COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document Fifteenth report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 and the situation resulting from its application covering the period 1 January until 31 December 2018
Date: 2019-07-05
Institutions: European Commission, Secretariat-General
Subjects: Cyprus, application of EU law, border control, frontier, goods and services, illegal migration, illicit trade, liberalisation of trade, trade restriction, value of trade

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 5.7.2019 SWD(2019) 290 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document Fifteenth report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 and the situation resulting from its application covering the period 1 January until 31 December 2018  {COM(2019) 323 final}  
 
 
TABLE I: 

Overview table summarising the monthly reports of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce according to Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 1480/2004 in EUR 

Traded products 
Animal/vegetable 
fats and oils and 
their cleavage 
products; prepared 
edible fats; animal 
or vegetable 
waxes 
Building / 
construction 
materials (articles 
of stone, plaster, 
cement, asbestos, 
mica or similar 
materials; ceramic 
products; glass and 
glassware) 
Base metals and 
articles of base 
metal 
Electrical 
machinery and 
equipment and 
parts thereof; 
machinery and 
mechanical 
appliances 
Miscellaneous 
manufactured 
articles including 
furniture 

January 

February  March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September   October   November   December  

Total 

24,240.00 

19,550.00 

23,850.00 

22,950.00 

22,550.00 

42,480.00 

32,360.00 

21,765.00 

21,045.00 

28,860.00 

9,960.00 

18,360.00 

287,970.00 

76,921.36 

62,337.99 

119,801.12 

141,387.99 

26,653.88 

36,666.79 

84,176.19 

41,566.54 

51,134.62 

59,073.16 

72,499.45 

60,121.61 

832,340.70 

67,900.00 

56,550.00 

4,900.00 

18,000.00 

23,000.00 

22,500.00 

8,250.00 

- 

17,630.00 

43,410.00 

17,300.71 

10,169.00 

289,609.71 

- 

- 

- 

1,282.82 

1,915.90 

- 

- 

- 

3,500.00  

- 

- 

600.00  

7,298.72  

28,240.68 

41,472.54 

45,041.55 

39,182.00 

64,490.12 

53,818.00 

68,344.00 

45,759.00 

45,602.60 

61,123.30 

71,843.96 

59,744.11 

624,661.86 

Fresh Fish 

58,538.00 

61,839.00 

87,384.00 

77,181.00 

80,523.00 

76,407.50 

96,828.00 

99,781.00 

87,203.00 

74,880.00 

62,404.00 

45,213.00 

908,181.50 

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Plastic products 

131,789.07 

125,236.41 

153,247.48 

132,191.68 

141,972.38 

143,281.73  152,271.14 

128,645.96 

119,206.60 

127,466.58 

123,382.33 

101,969.66  1,580,661.02 

Residues and 
waste from food 
industries 

386.00 

-    

Chemical Products 

800.00 

800.00 

-    

-    

386.00 

386.00 

         -  

386.00 

            -  

            - 

-    

386.00 

-    

1,930.00  

-    

-    

- 

11,598.50    

7,971.65 

5,982.90    

1,540.00 

3,737.00 

1,110.00 

33,540.05 

Paper products 

22,400.00 

21,000.00 

11,250.00 

10,560.00 

9,000.00 

9,000.00 

13,440.00 

15,000.00 

16,560.00 

12,000.00 

12,177.00 

12,060.00 

164,447.00 

Textile articles 
Vegetable 
products 
Wood and articles 
of wood 
Total 

            -  

-  

3,984.00 

     -                300.00 

-               

2,895.00 

1,381.00 

- 

4,453.00 

1,424.00  

104,085.00  

118,522.00 

15,236.00 

205,642.50 

68,835.00 

5,200.00 

88,222.00 

12,000.00 

37,350.00 

12,500.00 

9,000.00 

26,175.00 

20,050.00 

25,400.00 

525,610.50 

2,461.00 
428,912.11  595,940.44  520,798.15  449,970.49  461,813.28  398,471.02  511,627.83  376,758.15  381,311.72  441,091.04  397,592.45  440,834.38  5,405,121.06 

30,348.00 

4,447.00 

2,505.00 

2,017.00 

2,002.00 

3,100.00 

3,729.00 

1,512.00 

1,649.00 

2,388.00 

2,110.00 

2,428.00 

Source: Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce 

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TABLE II: 

Value of goods crossing the Green Line reported by the authorities of the Republic of 
Cyprus for 2018 in EUR 

January 

February 

March 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August 

September 

October 

November 

December 

TOTAL 

Total  

602.152 

430.857 

459.929 

401.452 

399.672 

346.867 

445.412 

353.616 

363.138 

382.939 

360.409 

310.450 

4.856.892 

Source: table based on data received from Cyprus Customs and Excise Department 

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TABLE III: 

Value  of  goods  which  crossed  the  Green  Line  and  value  of  goods  for  which 
accompanying  documents  were  issued  by  the  Turkish  Cypriot  Chamber  of  Commerce 
for 2018 

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R
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(
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f
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l
a
V

700.000

600.000

500.000

400.000

300.000

200.000

100.000

0

VALUE OF TRADE WHICH
EFFECTIVELY CROSSED THE
GREEN LINE

VALUE OF TRADE FOR
WHICH ACCOMPANYING
DOCUMENTS WERE ISSUED

Source 
- For the value of goods for which accompanying documents were issued: Turkish Cypriot Chamber of 
Commerce 
- For the value of goods which crossed the Green Line: Cyprus Customs and Excise Department

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TABLE IV:  

Most traded products in 2018 in EUR 

Potatoes 
2% 

Fruits and vegetables 
other than potatoes 
2% 

Other 
3% 

Mattresses  
3% 

Furniture 
8% 

Scrap/waste 
13% 

Plastic products 
33% 

Building materials/ 
stones/ mosaics, 
marbles and granites 
17% 

Fresh fish 
19% 

Plastic products 

Fresh fish 

Building materials/stones/mosaics, marbles and 
granites 

Scrap/waste 

Furniture 

Mattresses  

Potatoes 

Fruits and vegetables other than potatoes 

Other 

Total 

1,611,648.07 

908,294.50 

831,579.14 

632,394.79 

410,173.53 

162,288.86 

81,513.00 

81,716.2 

137,283.91 

33% 

19% 

17% 

13% 

8% 

3% 

2% 

2% 

3% 

4,856,892 

100.0% 

Source: table based on data received from Cyprus Customs and Excise Department

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TABLE V:  

Development of accompanying documents issued for the most traded goods in 2018 (highest value) 

600.000,00

500.000,00

400.000,00

300.000,00

200.000,00

100.000,00

0,00

Vegetable products

Plastic products

Fresh Fish

Miscellaneous manufactured articles including
furniture

Building / construction materials (articles of stone,
plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials;
ceramic products; glass and glassware)

Source:  Graph based on data on issued accompanying documents received from the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce 

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TABLE VI 

Movement of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot persons and vehicles across the crossing points 
as per Council Regulation no.866/04  
(01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018) 

MOVEMENTS OF PERSONS 

MOVEMENTS OF VEHICLES  

MONTH 

GREEK -
CYPRIOTS 

TURKISH-
CYPRIOTS 

TOTAL 

VEHICLES 
GCs 

VEHICLES 
TCs 

TOTAL 

01 / 2018 

50941 

90832 

141773 

24715 

35355 

60070 

02 / 2018 

45529 

91688 

137217 

19839 

34340 

54179 

03 / 2018 

55071 

97507 

152578 

24150 

37488 

61638 

04 / 2018 

63072 

85558 

148630 

27408 

32921 

60329 

05 / 2018 

64523 

87648 

152171 

29556 

34742 

64298 

06 / 2018 

73487 

93744 

167231 

32419 

37011 

69430 

07 / 2018 

79258 

87919 

167177 

37387 

34517 

71904 

08 / 2018 

103285 

77784 

181069 

52266 

30946 

83212 

09 / 2018 

123575 

78423 

201998 

61926 

31100 

93026 

10 / 2018 

119191 

84974 

204165 

59691 

33361 

93052 

11 / 2018 

109254 

93173 

202427 

54079 

36722 

90801 

12 / 2018 

127154 

107417 

234571 

62604 

39126 

101730 

TOTAL 

1014340 

1076667 

2091007 

486040 

417629 

903669 

Source: CYPOL 

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TABLE VII 

Syria 

Cameroon 

Pakistan 

Bangladesh 

Iraq 

Iran 

Georgia 

Somalia 

Palestine2 

Nigeria 

Egypt 

Turkey 

Congo 

Vietnam 

India 

Sri Lanka 

Congo 

Gambia 

Russia 

Jordan 

Nationality 

Number of irregular migrants apprehended 
after crossing the Green Line1  
(01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018) 

1573 

472 

444 

391 

337 

206 

181 

104 

102 

86 

68 

65 

59 

59 

47 

38 

22 

20 

19 

19 

1 These figures include both the 4451 irregular migrants apprehended in the government-controlled areas and the 
18 irregular migrants apprehended in the SBA. 

2 This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the 
individual positions of the Member States on this issue.  

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Senegal 

Lebanon 

Nepal 

China 

Ukraine 

Uzbekistan 

Zimbabwe 

Yemen 

Algeria 

Serbia 

Ethiopia 

Côte d'Ivoire 

Burkina Faso 

Moldova 

Cypriots 

Guinea 

Afghanistan 

Morocco 

Armenia 

Turkmenistan 

Azerbaijan 

Ghana 

Albania 

Philippines 

Central African Republic 

Eritrea 

Sierra Leone 

18 

16 

13 

13 

12 

8 

8 

6 

6 

5 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

3 

3 

3 

3 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

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Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Dominican Republic 

Guyana 

Libya 

Sudan 

Kenya 

Israel 

TOTAL 

Source: CYPOL 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4469 

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