,7 9,9 10,2 13,0 16, 0 17,1 18,6 20,5 24,8 25,9 27,4 33,1 40,5 47, 7 50,7 62,5 65,9 74,1 
Latin-America (4) 8,1 9,7 9,3 11,3 13, 5 16,6 18,2 20,4 23,9 25,7 20,5 19,5 23,3 26, 3 25,6 26,0 24,5 22,4 
Mediterranean (5) 9,6 9,5 9,0 12,2 16, 4 21,6 25,8 25,6 29,1 32,3 20,3 20,9 15,3 19, 5 21,9 23,1 23,4 23,0 
All developing countries 70,7 75,1 70,9 88,0 114, 3 129,1 128,8 121,7 135,1 138,9 109,1 108,8 130,4 156, 6 165,2 177,1 174,9 177,3 
Extra-EU 157,7 173,2 178,3 217,7 269, 9 303,8 321,5 328,5 382,1 399,7 336,8 340,5 387,8 447, 4 461,6 494,1 487,1 487,4 
 
 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 
ACP (2) 18,6 19,9 22,0 23,0 21, 4 21,9 28,9 31,6 30,0 29,2 29,2 37,0 41,1 
Asia (3) 84,0 96,5 107,4 128,8 144, 8 159,9 214,4 209,7 209,3 222,4 269,4 315,7 371,2 
Latin-America (4) 27,3 31,0 30,9 35,4 35, 7 37,7 49,4 51,0 49,1 48,6 56,7 65,8 78,5 
Mediterranean (5) 24,8 25,6 28,7 34,0 34, 4 38,1 52,8 56,4 56,5 57,5 65,8 79,1 89,1 
All developing countries 200,9 226,1 247,3 289,6 304, 3 337,3 457,8 464,7 459,7 483,0 574,7 690,3 806,2 
Extra-EU 538,6 545,3 581,0 672,6 710,5 779,8 950,2 934, 0 888,9 883,1 1016, 7 1191,4 1371,3 
 
Source :  EUROSTAT.   
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 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 
ACP (2) 10,0 13,0 13,2 12,3 16, 4 19,7 19,3 16,6 17,2 18,3 16,5 14,1 15,5 16, 7 18,3 16,0 17,4 16,5 
Asia (3) 7,5 8,6 10,6 12,4 13, 1 16,9 19,6 21,6 24,9 29,7 28,9 29,9 33,8 40, 8 41,0 43,8 47,1 60,0 
Latin-America (4) 7,3 8,7 8,9 10,1 11, 7 14,9 13,1 11,3 13,4 13,5 14,4 13,8 13,6 15, 6 15,6 18,0 20,4 24,3 
Mediterranean (5) 12,3 14,4 13,9 16,4 19, 8 27,9 25,6 27,3 29,3 29,8 24,4 22,0 19,8 22, 4 25,8 26,3 26,5 32,2 
All developing countries 50,9 62,1 66,5 69,7 83, 4 112,0 117,1 116,4 123,4 121,7 110,2 104,7 147,4 143, 8 148,4 156,2 170,4 196,0 
Extra-EU 141,3 166,4 173,7 194,2 221, 1 266,7 286,5 303,0 351,3 380,8 344,6 339,5 362,9 413, 2 415,4 423,5 436,1 487,5 
 
 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 
ACP(2) 14,9 17,6 18,7 20,4 22, 2 21,8 26,6 27,7 27,8 27,1 26,6 30,5 34,2 
Asia(3) 70,7 87,4 94,2 104,1 82, 4 88,2 115,5 118,8 121,3 124,5 143,7 157,7 180,8 
Latin-America (4) 29,2 32,7 36,2 45,6 49, 6 46,1 55,1 58,2 50,2 44,1 47,9 55,0 63,9 
Mediterranean (5) 31,1 36,9 42,6 49,8 52, 9 52,0 65,2 57,1 61,1 64,5 78,1 88,4 93,2 
All developing countries 211,3 255,3 280,9 323,5 319, 7 317,2 396,4 415,5 420,0 427,2 501,9 571,9 646,1 
Extra-EU 541,6 573,3 626,3 721, 1 733,4 760,2 840,9 876,2 881,2 858,3 968, 6 1080,8 1196,5 
 
Source :  EUROSTAT.   WT/L/707 
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   2006  EU25 export  
    main traded products with 
 
Trade C-2 (BS)  ACP 
  
07-déc-07 
EU25 export   rs4     to     ACP % total 
of 
REGION cumul. 
% total 
exp 1000 euro Share of 
Extra-
EU tons 
2710 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BI TUMINOUS M  8,6% 8,6% 2.913.451 7,0%  5.989.467 
8901 CRUISE SHIPS, EXCURSION BOATS, FERRY-BOATS, CARGO SH  4,6% 13,2% 1.566.174 20,8% 1.129.918 
3004 MEDICAMENTS CONSISTING OF MIXED OR UNMIXED PRODU  3,4% 16,6% 1.145.369 2,2% 42.088 
8525 TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR RADIO-TELEPHONY,  RADIO  3,2% 19,9%  1.097.017 5,5% 11.394 
8703 MOTOR CARS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES PRINCIPALLY D  3,0% 22,8% 1.001.126 1,4% 344.299 
8704 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF GOODS , INCL. CH  2,1% 24, 9% 703.669 9,0% 367.437 
8517 ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR LINE TELEPHONY OR LINE TEL 1,8% 26, 7% 599.685 6,9% 5.057 
8431 PARTS SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPA LLY WITH TH  1,6% 28,2% 525.611 6,3% 46.973 
0402 MILK AND CREAM, CONCENTRATED OR CONTAINING ADDED  1,4% 29,7% 489.448 35,8% 230.760 
8502 ELECTRIC GENERATING SETS AND ROTARY C ONVERTERS  1,4% 31,1%  482.610 10, 7% 56.321 
8471 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UN ITS THER  1,4% 32, 5% 472.470 3,1% 11.806 
1001 WHEAT AND MESLIN 1,1% 33,6% 387.805 23,6% 3.027.344 
8429 SELF-PROPELLED BULLDOZERS, ANGLEDOZERS, GRADERS, L  1,1% 34,8% 378.250 7,2% 97.027 
7304 TUBES, PIPES AND HOLLOW PROFILES, SEAMLESS, OF IRON O  1,1% 35,8 357.865 6,6% 154.278 
8529 PARTS SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPA LLY WITH TR  1,0% 36,8% 326.395 4,6% 7.528 
8708 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR TRACTORS, MOTOR VEHICLES  1,0% 37, 7% 326.282 1,3% 79.647 
8802 POWERED AIRCRAFT 'E.G. HELICOPTERS AND AEROPLANES'; 0,9% 38,7% 318.052 1,4% 584 
8701 TRACTORS (OTHER THAN TRACTORS OF HE ADING 8709) 0,9% 39,6% 315.317 5,4% 107.339 
7308 STRUCTURES AND PARTS OF STRUCTURES 'E.G ., BRIDGES AN 0,9% 40,5% 302.286 7,4% 116.232 
8479 MACHINES AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES H AVING INDIVID 0,9% 41,4% 296.662 2,6% 24.260 
6309 WORN CLOTHING AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, BLANKETS 0,8% 42,2% 286.325 48,6% 305.949 
8411 TURBO-JETS, TURBO-PROPELLERS AND OTHER GAS  TURBINE 0,8% 43,1% 279.111 1,6% 7.863 
8473 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (OTHER THAN COVE RS, CARRYING 0,8% 43, 8% 263.315 2,2% 6.028 
0303 FROZEN FISH (EXCL. FISH FILLETS AND OTHER FISH MEAT OF 0,8% 44,6% 261.283 30,8% 405.099 
1901 MALT EXTRACT; FOOD PREPARATIONS OF FLOUR, GROATS, 0,7% 45,3% 248.632 15,7% 157.952 
1701 CANE OR BEET SUGAR AND CHEMICALLY PURE SUCROSE, IN 0,7% 46,1%  247.330 12,5% 723.044 
8481 TAPS, COCKS, VALVES AND SIMILAR APPLIANC ES FOR PIPES, 0,7% 46,8% 243.469 2,6% 16.604 
8422 DISH WASHING MACHINES; MACHINERY FOR C LEANING OR D 0,7% 47,5% 242.115 3,5% 7.433 
8413 PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS, WHETHER OR NOT FITTED  WITH A MEA 0,7% 48,2% 233.456 3,3% 13.538 
9018 INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN MEDICA L, SURGIC  0,6% 48, 8% 216.567 1,9% 7.924 
8474 MACHINERY FOR SORTING, SCREENING, SEPARA TING, WASHI  0,6% 49,5% 213.920 5,0% 40.012 
2106 FOOD PREPARATIONS, N.E.S. 0,6% 50,1% 213. 665 6,9% 55.572 
8544 INSULATED 'INCL. ENAMELLED OR ANODISED' WIRE, CABLE 'I 0,6% 50,7% 213.092 3,7% 36.080 
8409 PARTS SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCI PALLY WITH IN 0,6% 51,4% 211.458 3,5% 10.270 
8536 ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING OR PR OTECTING E 0,6% 52, 0% 199.623 2,5% 14.035 
2204 WINE OF FRESH GRAPES, INCL. FORTIFIED WINE S; GRAPE MU 0,6% 52,5% 196.390 3,6% 217.532 
8705 SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES (OTHER THAN THOSE P 0,6% 53, 1% 187.479 6,9% 29.574 
3002 HUMAN BLOOD; ANIMAL BLOOD PREPARED FOR THERAPEUT 0,5% 53,6% 185.683 2,4% 1.675 
8414 AIR OR VACUUM PUMPS (EXCL. GAS COMPOUND ELEVATORS 0,5% 54,2% 184.907 2,6% 11.406 
9403 FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF, N.E.S. (E XCL. SEATS AND 0,5% 54, 7% 179.078 2,4% 41.015 
total export     to     ACP 100%  33.836.512 2,85%  
 
 
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  Share of EU imports from ACP in total EU imports, 1976-2006 
  
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%
76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 
 
Source : EUROSTAT. 
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  EU imports from ACP 2006: Main products 
 
 
Sugar
2,1%other
27,4%
C offee
1,5%
Wood
2,9% Fish
3,3% Aluminium
5,3%Cocoa
5,5%Petroleum Gases
7,6%Petroleum Oils
35,9%
Diamonds
8,6%
 
 
Source :  EUROSTAT. 
 
  
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EU imports from ACP countries 
(in 1000 ecu) 
 
Partner 1991 % ACP 
in 1991 rank 
in 
1991 1998 % ACP in 1998 rank 
in 
1998 2004 % ACP in 2004 rank 
in 
2004 2005 % ACP in 2005 rank 
in 
2005 2006 % ACP in 2003 rank 
in 
2006 
                
ACP 19.278.953 100%  21.334.258 100%  28.594.510 100%  36.033.520 100%  39.723.365 100%  
Nigeria 4.571.988   23,7%        1   2.874.474   13,5%        1   5.220.861   18,3%        1   8.336.614   23,1%       1   10.624.808   26,7%       1   
Cameroon 1.158.659   6,0%        4   1.422.900   6,7%        3   1.638.178   5,7%        4   1.959.682   5,4%       5   2.741.959   6,9%       2   
Ivory Coast 1.617.181   8,4%        2   2.269.497   10,6%        2   2.147.855   7,5%        2   1.967.397   5,5%       4   2.477.044   6,2%       3   
Angola 832.344   4,3%        6   587.570   2,8%      10   973.478   3,4%        7   2.623.764   7,3%       2   2.175.649   5,5%       4   
Botswana 82.156   0,4%      39   145.680   0,7%      35   1.902.809   6,7%        3   2.383.947   6,6%       3   1.798.963   4,5%       5   
Equat.Guinea 31.192   0,2%      53   204.119   1,0%      28   826.116   2,9%      11   1.589.229   4,4%       6   1.735.269   4,4%       6   
Namibia 135.450   0,7%      26   381.648   1,8%      17   905.968   3,2%        8   950.530   2,6%     12   1.308.307   3,3%       7   
Trinidad,Tob 174.478   0,9%      23   376.795   1,8%      18   470.703   1,6%      19   474.434   1,3%     19   1.305.862   3,3%       8   
Mozambique 66.754   0,3%      43   110.236   0,5%      37   838.788   2,9%      10   1.004.907   2,8%       9   1.276.341   3,2%       9   
Ghana 717.203   3,7%        8   1.211.090   5,7%        4   1.030.106   3,6%        6   972.425   2,7%     10   1.107.411   2,8%     10   
Mauritius 780.507   4,0%        7   1.098.648   5,1%        5   1.124.147   3,9%        5   1.124.633   3,1%       7   1.070.625   2,7%     11   
Kenya 564.846   2,9%      10   783.383   3,7%        7   868.198   3,0%        9   950.944   2,6%     11   1.052.024   2,6%     12   
Bahamas 215.773   1,1%      18   321.685   1,5%      20   623.169   2,2%      14   1.026.609   2,8%       8   967.623   2,4%     13   
Dominican R. 119.441   0,6%      32   252.237   1,2%      24   443.201   1,5%      22   472.028   1,3%     20   664.196   1,7%     14   
Congo (Dem. Rep.) 963.360   5,0%        5   780.207   3,7%        8   731.764   2,6%      12   726.793   2,0%     14   631.297   1,6%     15   
Gabon 1.227.185   6,4%        3   834.816   3,9%        6   556.032   1,9%      17   547.448   1,5%     17   602.557   1,5%     16   
Liberia 249.269   1,3%      17   422.753   2,0%      14   607.360   2,1%      16   604.126   1,7%     16   576.603   1,5%     17   
Mauritania 255.185   1,3%      16   318.854   1,5%      21   343.520   1,2%      25   450.223   1,2%     22   534.541   1,3%     18   
Madagascar 167.825   0,9%      25   475.667   2,2%      12   548.989   1,9%      18   453.032   1,3%     21   529.373   1,3%     19   
Jamaica 285.933   1,5%      14   518.827   2,4%      11   618.206   2,2%      15   751.461   2,1%     13   525.099   1,3%     20   
Zambia 255.552   1,3%      15   219.694   1,0%      27   177.850   0,6%      35   185.240   0,5%     34   403.012   1,0%     21   
Papua N.G. 198.542   1,0%      19   328.137   1,5%      19   368.225   1,3%      23   393.908   1,1%     24   398.637   1,0%     22   
Zimbabwe 643.915   3,3%        9   691.366   3,2%        9   447.365   1,6%      21   388.341   1,1%     25   383.608   1,0%     23   
Guinea 308.387   1,6%      13   433.467   2,0%      13   364.756   1,3%      24   411.463   1,1%     23   376.942   0,9%     24    
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ACP 19.278.953 100%  21.334.258 100%  28.594.510 100%  36.033.520 100%  39.723.365 100%  
Congo 547.259   2,8%      11   387.863   1,8%      16   261.613   0,9%      27   294.584   0,8%     28   371.450   0,9%     25   
Tanzania 179.706   0,9%      22   249.786   1,2%      25   671.429   2,3%      13   318.482   0,9%     26   342.510   0,9%     26   
Senegal 381.845   2,0%      12   417.077   2,0%      15   319.835   1,1%      26   519.414   1,4%     18   302.830   0,8%     27   
Ethiopia 119.617   0,6%      31   279.666   1,3%      22   192.110   0,7%      33   282.841   0,8%     29   285.016   0,7%     28   
Uganda 130.792   0,7%      28   271.687   1,3%      23   258.806   0,9%      28   301.016   0,8%     27   282.030   0,7%     29   
Marshall Is.         450.964   1,6%      20   702.371   1,9%     15   247.003   0,6%     30   
Surinam 130.910   0,7%      27   166.057   0,8%      31   170.464   0,6%      36   192.469   0,5%     33   222.097   0,6%     31   
Seychelles 52.262   0,3%      45   84.955   0,4%      41   230.562   0,8%      30   260.747   0,7%     31   213.483   0,5%     32   
St Lucia 70.928   0,4%      41   57.540   0,3%      48   31.494   0,1%      50   57.993   0,2%     47   202.331   0,5%     33   
Guyana 119.290   0,6%      33   158.720   0,7%      32   188.142   0,7%      34   169.526   0,5%     37   172.801   0,4%     34   
Antigua,Barb 12.805   0,1%      59   9.786   0,0%      63   99.673   0,3%      42   121.246   0,3%     39   165.676   0,4%     35   
Malawi 183.136   0,9%      20   170.875   0,8%      30   149.944   0,5%      37   172.100   0,5%     36   158.058   0,4%     36   
Niger 182.114   0,9%      21   152.535   0,7%      33   120.902   0,4%      39   130.177   0,4%     38   130.815   0,3%     37   
St Vincent 48.186   0,2%      47   69.238   0,3%      45   219.706   0,8%      32   262.820   0,7%     30   125.091   0,3%     38   
Sierra Leone 168.983   0,9%      24   82.967   0,4%      43   113.440   0,4%      40   121.056   0,3%     40   123.674   0,3%     39   
Swaziland 126.363   0,7%      29   148.636   0,7%      34   139.934   0,5%      38   115.119   0,3%     42   119.142   0,3%     40   
Togo 105.504   0,5%      35   44.890   0,2%      52   68.127   0,2%      45   115.908   0,3%     41   117.567   0,3%     41   
Fiji 120.015   0,6%      30   109.941   0,5%      38   100.361   0,4%      41   103.177   0,3%     44   115.465   0,3%     42   
Sudan 103.386   0,5%      36   240.189   1,1%      26   251.887   0,9%      29   176.275   0,5%     35   112.270   0,3%     43   
Belize 33.343   0,2%      51   97.451   0,5%      40   80.908   0,3%      43   113.939   0,3%     43   88.169   0,2%     44   
Benin 38.744   0,2%      49   55.875   0,3%      49   32.141   0,1%      49   31.838   0,1%     52   69.855   0,2%     45   
Lesotho 20.084   0,1%      55   19.880   0,1%      56   23.935   0,1%      51   52.791   0,1%     48   63.516   0,2%     46   
Centr.Africa 90.864   0,5%      38   179.203   0,8%      29   75.719   0,3%      44   65.920   0,2%     46   61.898   0,2%     47   
Barbados 32.747   0,2%      52   54.418   0,3%      50   53.063   0,2%      47   87.679   0,2%     45    41.514   0,1%     48   
Rwanda 106.940   0,6%      34   64.117   0,3%      46   23.383   0,1%      52   34.735   0,1%     51   40.852   0,1%     49   
Chad 50.465   0,3%      46   82.245   0,4%      44   228.560   0,8%      31   196.305   0,5%     32   35.050   0,1%     50   
Mali 60.984   0,3%      44   118.124   0,6%      36   55.181   0,2%      46   41.961   0,1%     50   31.071   0,1%     51   
Burkina Faso 73.939   0,4%      40   83.469   0,4%      42   41.463   0,1%      48   29.971   0,1%     53   30.672   0,1%     52    
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ACP 19.278.953 100%  21.334.258 100%  28.594.510 100%  36.033.520 100%  39.723.365 100%  
Cape Verde 4.089   0,0%      64   10.829   0,1%      60   13.418   0,0%      58   18.893   0,1%     56   27.225   0,1%     53   
Burundi 70.665   0,4%      42   57.835   0,3%      47   16.842   0,1%      55   48.561   0,1%     49   25.874   0,1%     54   
Haiti 27.478   0,1%      54   29.483   0,1%      54   13.452   0,0%      57   16.247   0,0%     57   21.773   0,1%     55   
Comoros 13.114   0,1%      58   7.375   0,0%      66   8.002   0,0%      61   8.431   0,0%     61   20.818   0,1%     56   
Dominica 39.444   0,2%      48   27.616   0,1%      55   17.305  0,1%      53   21.177   0,1%     55   18.220   0,0%     57   
Solomon Is. 19.032   0,1%      56   34.183   0,2%      53   7.343   0,0%      63   11.867   0,0%     59   11.469   0,0%     58   
Gambia 93.595   0,5%      37    108.803   0,5%      39   17.193   0,1%      54   6.311   0,0%     63   11.410   0,0%     59   
Niue  0,0%      70    0,0%      71   194   0,0%      74   340   0,0%     74   8.932   0,0%     60   
Vanuatu 11.324   0,1%      60   15.887   0,1%      58   13.930   0,0%      56   26.702   0,1%     54   7.603   0,0%     61   
S.Tome,Princ 3.030   0,0%      65   9.063   0,0%      65   4.967   0,0%      65   12.521   0,0%     58   6.374   0,0%     62   
Grenada 10.323   0,1%      61   9.943   0,0%      62   8.339   0,0%      60   11.363   0,0%     60   4.986   0,0%     63   
Eritrea    0,0%      70   17.419   0,1%      57   3.226   0,0%      68   5.148   0,0%     64   4.373   0,0%     64   
Djibouti 37.388   0,2%      50   47.784   0,2%      51   5.461   0,0%      64   4.860   0,0%     65   4.067   0,0%     65   
Guinea Biss. 6.720   0,0%      63   10.451   0,0%      61   4.876   0,0%      66   3.357   0,0%     66   3.031   0,0%     66   
St.Ch.&Nevis 9.330   0,0%      62   11.280   0,1%      59   10.208   0,0%      59   7.840   0,0%     62   2.706   0,0%     67   
Somalia 16.714   0,1%      57   9.454   0,0%      64   718   0,0%      71   1.169   0,0%     69   1.789   0,0%     68   
Cook Is  0,0%      70    0,0%      71   2.599   0,0%      70   1.586   0,0%     68   756   0,0%     69   
Tuvalu 153   0,0%      69   98   0,0%      70   220   0,0%      73   592   0,0%     71   604   0,0%     70   
Kiribati 1.248   0,0%      66   1.537   0,0%      68   7.753   0,0%      62   964   0,0%     70   536   0,0%     71   
Samoa 332   0,0%      68   4.030   0,0%      67   3.414   0,0%      67   2.852   0,0%     67   484   0,0%     72   
Nauru    0,0%      70     0,0%      71   3.082   0,0%      69   527   0,0%     72   286   0,0%     73   
Tonga 603   0,0%      67   216   0,0%      69   555   0,0%      72   454   0,0%     73   243   0,0%     74   
Palau  0,0%      70    0,0%      71   2   0,0%      76   41   0,0%     76   93   0,0%     75   
Fed.Micron.    0,0%      70     0,0%      71   25   0,0%      75   82   0,0%     75   61   0,0%     76   
 
Source : EUROSTAT. 
 
  
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  TOTAL   EU25     CANADA     JAPAN     UNITED 
STATES   
Group of 
Products QUAD mio € % 
QUAD % 
TOTAL 
(01-99) mio € % QUAD % 
TOTAL 
(01-99) mio € % 
QUAD % 
TOTAL 
(01-99) mio € % 
QUAD % 
TOTAL 
(01-99) 
 Primary 
commodities  
(01-27)  80.683.377 27.147.009 34% 66% 1.442.785 2% 59% 5.107.472 6% 93% 46.986.111 58% 85% 
 from which 
Fuels (27) 67.416.296 17.460.922 26% 42% 1.201.920 2% 50% 4.126.459 6% 75% 44.626.995 66% 81% 
 
Manufactured 
goods         
(28-99)  23.656.810 13.838.473 58% 34% 983.835 4% 41% 385.169 2% 7% 8.449.333 36% 15% 
 from which 
Textiles and 
clothing  (50-
63) 3.804.396 944.416 25% 2% 49.677 1% 2% 11.485 0% 0% 2.798.817 74% 5% 
TOTAL        
(01-99)  104.455.209 41.100.473 39% 100% 2.426.666 2% 100% 5.492.642 5% 100% 55.435.428 53% 100% 
TOTAL        
excl Fuels  37.038.913 23.639.552 64% 58% 1.224.746 3% 50% 1.366.183 4% 25% 10.808.433 29% 19% 
 
Source:  COMTRADE and Comext. 
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  Quad imports from ACP 2006 - Share in non-fuel imports 
 
EU25
64%
CANADA
3%JAPAN
4%UNITED STATES
29%
 
 
 
Quad imports from ACP in 2006  (million €) 
 
 
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-   10.000  20.000  30.000  40.000  50.000  60.000  
Canada USA Japan EU 
Primary commodities excl fuel (01-26) 
Manufactured goods (28-99) 
Fuels (27) 
TOTAL (01-99)