WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DES DOUANES

Established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council
Créée en 1952 sous le nom de Conseil de coopération douanière

HARMONIZED SYSTEM NC1321E1a

COMMITTEE (+ Annexes I to III)
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42nd Session O. Eng.
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Brussels, ………………………. 2008.

SURVEY ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

(Item II.8 on Agenda)

Reference documents :
NC0355E1 (HSC/27) NC0807E1 (HSC/33)
NC0430E2, paras. 50-53 (HSC/27 - Report) NC0845E2, paras. 53-55 (HSC/33 - Report)
NC0445E1 (HSC/28) NC0903E1a (HSC/35)
NC0510E2, paras. 43-46 (HSC/28 - Report) NC0938E1b, paras. 69-74 (HSC/35 – Report)
NC0523E1 (HSC/29) NC1069E1a (HSC/38)
NC0590E2, paras. 49-57 (HSC/29 - Report) NC1123E1b, paras. 47-50 (HSC/38 – Report)
NC0666E1 (HSC/31) NC1188E1a (HSC/40)
NC0730E2, paras. 48-50 (HSC/31 - Report)

I. INTRODUCTION

1. With a view to providing accurate information to all Member administrations about free trade
agreements (hereinafter referred to as "FTAs") and their importance vis-à-vis the Harmonized
System, the Secretariat has conducted a “survey on free trade agreements” and reported on the
issue to the HS Committee since its 27th Session. At its 39th Session, the Committee agreed to
put this information on the WCO public Web site by taking the results of the survey contained in
the annex to the working document. The Committee also agreed to continue publishing this
information at its fall session.

II. SECRETARIAT SURVEY

2. The Secretariat has updated the information provided in Doc. NC1188E1a (HSC/40), as set out
in Annexes I to III to this document. This survey is focused on providing some information on
FTAs currently in force and the share of imports from FTA countries in world trade. In order to
obtain information about FTAs, the Secretariat has referred to the WTO Web site concerning
“Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the GATT/WTO and in force as of 30 May 2008”. For
the purposes of this survey, countries mean members of the FTAs, including territories. For
convenience of analysis, “shares of imports from FTA countries” were computed based on trade
statistics from the “Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook 2007” published by the International
Monetary Fund. The survey was limited to trade in goods only.

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3. Annex I to this document provides some information on FTAs such as the number of members
of the agreements, names of member countries, date of entry into force and types of
agreements. This survey is based on WTO information sources, and it only includes the
regional trade agreements for which the WTO was notified, as being Free Trade Agreements or
Customs unions as of 30 May 2008. As compared to the previous year’s survey, the number of
FTAs listed has increased from 123 to 1. Among the 1 FTAs listed, about two-third (80 FTAs;
65%) were established among or with European countries including the EC, EFTA and/or CIS
countries.

4. Annex II reveals trade information for all countries that had FTAs as of
31 December 2006. About 43% of the world’s total imports (US$ 10,718.6 billion) occurred
among FTA member countries and almost half (45.6%) of FTA member countries’ total
imports (US$ 10,033.5 billion) came from other FTA member countries. In the case of
European countries, almost 70% of the European countries’ total imports (US$ 4,613.6
billion) came from FTA member countries.

5. Annex III shows the distribution of country groups with different levels of shares of imports from
FTA member countries in terms of total import value in the year 2005. In the case of 30
countries, more than 70% of the total import value came from the FTA member countries. For
about 40% (57 countries) of the 146 FTA member countries (as of 31 December 2005), over
50% of total imports came from FTA member countries.

III. SECRETARIAT COMMENTS

6. Given that 146 Countries (as of 30 May 2008) are involved in one or more FTAs and over 40%
of world trade takes place among FTA member countries, FTAs play an important role in world
trade. In the future, more countries are expected to enter FTAs for various reasons. As the
number of FTAs increases, the share of imports subject to free rates of duty will also increase.

7. This trend leads us to the following conclusions in respect of the Harmonized System as
reported at previous Sessions of the HS Committee:

• Since FTAs eliminate Customs duties between members as against non-members, the
Harmonized System is crucial for that purpose. Trade statistics based on the
Harmonized System will also be essential as countries look to determine whether an FTA
is a viable option.

• Since FTAs remove duties for goods originating in FTA member countries as against non-
members, preferential rules of origin are essential and the Harmonized System is
important to FTAs whose rules of origin are based on a change in tariff classification.

IV. CONCLUSION

8. The Committee is requested to take note of the results of the Secretariat’s survey.

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INFORMATION ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (FTAs)

Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
1 European Community 27 Austria 1.1.95 Customs union
– EC Belgium 1.1.58
Bulgaria 1.1.07
Denmark 1.1.73
Finland 1.1.95
France 1.1.58
Germany 1.1.58
Greece 1.1.81
Ireland 1.1.73
Italy 1.1.58
Luxembourg 1.1.58
Netherlands 1.1.58
Portugal 1.1.86
Spain 1.1.86
Sweden 1.1.95
United Kingdom 1.1.73
Cyprus 1.5.04
Czech Republic 1.5.04
Estonia 1.5.04
Hungary 1.5.04
Latvia 1.5.04
Lithuania 1.5.04
Malta 1.5.04
Poland 1.5.04
Romania 1.1.07
Slovakia 1.5.04
Slovenia 1.5.04
Free trade
2 EC/Algeria EC+1 EC 9.1.05
agreement
Algeria
3 EC/Andorra EC+1 EC 1.7.91 Customs union
Andorra
Free trade
4 EC/Chile EC+1 EC 1.2.03
agreement
Chile
Free trade
5 EC/Croatia EC+1 EC 1.3.02
agreement
Croatia
Free trade
6 EC/Egypt EC+1 EC 1.6.04
agreement
Egypt
Free trade
7 EC/Faeroe Islands EC+1 EC 1.1.97
agreement
Faeroe Islands
Free trade
8 EC/FYROM (The Former Yugoslav EC+1 EC 1.6.01
agreement
Republic of Macedonia) FYROM
Free trade
9 EC/Iceland EC+1 EC 1.4.73
agreement
Iceland
Free trade
10 EC/Israel EC+1 EC 1.6.00
agreement

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
Israel
Free trade
11 EC/Jordan EC+1 EC 1.5.02
agreement
Jordan
Free trade
12 EC/Lebanon EC+1 EC 1.3.03
agreement
Lebanon
Free trade
13 EC/Mexico EC+1 EC 1.7.00
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
14 EC/Morocco EC+1 EC 1.3.00
agreement
Morocco
Free trade
15 EC/Norway EC+1 EC 1.7.73
agreement
Norway
Free trade
16 EC/Overseas Countries and EC+20 EC 1.1.71
agreement
Territories (OCTs) Greenland
New Caledonia
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic
Territories
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Mayotte
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
Anguilla
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
South Georgia and Sandwich
Islands
Montserrat
Pitcairn Island
Saint Helena, Ascension Island,
Tristan da Cunha
Turks and Caicos Islands
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Free trade
17 EC/Palestinian Authority (PLO) EC+1 EC 1.7.97
agreement
PLO
Free trade
18 EC/South Africa EC+1 EC 1.1.00
agreement
South Africa
Free trade
19 EC/Switzerland and Liechtenstein EC+2 EC 1.1.73
agreement
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Free trade
20 EC/Syrian Arab Republic EC+1 EC 1.7.77
agreement
Syrian Arab Republic
Free trade
21 EC/Tunisia EC+1 EC 1.3.98
agreement
Tunisia

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
22 EC/Turkey EC+1 EC 1.1.96 Customs union
Turkey
Free trade
23 European Free Trade Association 4 Iceland 3.5.60
agreement
– EFTA Liechtenstein
Norway
Switzerland
Free trade
24 EFTA/Chile EFTA+1 EFTA 1.12.04
agreement
Chile
Free trade
25 EFTA/Croatia EFTA+1 EFTA 1.1.02
agreement
Croatia
Free trade
26 EFTA/The Former Yugoslav EFTA+1 EFTA 1.1.01
agreement
Republic of Macedonia(FYROM) FYROM
Free trade
27 EFTA/Israel EFTA+1 EFTA 1.1.93
agreement
Israel
Free trade
28 EFTA/Jordan EFTA+1 EFTA 1.1.02
agreement
Jordan
Free trade
29 EFTA/Lebanon EFTA+1 EFTA 1.1.07
agreement
Lebanon
Free trade
30 EFTA/Mexico EFTA+1 EFTA 1.7.01
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
31 EFTA/Morocco EFTA+1 EFTA 1.12.99
agreement
Morocco
Free trade
32 EFTA/Palestinian Authority(PLO) EFTA+1 EFTA 1.7.99
agreement
PLO
Free trade
33 EFTA/Republic of Korea EFTA+1 EFTA 9.1.06
agreement
Republic of Korea
Free trade
34 EFTA/Singapore EFTA+1 EFTA 1.1.03
agreement
Singapore
Free trade
35 EFTA/Tunisia EFTA+1 EFTA 1.6.05
agreement
Tunisia
Free trade
36 EFTA/Turkey EFTA+1 EFTA 1.4.92
agreement
Turkey
Free trade
37 Commonwealth of Independent 11 Armenia 30.12.94
agreement
States - CIS Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Moldova
Kazakhstan
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
38 Eurasian Economic Community 5 Belarus 8.10.97 Customs union
- EAEC Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Free trade
44 Armenia/Kazakhstan 2 Armenia 25.12.01
agreement
Kazakhstan
Free trade
45 Armenia/Moldova 2 Armenia 21.12.95
agreement
Moldova
Free trade
46 Armenia/Russian Federation 2 Armenia 25.3.93
agreement
Russian Federation
Free trade
47 Armenia/Turkmenistan 2 Armenia 7.7.96
agreement
Turkmenistan
Free trade
48 Armenia/Ukraine 2 Armenia 18.12.96
agreement
Ukraine
Free trade
53 Faeroe Islands/Iceland 2 Faeroe Islands 1.7.93
agreement
Iceland
Free trade
54 Faeroe Islands/Norway 2 Faeroe Islands 1.7.93
agreement
Norway
Free trade
55 Faeroe Islands/Switzerland 2 Faeroe Islands 1.3.95
agreement
Switzerland
Free trade
57 Georgia/Armenia 2 Georgia 1.11.98
agreement
Armenia
Free trade
58 Georgia/Azerbaijan 2 Georgia 10.7.96
agreement
Azerbaijan
Free trade
59 Georgia /Kazakhstan 2 Georgia 16.7.99
agreement
Kazakhstan
Free trade
60 Georgia /Russian Federation 2 Georgia 10.5.94
agreement
Russian Federation
Free trade
61 Georgia/Turkmenistan 2 Georgia 1.1.00
agreement
Turkmenistan
Free trade
62 Georgia/Ukraine 2 Georgia 4.6.96
agreement
Ukraine
Free trade
63 Kyrgyzstan/Armenia 2 Kyrgyzstan 27.10.95
agreement
Armenia
Free trade
64 Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan 2 Kyrgyzstan 11.11.95
agreement
Kazakhstan
Free trade
65 Kyrgyzstan/Moldova 2 Kyrgyzstan 21.11.96
agreement
Moldova
Free trade
66 Kyrgyzstan/Russian Federation 2 Kyrgyzstan 24.4.93
agreement
Russian Federation

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
Free trade
67 Kyrgyzstan/Ukraine 2 Kyrgyzstan 19.1.98
agreement
Ukraine
Free trade
68 Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan 2 Kyrgyzstan 20.3.98
agreement
Uzbekistan
Free trade
73 Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Turkey 1.7.03
agreement
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Free trade
74 Turkey/Croatia 2 Turkey 1.7.03
agreement
Croatia
Free trade
75 Turkey/The Former Yugoslav 2 Turkey 1.9.00
agreement
Republic of Macedonia(FYROM) FYROM
Free trade
76 Turkey/Israel 2 Turkey 1.5.97
agreement
Israel
Free trade
77 Turkey/Morocco 2 Turkey 1.1.06
agreement
Morocco
Free trade
78 Turkey/Palestine Authority 2 Turkey 1.6.05
agreement
PLO
Free trade
79 Turkey/Syria 2 Syria 1.1.07
agreement
Morocco
Free trade
80 Turkey/Tunisia 2 Turkey 1.7.05
agreement
Tunisia
Free trade
81 North American Free Trade 3 Canada 1.1.94
agreement
Agreement - NAFTA Mexico
United States
82 Central American Common Market 5 Costa Rica 12.10.61 Customs union
- CACM El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
83 Caribbean Community and 15 Antigua and Barbuda 4.8.73 Customs union
Common Market - CARICOM Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
84 Southern Cone Common Market 4 Argentina 29.11.91 Customs union
- MERCOSUR Brazil
Paraguay

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
Uruguay
Free trade
85 Canada/Chile 2 Canada 5.7.97
agreement
Chile
Free trade
86 Canada/Costa Rica 2 Canada 1.11.02
agreement
Costa Rica
Free trade
87 Canada/Israel 2 Canada 1.1.97
agreement
Israel
Free trade
88 Chile/Costa Rica 2 Chile 15.2.02
agreement
Costa Rica
Free trade
89 Chile/Mexico 2 Chile 1.8.99
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
90 Chile/El Salvador 2 Chile 1.6.02
agreement
El Salvador
Free trade
91 Costa Rica/Mexico 2 Costa Rica 1.1.95
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
92 Dominican Republic/Central 7 Dominican Republic 1.3.06
agreement
America/United States Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
United States
Free trade
93 El Salvador/ Mexico 2 El Salvador 15.3.01
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
94 Guatemala/ Mexico 2 Guatemala 15.3.01
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
95 Honduras/ Mexico 2 Honduras 1.6.01
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
96 Mexico/Nicaragua 2 Mexico 1.7.98
agreement
Nicaragua
Free trade
97 Panama/El Salvador 2 Panama 11.4.03
agreement
El Salvador
Free trade
98 United States/Australia 2 United States 1.1.05
agreement
Australia
Free trade
99 United States/Bahrain 2 United States 1.8.06
agreement
Bahrain
Free trade
100 United States/Chile United States 1.1.04
agreement
Chile
Free trade
101 United States/Israel 2 United States 19.8.85
agreement
Israel
Free trade
102 United States/Jordan 2 United States 17.12.01
agreement

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
Jordan
Free trade
103 United States/Morocco 2 United States 1.1.06
agreement
Morocco
Free trade
104 United States/Singapore 2 United States 1.1.04
agreement
Singapore
Free trade
105 Southern African Development 14 Angola 1.9.00
agreement
Community - SADC Botswana
Congo (Dem. Rep. of the)
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
106 SACU 5 Botswana 15.7.04 Customs union
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
107 EAC 3 Kenya 7.7.00 Customs union
Tanzania
Uganda
108 CEMAC 6 Cameroon 24.6.99 Customs union
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
109 WAEMU / UEMOA 8 Benin 1.1.00 Customs union
Burkina Faso
Côte d’ivoire
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Niger
Senegal
Togo
Free trade
110 COMESA 20 Angola 8.12.94
agreement
Burundi
Comoros
Dem. Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
Malawi
Mauritius
Namibia
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sudan
Swaziland
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
111 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 6 Bahrain 1.1.03 Customs Union
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Free trade
112 Jordan/Singapore 2 Jordan 22.8.06
agreement
Singapore
Free trade
113 Israel/Mexico 2 Israel 1.7.00
agreement
Mexico
Free Trade
114 Pan–Arab Free Trade Area 16 Bahrain 1.1.98
Agreement
(PAFTA) Egypt
Iraqi
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Free trade
115 AFTA 10 Brunei Darussalam 28.1.92
agreement
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Free trade
116 China/Hong Kong, China 2 China 1.1.04
agreement
Hong Kong, China
117 China/Macao, China 2 China 1.1.04 Free trade

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Number of Entry into

Agreement Member countries Type of agreement
countries force
agreement
Macao, China
Free trade
118 India/Sri Lanka 2 India 15.12.01
agreement
Sri Lanka
Free trade
119 Japan/Mexico 2 Japan 1.4.05
agreement
Mexico
Free trade
120 Japan/Malaysia 2 Japan 13.7.06
agreement
Malaysia
Free trade
121 Japan/Singapore 2 Japan 30.11.02
agreement
Singapore
Free trade
122 Republic of Korea/Chile 2 Republic of Korea 1.4.04
agreement
Chile
Free trade
123 Republic of Korea/Singapore 2 Republic of Korea 2.3.06
agreement
Singapore
Free trade
124 Singapore/Australia 2 Singapore 28.7.03
agreement
Australia
Free trade
125 Thailand/Australia 2 Thailand 1.1.05
agreement
Australia
Free trade
126 Thailand/New Zealand 2 Thailand 1.7.05
agreement
New Zealand
Free trade
127 PATCRA 2 Australia 1.2.77
agreement
Papua New Guinea
Free trade
128 Closer Economic Relations Trade 2 Australia 1.1.83
agreement
Agreement - ANZCERTA (CER) New Zealand
Free trade
129 New Zealand/Singapore 2 New Zealand 1.1.01
agreement
Singapore

Note : Among the Regional Trade Agreements notified to the GATT/WTO, Preferential arrangements, Services agreements and
the Agreements for accessions to existing agreements are excluded from the list.

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SHARE OF IMPORTS FROM FTA COUNTRIES FOR THE YEAR 2006 (1)
(As of 31 December 2006)
(Unit: Millions of US$)
Total Imports Imports from (B)/(A) Number of
FTA Countries
(A) FTA countries (B) (%) FTA Countries
EUROPE
EC (25)
Austria 137,275 117,421.2 85.54 EC, OCTs, 22
Belgium 351,919 271,418.08 77.13 EC, OCTs, 22
Cyprus 6,931.6 5,279.98 76.17 EC, OCTs, 22
Czech Republic 92,871 75,154.25 80.92 EC, OCTs, 22
Denmark 86,294 71,007 82.28 EC, OCTs, 22
Estonia 13,293.4 10,024.95 75.41 EC, OCTs, 22
Finland 68,938 47,324 68.65 EC, OCTs, 22
France 534,832 410,155.5 76.69 EC, OCTs, 22
Germany 909,283 623,036.17 68.52 EC, OCTs, 22
Greece 63,469 38,701.5 60.98 EC, OCTs, 22
Hungary 78,366 54,344 69.35 EC, OCTs, 22
Ireland 72,901 51,975 71.29 EC, OCTs, 22
Italy 437,626 291,018.33 66.49 EC, OCTs, 22
Latvia 11,580.8 9,591.84 82.83 EC, OCTs, 22
Lithuania 19,413.1 12,593.99 64.87 EC, OCTs, 22
Luxembourg 26,629 19,194 72.08 EC, OCTs, 22
Malta 3,979.8 2,855.84 71.76 EC, OCTs, 22
Netherlands 417,098 230,986.25 55.38 EC, OCTs, 22
Poland 127,209 96,511.08 75.87 EC, OCTs, 22
Portugal 66,684 52,182 78.25 EC, OCTs, 22
Slovak Republic 45,985 35,184 76.51 EC, OCTs, 22
Slovenia 24,136 20,903.17 86.61 EC, OCTs, 22
Spain 316,582 222,270.17 70.21 EC, OCTs, 22
Sweden 127,187 95,111.75 74.78 EC, OCTs, 22
United Kingdom 546,795 335,985.25 61.45 EC, OCTs, 22
EFTA (4)
Iceland 6,139.2 3,894.19 63.43 EC, EFTA, 3

Liechtenstein - - - EC, EFTA, 2

Norway 64,267 45,942 71.48
EC, EFTA, 3
Switzerland 141,283 111,817 79.14
EC, EFTA, 3
CIS (11)
Armenia 1,981.8 843.37 42.55
CIS, 1
Azerbaijan 5,266.2 1,729.15 32.83
CIS
Belarus 22,323.2 14,625.99 65.51
CIS, 3
Georgia 3,677.5 1,401.52 38.11
CIS, 1
Kazakhstan 27,087 11,753 43.38
CIS
Kyrgyz Republic 1,710.5 989.28 57.83
CIS
Moldova 3,503.6 1,514.35 43.22
CIS
Russian Federation 132,517 17,352 13.09
CIS

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Total Imports Imports from (B)/(A) Number of

FTA Countries
(A) FTA countries (B) (%) FTA Countries
EUROPE
Tajikistan 1,725.3 1,152.07 66.77
CIS
Ukraine 58,331 18,551 31.80
CIS
Uzbekistan 4,295.2 1,890.97 44.02
CIS
OCTs (20)
Aruba 1,054.4 217.66 20.64 EC
Greenland 713.5 644.36 90.31 EC
Netherlands Antilles 15,740.5 1,493.48 9.49 EC
New Caledonia 1,996.6 1,035.32 51.85 EC
French Polynesia - - - EC
French Southern and Antarctic
- - -
Territories EC
Wallis and Futuna - - - EC
Mayotte - - - EC
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - - - EC
Anguilla - - - EC
Cayman Islands - - - EC
Falkland Islands - - - EC
South Georgia and Sandwich
- - -
Islands EC
Montserrat - - - EC
Pitcairn - - - EC
St Helena, Ascension
- - -
Island,Tristan da Cunha EC
Turks and Caicos Islands - - - EC
British Antarctic Territory - - - EC
British Indian Ocean Territory - - - EC
British Virgin Islands - - - EC
AMERICA
NAFTA (3)
Canada 349,876 208,395 59.56 NAFTA, 3

Mexico 256,130 170,499.77 66.56 NAFTA, EC, EFTA, 9

United States 1,919,000 571,631 29.78 NAFTA, CACM, 8

CACM (5)
Costa Rica 110,222.7 1,360.15 1.23 CACM, 4
El Salvador 7,374.4 1,923.29 26.08 CACM, 4

Guatemala 11,637.2 2,337.74 20.08 CACM, 2

Honduras 7,666.5 1,611.37 21.01 CACM, 2

Nicaragua 4,129.4 1,318.49 31.92 CACM, 2

CARICOM (15)
Antigua and Barbuda - - - CARICOM
Bahamas 10,274.5 67.56 0.65 CARICOM

Barbados 1,620.8 429.14 26.47 CARICOM

Belize 734.9 33.95 4.61 CARICOM

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Total Imports Imports from (B)/(A) Number of

FTA Countries
(A) FTA countries (B) (%) FTA Countries
EUROPE
Dominica 296.3 70.23 23.70 CARICOM

Grenada 343 144.09 42.00 CARICOM

Guyana 927.5 257.34 27.74 CARICOM

Haiti 1,914.3 17.31 0.89 CARICOM

Jamaica 5,646.4 859.88 15.22 CARICOM

Montserrat - - - CARICOM, EC, OCTs

St. Kitts and Nevis 378.7 79.11 20.88 CARICOM

St. Lucia 790.9 177.48 22.44 CARICOM

St. Vincent and the 578.1 93.54 16.18 CARICOM

Grenadines
Suriname 609.7 158.84 26.05 CARICOM

Trinidad and Tobago 5,810.5 170.27 2.93 CARICOM

MERCOSUR (4)
Argentina 34,151 12,685 37.14 MERCOSUR

Brazil 91,955 8,971 9.75 MERCOSUR

Paraguay 5,250.2 1,827.49 34.80 MERCOSUR

Uruguay 6,465.4 2,884.91 44.62 MERCOSUR

AFRICA
SADC (14) 96,078.5 32,657.01
Angola 6,388.3 767.91 12.02 SADC
Botswana - - - SADC
Congo (Dem. Rep. of) 2,193.5 252.17 11.49 SADC
Lesotho - - - SADC
Madagascar 2,032.2 236.93 11.65 SADC
Malawi 785.7 405.8 51.64 SADC
Mauritius 3,646.2 313.95 8.61 SADC
Mozambique 2,913.7 1,148.19 39.40 SADC
Namibia - - - SADC
South Africa 67,983 25,022.77 36.80 EC, SADC
Swaziland - - - SADC
Tanzania 4,498.2 748.95 16.65 SADC
Zambia 3,080.9 1,782.47 57.85 SADC
Zimbabwe 2,556.8 1,977.87 77.36 SADC
Middle East
Pan-Arab FTA(16) 401,009.1 111,270.96 27.75
Bahrain 8,675 4,427.44 51.04 PAFTA, 1
Egypt 39,540 15,947 40.33 PAFTA, EC
Iraq 13,895 5,084 36.59 PAFTA
Jordan 13,449.9 9,245.95 68.74 PAFTA, EC, EFTA, 2
Kuwait 16,666 2,873 17.24 PAFTA
Lebanon 11,004.1 6,740.39 61.25 PAFTA, EC
Libya 10,243 1,333 13.01 PAFTA

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Total Imports Imports from (B)/(A) Number of

FTA Countries
(A) FTA countries (B) (%) FTA Countries
EUROPE
Morocco 25,020 18,627 74.45 PAFTA, EC, EFTA, 2
Oman 11,563.9 3,519.53 30.44 PAFTA
Qatar 15,762 1,938 12.30 PAFTA
Saudi Arabia 69,929 5,805 8.30 PAFTA
Sudan 8,813 2,192.59 24.88 PAFTA
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 18,931.6 11,275.49 59.56 PAFTA, EC
Tunisia 16,429 13,520.78 82.30 PAFTA, EC, EFTA, 1
United Arab Emirates 114,144 6,348 5.56 PAFTA
Yemen 6,943.6 2,393.79 34.47 PAFTA
ASIA 2,686,100.7 298,743.44 11.12
China 791,793 12,474.25 1.58 3
Hong Kong, China 334,691 153,973 46.00 1
Macao, China 4,558.6 2,527.73 55.45 1
India 185,003 9,087 4.91 2
Japan 578,694 18,070.5 3.12 3
Republic of Korea 281,859 8,693.5 3.08 EFTA, 2
Malaysia 130,477 8,669 6.64 1
Singapore 238,790 79,221 33.18 8
Sri Lanka 11,601.1 2,268.46 19.55 1
Thailand 128,634 3,759 2.92 2
OCEANIA 161,350.8 45,847.41 28.41
Australia 132,842 37,537 28.26 5
New Zealand 26,363 7,194 27.29 3
Papua New Guinea 2,145.8 1,116.41 52.03 1
TOTAL (FTA countries)
TOTAL (World)

Notes : The reference source for the original data concerning import values is “Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook 2007”, the International
Monetary Fund

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SHARE OF IMPORTS FROM FTA COUNTRIES FOR THE YEAR 2006 (2)
(As of 31 December 2006)

Share of
Imports
Number of Names of countries
from FTA
countries
countries
Higher than
7 Austria, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tunisia
80%
Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France,
70-80% 23 Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Morocco,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden
Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, FYROM (Macedonia, FYR), Germany,
60-70% 19 Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malawi,
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), Tajikistan, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua,
50-60% 8
Papua New Guinea, Turkey, Zambia
Bahrain, Egypt, Hong Kong, China, Kazakhstan, Macao, China, Mozambique,
40-50% 10
Paraguay, South Africa, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Argentina, Chile, Georgia, Grenada, Iraq, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Oman, St.
30-40% 12
Vincent and the Grenadines, Ukraine, United States, Yemen
Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
20-30% 14 Congo (Dem. Rep. of), Dominica, Guyana, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and
Nevis, St. Lucia, Sudan
Angola, Jamaica, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Netherlands Antilles, Qatar, Russian
10-20% 11
Federation, Singapore, Suriname, Tanzania
Albania, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, China, Haiti, India, Japan, Mauritius, Panama,
0-10% 17 Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia Montenegro, Thailand, Trinidad and
Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, British Antarctic Territory,
British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland
Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Lesotho,
No data
25 Liechtenstein, Mayotte, Montserrat, Namibia, Palestinian Authority, Pitcairn
available
Islands, Saint Helena Ascension Island Tristan da Cunha, Saint Pierre and
Miquelon, South Georgia and Sandwich Islands, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos
Islands, UNMIK (Kosovo), Wallis and Futuna Islands
Total 146

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