WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/L/814 
15 July 2011 
 (11-3550) 
General Council 
27-28 July 2011 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 28 July 20062 
 
  The following communication, dated 11 July 2011, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Union. 
 
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1. Introduction 
1. On 8 December 2000, the European Union (EU) was granted a waiver (WT/L/380) from its 
obligations under paragr aph 1 of Article I of the GATT 1994 to the extent necessary to permit the 
European Union to afford duty-free or preferentia l 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. 
2. With a view to maintaining the current system in  place, the EU requested an extension of the 
Western Balkans Waiver, which was adopted by the WTO General Council at its meeting on 
27-28 July 2006 (WT/L/654).  This waiver covers  products originating in Albania, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic  of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as 
Kosovo.  The waiver will expire on 31 December 2011. 
3. Under the terms of this waiver, the EU is re quired to submit to the General Council an annual 
report on the preferences and duty-free treatment af forded to products from the countries listed in 
paragraph 2, 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 2010. 
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 
5. Before 2000, the EU already had a liberal tr ade regime towards the Western Balkans, 
allowing more than 80 per cent of regional export s to enter the European  Union duty-free.  On 
                                                      
1 Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. 
2 WT/L/654. WT/L/814 
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  1 December 2000 the EU Council of Ministers exte nded the duty-free access to the EU market for 
products originating from this area even further. 
6. The reason for such an extension was that th e general level of imports from the Western 
Balkans countries remained very low, being less th an one per cent of all EU imports.  It was, 
therefore, considered appropriate to further improve 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. 
7. Further market opening is expected to contribute to the process of political and economic 
stabilisation in the region.  Fully li beralized 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 
8. The Stabilization and Association Agreements, which the EU is progressively concluding 
with the countries of the Western Balkans, are tools  which provide, much as the Europe Agreements 
did for the candidate countries in Central Euro pe, 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. 
9. 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, intell ectual property, public procurement, etc. are also 
envisaged. 
10. Six agreements of this kind have been concl uded so far: with the former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herze govina, Montenegro and Serbia.  The Stabilization 
and Association Agreement with the former Yugos lav Republic of Macedonia entered into force on 
1 April 2004, the one with Croatia entered in fo rce on 1 February 2005, the one with Albania on 
1 April 2009 and the one with Montenegro on 1 May 2010.  The Stabilization and Association 
Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina has been ra tified in December 2010, but has not yet entered 
into force.  The negotiations on the Stabiliza tion and Association Agreement with Serbia are 
concluded but the ratificati on process is still ongoing.  
11. As the ratification procedures of these Stabilization and Association Agreements take a 
significant period of time, the trad e provisions of these agreements en tered into force by means of 
Interim Agreements on 1 June 2001 for the form er 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 obligations 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 countries of the Western Balkans 
12. In the year 2010 EU imports from the Western Balkans concentrated primarily on transport 
equipment and primary products.  However, the tr ade balance for the countries of the Western 
Balkans remained globally negative for most sectors.   Total trade with the Western Balkans remained 
also low, at 1.4 per cent of total EU trade with the rest of the world.  The stabilization of the area and  WT/L/814 
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  the new export opportunities described in the preceden t paragraphs should help the Western Balkans 
countries to diversify their economies and to ameliorate such a trade balance. 
13. Statistical annexes are provided to present a de tailed description of the EU trade relations 
with the countries of the Western Balkans for the year 2010.  The first annex describes the trade 
relations with the countries of the Western Balkan s as a whole, while the remaining annexes describe 
in detail the trade relations w ith each country of the region. WT/L/814 
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  ANNEX 1:  WESTERN BALKANS 
 
Population in Mio  24
Area in 1000skm (2007) 465
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 109
GDP Per Capita in euro 4,900
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH WESTERN BALKAN 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 22 Rank 2010: 15 
Year Value (Mio €)Share of total EU 
imports (%) Value  (Mio €) Share of total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €) 
2006 11,573 0.9 25,204 2.2 13,631
2007 13,347 0.9 29,367 2.4 16,020
2008 13,929 0.9 33,030 2.5 19,101
2009 11,195 0.9 25,459 2.3 14,264
2010 13,830 0.9 26,510 2.0 12,680
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value 
(Mio €) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Exports
0000 - Total 13,830 0.0 0.9% 26,510 100.0 2.0%
1000 - Primary products 4,353 0.0 0.8% 6,198 23.4 3.0%
 1100 - Agricultural products 1,820 0.0 1.6% 2,982 11.2 3.0%
 1200 - Fuels and mining products 2,533 0.0 0.6% 3,217 12.1 2.9%
2000 - Manufactures 9,368 0.0 1.0% 19,946 75.2 1.8%
 2100 - Iron and steel 1,149 0.0 4.4% 1,081 4.1 3.2%
 2200 - Chemicals 1,095 0.0 0.8% 4,329 16.3 1.8%
 2300 - Other semi-manufactures 1,397 0.0 1.9% 3,266 12.3 3.2%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 2,571 0.0 0.6% 7,369 27.8 1.3%
 2410 - Office and telecommunication 
equipment 244 0.0 0.1% 1,324 5.0 1.7%
2420 - Transport equipment 637 0.0 0.6% 2,411 9.1 1.1%
2430 - Other machinery 1,690 0.0 1.2% 3,626 13.7 1.3%
2500 - Textiles 162 0.0 0.8% 966 3.6 6.2%
2600 - Clothing 1,280 0.0 1.9% 718 2.7 4.2%
2700 - Other manufactures 1,714 0.0 1.3% 2,216 8.4 1.8%
3000 - Other products 80 0.0 0.3% 163 0.6 0.4%
The above SITC codes correspond to the following HS Chapters:  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 : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI. 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members. Western Balkan:Albania: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croa tia, FJR Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia.  WT/L/814 
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  ANNEX 2:  ALBANIA 
 
Population in Mio  3
Area in 1000skm 29
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 9
GDP Per Capita in euro 2,774
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH ALBANIA 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 70 Rank 2010: 60 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €) 
2006 496 0.0 1,541 0.1 1,045
2007 626 0.0 1,802 0.1 1,176
2008 688 0.0 2,003 0.2 1,315
2009 653 0.1 1,970 0.2 1,317
2010 895 0.1 2,069 0.2 1,175
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value  
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value  
(Mio €) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 895 100 0.1% 2,069 100 0.2%
1000 - Primary products 314 35.1 0.1% 569 27.5 0.3%
 1100 - Agricultural products 57 6.4 0.0% 333 16.1 0.3%
 1200 - Fuels and mining products 257 28.7 0.1% 236 11.4 0.2%
2000 - Manufactures 576 64.4 0.1% 1,486 71.8 0.1%
 2100 - Iron and steel 14 1.5 0.1% 69 3.3 0.2%
 2200 - Chemicals 3 0.3 0.0% 234 11.3 0.1%
 2300 - Other semi-manufactures 77 8.6 0.1% 341 16.5 0.3%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 60 6.7 0.0% 475 23.0 0.1%
 2410 - Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 23 2.6 0.0% 103 5.0 0.1%
  2420 - Transport equipment 4 0.4 0.0% 121 5.8 0.1%
  2430 - Other machinery 33 3.7 0.0% 251 12.1 0.1%
2500 - Textiles 6 0.6 0.0% 92 4.5 0.6%
2600 - Clothing 204 22.8 0.3% 107 5.2 0.6%
2700 - Other manufactures 213 23.8 0.2% 169 8.2 0.1%
3000 - Other products 4 0.5 0.0% 9 0.4 0.0%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI . 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members. WT/L/814 
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ANNEX 3:  BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 
 
Population in Mio  4
Area in 1000skm 51
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 13
GDP Per Capita in euro 3,258
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 57 Rank 2010: 49 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €)
2006 1,725 0.1 2,883 0.2 1,157
2007 1,832 0.1 3,123 0.3 1,292
2008 1,937 0.1 3,736 0.3 1,799
2009 1,527 0.1 2,939 0.3 1,412
2010 2,023 0.1 3,139 0.2 1,116
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value  
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 2,023 100 0.1% 3,139 100 0.2%
1000 - Primary products 571 28.2 0.1% 695 22.1 0.3%
 1100 - Agricultural products 194 9.6 0.2% 428 13.6 0.4%
 1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 377 18.7 0.1% 267 8.5 0.2%
2000 - Manufactures 1,440 71.2 0.2% 2,405 76.6 0.2%
 2100 - Iron and steel 62 3.1 0.2% 138 4.4 0.4%
 2200 - Chemicals 102 5.0 0.1% 485 15.5 0.2%
 2300 - Other semi-
manufactures 206 10.2 0.3% 444 14.1 0.4%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 355 17.6 0.1% 827 26.3 0.1%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 8 0.4 0.0% 115 3.7 0.2%
  2420 - Transport equipment 85 4.2 0.1% 315 10.0 0.2%
  2430 - Other machinery 262 13.0 0.2% 396 12.6 0.1%
2500 - Textiles 29 1.4 0.1% 148 4.7 0.9%
2600 - Clothing 111 5.5 0.2% 65 2.1 0.4%
2700 - Other manufactures 576 28.5 0.4% 298 9.5 0.2%
3000 - Other products 9 0.4 0.0% 17 0.5 0.0%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI. 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members.   WT/L/814 
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  ANNEX 4:  CROATIA 
 
Population in Mio  4
Area in 1000skm 57
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 46
GDP Per Capita in euro 10,349
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH CROATIA 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 43 Rank 2010: 29 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €) 
2006 4,891 0.4 12,361 1.1 7,470
2007 4,979 0.3 13,256 1.1 8,277
2008 5,169 0.3 14,311 1.1 9,143
2009 4,395 0.4 10,736 1.0 6,341
2010 4,877 0.3 10,331 0.8 5,454
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value 
(Mio €) % Share 
of total 
EU 
Export
s 
0000 - Total 4,877 100 0.3% 10,331 100 0.8%
1000 - Primary products 1,483 30.4 0.3% 2,292 22.2 1.1%
 1100 - Agricultural products 668 13.7 0.6% 1,222 11.8 1.2%
 1200 - Fuels and mining products 815 16.7 0.2% 1,070 10.4 1.0%
2000 - Manufactures 3,354 68.8 0.4% 7,898 76.4 0.7%
 2100 - Iron and steel 26 0.5 0.1% 394 3.8 1.2%
 2200 - Chemicals 490 10.0 0.4% 1,718 16.6 0.7%
 2300 - Other semi-manufactures 599 12.3 0.8% 1,289 12.5 1.3%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 1,315 27.0 0.3% 2,951 28.6 0.5%
 2410 - Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 147 3.0 0.1% 542 5.2 0.7%
  2420 - Transport equipment 368 7.5 0.3% 1,002 9.7 0.5%
  2430 - Other machinery 800 16.4 0.6% 1,405 13.6 0.5%
2500 - Textiles 66 1.3 0.3% 276 2.7 1.8%
2600 - Clothing 319 6.5 0.5% 303 2.9 1.8%
2700 - Other manufactures 539 11.1 0.4% 967 9.4 0.8%
3000 - Other products 38 0.8 0.1% 83 0.8 0.2%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI. 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members. 
 WT/L/814 
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  ANNEX 5:  FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 
 
Population in Mio  2 
Area in 1000skm 26 
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 7 
GDP Per Capita in euro 3,342 
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH FYR MACEDONIA 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 61 Rank 2010: 54 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
imports (%) Value (Mio €) Share of total EU 
exports (%) Value (Mio €) 
2006 1,304 0.1 1,832 0.2 528
2007 1,859 0.1 2,080 0.2 221
2008 1,765 0.1 2,532 0.2 767
2009 1,195 0.1 2,073 0.2 877
2010 1,651 0.1 2,377 0.2 726
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 1,651 100 0.1% 2,377 100 0.2%
1000 - Primary products 371 22.5 0.1% 632 26.6 0.3%
1100 - Agricultural products 158 9.6 0.1% 248 10.4 0.3%
 1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 213 12.9 0.0% 384 16.2 0.3%
2000 - Manufactures 1,275 77.2 0.1% 1,725 72.6 0.2%
2100 - Iron and steel 401 24.3 1.5% 143 6.0 0.4%
2200 - Chemicals 190 11.5 0.1% 398 16.8 0.2%
 2300 - Other semi-
manufactures 42 2.5 0.1% 221 9.3 0.2%
 2400  Machinery and transport 
equipment 103 6.2 0.0% 505 21.3 0.1%
  2410 - Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 9 0.5 0.0% 115 4.8 0.2%
 2420 - Transport equipment 14 0.9 0.0% 185 7.8 0.1%
 2430 - Other machinery 80 4.8 0.1% 205 8.6 0.1%
2500 - Textiles 22 1.3 0.1% 255 10.7 1.6%
2600 - Clothing 422 25.6 0.6% 38 1.6 0.2%
2700 - Other manufactures 96 5.8 0.1% 165 6.9 0.1%
3000 - Other products 4 0.3 0.0% 9 0.4 0.0%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI. 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members. 
  WT/L/814 
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  ANNEX 6:  KOSOVO 
 
Population in Mio  2
Area in 1000skm 11
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 4
GDP Per Capita in euro 1,982
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH KOSOVO 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 130 Rank 2010: 97 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU exports 
(%) Value (Mio €) 
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 79 0.0 624 0.1 545
2010 145 0.0 625 0.0 480
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value  
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value  
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 145 100 0.0% 625 100 0.0%
1000 - Primary products 34 23.6 0.0% 182 29.1 0.1%
1100 - Agricultural products 11 7.3 0.0% 119 19.1 0.1%
1200 - Fuels and mining products 24 16.4 0.0% 63 10.0 0.1%
2000 - Manufactures 109 75.5 0.0% 435 69.6 0.0%
2100 - Iron and steel 78 53.9 0.3% 4 0.6 0.0%
2200 - Chemicals 0 0.2 0.0% 77 12.3 0.0%
2300 - Other semi-manufactures 5 3.1 0.0% 79 12.6 0.1%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 19 13.1 0.0% 205 32.8 0.0%
2410 - Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 2 1.1 0.0% 28 4.5 0.0%
 2420 -  Transport equipment 11 7.9 0.0% 53 8.5 0.0%
 2430 - Other machinery 6 4.1 0.0% 118 18.9 0.0%
2500 - Textiles 4 3.1 0.0% 4 0.7 0.0%
2600 - Clothing 0 0.0 0.0% 13 2.0 0.1%
2700 - Other manufactures 3 2.0 0.0% 53 8.4 0.0%
3000 - Other products 1 0.8 0.0% 8 1.3 0.0%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI . 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members. 
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  ANNEX 7:  SERBIA 
 
Population in Mio  7
Area in 1000skm 88
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 29
GDP Per Capita in euro 3,948
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH SERBIA 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 45 Rank 2010: 31 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU exports 
(%) Value (Mio €) 
2006 2,835 0.2 5,793 0.5 2,957
2007 3,656 0.3 8,009 0.6 4,353
2008 4,013 0.3 9,044 0.7 5,031
2009 3,213 0.3 6,588 0.6 3,375
2010 4,057 0.3 7,426 0.6 3,369
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 4,057 100 0.3% 7,426 100 0.6%
1000 - Primary products 1,425 35.1 0.3% 1,679 22.6 0.8%
1100 - Agricultural products 726 17.9 0.6% 523 7.0 0.5%
 1200 - Fuels and mining 
products 700 17.2 0.2% 1,156 15.6 1.0%
2000 - Manufactures 2,586 63.7 0.3% 5,609 75.5 0.5%
 2100 - Iron and steel 560 13.8 2.2% 329 4.4 1.0%
 2200 - Chemicals 310 7.6 0.2% 1,356 18.3 0.6%
 2300 - Other semi-
manufactures 465 11.5 0.6% 827 11.1 0.8%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 707 17.4 0.2% 2,231 30.0 0.4%
 2410 - Office and 
telecommunication equipment 55 1.4 0.0% 395 5.3 0.5%
  2420 - Transport equipment 149 3.7 0.1% 660 8.9 0.3%
 2430 - Other machinery 502 12.4 0.4% 1,176 15.8 0.4%
2500 - Textiles 35 0.9 0.2% 187 2.5 1.2%
2600 - Clothing 222 5.5 0.3% 169 2.3 1.0%
2700 - Other manufactures 287 7.1 0.2% 509 6.9 0.4%
3000 - Other products 23 0.6 0.1% 34 0.5 0.1%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI . 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members.  WT/L/814 
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  ANNEX 8:  MONTENEGRO 
 
 
Population in Mio  0.630
Area in 1000skm 14
Gross Domestic Product in BN € 3.0
GDP Per Capita in euro 4,810
 
EUROPEAN UNION, TRADE WITH MONTENEGRO 
 
  IMPORTS EXPORTS  BALANCE Rank 2010: 120 Rank 2010: 102 
Year Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU imports 
(%) Value (Mio €) Share of total 
EU exports 
(%) Value (Mio €) 
2006 293 0.0 517 0.0 224
2007 349 0.0 673 0.1 325
2008 272 0.0 871 0.1 599
2009 134 0.0 530 0.0 396
2010 183 0.0 543 0.0 360
 
MAIN PRODUCTS 2010 
 
Products Imports Exports 
Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Imports Value 
(Mio €) % Share of 
total EU 
Exports 
0000 - Total 183 100 0.0% 543 100 0.0%
1000 - Primary products 154 84.4 0.0% 151 27.7 0.1%
1100 - Agricultural products 8 4.2 0.0% 109 20.0 0.1%
1200 - Fuels and mining products 147 80.3 0.0% 42 7.7 0.0%
2000 - Manufactures 27 14.8 0.0% 388 71.4 0.0%
 2100 - Iron and steel 8 4.2 0.0% 5 0.9 0.0%
 2200 - Chemicals 1 0.3 0.0% 60 11.1 0.0%
 2300 - Other semi-manufactures 3 1.6 0.0% 66 12.1 0.1%
 2400 - Machinery and transport 
equipment 13 6.9 0.0% 175 32.3 0.0%
 2410 - Office and 
telecommunication 
equipment 1 0.4 0.0% 27 4.9 0.0%
  2420 - Transport equipment 5 2.8 0.0% 74 13.7 0.0%
 2430 - Other machinery 7 3.6 0.0% 75 13.7 0.0%
2500 - Textiles 1 0.4 0.0% 4 0.7 0.0%
2600 - Clothing 1 0.6 0.0% 22 4.1 0.1%
2700 - Other manufactures 1 0.8 0.0% 55 10.2 0.0%
3000 - Other products 0 0.3 0.0% 3 0.6 0.0%
Source : EUROSTAT (Comext, Statistical regime 4), FMI . 
World excluding Intra-EU trade and European Union: 27 members.  
 
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