TURKEY- RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS
Document: Original: English TURKEY- RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS Request to Join Consultations Communication from the European Communities
Date: 1 March 1996
Document codes: WT/DS29/2
Complainant: Hong Kong
Respondent: Turkey
Dispute stage: Consultation
Agreements cited: Art. XI, XIII, XXIV  GATT 1994Art. 2  Textiles and Clothing

TURKEY- RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF TEXTILE
AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from the European Communities
The following communication, dated 19 February 1996, from the Permanent Delegation of
the European Commission to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office and the Permanent Mission
of Turkey and to the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 of the DSU.
Pursuant to the procedures laid down in Article 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), the European Communities wish to be joined
in the consultations under Article XXII:1 of GATT 1994 requested by Hong Kong by a communication
circulated to WTO Members on 15 February 1996 () regarding action on imports of textiles
and clothing taken by Turkey upon entry into force of the Agreement on the establishment of a customs
union with the European Communities. The EC have a substantial trade interest as is apparent from
the attached trade statistics.

EU 12 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING TRADE 1992
WITH TURKEY
European Directorate General
Commission External Relations
Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IA 1 61,644 2,165 -59,479 25,464 320 -25,144 n.m. n.m. n.m.
2 100,552 23,765 -76,787 23,074 2,144 -20,930 n.m. n.m. n.m.
2a 57,623 21,890 -35,733 10,450 1,963 -8,487 n.m. n.m. n.m.
3 53,614 24,810 -28,804 5,616 1,832 -3,784 n.m. n.m. n.m.
3a 52,478 22,257 -30.221 5,380 1,603 -3,777 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 215,810 50,740 -165,070 54,154 4,296 -49,858
IB 4 350,727 978 -349,749 17,671 48 -17,625 70,039 205 -69,834
5 322,702 3,343 -319,359 14,589 83 -14,506 32,267 295 -31,972
6 172,937 1,721 -171,216 9,468 63 -9,405 17,784 151 -17,633
7 152,796 603 -152,193 5,839 13 -5,626 18,799 55 -18,744
8 116,268 606 -115,662 5,273 15 -5,258 16,590 65 -16,525
Total 1,115,430 7,251 -1,108,179 52,640 220 -52,420
IIA 9 41,306 41 -41,265 5,295 4 -5,291 n.m. n.m. n.m.
20 56,415 253 -56,162 8,408 18 -8,390 n.m. n.m. n.m.
22 42,519 5,118 -37,401 12,187 1,115 -11,072 n.m. n.m. n.m.
22a 36,312 2,256 -34,056 9,903 477 -9,426 n.m. n.m. n.m.
23 70 298 228 13 43 30 n.m. n.m. n.m.
32 6,789 2,299 -4,490 586 185 -401 n.m. n.m. n.m.
32a 38 976 938 7 78 71 n.m. n.m. n.m.
39 8,624 161 -8,463 1,217 18 -1,199 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 155,723 8,170 -147,553 27,706 1,383 -26,323
IIB 12 57,829 1,250 -56,579 6,357 48 -6,309 144,427 2,277 -142,151
13 16,914 726 -16,188 1,289 16 -1,253 27,563 609 -26,954
14 19,973 149 -19,824 690 2 -688 585 3 -583
15 109,258 751 -108,507 3,844 10 -3,834 5,865 13 -5,851
16 32,543 1,911 -30,632 1,279 47 -1,232 961 47 -913
17 44,853 908 -43,945 1,222 25 -1,197 1,434 36 -1,398
18 46,364 439 -45,925 4,471 6 -4,465 n.m. n.m. n.m.
19 64 1 -63 4 0 -4 152 0 -152
21 124,331 631 -123,700 5,226 19 -5,207 7,058 30 -7,028
24 151,550 279 -151,271 11,531 16 -11,515 28,710 35 -28,657
26 129,535 458 -129,077 7,789 13 -7.776 21,788 35 -21,753
27 64,321 485 -63,836 3,171 14 -3,157 9,661 52 -9,609

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIB (cont'd) 28 234,244 491 -233,753 15,202 29 -15,173 60,676 102 -60,574
29 24,724 548 -24,176 1,201 18 -1,183 1,752 29 -1,723
31 5,794 921 -4,873 226 26 -200 4,006 358 -3,848
68 27,671 704 -25,967 1,683 21 -1,662 n.m. n.m. n.m.
73 43,866 285 -43,581 2,928 10 -2,918 4,481 14 -4,467
76 36,687 262 -36,425 2,750 4 -2,746 n.m. n.m. n.m.
77 1,164 143 -1,021 25 4 -21 n.m. n.m. n.m.
78 56,518 1,294 -55,224 3,013 24 -2,989 n.m. n.m. n.m.
83 49,869 548 -49,321 1,617 37 -1,580 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 1,278,072 13,184 -1,264,888 75,495 389 -75,109
IIIA 33 16,991 1,009 -15,982 6,473 394 -6,079 n.m. n.m. n.m.
34 25 476 451 15 200 185 n.m. n.m. n.m.
35 11,315 34,166 22,851 844 1,823 979 n.m. n.m. n.m.
35a 8,643 30,914 22,271 530 1,592 1,062 n.m. n.m. n.m.
36 19,044 10,794 -8,250 1,919 614 -1,305 n.m. n.m. n.m.
36a 10,804 10,510 -294 800 586 -214 n.m. n.m. n.m.
37 17,923 20,968 3,045 1,661 1,443 -218 n.m. n.m. n.m.
37a 15,803 20,077 4,274 1,369 1,321 -48 n.m. n.m. n.m.
38A 2,528 42 -2,486 244 5 -239 n.m. n.m. n.m.
40 9,919 1,114 -8,805 1,651 63 -1,588 n.m. n.m. n.m.
41 28,752 31,735 1,983 10,716 11,020 304 n.m. n.m. n.m.
42 163 882 719 47 389 342 n.m. n.m. n.m.
43 1,472 2,296 824 192 202 10 n.m. n.m. n.m.
46 327 12,702 12,375 57 2,106 2,049 n.m. n.m. n.m.
47 187 8,421 8,234 63 739 678 n.m. n.m. n.m.
48 1,087 8,320 7,233 290 595 305 n.m. n.m. n.m.
49 481 428 -53 51 29 -22 n.m. n.m. n.m.
50 9,515 49,092 39,577 401 2,171 1,770 n.m. n.m. n.m.
51 0 6 6 0 1 1 n.m. n.m. n.m.
53 0 40 40 0 4 4 n.m. n.m. n.m.
54 3 686 683 0 330 330 n.m. n.m. n.m.
55 1,344 1,890 546 732 841 109 n.m. n.m. n.m.
56 12,883 388 -12,495 2,499 20 -2,479 n.m. n.m. n.m.
58 70,069 3,064 -67,005 1,415 85 -1,330 n.m. n.m. n.m.
59 22,744 3,187 -19,557 2,394 606 -1,788 n.m. n.m. n.m.
60 41 0 -41 2 0 -2 n.m. n.m. n.m.

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIIA (cont'd) 61 1,308 2,109 801 254 181 -73 n.m. n.m. n.m.
62 2,303 11,623 9,320 167 330 163 n.m. n.m. n.m.
63 13,161 3,172 -9,989 1,899 189 -1,710 n.m. n.m. n.m.
65 30,232 11,651 -18,581 5,965 1,254 -4,711 n.m. n.m. n.m.
66 2,831 270 -2,561 731 44 -687 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 277,648 220,531 -57,117 40,682 25,678 -15,004
IIIB 10 311 495 184 30 85 55 392 106 -287
67 45,957 2,524 -43,433 6,747 601 -6,146 n.m. n.m. n.m.
67a 3,486 0 -3,486 1,130 0 -1,130 n.m. n.m. n.m.
69 900 222 -678 32 8 -24 310 28 -282
70 14,694 705 -13,989 1,274 34 -1,240 44,542 1,023 -43,519
72 2,546 761 -1,785 68 7 -61 565 104 -461
74 59,535 305 -59,230 3,508 8 -3,600 6,825 28 -6,797
75 1,003 66 -937 69 1 -68 176 4 -172
84 1,304 98 -1,206 201 2 -199 n.m. n.m. n.m.
85 678 56 -622 24 1 -23 575 37 -538
86 553 465 -88 22 11 -11 87 16 -70
87 39 43 4 4 1 -3 n.m. n.m. n.m.
88 1,637 7,533 5,896 154 958 804 n.m. n.m. n.m.
90 385 287 -98 359 91 -268 n.m. n.m. n.m.
91 65 342 277 7 64 57 n.m. n.m. n.m.
93 159 1 -158 35 0 -35 n.m. n.m. n.m.
94 533 1,409 876 201 254 53 n.m. n.m. n.m..
95 8 2,779 2,771 6 467 481 n.m. n.m. n.m.
96 1,206 15,176 13,970 201 2,306 2,105 n.m. n.m. n.m.
97 53 103 50 8 12 4 n.m. n.m. n.m.
98 375 1,437 1,062 116 30 -86 n.m. n.m. n.m.
99 1,667 7,562 5,895 350 696 346 n.m. n.m. n.m.
100 4,408 22,964 18,556 1,095 2,322 1,227 n.m. n.m. n.m.
101 0 389 389 0 2 2 n.m. n.m. n.m.
109 18 311 293 0 22 22 n.m. n.m. n.m.
110 0 10 10 0 5 5 n.m. n.m. n.m.
111 0 98 98 0 8 8 n.m. n.m. n.m.
112 724 919 195 137 89 -48 n.m. n.m. n.m.
113 52 169 117 10 34 24 n.m. n.m. n.m.
114 11,984 12,098 114 2,730 1,603 -1,127 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 150,794 79,327 -71,467 17,488 9,742 -7,746

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IV 115 0 262 262 0 48 48 n.m. n.m. n.m.
117 122 2,628 2,506 20 149 129 n.m. n.m. n.m.
118 11 26 15 1 2 1 n.m. n.m. n.m.
123 1 5 4 0 0 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 134 2,921 2,787 21 199 178
?-IV Textiles 670,818 345,495 -325,323 127,797 39,382 -88,415 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Clothing 2,522,659 33,708 -2,488,951 140,371 2,326 -138,045 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Other 134 2,921 2,787 21 199 178 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 3,193,611 382,124 -2,811,487 268,189 41,907 -226,282
HS CH 50-60 618,474 423,303 -195,171 168,659 86,242 -82,417 n.m. n.m. n.m.
CH 61-63 2,677,497 45,436 -2,632,061 171,394 3,013 -168,381 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 3,295,971 468,739 -2,827,232 340,053 89,255 -250,798

EU 12 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING TRADE 1993
WITH TURKEY
European Directorate General
Commission External Relations
Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
1A 1 46,386 3,200 -43,186 22,711 496 -22,215 n.m. n.m. n.m.
2 89,423 33,484 -55,939 20,501 3,278 -17,223 n.m. n.m. n.m.
2a 56,688 30,686 -26,002 10,791 3,020 -7,771 n.m. n.m. n.m.
3 49,165 24,014 -25,151 5,020 1,922 -3,098 n.m. n.m. n.m.
3a 44,507 22,985 -21,542 4,525 1,765 -2,760 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 184,974 60,698 -124,276 48,232 5,696 -42,536
IB 4 380,109 3,448 -376,661 19,927 98 -19,829 74,797 602 -74,195
5 332,275 4,700 -327,575 15,860 160 -15,700 34,700 410 -34,289
6 212,965 2,492 -210,473 11,054 93 -10,961 21,320 189 -21,131
7 174,472 773 -173,699 6,482 20 -6,442 21,054 76 -20,978
8 142,918 910 -142,008 6,475 20 -6,455 19,280 68 -19,212
Total 1,242,739 12,323 -1,230,416 59,778 391 -59,387
IIA 9 45,075 262 -44,813 5,759 21 -5,738 n.m. n.m. n.m.
20 45,123 320 -44,803 6,317 16 -6,301 n.m. n.m. n.m.
22 27,693 6,833 -20,860 7,986 1,071 -6,915 n.m. n.m. n.m.
22a 24,101 2,964 -21,137 6,567 456 -6,111 n.m. n.m. n.m.
23 281 1,252 971 67 205 138 n.m. n.m. n.m.
32 7,861 3,008 -4,853 860 337 -523 n.m. n.m. n.m.
32a 68 1,316 1,248 20 164 144 n.m. n.m. n.m.
39 8,110 347 -7,763 1,109 20 -1,089 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 134,143 12,022 -122,121 22,098 1,670 -20,428
IIB 12 72,111 1,775 -70,336 7,960 83 -7,877 178,750 3,325 -175,425
13 21,930 1,073 -20,857 1,591 58 -1,533 35,117 749 -34,368
14 12,178 384 -11,794 444 4 -440 457 5 -452
15 86,067 1,315 -84,752 3,150 19 -3,131 4,799 34 -4,765
16 34,775 2,907 -31,868 1,235 89 -1,146 1,000 93 -908
17 58,897 938 -57,959 1,555 42 -1,513 1,784 49 -1,735
18 50,798 623 -50,175 4,859 19 -4,840 n.m. n.m. n.m.
19 66 0 -66 2 0 -2 31 0 -31
21 111,287 665 -110,622 4,530 14 -4,516 5,950 19 -5,931
24 178,726 362 -178,364 13,237 27 -13,210 32,558 102 -32,456
26 127,372 1,598 -125,774 7,320 37 -7,283 20,579 100 -20,479

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIB (cont'd) 27 52,567 523 -52,044 2,467 13 -2,454 6,932 49 -6,883
28 198,782 525 -198,257 13,399 31 -13,368 57,024 126 -58,898
29 22,251 586 -21,665 1,054 8 -1,046 1,601 11 -1,591
31 10,239 1,540 -8,699 444 83 -361 7,079 5,227 -1,852
68 35,088 550 -34,538 2,174 32 -2,142 n.m. n.m. n.m.
73 30,035 520 -29,515 2,136 18 -2,118 3,461 65 -3,396
76 40,164 172 -39,892 2,203 4 -2,199 n.m. n.m. n.m.
77 595 83 -513 19 1 -18 n.m. n.m. n.m.
78 100,808 1,711 -99,097 4,810 29 -4,781 n.m. n.m. n.m.
83 57,109 633 -56,476 1,948 19 -1,929 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 1,301,846 18,483 -1,283,363 76,537 630 -75,907
IIIA 33 20,651 790 -19,861 7,542 251 -7,291 n.m. n.m. n.m.
34 85 1,275 1,190 27 608 581 n.m. n.m. n.m.
35 12,599 31,883 19,264 1,117 1,648 531 n.m. n.m. n.m.
35a 8,733 29,227 20,494 601 1,422 821 n.m. n.m. n.m.
36 26,712 12,105 -14,607 2,891 671 -2,220 n.m. n.m. n.m.
36a 14,789 11,777 -3,012 1,179 638 -541 n.m. n.m. n.m.
37 23,156 24,208 1,052 2,146 1,849 -297 n.m. n.m. n.m.
37a 20,936 23,305 2,369 1,808 1,722 -86 n.m. n.m. n.m.
38a 2,401 185 -2,216 288 17 -271 n.m. n.m. n.m.
40 8,630 577 -8,053 1,241 53 -1,188 n.m. n.m. n.m.
41 22,369 40,523 18,154 7,928 12,665 4,737 n.m. n.m. n.m.
42 172 1,291 1,119 26 296 270 n.m. n.m. n.m.
43 1,502 2,606 1,104 183 252 69 n.m. n.m. n.m.
46 224 12,826 12,602 25 2,607 2,582 n.m. n.m. n.m.
47 714 16,771 16,057 118 1,713 1,595 n.m. n.m. n.m.
48 925 9,254 8,329 291 856 565 n.m. n.m. n.m.
49 1,937 805 -1,132 224 76 -148 n.m. n.m. n.m.
50 8,209 62,511 54,302 399 2,880 2,418 n.m. n.m. n.m.
51 31 8 -23 37 2 -35 n.m. n.m. n.m.
53 0 54 54 0 2 2 n.m. n.m. n.m.
54 0 847 847 0 492 492 n.m. n.m. n.m.
55 1,431 2,452 1,021 790 1,396 606 n.m. n.m. n.m.
56 15,148 586 -14,562 2,812 46 -2,766 n.m. n.m. n.m.
58 62,737 3,591 -59,146 1,448 90 -1,358 n.m. n.m. n.m.
59 18,415 4,185 -14,230 2,058 848 -1,210 n.m. n.m. n.m.

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIIA (cont'd) 60 8 6 -2 0 0 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
61 1,307 3,189 1,882 316 383 67 n.m. n.m. n.m.
62 6,049 17,560 11,511 440 542 102 n.m. n.m. n.m.
63 13,591 4,336 -9,255 2,349 357 -1,992 n.m. n.m. n.m.
65 22,378 15,953 -6,425 3,826 1,367 -2,459 n.m. n.m. n.m.
66 4,439 481 -3,958 1,090 108 -982 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 275,820 270,838 -4,982 39,612 32,075 -7,537
IIIB 10 507 256 -251 25 27 2 193 48 -145
67 41,933 4,555 -37,378 5,987 1,316 -4,671 n.m. n.m. n.m.
67a 1,270 7 -1,263 523 2 -521 n.m. n.m. n.m.
69 619 60 -559 29 3 -26 202 14 -189
70 9,812 1,089 -8,723 965 78 -887 31,732 1,703 -30,029
72 3,428 810 -2,618 87 8 -79 772 175 -597
74 37,972 370 -37,602 2,197 5 -2,192 4,858 10 -4,848
75 1,919 212 -1,707 119 2 -117 241 5 -236
84 1,218 231 -987 207 2 -205 n.m. n.m. n.m.
85 838 114 -724 34 1 -33 726 25 -702
86 648 689 41 21 11 -10 76 15 -60
87 14 96 82 2 3 1 n.m. n.m. n.m.
88 1,841 7,374 5,533 243 540 297 n.m. n.m. n.m.
90 443 263 -180 433 68 -365 n.m. n.m. n.m.
91 75 148 73 9 30 21 n.m. n.m. n.m.
93 113 226 113 32 16 -16 n.m. n.m. n.m.
94 1,565 1,550 -15 522 304 -218 n.m. n.m. n.m.
95 27 4,910 4,883 19 889 870 n.m. n.m. n.m.
96 1,571 19,630 18,059 432 3,678 3,246 n.m. n.m. n.m.
97 198 111 -87 43 17 -26 n.m. n.m. n.m.
98 104 717 613 81 23 -58 n.m. n.m. n.m.
99 2,254 7,910 5,656 507 916 409 n.m. n.m. n.m.
100 3,517 30,699 27,182 888 3,284 2,396 n.m. n.m. n.m.
101 0 406 406 0 8 8 n.m. n.m. n.m.
109 9 729 720 0 57 57 n.m. n.m. n.m.
110 0 19 19 0 11 11 n.m. n.m. n.m.
111 8 15 7 1 0 -1 n.m. n.m. n.m.
112 2,012 1,531 -481 217 124 -93 n.m. n.m. n.m.
113 102 254 152 8 49 41 n.m. n.m. n.m.

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIIB (cont'd) 114 7,136 15,029 7,893 1,549 1,831 282 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 119,883 100,003 -19,880 14,657 13,301 -1,356
IV 115 0 329 329 0 45 45 n.m. n.m. n.m.
117 169 5,134 4,965 14 228 214 n.m. n.m. n.m.
118 5 13 8 0 1 1 n.m. n.m. n.m.
123 17 11 -6 1 0 -1 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 191 5,487 5,296 15 274 259
I-IV Textiles 614,071 427,705 -186,356 114,683 50,746 -63,937 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Clothing 2,645,334 46,662 -2,598,672 146,231 3,017 -143,214 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Other 191 5,487 5,296 15 274 259 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 3,259,596 479,854 -2,779,742 260,929 54,037 -206,892
HS CH 50-60 576,072 527,426 -48,646 177,465 111,533 -65,932 n.m. n.m. n.m.
CH 61-63 2,803,948 64,963 -2,738,985 178,103 3,987 -174,116 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 3,380,020 592,389 -2,787,631 355,568 115,520 -240,048

EU 12 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING TRADE 1994
WITH TURKEY
European Directorate General
Commission External Relations
Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IA 1 93,476 5,335 -88,141 39,310 848 -38,462 n.m. n.m. n.m.
2 135,755 35,271 -100,484 30,570 3,688 -26,882 n.m. n.m. n.m.
2a 78,520 31,371 -47,149 13,613 3,335 -10,278 n.m. n.m. n.m.
3 42,887 21,030 -21,857 4,550 1,625 -2,025 n.m. n.m. n.m.
3a 41,714 20,167 -21,547 4,441 1,505 -2,935 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 272,118 61,636 -210,482 74,430 6,161 -68,269
IB 4 381,803 1,986 -379,817 20,547 79 -20,488 81,739 422 -81,317
5 408,223 4,427 -403,796 21,273 163 -21,110 48,752 436 -48,316
6 212,097 2,367 -209,730 11,555 88 -11,467 22,413 169 -22,244
7 194,961 593 -194,368 7,376 22 -7,354 25,218 85 -25,133
8 134,912 781 -134,131 6,430 15 -6,415 17,950 53 -17,896
Total 1,331,996 10,154 -1,321,842 67,181 367 -66,814
IA 9 53,746 142 -53,604 7,085 19 -7,066 n.m. n.m. n.m.
20 45,405 276 -45,129 5,971 23 -5,948 n.m. n.m. n.m.
22 34,921 5,838 -29,083 10,239 1,010 -9,229 n.m. n.m. n.m.
22a 31,381 2,998 -28,383 9,115 515 -8,600 n.m. n.m. n.m.
23 2,588 1,580 -1,008 699 265 -434 n.m. n.m. n.m.
32 13,980 2,997 -10,983 1,739 399 -1,340 n.m. n.m. n.m.
32a 2,857 851 -2,006 512 174 -338 n.m. n.m. n.m.
39 6,191 228 -5,963 623 14 -609 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 156,831 11,061 -145,770 26,356 1,730 -24,626
IIB 12 83,474 1,617 -81,857 8,580 55 -8,525 214,163 1,844 -212,319
13 24,099 322 -23,777 1,713 2 -1,711 36,409 111 -36,298
14 11,245 427 -10,818 464 18 -446 416 18 -398
15 82,249 832 -81,417 3,320 14 -3,306 4,921 18 -1,902
16 35,023 2,728 -32,295 1,220 63 -1,157 968 70 -898
17 68,344 495 -67,849 1,747 21 -1,726 1,967 25 -1,942
18 61,529 228 -61,301 5,994 23 -5,971 n.m. n.m. n.m.
19 45 34 -11 2 2 0 24 74 51
21 87,225 757 -88,468 3,649 20 -3,629 4,576 25 -4,551
24 165,877 607 -165,270 12,872 31 -12,841 31,474 123 -31,350
26 95,115 885 -94,230 4,893 18 -4,875 14,116 41 -14,076

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIB (cont'd) 27 58,765 619 -58,146 2,635 21 -2,614 7,853 42 -7,811
28 172,260 427 -171,833 11,698 18 -11,680 49,806 58 -49,749
29 22,352 502 -21,850 1,034 11 -1,023 1,616 16 -1,600
31 13,038 1,472 -11,566 469 62 -407 8,388 973 -7,415
68 34,840 584 -34,256 1,963 23 -1,940 n.m. n.m. n.m.
73 24,388 106 -24,282 1,839 2 -1,837 3,142 5 -3,138
76 31,992 100 -31,892 1,249 1 -1,248 n.m. n.m. n.m.
77 788 112 -676 23 1 -22 n.m. n.m. n.m.
78 89,300 2,100 -87,200 4,142 28 -4,114 n.m. n.m. n.m.
83 55,478 519 -54,959 2,299 18 -2,281 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 1,217,426 15,473 -1,201,953 71,805 452 -71,353
IIIA 33 33,427 662 -32,765 12,117 265 -11,852 n.m. n.m. n.m.
34 28 1,370 1,342 15 701 686 n.m. n.m. n.m.
35 16,511 28,747 12,236 1,676 1,389 -287 n.m. n.m. n.m.
35a 11,195 26,477 15,282 854 1,191 337 n.m. n.m. n.m.
36 30,004 14,652 -15,352 2,938 865 -2,073 n.m. n.m. n.m.
36a 21,500 13,561 -7,939 1,721 738 -983 n.m. n.m. n.m.
37 45,335 24,975 -20,360 4,687 2,047 -2,640 n.m. n.m. n.m.
37a 41,712 24,084 -17,628 4,060 1,947 -2,113 n.m. n.m. n.m.
38A 4,718 102 -4,616 368 7 -361 n.m. n.m. n.m.
40 10,684 456 -10,218 1,177 22 -1,155 n.m. n.m. n.m.
41 26,960 34,272 7,312 10,557 10,619 62 n.m. n.m. n.m.
42 170 713 543 41 165 124 n.m. n.m. n.m.
43 2,272 3,440 1,168 267 475 208 n.m. n.m. n.m.
46 476 15,333 14,857 151 2,712 2,561 n.m. n.m. n.m.
47 130 5,590 5,460 36 552 516 n.m. n.m. n.m.
48 1,370 11,373 10,003 326 984 658 n.m. n.m. n.m.
49 3,162 842 -2,320 366 104 -262 n.m. n.m. n.m.
50 13,164 56,378 43,214 683 2,257 1,574 n.m. n.m. n.m.
51 277 47 -230 181 9 -172 n.m. n.m. n.m.
53 0 7 7 0 0 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
54 0 407 407 0 197 197 n.m. n.m. n.m.
55 1,692 2,835 1,143 973 1,512 539 n.m. n.m. n.m.
56 16,008 442 -15,566 2,991 55 -2,936 n.m. n.m. n.m.
58 47,709 1,776 -45,933 1,677 75 -1,602 n.m. n.m. n.m.
59 22,283 2,619 -19,664 3,211 517 -2,694 n.m. n.m. n.m.

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIIA (cont'd) 60 0 2 2 0 0 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
61 3,585 3,707 122 684 413 -471 n.m. n.m. n.m.
62 6,838 10,940 4,102 490 390 -100 n.m. n.m. n.m.
63 14,366 6,203 -8,163 2,577 403 -2,174 n.m. n.m. n.m.
65 35,826 13,875 -21,951 8,215 1,301 -6,914 n.m. n.m. n.m.
66 3,545 208 -3,337 1,008 59 -949 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 340,540 241,983 -98,557 57,612 28,095 -29,517
IIIB 10 316 247 -69 11 25 14 101 41 -60
67 43,763 3,457 -40,306 6,245 1,218 -5,027 n.m. n.m. n.m.
67a 1,951 0 -1,951 900 0 -900 n.m. n.m. n.m.
69 295 286 -9 14 5 -9 69 29 -40
70 13,956 118 -13,838 1,400 5 -1,395 47,442 146 -47,296
72 4,734 440 -4,294 111 4 -107 924 64 -861
74 17,826 1,021 -16,805 1,139 9 -1,130 2,735 23 -2,713
75 1,504 69 -1,435 86 1 -85 226 2 -224
84 1,776 97 -1,679 185 2 -183 n.m. n.m. n.m.
85 524 41 -483 31 1 -30 613 23 -590
86 701 556 -145 20 8 -12 56 21 -35
87 18 76 58 2 2 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
88 1,480 6,679 5,199 157 633 476 n.m. n.m. n.m.
90 603 205 -398 619 42 -577 n.m. n.m. n.m.
91 8 140 132 1 34 33 n.m. n.m. n.m.
93 158 2 -156 23 0 -23 n.m. n.m. n.m.
94 1,187 1,269 82 354 243 -111 n.m. n.m. n.m.
95 17 3,339 3,322 1 614 613 n.m. n.m. n.m.
96 4,660 18,258 13,598 545 2,920 2,375 n.m. n.m. n.m.
97 77 57 -20 11 9 -2 n.m. n.m. n.m.
98 287 192 -95 88 12 -76 n.m. n.m. n.m.
99 2,133 6,144 4,011 508 753 245 n.m. n.m. n.m.
100 2,804 26,206 23,402 646 2,954 2,308 n.m. n.m. n.m.
101 141 347 206 74 7 -67 n.m. n.m. n.m.
109 21 945 924 1 125 124 n.m. n.m. n.m.
110 0 2 2 0 0 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
111 48 39 -9 7 5 -2 n.m. n.m. n.m.
112 1,210 1,255 45 171 95 -76 n.m. n.m. n.m.
113 89 172 83 8 20 12 n.m. n.m. n.m.

Group Category EU 12 trade-value (000 ECU) EU 12 trade-volume (tonnes) EU 12 trade-volume
(000 pcs/prs)
Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance Imports Exports Balance
IIIB (cont'd) 114 6,703 18,998 12,295 1,565 3,035 1,470 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 107,039 90,657 -16,382 14,023 12,781 -1,242
IV 115 0 723 723 0 98 98 n.m. n.m. n.m.
117 1,255 9,443 8,188 122 469 347 n.m. n.m. n.m.
118 3 0 -3 0 0 0 n.m. n.m. n.m.
123 21 5 -16 2 0 -2 n.m n.m. n.m.
Total 1,279 10,171 8,892 124 567 443
I-IV Textiles 789,635 392,250 -397,385 163,020 46,854 -116,166 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Clothing 2,636,315 38,714 -2,597,601 148,387 2,732 -145,655 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Other 1,279 10,171 8,892 124 567 443 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 3,427,229 441,135 -2,986,094 311,531 50,153 -261,378
HS CH 50-60 766,688 497,464 -269,224 240,150 94,937 -145,213 n.m. n.m. n.m.
CH 61-63 2,832,628 52,779 -2,779,849 188,400 3,708 -184,692 n.m. n.m. n.m.
Total 3,599,316 550,243 -3,049,073 428,550 98,645 -329,905