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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL

GSP Statistical Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 2

2. EVOLUTION/DEVELOPMENT OF PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS 3

2.1. General overview 3

2.2. The General Arrangement 15

2.2.1. The Coverage of the General Arrangement 15

2.2.2. The Utilisation Rate of the General Arrangement 16

2.2.3. Graduation from the General Arrangement 17

2.3. The GSP+ Special Arrangement 18

2.3.1. The Coverage of the GSP+ Arrangement. 18

2.3.2. The Utilisation Rate of the GSP+ Arrangement 19

2.3.3. Graduation from the GSP+ Arrangement 20

2.4. The "Everything But Arms" Initiative. 20

2.4.1. The Coverage of the Arrangement for the LDCs . 20

2.4.2. The Utilisation Rate of the EBA Arrangement 21

2.4.3. Graduation from the EBA Arrangement 22

3. PREFERENTIAL MARGINS UNDER THE GSP 22

4. THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY BUDGET 22

INTRODUCTION

In line with Article 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (hereinafter, "the Basic Regulation"), this report provides statistical information on the salient aspects of the GSP scheme (2006-2009). Reference is also made to the Impact Assessment accompanying the Commission's proposal for a new GSP Regulation, which contains a broader set of data and information on the GSP scheme and its effects. It is possible that some minor variations may be found between the figures in this report and those of the Impact Assessment. This may be due, for example, to different dates of retrieval of the information from the relevant databases, in which the data are refined and/or updated regularly. The following terminology has been used in this report:

Covered Imports: Imports of products listed in the GSP regulation, (including those imports for which a country is graduated out of any section / does not benefit from preferences for a given product section).

Eligible imports: Imports of products for which the country of origin is entitled to GSP treatment.

Preferential imports : Products placed under the customs procedure of free circulation under GSP preferences.

Utilisation rate: The ratio of preferential imports to eligible imports. It indicates the imports which actually benefit from tariff preferences as a share of the total amount of imports for which such preferences are available.

"Loss" of income: The nominal loss of EU customs revenue due to the application of preferences, assuming that trade remains the same in a situation without preferences.

Preferential margin: This is the difference between the tariffs paid by countries that do not benefit from preferential access to EU markets (MFN) and those that do benefit from the preference scheme, expressed in percentage points. Example: A tariff preference of 30% from an MFN duty of 10% gives a preferential margin of 3 percentage points and a preferential tariff of 7%.

All statistics have been obtained from COMEXT.

For lists of countries falling under each arrangement, please see the Basic Regulation. Given that Sri Lanka was temporarily withdrawn from GSP+ after 2009, its data are included under the GSP+ category. Given that Venezuela moved from GSP+ to GSP after 2009, its data are included under the GSP+ category. Cape Verde was withdrawn from EBA in 2007 but remains under the EBA category during the period, as it benefits from the transitional period established in Article 11(8) of the Basic Regulation. Given that Maldives was withdrawn after 2009, its data are included under the EBA category.

EVOLUTION OF PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS

General overview

The following tables provide a general overview of imports from beneficiary countries in 2006 and in 2009. (For certain countries – mainly small island territories – Eurostat does not report data for total world exports.)

Table 1. Exports by beneficiaries, 2006

Countries | Year 2006 |

Total Exports to the World x € 1,000 | Total Exports to EU x € 1,000 | EU-imports under GSP scheme("Covered Imports") x € 1,000 | EU-imports under GSP scheme ("Preferential Imports") x € 1,000 |

Afghanistan | 220.360 | 26.709 | 5.756 | 1.567 |

Algeria | 42.782.392 | 17.588.417 | 1.589.765 | 7.795 |

American Samoa | 0 | 750 | 394 | 33 |

Angola | 21.867.971 | 2.170.059 | 84.473 | 12.521 |

Anguilla | 0 | 4.800 | 29 | 0 |

Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 164.469 | 5.862 | 567 |

Argentina | 36.289.688 | 7.116.288 | 2.059.462 | 1.533.377 |

Armenia | 781.013 | 318.291 | 138.873 | 122.568 |

Aruba | 86.578 | 237.328 | 113.088 | 5.480 |

Azerbaijan | 5.053.364 | 5.359.634 | 370.675 | 31.928 |

Bahamas | 1.698.207 | 966.994 | 85.270 | 2.458 |

Bahrein | 4.821.473 | 503.234 | 437.573 | 178.547 |

Bangladesh | 8.052.456 | 5.256.467 | 5.181.953 | 3.584.268 |

Barbados | 254.833 | 40.200 | 6.335 | 4 |

Bélarus | 15.615.477 | 4.348.226 | 889.633 | 488.611 |

Belize | 335.171 | 87.933 | 16.908 | 291 |

Benin | 272.032 | 61.423 | 3.381 | 5.044 |

Bermuda | 489.237 | 292.985 | 16.445 | 0 |

Bhutan | 0 | 1.009 | 267 | 88 |

Bolivia | 2.437.330 | 148.008 | 25.968 | 25.126 |

Botswana | 0 | 1.798.397 | 9.152 | 0 |

Bouvet (island) | 0 | 230 | 74 | 0 |

Brazil | 106.792.193 | 25.774.120 | 8.195.416 | 4.540.226 |

British territory of the Indian Ocean | 0 | 152 | 124 | 10 |

Brunéi Darussalam | 5.470.238 | 52.330 | 45.448 | 317 |

Burkina Faso | 315.069 | 29.960 | 5.539 | 2.678 |

Burundi | 36.240 | 25.804 | 2.498 | 49 |

Caïmanes (islands) | 0 | 1.532.778 | 3.889 | 1 |

Cambodia | 2.829.798 | 662.971 | 658.203 | 475.357 |

Cameroon | 3.689.929 | 2.736.381 | 110.390 | 209 |

Cape Verde (Republic of) | 29.866 | 26.692 | 25.290 | 24 |

Central African (Republic) | 88.962 | 61.807 | 164 | 0 |

Chad | 1.769.637 | 34.976 | 325 | 10 |

China (People's Republic of) | 752.676.406 | 190.168.840 | 109.132.898 | 1.622.327 |

Christmas (island) | 0 | 123 | 109 | 0 |

Cocos (islands) (or Keeling islands) | 0 | 432 | 274 | 0 |

Colombia | 18.975.140 | 3.490.109 | 618.318 | 488.145 |

Comoros Islands (Islands) | 25.670 | 20.806 | 13.068 | 23 |

Cook (Islands) | 0 | 372 | 235 | 0 |

Costa Rica | 10.534.755 | 2.994.338 | 663.914 | 407.125 |

Côte d'Ivoire | 6.087.453 | 2.470.765 | 652.996 | 5.262 |

Cuba | 2.039.159 | 267.894 | 174.363 | 147.134 |

Djibouti | 270.319 | 3.997 | 978 | 261 |

Dominica | 74.780 | 18.158 | 6.838 | 10 |

Dominican (Republic) | 4.614.160 | 660.488 | 162.162 | 4.044 |

Ecuador | 9.930.996 | 1.540.427 | 844.420 | 770.278 |

Egypt | 14.824.128 | 7.321.249 | 2.383.079 | 198.071 |

El Salvador | 2.938.289 | 179.225 | 78.811 | 64.993 |

Equatorial Guinea | 5.332.341 | 1.728.620 | 223.157 | 1.567 |

Eritrea | 0 | 4.109 | 1.243 | 1 |

Ethiopia | 743.671 | 282.524 | 66.678 | 19.638 |

Falkland (islands) | 0 | 92.521 | 87.650 | 0 |

Fiji (islands) | 573.949 | 114.099 | 6.109 | 929 |

French Polynesia | 0 | 24.904 | 13.861 | 27 |

French Southern Lands | 0 | 1.389 | 1.355 | 0 |

Gabon | 3.224.089 | 601.381 | 115.236 | 507 |

Gambia | 27.118 | 11.330 | 6.746 | 271 |

Georgia | 770.158 | 448.125 | 86.865 | 76.405 |

Ghana | 1.994.077 | 1.089.084 | 279.491 | 2.589 |

Gibraltar | 0 | 131.357 | 53.978 | 1 |

Greenland | 368.671 | 298.219 | 282.847 | 0 |

Grenada | 27.746 | 4.965 | 1.611 | 1 |

Guam | 0 | 1.561 | 767 | 35 |

Guatemala | 4.988.323 | 352.432 | 140.647 | 134.533 |

Guinea | 911.162 | 376.777 | 45.267 | 6 |

Guinea-Bissau | 105.687 | 3.024 | 2.002 | 0 |

Guyana | 534.008 | 172.789 | 11.042 | 17 |

Haiti | 456.282 | 21.621 | 11.167 | 1.580 |

Heard and McDonald islands (HIMI) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |

Honduras | 4.046.261 | 446.106 | 147.788 | 95.518 |

India | 96.327.293 | 22.091.271 | 15.057.667 | 9.689.591 |

Indonesia | 78.021.127 | 12.016.257 | 6.278.654 | 2.893.985 |

Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 45.996.062 | 14.072.234 | 643.890 | 445.795 |

Iraq | 18.364.758 | 5.016.009 | 5.482 | 67 |

Jamaica | 1.564.247 | 467.824 | 23.562 | 199 |

Jordan | 3.788.533 | 213.835 | 112.352 | 4.108 |

Kazakhstan | 22.086.899 | 12.485.344 | 696.153 | 523.072 |

Kenya | 3.092.978 | 1.015.016 | 725.683 | 7.568 |

Kirghizia | 633.073 | 16.474 | 6.980 | 3.051 |

Kiribati | 0 | 536 | 478 | 0 |

Kuwait | 30.064.727 | 4.003.745 | 1.494.801 | 480.392 |

Lao People's Democratic Republic | 724.251 | 144.605 | 131.393 | 102.773 |

Lebanon | 2.001.683 | 216.083 | 109.557 | 2.608 |

Lesotho | 0 | 63.353 | 920 | 615 |

Liberia | 1.238.325 | 572.512 | 2.166 | 50 |

Libyan (Jamahiriya Arab) | 31.309.705 | 23.817.065 | 1.046.206 | 466.280 |

Macao | 1.914.997 | 535.920 | 509.827 | 17.432 |

Madagascar | 828.859 | 519.733 | 434.686 | 6.292 |

Malawi | 488.276 | 157.013 | 110.395 | 10.684 |

Malaysia | 124.292.073 | 17.400.094 | 5.389.995 | 2.113.970 |

Mali | 285.961 | 111.388 | 2.201 | 135 |

Mariannes of the North (Islands) | 0 | 1.728 | 1.680 | 0 |

Marshall (islands) | 0 | 297.740 | 523 | 56 |

Mauritania | 1.095.453 | 533.834 | 110.247 | 778 |

Mauritius | 1.650.735 | 1.066.424 | 714.965 | 2.291 |

Mayotte | 0 | 2.091 | 1.432 | 0 |

Mexico | 198.629.055 | 10.369.702 | 4.070.591 | 66.252 |

Micronesia (federate States of) | 0 | 60 | 59 | 16 |

Minor islands moved away from the United States | 0 | 275 | 179 | 0 |

Mongolia | 1.150.456 | 59.049 | 19.845 | 11.855 |

Montserrat | 0 | 644 | 451 | 2 |

Morocco | 10.297.674 | 7.027.809 | 5.577.557 | 56.777 |

Mozambique | 1.791.580 | 1.275.220 | 113.544 | 8.431 |

Myanmar | 3.241.698 | 303.314 | 244.688 | 0 |

Namibia | 0 | 1.308.325 | 266.970 | 13.262 |

Nauru | 0 | 249 | 42 | 0 |

Nepal | 646.572 | 87.993 | 80.630 | 68.532 |

New Caledonia | 924.371 | 441.163 | 15.064 | 51 |

Nicaragua | 807.721 | 119.877 | 31.798 | 28.322 |

Niger | 339.611 | 130.685 | 1.803 | 87 |

Nigeria | 41.651.653 | 10.653.927 | 342.025 | 43.116 |

Niue (island) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

Norfolk (island) | 0 | 140 | 25 | 0 |

Oman | 18.434.164 | 388.065 | 174.541 | 64.159 |

Pakistan | 13.345.389 | 3.267.393 | 2.965.001 | 2.306.046 |

Palaos | 0 | 93 | 68 | 35 |

Panama | 757.316 | 902.112 | 111.370 | 95.542 |

Papua New Guinea | 3.154.441 | 398.531 | 203.728 | 495 |

Paraguay | 1.367.060 | 299.889 | 28.077 | 18.969 |

Peru | 18.108.056 | 3.423.397 | 702.210 | 648.271 |

Pitcairn | 0 | 21.288 | 532 | 0 |

Qatar | 19.541.409 | 2.049.861 | 788.194 | 110.720 |

Russia (Federation of) | 229.014.139 | 112.905.101 | 7.128.466 | 1.424.183 |

Rwanda | 81.939 | 40.756 | 774 | 53 |

Saint Helena | 0 | 2.650 | 983 | 1 |

Saint Lucia | 231.225 | 202.138 | 174.979 | 0 |

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 0 | 21.076 | 20.806 | 0 |

Saint-Vincent-et them Grendaian | 153.813 | 124.996 | 494 | 0 |

Samoa | 87.193 | 344 | 285 | 0 |

Sao Tome and Principle | 8.628 | 6.362 | 928 | 15 |

Saudi Arabia | 145.085.819 | 23.081.992 | 4.378.675 | 2.004.662 |

Senegal | 901.654 | 303.810 | 211.614 | 9.700 |

Seychelles | 270.495 | 212.239 | 192.188 | 0 |

Sierra Leone | 159.311 | 123.414 | 1.473 | 3.029 |

Somalia | 240.010 | 1.767 | 113 | 2 |

South Africa | 41.452.458 | 17.776.113 | 6.193.389 | 1.319.258 |

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 24 | 23 | 0 |

Sri Lanka | 4.983.272 | 1.871.126 | 1.495.357 | 939.451 |

St. Kitts and Nevis | 63.939 | 2.535 | 1.825 | 31 |

Sudan | 4.469.689 | 109.244 | 4.609 | 1.064 |

Surinam | 946.760 | 232.366 | 18.588 | 145 |

Swaziland | 0 | 118.906 | 22.422 | 586 |

Syrian (Arab Republic) | 9.605.435 | 3.456.252 | 201.465 | 11.691 |

Tajikistan | 1.111.936 | 204.774 | 22.967 | 18.762 |

Tanzania (Republic of) | 1.141.065 | 336.687 | 208.152 | 2.842 |

Thailand | 100.922.815 | 14.346.935 | 8.115.591 | 3.122.350 |

The Antarctic | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |

The Congo | 5.779.529 | 370.332 | 39.839 | 0 |

The Congo (Democratic Republic of) | 1.262.364 | 622.905 | 8.493 | 2.787 |

The Maldives | 135.496 | 45.316 | 44.949 | 44.316 |

The Netherlands Antilles | 2.997.867 | 299.630 | 82.661 | 20.023 |

The Philippines | 35.808.895 | 6.203.422 | 1.747.248 | 789.193 |

The Solomon Islands | 174.850 | 11.341 | 7.402 | 14 |

Timor-Leste | 0 | 4.568 | 65 | 11 |

Togo | 444.570 | 117.462 | 12.985 | 2.282 |

Tokelau (islands) | 0 | 2.429 | 1.044 | 55 |

Tonga | 17.433 | 240 | 204 | 0 |

Trinidad and Tobago | 10.360.564 | 1.245.737 | 383.886 | 24.668 |

Tunisia | 9.048.294 | 7.562.312 | 5.442.517 | 45.446 |

Turkmenistan | 4.873.173 | 530.047 | 81.246 | 63.125 |

Turks-et-Caïques (islands) | 0 | 3.680 | 2.666 | 1 |

Tuvalu | 0 | 602 | 373 | 0 |

Uganda | 498.374 | 276.431 | 165.227 | 1.950 |

Ukraine | 30.955.431 | 8.314.118 | 2.658.422 | 1.727.344 |

United Arab Emirates | 73.845.103 | 5.565.116 | 1.723.834 | 609.693 |

Uruguay | 3.289.365 | 690.399 | 210.757 | 173.374 |

Uzbekistan | 3.928.645 | 473.650 | 108.887 | 64.499 |

Vanuatu | 197.179 | 6.827 | 2.744 | 0 |

Venezuela | 38.208.673 | 6.049.579 | 906.263 | 437.416 |

Vietnam | 30.331.449 | 6.788.941 | 4.993.287 | 3.026.849 |

British Virgin islands | 0 | 95.573 | 35.523 | 93 |

U.S. Virgin islands | 0 | 56.777 | 1.016 | 194 |

Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 162 | 61 | 0 |

Yemen | 5.116.433 | 126.357 | 103.548 | 86.479 |

Zambia | 2.864.452 | 365.778 | 63.308 | 11.156 |

Zimbabwe | 748.273 | 379.006 | 182.727 | 1.416 |

Table 2. Exports by beneficiaries, 2009

Countries | Year 2009 |

Total Exports to the World x € 1,000 | Total Exports to EU x € 1,000 | Exports to EU under GSP scheme ( "Covered Imports") x € 1,000 | Exports to EU under GSP scheme ("Preferential Imports") x € 1,000 |

Afghanistan | 322.692 | 14.447 | 5.328 | 191 |

Algeria | 32.276.662 | 17.342.469 | 1.094.701 | 36.010 |

American Samoa | 0 | 296 | 164 | 1 |

Angola | 24.937.395 | 4.909.696 | 37.756 | 8.024 |

Anguilla | 0 | 263 | 9 | 0 |

Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 60.473 | 2.627 | 723 |

Argentina | 39.210.712 | 8.122.359 | 2.234.099 | 1.892.166 |

Armenia | 490.115 | 160.150 | 70.243 | 62.836 |

Aruba | 91.406 | 175.145 | 69.553 | 52 |

Azerbaijan | 9.879.032 | 7.287.538 | 79.005 | 35.419 |

Bahamas | 1.392.067 | 398.898 | 53.812 | 893 |

Bahrain | 4.448.218 | 390.190 | 294.222 | 188.075 |

Bangladesh | 8.889.418 | 5.801.965 | 5.743.780 | 4.543.072 |

Barbados | 225.397 | 33.795 | 2.330 | 9 |

Belarus | 15.147.945 | 2.555.550 | 645.024 | 0 |

Belize | 252.787 | 94.127 | 8.084 | 144 |

Benin | 291.723 | 27.597 | 4.827 | 10.002 |

Bermuda | 123.995 | 78.902 | 1.083 | 0 |

Bhutan | 0 | 2.327 | 942 | 66 |

Bolivia | 2.565.001 | 183.389 | 28.263 | 49.854 |

Botswana | 0 | 370.707 | 1.633 | 16 |

Bouvet (island) | 0 | 345 | 42 | 41 |

Brazil | 105.173.608 | 25.128.740 | 7.600.202 | 3.357.155 |

British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 | 201 | 182 | 108 |

Brunéi Dar-Es-Salam | 4.620.032 | 22.619 | 7.331 | 107 |

Burkina Faso | 341.505 | 62.846 | 5.930 | 5.424 |

Burundi | 52.520 | 38.945 | 348 | 12 |

Cayman Iislands | 0 | 586.655 | 6.037 | 2 |

Cambodia | 3.574.631 | 764.630 | 739.721 | 553.643 |

Cameroon | 2.635.175 | 1.741.473 | 120.554 | 508 |

Cape Verde (Republic of) | 30.141 | 26.017 | 24.364 | 23.368 |

Central African (Republic) | 79.243 | 43.578 | 122 | 0 |

Chad | 1.501.809 | 117.616 | 4.314 | 0 |

China (People's Republic of) | 843.062.848 | 213.137.509 | 121.725.879 | 1.479.029 |

Christmas Island | 0 | 203 | 46 | 0 |

Cocos (islands) (or Keeling Islands) | 0 | 2.426 | 38 | 24 |

Colombia | 23.280.488 | 3.797.624 | 590.806 | 478.900 |

Comoros Islands | 18.820 | 8.132 | 2.780 | 0 |

Cook Islands | 0 | 2.377 | 228 | 15 |

Costa Rica | 6.215.744 | 2.768.886 | 688.771 | 638.110 |

Côte d'Ivoire | 6.977.925 | 3.051.014 | 862.806 | 5.996 |

Cuba | 1.623.731 | 298.903 | 172.497 | 110.820 |

Djibouti | 265.012 | 22.665 | 19.600 | 18.520 |

Dominica | 117.867 | 29.891 | 2.197 | 0 |

Dominican (Republic) | 3.804.348 | 580.639 | 124.141 | 3.320 |

Ecuador | 9.745.474 | 1.874.692 | 1.006.559 | 972.966 |

Egypt | 15.974.277 | 5.956.418 | 1.988.179 | 132.002 |

El Salvador | 2.595.798 | 198.528 | 77.660 | 67.416 |

Equatorial Guinea | 5.431.864 | 1.477.405 | 81.727 | 64.480 |

Eritrea | 0 | 3.504 | 2.653 | 2.270 |

Ethiopia | 898.869 | 379.891 | 153.624 | 138.723 |

Falkland (islands) | 0 | 78.027 | 75.962 | 0 |

Fiji (islands) | 536.797 | 92.402 | 4.252 | 68 |

French Polynesia | 0 | 22.066 | 11.833 | 2 |

French Southern Lands | 0 | 1.881 | 1.691 | 0 |

Gabon | 2.863.577 | 751.086 | 98.715 | 91.139 |

Gambia | 39.183 | 10.925 | 6.462 | 6.213 |

Georgia | 804.779 | 478.056 | 60.597 | 76.905 |

Ghana | 2.176.661 | 1.087.871 | 338.774 | 8.001 |

Gibraltar | 0 | 155.352 | 23.813 | 370 |

Greenland | 406.646 | 303.109 | 277.600 | 0 |

Grenada | 36.970 | 2.538 | 938 | 4 |

Guam | 0 | 842 | 661 | 0 |

Guatemala | 5.220.306 | 357.157 | 135.156 | 144.350 |

Guinea | 722.001 | 381.555 | 5.166 | 374 |

Guinea-Bissau | 107.087 | 2.435 | 696 | 97 |

Guyana | 679.330 | 183.132 | 9.053 | 13 |

Haiti | 459.134 | 18.917 | 9.629 | 1.343 |

Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Honduras | 1.654.885 | 514.435 | 176.610 | 149.313 |

India | 114.169.037 | 25.071.342 | 17.988.552 | 13.064.619 |

Indonesia | 80.938.959 | 11.572.168 | 6.456.383 | 3.383.616 |

Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 42.935.263 | 8.435.132 | 677.208 | 486.307 |

Iraq | 23.688.183 | 5.918.588 | 5.090 | 191 |

Jamaica | 934.150 | 207.767 | 20.746 | 34 |

Jordan | 3.558.796 | 164.684 | 106.505 | 491 |

Kazakhstan | 22.531.772 | 10.180.834 | 538.714 | 335.090 |

Kenya | 2.988.944 | 1.075.550 | 745.620 | 5.890 |

Kirghizia | 682.312 | 28.984 | 7.957 | 3.012 |

Kiribati | 0 | 346 | 163 | 9 |

Kuwait | 30.975.890 | 2.822.701 | 1.642.534 | 998.510 |

Lao People's Democratic Republic | 881.957 | 138.008 | 109.570 | 107.209 |

Lebanon | 2.314.224 | 252.311 | 121.997 | 1.129 |

Lesotho | 0 | 101.270 | 2.246 | 372 |

Liberia | 830.476 | 530.894 | 1.576 | 17 |

Libyan (Jamahiriya Arab) | 24.652.358 | 19.985.052 | 899.538 | 725.476 |

Macao | 615.325 | 97.912 | 69.445 | 608 |

Madagascar | 692.680 | 451.597 | 369.872 | 13.190 |

Malawi | 646.114 | 231.299 | 189.167 | 164.448 |

Malaysia | 109.592.415 | 14.334.764 | 5.138.138 | 2.510.075 |

Mali | 100.679 | 18.237 | 2.792 | 1.376 |

North Marianas (Islands) | 0 | 419 | 301 | 0 |

Marshall (Islands) | 0 | 308.026 | 11.083 | 0 |

Mauritania | 1.231.990 | 371.234 | 111.392 | 106.545 |

Mauritius | 1.258.590 | 860.776 | 594.008 | 1.399 |

Mayotte | 0 | 5.397 | 1.478 | 0 |

Mexico | 162.812.249 | 9.628.569 | 4.020.863 | 57.560 |

Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 | 621 | 99 | 81 |

Minor islands moved away from the United States | 0 | 8.838 | 283 | 0 |

Mongolia | 1.300.466 | 44.482 | 10.741 | 8.352 |

Montserrat | 0 | 620 | 135 | 0 |

Morocco | 9.488.952 | 6.407.553 | 5.262.707 | 84.171 |

Mozambique | 1.183.497 | 675.687 | 76.315 | 30.356 |

Myanmar | 3.942.133 | 155.865 | 147.269 | 0 |

Namibia | 0 | 585.778 | 261.837 | 479 |

Nauru | 0 | 156 | 56 | 24 |

Nepal | 459.607 | 74.241 | 65.908 | 59.542 |

New Caledonia | 627.049 | 286.042 | 13.576 | 295 |

Nicaragua | 980.699 | 165.519 | 51.258 | 50.059 |

Niger | 377.662 | 219.089 | 2.059 | 706 |

Nigeria | 36.676.636 | 10.425.470 | 329.705 | 234.949 |

Niue (island) | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 |

Norfolk (island) | 0 | 97 | 3 | 0 |

Oman | 16.544.166 | 486.315 | 200.716 | 121.138 |

Pakistan | 12.325.003 | 3.273.948 | 2.867.022 | 2.634.484 |

Palaos | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 |

Panama | 3.866.109 | 543.760 | 76.418 | 62.288 |

Papua New Guinea | 3.468.739 | 499.164 | 334.704 | 1.205 |

Paraguay | 2.247.641 | 358.745 | 15.388 | 11.488 |

Peru | 18.642.989 | 3.128.625 | 728.551 | 730.767 |

Pitcairn | 0 | 155 | 51 | 27 |

Qatar | 29.197.900 | 3.160.801 | 244.997 | 84.326 |

Russia (Federation of) | 167.343.033 | 99.105.176 | 6.069.294 | 2.923.651 |

Rwanda | 236.339 | 37.491 | 558 | 0 |

Saint Helena | 0 | 5.511 | 606 | 0 |

Saint Lucia | 123.122 | 63.240 | 867 | 18 |

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 0 | 3.625 | 3.557 | 0 |

Saint-Vincent-and the Grenadines | 145.844 | 127.639 | 8.058 | 0 |

Samoa | 73.537 | 1.049 | 498 | 37 |

Sao Tome-and-Principe | 9.898 | 6.458 | 468 | 215 |

Saudi Arabia | 117.231.560 | 10.907.850 | 2.732.236 | 2.172.970 |

Senegal | 1.165.992 | 260.356 | 181.934 | 186.601 |

Seychelles | 221.732 | 182.115 | 167.801 | 111 |

Sierra Leone | 147.928 | 99.519 | 1.866 | 2.379 |

Somalia | 309.903 | 413 | 27 | 0 |

South Africa | 38.750.787 | 14.367.679 | 4.679.232 | 784.488 |

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 15.597 | 10.210 | 0 |

Sri Lanka | 4.797.634 | 2.001.434 | 1.675.062 | 1.198.613 |

St. Kitts and Nevis | 53.598 | 2.436 | 2.159 | 193 |

Sudan | 4.984.771 | 104.285 | 3.640 | 13.448 |

Surinam | 964.258 | 264.525 | 18.956 | 131 |

Swaziland | 0 | 130.656 | 24.698 | 1.623 |

Syrian (Arab Republic) | 8.108.694 | 2.304.234 | 146.024 | 10.559 |

Tajikistan | 716.716 | 74.425 | 15.143 | 14.359 |

Tanzania (Republic of) | 1.234.903 | 346.020 | 204.729 | 29.647 |

Thailand | 106.539.788 | 14.147.153 | 8.320.881 | 4.218.962 |

The Antarctic | 0 | 500 | 343 | 0 |

The Congo | 4.438.135 | 695.802 | 44.280 | 32.803 |

The Congo (Democratic Republic of) | 1.741.396 | 324.441 | 12.051 | 6.798 |

The Maldives | 81.170 | 49.107 | 48.372 | 47.264 |

The Netherlands Antilles | 2.233.431 | 193.371 | 76.932 | 1 |

The Philippines | 26.876.588 | 3.804.580 | 1.325.817 | 723.669 |

The Solomon Islands | 184.409 | 21.029 | 20.642 | 19.965 |

Timor-Leste | 0 | 3.634 | 44 | 0 |

Togo | 473.893 | 257.777 | 12.475 | 11.960 |

Tokelau (islands) | 0 | 3.768 | 1.868 | 16 |

Tonga | 9.834 | 223 | 203 | 1 |

Trinidad and Tobago | 8.568.495 | 1.850.230 | 339.294 | 16.909 |

Tunisia | 9.582.204 | 7.868.959 | 5.647.684 | 63.692 |

Turkmenistan | 2.048.960 | 426.483 | 63.239 | 55.027 |

Turks and Caicos (islands) | 0 | 135 | 79 | 9 |

Tuvalu | 0 | 37 | 35 | 0 |

Uganda | 1.052.456 | 371.120 | 148.526 | 2.156 |

Ukraine | 27.929.538 | 7.604.956 | 2.322.254 | 1.621.707 |

United Arab Emirates | 69.022.109 | 3.662.690 | 1.915.969 | 1.234.195 |

Uruguay | 4.202.238 | 926.726 | 117.778 | 96.923 |

Uzbekistan | 3.559.355 | 310.741 | 79.519 | 60.983 |

Vanuatu | 123.577 | 20.963 | 1.872 | 1.746 |

Venezuela | 32.299.868 | 3.850.086 | 876.233 | 648.815 |

Vietnam | 38.525.851 | 7.746.821 | 5.482.037 | 1.890.024 |

British Virgin islands | 0 | 75.901 | 24.687 | 61 |

U.S. Virgin islands | 0 | 79.812 | 42.163 | 25.067 |

Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 418 | 115 | 0 |

Yemen | 3.432.444 | 27.900 | 17.834 | 13.466 |

Zambia | 3.056.842 | 185.674 | 51.998 | 41.565 |

Zimbabwe | 958.610 | 234.993 | 98.820 | 2.848 |

Table 3. Exports per scheme, 2006

GSP | 634.596.794 | 218.882.910 | 89.648.104 | 42.671.383 | 83% | 7% | 48% |

GSP+ | 22.414.859 | 5.771.115 | 5.771.115 | 4.408.824 | 9% | 20% | 76% |

Total | 674.222.495 | 233.987.148 | 104.752.342 | 51.549.234 | 100% | 8% | 49% |

Table 4. Exports per scheme, 2009

GSP | 596.660.215 | 226.063.637 | 91.388.757 | 48.055.287 | 81% | 8% | 53% |

GSP+ | 27.169.345 | 6.257.906 | 6.257.906 | 5.324.162 | 9% | 20% | 85% |

Total | 643.029.694 | 241.354.749 | 106.679.870 | 59.616.288 | 100% | 9% | 56% |

The General Arrangement

The Coverage of the General Arrangement

Table 5 provides an overview of the coverage of the general arrangement in 2006 and 2010. The differences stem from changes of tariff lines under the Common Customs Tariff, not as a result of amendments to the GSP product list. The number of tariff lines described as "Not in GSP" reflects the difference between the total number of tariff lines benefiting from an import preference under the general GSP arrangement and the number of tariff lines under the MFN system that are dutiable.

Table 5: Coverage in terms of number of lines by sectors of the general arrangement.

Algeria | 5 | 1.333.438,44 | 896.849,52 | 29.180,30 |

India | 14 | 394.249,51 | 371.926,24 | 298.362,30 |

Indonesia | 9 | 184.706,27 | 118.256,53 | 90.925,91 |

Russia (Federation of) | 15 | 1.309.541,58 | - | 763.553,12 | 397.656,73 |

Russia (Federation of) | 6 | 1.578.687,90 | 1.090.536,27 | 598.452,90 |

South Africa | 17 | 793.565,66 | 878.580,64 | 7.147,78 |

Thailand | 17 | 1.138.887,41 | 844.585,69 | 201.448,42 |

Table 8. Additional graduated country-sector

Countries | Sections | 2006 Covered imports x 1,000 € | 2006 Preferential imports x 1,000 € | 2009 Covered imports x 1,000 € | 2009 Preferential imports x 1,000 € |

Vietnam | 12 | 2.111.054,96 | 1.632.192,10 | 1.889.447,45 | - |

Twenty country-sector combinations remained graduated over the period.

Table 9. Country-sectors which remain graduated

Countries | Section | 2006 Covered imports x 1,000 € | 2006 Preferential imports x 1,000 € | 2009 Covered imports x 1,000 € | 2009 Preferential imports x 1,000 € |

Brazil | 4 | 1.133.718,05 | - | 1.473.533,09 | - |

Brazil | 9 | 338.247,62 | 232.914,23 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 11a | 2.516.023,64 | 2.440.733,27 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 11b | 20.792.230,76 | 27.999.957,40 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 12 | 6.750.759,16 | 7.444.386,16 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 13 | 2.756.017,01 | 3.219.234,78 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 14 | 1.096.703,75 | 1.170.026,11 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 15 | 8.447.153,29 | 8.575.984,32 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 16 | 31.233.893,64 | 34.885.991,22 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 17 | 2.578.315,08 | 3.360.548,05 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 18 | 4.609.288,15 | 3.564.058,58 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 20 | 10.523.969,12 | 10.539.041,39 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 6 | 4.126.797,35 | 4.404.519,24 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 7 | 4.998.477,78 | 5.728.025,76 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 8 | 5.112.914,69 | 5.024.023,73 | - |

China (People's Republic of) | 9 | 744.877,99 | 586.737,93 | - |

India | 11a | 1.411.292,51 | 1.096.794,23 | - |

Indonesia | 3 | 763.493,23 | 1.106.111,63 | - |

Malaysia | 3 | 641.894,85 | 724.031,33 | - |

Thailand | 14 | 702.600,33 | 707.155,92 | - |

The GSP+ Special Arrangement

The coverage of the GSP+ Arrangement.

Table 10 provides an overview of the coverage of the GSP+ arrangement in 2006 and 2009. The differences arise from changes of tariff lines under the Common Customs Tariff, not from amendments to the GSP+ product list. The number of tariff lines described as "Not in GSP+" reflects the difference between the total number of tariff lines benefiting from an import preference under the GSP+ arrangement and the number of tariff lines under the MFN system that are dutiable.

Table 10: Coverage in terms of number of lines by sectors of the GSP+ arrangement.

GSP | GSP+ | EBA | GSP | GSP+ | EBA |

Total | 3.29 | 8.54 | 9.16 | 3,22 | 6.96 | 6.88 |

Agriculture | 4.57 | 11.17 | 10.88 | 4.46 | 11.63 | 11.32 |

Textiles | 1.95 | 10.38 | 10.72 | 1.89 | 10.62 | 10.62 |

Industrial | 3.45 | 4.60 | 5.63 | 3.40 | 4.11 | 4.06 |

THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY BUDGET

The following table presents an overview of the static loss of income associated with the scheme.

Table 15: Loss of income to the EU budget resulting from granting tariff preferences to imports under the three arrangements ( Mio Euro, %)[5]

| 2006 |2007 |06-07 |2008 |07-08 |2009 |08-09 |06-09 | | |Value |Value |growth |value |growth |value |growth |growth | |GSP | 1.496 |1.687 |13% |2.170 |29% |1.757 |-19% |17% | |GSP+ |416 |469 |13% |568 |21% |486 |-14% |17% | |EBA |517 |507 |-2% |659 |30% |730 |11% |41% | |Total |2.429 |2.663 |10% |3.397 |28% |2.973 |-12% | 22% | |

[1] 0: Products that enjoy 100% preference thus enter the EU Market duty free.

[2] <> 0: Dutiable products. Products which benefit from a reduction from the MFN tariff but do not enter the EU Market duty free.

[3] Utilisation rate of the countries benefiting from the GSP general arrangement

[4] Utilisation rate average of the 176 beneficiary countries. It includes GSP+ and EBA.

[5] Figures in the table represent the calculated gross amounts of foregone customs duties. In order to obtain the financial impact on the EU budget, one needs to further deduct 25% of Member States' collection costs.