Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 of 13 December 2006 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: extra-EU trade, intra-EU trade, statistical nomenclature, trade statistics

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1833/2006

of 13 December 2006

on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community
and statistics of trade between Member States

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22
May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by
the Community and its Member States with non-member
countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 750/2005 of 18 May
2005 on the nomenclature of countries and territories
for the external trade statistics of the Community and
statistics of trade between Member States (2) set out the
version of
that nomenclature which was valid as of
1 June 2005.

The alphabetical coding of countries and territories must
be based on the current version of standard ISO alpha 2,
is compatible with the requirements of
insofar as it
Community legislation and the statistical requirements
of
the Community. Commission Regulation (EC) No
2286/2003 of 18 December 2003 (3) amending Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
provided for a transitional period for the adaptation of

that
automated customs clearance systems. Whereas
period has now expired,
it is no longer necessary to
use the numerical codes in parallel with the alphabetical
codes.

(3)

Montenegro has become an independent State.

(4)

(5)

It is therefore appropriate to draw up a new version of
the nomenclature which takes account of these devel-
opments and of changes affecting certain codes.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Committee on
accordance with the opinion of
Statistics Relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-
Member Countries,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The version of the nomenclature of countries and territories for
the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of
trade between Member States which shall be valid as from
1 January 2007 is set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2006.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and the
Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 343, 31.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 215/2006 (OJ L 38, 9.2.2006, p. 11).

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NOMENCLATURE OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR THE EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND STATISTICS OF TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES

ANNEX

(Version valid with effect from 1 January 2007)

Text

Description

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm
al Qaiwain

Andorra

United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Anguilla

Albania

Armenia

Netherlands Antilles

Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and southern part of St Martin

Including Cabinda

Territory south of 60°
Southern Territories (TF), Bouvet
South Sandwich Islands (GS)

south latitude; not

including the French
Island (BV), South Georgia and

Angola

Antarctica

Argentina

American Samoa

Austria

Australia

Code

AD

AE

AF

AG

AI

AL

AM

AN

AO

AQ

AR

AS

AT

AU

AW

Aruba

AZ

BA

BB

BD

BE

BF

BG

BH

BI

BJ

Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Barbados

Bangladesh

Belgium

Burkina Faso

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

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Code

BM

BN

BO

BR

BS

BT

BV

Text

Description

Bermuda

Brunei Darussalam

Often referred to as Brunei

Bolivia

Brazil

Bahamas

Bhutan

Bouvet Island

BW

Botswana

BY

BZ

CA

CC

CD

CF

CG

CH

CI

CK

CL

CM

CN

CO

CR

CU

CV

CX

CY

CZ

DE

Often referred to as Belorussia

Belarus

Belize

Canada

Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Formerly Zaire

Central African Republic

Including the German territory of Büsingen and the Italian municipality
of Campione d’Italia

Often referred to as Ivory Coast

Congo

Switzerland

Côte d'Ivoire

Cook Islands

Chile

Cameroon

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cape Verde

Christmas Island

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Germany

Including the island of Heligoland; excluding the territory of Büsingen

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Code

DJ

DK

DM

DO

DZ

EC

EE

EG

ER

ES

ET

FI

FJ

FK

FM

FO

FR

GA

GB

GD

GE

GH

GI

GL

GM

GN

GQ

GR

Text

Description

Djibouti

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Eritrea

Spain

Ethiopia

Finland

Fiji

Including the Galápagos Islands

Including the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands; excluding Ceuta
and Melilla

Including the Åland Islands

Falkland Islands

Micronesia, Federated States of

Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap

Faroe Islands

France

Gabon

Including Monaco and the French overseas departments
Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion)

(French

United Kingdom

Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Including Southern Grenadines

Grenada

Georgia

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greenland

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Greece

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Code

GS

GT

GU

GW

GY

HK

HM

HN

HR

HT

HU

ID

IE

IL

IN

IO

IQ

IR

IS

IT

JM

JO

JP

KE

KG

KH

KI

KM

Text

Description

South Georgia and South
Sandwich Islands

Guatemala

Guam

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Hong Kong

Heard Island and McDonald
Islands

Honduras

Croatia

Haiti

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

India

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of
China

Including Swan Islands

British Indian Ocean Territory

Chagos archipelago

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iceland

Italy

Jamaica

Jordan

Japan

Kenya

Kyrgyz, Republic

Cambodia

Kiribati

Comoros

Including Livigno; excluding the municipality of Campione d’Italia

Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli

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Code

KN

KP

KR

KW

KY

KZ

LA

LB

LC

LI

LK

LR

LS

LT

LU

LV

LY

MA

MD

ME

MG

MH

Text

Description

St Kitts and Nevis

Korea, Democratic People’s
Republic of

Often referred to as North Korea

Korea, Republic of

Often referred to as South Korea

Kuwait

Cayman Islands

Kazakhstan

Lao People’s Democratic Republic Often referred to as Laos

Lebanon

St Lucia

Liechtenstein

Sri Lanka

Liberia

Lesotho

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Often referred to as Libya

Morocco

Moldova, Republic of

Montenegro

Madagascar

Marshall Islands

MK (1)

Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia

ML

MM

MN

MO

MP

Mali

Myanmar

Mongolia

Macao

Northern Mariana Islands

Often referred to as Burma

Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

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Code

MR

MS

MT

MU

MV

MW

MX

MY

MZ

NA

NC

NE

NF

NG

NI

NL

NO

NP

NR

NU

NZ

Text

Description

Including Gozo and Comino

Mauritius, Rodrigues Island, Agalega Islands and Cargados Carajos
Shoals (St Brandon Islands)

Peninsular Malaysia and Eastern Malaysia (Labuan, Sabah and Sarawak)

Mauritania

Montserrat

Malta

Mauritius

Maldives

Malawi

Mexico

Malaysia

Mozambique

Namibia

New Caledonia

Including Loyalty Islands (Lifou, Maré and Ouvéa)

Niger

Norfolk Island

Nigeria

Nicaragua

Netherlands

Norway

Nepal

Nauru

Niue

Including Corn Islands

Including Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen Island

New Zealand

Excluding Ross Dependency (Antarctica)

OM

Oman

PA

PE

PF

PG

PH

PK

Panama

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Pakistan

Including former Canal Zone

Marquesas Islands, Society Islands (including Tahiti), Tuamotu Islands,
Gambier Islands and Austral Islands. Also Clipperton Island

Eastern part of New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago (including New
Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai (New Hanover) and Admiralty Islands);
Northern Solomon Islands (Bougainville and Buka); Trobriand Islands,
Woodlark Island; d’Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago.

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Code

Text

Description

PL

PM

PN

PS

PT

PW

PY

QA

RO

RU

Poland

St Pierre and Miquelon

Pitcairn

Including the Ducie, Henderson and Oeno Islands

Occupied Palestinian Territory

West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip

Including Azores and Madeira

Portugal

Palau

Paraguay

Qatar

Romania

Russian Federation

Often referred to as Russia

RW

Rwanda

SA

SB

SC

SD

SE

SG

SH

SI

SK

SL

SM

SN

SO

SR

ST

SV

SY

SZ

Mahé Island, Praslin Island, La Digue, Frégate and Silhouette; Amirante
Islands (including Desroches, Alphonse, Platte and Coëtivy); Farquhar
Islands (including Providence); Aldabra Islands and Cosmoledo Islands.

Including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha Islands

Saudi Arabia

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Sudan

Sweden

Singapore

Saint Helena

Slovenia

Slovakia

Sierra Leone

San Marino

Senegal

Somalia

Suriname

Sao Tome and Principe

El Salvador

Syrian Arab Republic

Often referred to as Syria

Swaziland

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Code

Text

Description

TC

TD

TF

TG

TH

TJ

TK

TL

TM

TN

TO

TR

TT

TV

TW

TZ

UA

UG

UM

US

UY

UZ

VA

VC

VE

VG

VI

VN

VU

Turks and Caicos Islands

Chad

French Southern Territories

Including Kerguélen Islands, Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul
Crozet Archipelago

Island,

Togo

Thailand

Tajikistan

Tokelau

Timor-Leste

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Tonga

Turkey

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Taiwan

Separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

Tanzania, United Republic of

Pemba, Zanzibar Island and Tanganyika

Ukraine

Uganda

United States Minor Outlying
Islands

Including Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll,
Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll and
Wake Island

United States

Including Puerto Rico

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Holy See (Vatican City State)

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Venezuela

Virgin Islands, British

Virgin Islands, United States

Vietnam

Vanuatu

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Code

WF

WS

XC

XK

XL

XS

YE

YT

ZA

ZM

ZW

Text

Description

Wallis and Futuna

Including Alofi Island

Samoa

Ceuta

Kosovo

Melilla

Serbia

Yemen

Mayotte

South Africa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Formerly known as Western Samoa

As defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of
10 June 1999

Including Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas and
Chafarinas Islands

Formerly North Yemen and South Yemen

Grande-Terre and Pamandzi

MISCELLANEOUS

EU

European Community

Code reserved, in trade with non-member countries,
for the declaration of the origin of goods according
relevant
to the
Community provisions. Code not
to be used for
statistical purposes.

laid down in the

conditions

QQ

or

QR

QS

QU

or

QV

QW

QX

or

QY

QZ

Stores and provisions

Optional heading

Stores and provisions within the framework of
intra-Community trade

Optional heading

Stores and provisions within the framework of trade
with third countries

Optional heading

Countries and territories not specified

Optional heading

Countries
framework of intra-Community trade

and territories not

specified in the

Optional heading

Countries and territories not specified within the
framework of trade with third countries

Optional heading

Countries
commercial or military reasons

territories

and

not

specified

for

Optional heading

and

for
Countries
commercial or military reasons in the framework
of intra-Community trade

territories

specified

not

and

Countries
for
commercial or military reasons in the framework
of trade with third countries

territories

specified

not

Optional heading

Optional heading

(1) Provisional Code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the

negotiations currently taking place in the United Nations.