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Table AI.1

Structure of imports, 2003-07

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|Total (US$ million) |100,351.7 |115,969.1 |126,573.7 |141,399.5 |161,180.2 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  |(per cent) |

|Total primary products |16.2 |16.1 |17.1 |19.6 |17.3 |

| Agriculture |7.3 |6.8 |6.5 |6.3 |6.4 |

| Food |6.0 |5.7 |5.4 |5.2 |5.4 |

| Agricultural raw material |1.2 |1.2 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |

| Mining |9.0 |9.3 |10.6 |13.4 |10.9 |

| Ores and other minerals |0.7 |0.7 |0.6 |0.6 |0.5 |

| Non-ferrous metals |3.1 |3.1 |2.8 |4.8 |3.6 |

| 6812 Platinum unwrought, unworked or semi-manufactured |1.8 |1.7 |1.4 |2.8 |1.4 |

| 6842 Aluminium and aluminium alloys, worked |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |

| Fuels |5.2 |5.5 |7.2 |7.9 |6.8 |

| 3340 Rest of 334 not defined |2.4 |2.5 |3.5 |3.4 |2.9 |

| 3330 Crude oils of petroleum and bituminous minerals |1.0 |1.3 |1.5 |1.9 |1.5 |

| 3510 Electric energy |1.0 |0.9 |1.4 |1.6 |1.4 |

| 3432 Natural gas, in the gaseous state |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.8 |0.8 |

|Manufactures |83.3 |83.4 |82.1 |79.2 |82.0 |

| Iron and steel |1.9 |2.3 |2.2 |2.4 |2.7 |

| Chemicals |21.2 |21.5 |21.7 |21.2 |22.4 |

| 5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. |4.2 |4.8 |5.0 |5.1 |4.9 |

| 5157 Other heterocyclic compounds; nucleic acids |2.6 |2.6 |2.7 |2.1 |3.2 |

| 5416 Glycosides; glands, etc. and extracts; |1.8 |2.1 |1.6 |1.7 |2.3 |

|antisera/vaccines, etc. | | | | | |

| 5422 Medicaments with hormones, etc. of 541.5 but not |0.8 |0.8 |1.2 |1.3 |1.1 |

|antibiotics, etc. | | | | | |

| 5421 Medicaments containing antibiotics or derivatives |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.0 |

| Other semi-manufactures |8.9 |9.2 |9.1 |8.9 |9.2 |

| 6672 Diamonds (excl. industrial, sorted) not mounted/set |1.1 |1.3 |1.4 |1.2 |1.3 |

| Machinery and transport equipment |29.9 |29.5 |28.5 |27.4 |27.8 |

| Power generating machines |1.2 |1.2 |1.2 |1.3 |1.3 |

| Other non-electrical machinery |7.2 |7.2 |7.1 |7.2 |8.1 |

| Agricultural machinery and tractors |0.4 |0.3 |0.3 |0.3 |0.3 |

| Office machines and telecommunication equipment |7.2 |7.2 |7.3 |6.3 |5.5 |

| 7522 Digital automatic data processing machines |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |0.7 |0.7 |

| 7643 Radio or television transmission apparatus |0.8 |1.0 |1.3 |0.9 |0.7 |

| Other electrical machines |3.6 |3.8 |3.7 |3.8 |3.9 |

| Automotive products |7.3 |7.0 |6.6 |6.1 |6.2 |

| 7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. |5.7 |5.4 |4.9 |4.5 |4.6 |

| Other transport equipment |3.3 |3.0 |2.6 |2.7 |2.8 |

| Textiles |1.5 |1.4 |1.3 |1.3 |1.3 |

| Clothing |4.0 |3.8 |3.5 |3.3 |3.2 |

| Other consumer goods |16.0 |15.7 |15.7 |14.8 |15.5 |

| 8973 Jewellery of gold, silver or platinum metals (except|2.0 |2.0 |2.0 |2.1 |2.2 |

|watches) | | | | | |

| 8859 Time measuring equipment and accessories, n.e.s. |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |0.9 |

| 8961 Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely |0.7 |0.6 |1.0 |0.6 |0.9 |

|by hand | | | | | |

| 8215 Furniture, n.e.s., of wood |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |0.7 |0.8 |

| 8996 Orthopeadic appliances; artificial parts of the |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.7 |0.7 |

|body; hearing aids, etc. | | | | | |

|Other |0.5 |0.5 |0.8 |1.2 |0.7 |

| Gold |0.2 |0.3 |0.5 |1.0 |0.5 |

Source: WTO Secretariat estimates, based on UNSD, Comtrade database SITC Rev.3 data.

Table AI.2

Structure of exports, 2003-07

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|Total (US$ million) |104,971.9 |123,009.9 |130,929.6 |147,856.3 |172,078.1 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  |(per cent) |

|Total primary products |8.1 |8.0 |7.9 |9.2 |9.4 |

| Agriculture |3.0 |3.0 |3.1 |3.2 |3.5 |

| Food |2.6 |2.6 |2.6 |2.8 |3.1 |

| Agricultural raw material |0.4 |0.4 |0.4 |0.4 |0.4 |

| Mining |5.1 |5.0 |4.9 |6.0 |5.9 |

| Ores and other minerals |0.4 |0.5 |0.5 |0.7 |0.7 |

| Non-ferrous metals |2.7 |2.6 |2.2 |2.8 |2.8 |

| 6812 Platinum unwrought, unworked or semi-manufactured |1.7 |1.7 |1.3 |1.8 |1.7 |

| Fuels |2.0 |1.9 |2.1 |2.5 |2.4 |

| 3510 Electric energy |1.7 |1.6 |1.8 |2.1 |2.0 |

|Manufactures |91.6 |91.6 |91.9 |90.5 |90.4 |

| Iron and steel |1.0 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |

| Chemicals |33.0 |33.5 |34.7 |35.0 |34.5 |

| 5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. |8.6 |9.3 |10.2 |11.1 |10.7 |

| 5416 Glycosides; glands, etc. and extracts; |3.7 |4.1 |4.3 |4.8 |5.8 |

|antisera/vaccines, etc. | | | | | |

| 5157 Other heterocyclic compounds; nucleic acids |3.2 |3.3 |3.4 |3.1 |3.1 |

| 5421 Medicaments containing antibiotics or derivatives |1.3 |1.2 |1.2 |1.1 |1.0 |

| 5422 Medicaments with hormones, etc. of 541.5 but not |1.1 |1.0 |1.1 |1.0 |0.9 |

|antibiotics, etc. | | | | | |

| 5514 Mixtures of odoriferous substances, industrial use |1.0 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |

| 5147 Carboxyamide-function compounds (excl. urea) |0.6 |0.7 |0.9 |1.1 |0.9 |

| 5413 Antibiotics, not put up as medicament of 542 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |0.9 |

| 5415 Hormones; derivatives; other steroids used as |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.1 |0.9 |

|hormones | | | | | |

| Other semi-manufactures |7.5 |7.4 |7.2 |6.6 |6.6 |

| 6672 Diamonds (excl. industrial, sorted) not mounted/set |0.9 |1.0 |1.0 |0.8 |0.8 |

| Machinery and transport equipment |26.7 |26.5 |25.5 |24.7 |24.9 |

| Power generating machines |2.0 |2.1 |2.1 |1.9 |2.1 |

| 7149 Parts of engines and motors of 714.41 and 714.8 |1.0 |1.1 |1.0 |0.9 |1.1 |

| Other non-electrical machinery |13.7 |13.8 |13.0 |12.9 |12.9 |

| 7284 Machinery and appliances for particular industries, |1.4 |1.5 |1.2 |1.1 |1.1 |

|n.e.s. | | | | | |

| Agricultural machinery and tractors |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |

| Office machines and telecommunication equipment |2.0 |2.0 |2.4 |1.9 |1.7 |

| Other electrical machines |5.2 |5.1 |5.0 |5.0 |5.1 |

| 7725 Switches, relays, fuses etc. for a voltage not |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |

|exceeding 1,000 V | | | | | |

| Automotive products |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |

| Other transport equipment |2.7 |2.4 |1.9 |1.9 |1.9 |

| Textiles |1.5 |1.3 |1.2 |1.1 |1.0 |

| Clothing |1.3 |1.2 |1.2 |1.1 |1.0 |

| Other consumer goods |20.8 |20.6 |21.1 |20.8 |21.1 |

| 8854 Wrist-watches and other watches (excl. of 885.3) |4.5 |4.6 |4.8 |4.5 |4.6 |

| 8853 Watches with case wholly or partly of precious metal |2.0 |2.1 |2.3 |2.3 |2.6 |

| 8996 Orthopaedic appliances; artificial body parts; |2.7 |2.4 |2.8 |2.9 |2.6 |

|hearing aids, etc. | | | | | |

| 8973 Jewellery of gold, silver or platinum metals (except |2.1 |2.1 |2.2 |2.4 |2.6 |

|watches) | | | | | |

| 8722 Instruments used in medical, surgical or veterinary |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |0.8 |0.8 |

|sciences | | | | | |

|Other |0.3 |0.4 |0.2 |0.3 |0.3 |

| Gold |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |

Source: WTO Secretariat estimates, based on UNSD, Comtrade database SITC Rev.3 data.

Table AI.3

Origin of imports, 2003-07

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|Total (US$ million) |100,351.7 |115,969.1 |126,573.7 |141,399.5 |161,180.2 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  |(per cent) |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| America |7.3 |6.9 |7.2 |7.9 |7.8 |

| United States |5.8 |5.4 |5.6 |6.2 |5.8 |

| Other America |1.5 |1.5 |1.6 |1.7 |2.0 |

| Canada |0.4 |0.5 |0.5 |0.6 |0.6 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Europe |81.6 |81.6 |80.9 |79.4 |80.2 |

| EC(25) |80.8 |80.7 |80.0 |78.5 |79.2 |

| Germany |31.7 |32.2 |31.6 |31.7 |32.6 |

| Italy |10.4 |11.0 |10.5 |10.6 |10.7 |

| France |11.3 |10.5 |10.0 |10.0 |9.5 |

| Netherlands |4.9 |4.9 |4.8 |4.7 |4.6 |

| Austria |4.2 |4.2 |4.6 |4.3 |4.2 |

| United Kingdom |4.2 |4.1 |4.4 |3.9 |4.2 |

| Ireland |3.6 |3.3 |3.6 |2.6 |3.1 |

| Belgium |3.0 |3.0 |3.0 |3.2 |3.1 |

| Spain |2.4 |2.4 |2.5 |2.3 |2.1 |

| Czech Rep. |0.7 |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |0.9 |

| Sweden |1.2 |1.2 |0.9 |1.0 |0.9 |

| Finland |0.6 |0.6 |0.5 |0.7 |0.6 |

| Denmark |0.8 |0.8 |0.7 |0.6 |0.6 |

| Hungary |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |0.4 |0.6 |

| Poland |0.4 |0.5 |0.5 |0.5 |0.6 |

| EFTA |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.3 |0.2 |

| Other Europe |0.6 |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.8 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) |1.0 |0.9 |0.8 |1.4 |1.3 |

| Russian Federation |0.9 |0.7 |0.6 |1.1 |0.8 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Africa |1.8 |2.0 |2.3 |2.7 |1.9 |

| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |0.6 |0.6 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |

| South Africa |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.7 |0.5 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Middle East |1.1 |1.1 |1.1 |1.2 |1.0 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Asia |7.2 |7.5 |7.7 |7.4 |7.7 |

| China |1.8 |2.0 |2.1 |2.2 |2.5 |

| Japan |2.1 |2.1 |1.9 |1.8 |1.8 |

| Six East Asian traders |2.3 |2.4 |2.7 |2.4 |2.3 |

| Hong Kong, China |0.7 |0.8 |1.1 |0.8 |0.6 |

| Other Asia |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.1 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Other |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |

Source: WTO Secretariat estimates, based on UNSD, Comtrade database SITC Rev.3 data.

Table AI.4

Destination of exports, 2003-07

(US$ million and per cent)

|  |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|Total (US$ million) |104,971.9 |123,009.9 |130,929.6 |147,856.3 |172,078.1 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

|  |(per cent) |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| America |14.9 |14.4 |14.7 |15.2 |13.9 |

| United States |11.2 |10.5 |10.9 |11.1 |9.7 |

| Other America |3.7 |3.9 |3.8 |4.1 |4.2 |

| Canada |1.0 |1.3 |1.4 |1.5 |1.4 |

| Brazil |0.8 |0.8 |0.7 |0.8 |0.9 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Europe |65.0 |65.0 |64.9 |63.5 |64.0 |

| EC(25) |62.7 |62.4 |62.4 |61.0 |61.5 |

| Germany |20.7 |20.2 |19.4 |19.7 |20.3 |

| Italy |9.1 |9.0 |9.1 |8.8 |8.8 |

| France |8.8 |8.9 |8.7 |8.6 |8.3 |

| United Kingdom |4.8 |5.0 |5.4 |4.8 |5.1 |

| Spain |3.5 |3.9 |4.1 |3.8 |3.7 |

| Austria |3.3 |3.2 |3.2 |3.2 |3.1 |

| Netherlands |3.2 |2.9 |3.4 |3.3 |3.0 |

| Belgium |2.0 |1.9 |1.8 |1.7 |1.9 |

| Poland |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |1.1 |

| Sweden |1.2 |1.1 |1.0 |1.0 |0.9 |

| EFTA |0.4 |0.4 |0.4 |0.4 |0.4 |

| Other Europe |1.9 |2.2 |2.1 |2.1 |2.0 |

| Turkey |1.2 |1.3 |1.3 |1.3 |1.3 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) |1.0 |1.1 |1.3 |1.7 |1.9 |

| Russian Federation |0.8 |0.8 |1.0 |1.2 |1.4 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Africa |1.4 |1.5 |1.4 |1.5 |1.5 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Middle East |3.4 |3.3 |3.4 |3.4 |3.6 |

| United Arab Emirates |0.7 |0.7 |0.9 |0.9 |1.0 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Asia |14.3 |14.8 |14.4 |14.6 |14.9 |

| China |1.8 |2.0 |2.1 |2.2 |2.6 |

| Japan |3.8 |3.7 |3.6 |3.6 |3.3 |

| Six East Asian traders |6.5 |6.6 |6.0 |6.1 |6.1 |

| Hong Kong, China |2.9 |2.8 |2.5 |2.5 |2.6 |

| Singapore |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |

| Korea, Rep. of |0.8 |0.9 |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |

| Other Asia |2.1 |2.4 |2.6 |2.7 |2.9 |

| India |0.5 |0.7 |0.9 |1.0 |1.1 |

| Australia |0.7 |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |1.0 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Other |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |

Source: WTO Secretariat estimates, based on UNSD, Comtrade database SITC Rev.3 data.

Table AII.1

Most recent notifications to the WTO, September 2008

|Agreement/decision |Symbol and date of most recent notification |Description of requirement and frequency |

|Agreement on Agriculture |

|Articles 10 and 18.2 |G/AG/N/CHE/42, 25/03/2008 |Export subsidies; annual |

|Article 18.2 |G/AG/N/CHE/38, 28/02/2007 |Domestic support; annual |

|Article 18.2 |G/AG/N/CHE/13/Add.10, 27/05/2008 |Administration of tariff quotas; ad hoc |

|Article 18.2 |G/AG/N/CHE/43, 20/06/2008 |Volume of imports under tariff quotas; annual |

|Article 18.3 |G/AG/N/CHE/35/Rev.1, 04/04/2007 |New or modified exempt domestic support measures; ad |

| | |hoc |

|Articles 5.7 and 18.2 |G/AG/N/CHE/41, 23/01/2008 |Special safeguard provisions; annual |

|Article 16.2 |G/AG/N/CHE/39, 12/12/2007 |Actions taken within the framework of the Decision on |

| | |LDCs and Net-Food-Importing Developing Countries; ad |

| | |hoc |

|Agreement on Government Procurement |

|Article XIX:5 |GPA/80/Add.1, 09/02/2005 |Statistics; annual |

|Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement) |

|Article 16.4 |G/ADP/N/158/Add.1, 11/10/2007 |Anti-dumping measures; semi-annual |

|Articles 16.5 and 25.12 |G/ADP/N/14/Add.24-G/SCM/N/18/Add.24, 15/10/2007 |Authorities and procedures; once |

|Article 18.5 |G/ADP/N/1/CHE/1, 4/05/1995 |Laws and regulations; ad hoc |

|Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 (Agreement on Customs Valuation) |

|Article 22 |G/VAL/N/1/CHE/1, 28/08/1995 |Laws and regulations; once |

|Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures |

|Articles 1.4(a) and 8.2(b) |G |Laws and regulations; once |

| |G/LIC/N/1/CHE/2-G/LIC/N/2/CHE/2-G/LIC/N/3/CHE/3, | |

| |26/09/2000 | |

|Article 7.3 |G/LIC/N/3/CHE/4/Add.1, 14/04/2003 |Completion of questionnaire; annual |

|Agreement on Preshipment Inspection |

|Article 5 |G/PSI/N/1/Add.2, 26/07/1995 |Laws and regulations; once |

|Agreement on Rules of Origin |

|Article 5 and Annex II, |G/RO/N/23, 5/10/1998 |Changes in laws and regulations (rules of origin in |

|paragraph 4 | |effect); ad hoc |

|Agreement on Safeguards |

|Article 12.6 |G/SG/N/1/CHE/1, 24/07/1995 |Laws and regulations; once |

|Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |

|Articles 25.1 and XVI.1 of |G/SCM/N/155/CHE, 11/07/2007 |Subsidy programmes; every three years for full |

|the GATT 1994 | |notifications, annual for changes |

|Article 25.11 |G/SCM/N/162/Add.1, 11/10/2007 |Countervailing actions taken; semi-annual |

|Article 25.12 |G/ADP/N/14/Add.24-G/SCM/N/18/Add.24, 15/10/2007 |Authorities and procedures; once |

|Article 32.6 |G/SCM/N/1/CHE/1, 4 May 1995 |Laws and regulations; once |

|Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |

|Article 2.9 |G/TBT/N/CHE/100, 5/08/2008 |Technical regulations, ad hoc |

|Article 5.6 |G/TBT/N/CHE/58, 16/11/2005 |Conformity assessment procedures; ad hoc |

|Articles 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3|G/TBT/ENQ/30, 22/06/2007 |Enquiry point; once |

|Article 15.2 |G/TBT/2/Add.7/Rev.1, 14/02/2008 |Implementation and administration of the Agreement; |

| | |once |

|Annex 3C |G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.14, 20/01/2008 |Acceptance of the Code of Good Practice; once |

|Agreement on Textiles and Clothing |

|Articles 2.8(c) and 2.11 |G/TMB/N/467, 19/02/2004 |Integration programme (fourth Stage); once |

|Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |

|Annex B, paragraph 7 |G/SPS/N/CHE/70, 8/10/2007 |Sanitary and phytosanitary measures; ad hoc |

|Annex B, paragraph 3 |G/SPS/ENQ/23, 27/03/2008 |Enquiry point; once |

|Annex B, paragraph 10 |G/SPS/NNA/8, 20/12/2004 |National notification authority; once |

|Table AII.1 (cont'd) |

|Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) |

|Article 63.2 |IP/N/1/CHE/C/3, 7/07/2003 |Laws and regulations; once |

| |IP/N/6/CHE/1/Add.2, 22/09/2006 |Checklist of issues on enforcement; once |

|Article 69 |IP/N/3/Rev.7, 19/08/2003 |Contact point; once |

|Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS) |

|Article 5.1 |G/TRIMS/N/1/CHE/1, 20/09/1995 |Trade-related investment measures; once |

|Article 6.2 |G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1, 28/07/1997 |Publications in which TRIMS may be found; ad hoc |

|Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions |

|G/L/59 |G/LIC/N/1/CHE/1-G/LIC/N/2/CHE/1-G/LIC/N/3/CHE/1, |Notifications of quantitative restrictions; every two|

| |16/05/1997 |years |

|General Agreement on Trade in Services |

|Article III:3 |S/C/N/412, 29/10/2007 |Laws/regulations; ad hoc |

|Articles III:4 and/or IV:2 |S/ENQ/78/Rev.8, 03/11/2005 |Enquiry point; once only |

|Article V:7(a) |S/C/N/373, 28/08/2006 |Economic integration agreements; ad hoc |

|Article VII:4 |S/C/N/395, 25/05/2007 |Autonomous recognition measures; ad hoc |

|General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 |

|Article XVII:4(a) |G/STR/N/10/CHE/Suppl.1-G/STR/N/11/CHE, 30/11/2007|Notification on state-trading enterprises; every |

| | |three years for full notifications, on an annual basis|

| | |for changes (as from 2004, every two years) |

|Article XXIV:7(a) |WT/REG148/N/1/Add.5, 16/07/2008 |Agreement establishing a free-trade area; ad hoc |

|Article XXVIII:5 |G/MA/159, 13/09/2005 |Modification of the Schedule of Concessions |

| | |(reservation of the right to modify the Schedule |

| | |during a three-year period); every three years |

Source: WTO Secretariat.

Table AIII.1

Applied MFN tariff averages by HS2, 2008

|Code |Description |No. of |No. of lines|Avg. tariff |Range |Std-dev |Imports 2007 |

| | |lines |used | | | |(US$ million) |

| | | | |(per cent) | |

| |Total |8,085 |7,816 |8.1 |0-1,468.7 |39.2 |161,180.2 |

|01 |Live animals |31 |30 |50.3 |0-363.6 |86.2 |48.6 |

|02 |Meat and edible meat offal |98 |85 |128.8 |0.2-1,468.7 |240.0 |580.8 |

|03 |Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other |118 |118 |0.2 |0-2.6 |0.4 |413.5 |

| |aquatic invertebrates | | | | | | |

|04 |Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; |64 |63 |58.1 |0-268.1 |66.5 |477.1 |

| |edible products of animal origin, not | | | | | | |

| |elsewhere specified or included | | | | | | |

|05 |Products of animal origin, not elsewhere |26 |25 |3.0 |0-29.6 |7.7 |60.8 |

| |specified or included | | | | | | |

|06 |Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and|54 |53 |11.2 |0-94.9 |22.0 |524.3 |

| |the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | | | | | | |

|07 |Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers|277 |256 |37.8 |0-1256.2 |95.8 |553.2 |

|08 |Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit |113 |106 |12.9 |0-258.1 |33.9 |869.9 |

| |or melons | | | | | | |

|09 |Coffee, tea, maté and spices |37 |37 |0.8 |0-7.1 |1.7 |380.8 |

|10 |Cereals |82 |64 |18.3 |0-209.3 |44.3 |264.6 |

|11 |Products of the milling industry; malt; |151 |107 |40.4 |0-263 |63.0 |72.3 |

| |starches; insulin; wheat gluten | | | | | | |

|12 |Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; misc grains,|209 |119 |7.8 |0-104.5 |20.5 |193.4 |

| |seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal | | | | | | |

| |plants; straw and fodder | | | | | | |

|13 |Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps |16 |15 |3.2 |0-36.1 |9.5 |74.2 |

| |and extracts | | | | | | |

|14 |Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable |7 |7 |0.5 |0-2.9 |1.1 |6.5 |

| |products not elsewhere specified or included | | | | | | |

|15 |Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their |189 |152 |39.6 |0-209.7 |46.2 |260.7 |

| |cleavage products; prepared edible fats; | | | | | | |

| |animal or vegetable waxes | | | | | | |

|16 |Preparations of meat, of fish or of |43 |43 |17.6 |0-94.2 |25.7 |265.7 |

| |crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic | | | | | | |

| |invertebrates | | | | | | |

|17 |Sugars and sugar confectionery |57 |57 |11.6 |0-82.6 |14.6 |308.4 |

|18 |Cocoa and cocoa preparations |42 |42 |13.4 |0-170.4 |27.4 |417.7 |

|19 |Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or |107 |104 |21.1 |0-81.5 |15.1 |512.1 |

| |milk; pastry cooks' products | | | | | | |

|20 |Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or |140 |137 |24.1 |0-405.1 |45.7 |442.6 |

| |other parts of plants | | | | | | |

|21 |Miscellaneous edible preparations |64 |63 |11.3 |0-48.4 |9.5 |601.8 |

|22 |Beverages, spirits and vinegar |62 |61 |28.5 |0-507.9 |84.6 |1,513.9 |

|23 |Residues and waste from the food industries; |69 |64 |5.1 |0-104.7 |16.6 |332.5 |

| |prepared animal fodder | | | | | | |

|24 |Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |15 |15 |13.4 |0-73.1 |19.3 |282.7 |

|25 |Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering|75 |75 |1.0 |0-8.2 |1.7 |325.9 |

| |materials, lime and cement | | | | | | |

|26 |Ores, slag and ash |37 |37 |0.1 |0-2.3 |0.5 |13.1 |

|27 |Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of |70 |70 |0.2 |0-3.6 |0.5 |10,967.6 |

| |their distillation; bituminous substances; | | | | | | |

| |mineral waxes | | | | | | |

|28 |Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic |187 |187 |1.0 |0-14.4 |2.2 |1,157.5 |

| |compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth | | | | | | |

| |metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes| | | | | | |

|29 |Organic chemicals |497 |493 |0.3 |0-6.9 |0.7 |10,807.0 |

|30 |Pharmaceutical products |31 |31 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |15,444.2 |

|31 |Fertilizers |26 |26 |1.8 |0-7.7 |2.0 |91.8 |

|Table AIII.1 (cont'd) |

|32 |Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their|49 |49 |1.6 |0-13.8 |2.5 |1,172.2 |

| |derivatives; dyes, pigments and other | | | | | | |

| |colouring matter; paints and varnishes; | | | | | | |

| |putty and other mastics; inks | | | | | | |

|33 |Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, |34 |34 |4.8 |0-21 |6.0 |1,016.2 |

| |cosmetic or toilet preparations soap, organic | | | | | | |

| |surface-active agents, washing preparations, | | | | | | |

| |lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, | | | | | | |

| |prepared waxes, polishing or scouring | | | | | | |

| |preparations, candles and similar article | | | | | | |

|34 |Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing |27 |27 |3.1 |0-14 |3.1 |535.4 |

| |preparations, lubricating preparations, | | | | | | |

| |artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or| | | | | | |

| |scouring preparations, candles and similar | | | | | | |

| |articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and | | | | | | |

| |dental preparations with a basis | | | | | | |

|35 |Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; |23 |22 |23.9 |0-302.4 |74.0 |226.2 |

| |glues; enzymes | | | | | | |

|36 |Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; |9 |9 |4.5 |0.3-11.4 |4.2 |36.0 |

| |pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible | | | | | | |

| |preparations | | | | | | |

|37 |Photographic or cinematographic goods |35 |35 |0.3 |0-1.1 |0.3 |171.6 |

|38 |Miscellaneous chemical products |98 |92 |1.1 |0-14.3 |2.6 |1,483.2 |

|39 |Plastics and articles thereof |148 |148 |2.2 |0-11.6 |2.1 |6,099.7 |

|40 |Rubber and articles thereof |93 |93 |1.6 |0-27.3 |3.1 |1,062.1 |

|41 |Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and |37 |37 |0.9 |0-7.4 |1.7 |93.5 |

| |leather | | | | | | |

|42 |Articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm |25 |25 |3.0 |0.1-12.9 |2.7 |905.1 |

| |gut) | | | | | | |

|43 |Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures |12 |12 |0.9 |0-4.8 |1.5 |39.9 |

| |thereof | | | | | | |

|44 |Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |106 |106 |2.3 |0-13.1 |2.4 |1,641.1 |

|45 |Cork and articles of cork |9 |9 |2.3 |0-5.5 |2.1 |32.6 |

|46 |Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other |15 |15 |3.4 |1.2-7.6 |1.8 |21.7 |

| |plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork| | | | | | |

|47 |Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic |21 |20 |1.1 |0-2.6 |0.9 |385.6 |

| |material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper | | | | | | |

| |and paperboard | | | | | | |

|48 |Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp,|134 |134 |6.8 |0-22.7 |4.6 |2,519.9 |

| |of paper or of paperboard | | | | | | |

|49 |Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other |26 |26 |2.1 |0-13.1 |3.9 |1,826.2 |

| |products of the printing industry; | | | | | | |

| |manuscripts, typescripts and plans | | | | | | |

|50 |Silk |17 |17 |1.9 |0-5.7 |1.9 |24.2 |

|51 |Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair |56 |56 |1.8 |0-7.4 |1.7 |118.9 |

| |yarn and woven fabric | | | | | | |

|52 |Cotton |173 |173 |3.5 |0-10.8 |2.1 |196.8 |

|53 |Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn |26 |26 |1.8 |0-14 |3.5 |16.3 |

| |and woven fabrics of paper yarn | | | | | | |

|54 |Man-made filaments |77 |77 |8.2 |0.4-47.4 |6.5 |300.9 |

|55 |Man-made staple fibres |153 |152 |4.8 |0.3-32.1 |3.7 |132.5 |

|56 |Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; |35 |35 |8.0 |1.4-49 |9.8 |218.6 |

| |twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles | | | | | | |

| |thereof | | | | | | |

|57 |Carpets and other textile floor coverings |21 |21 |5.8 |1.3-11.8 |2.5 |205.5 |

|58 |Special woven fabrics; tufted textile |44 |44 |4.0 |0.4-21.4 |4.0 |73.0 |

| |fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; | | | | | | |

| |embroidery | | | | | | |

|59 |Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated |24 |24 |3.2 |0.5-10.4 |2.2 |174.5 |

| |textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind | | | | | | |

| |suitable for industrial use | | | | | | |

|Table AIII.1 (cont'd) |

|60 |Knitted or crocheted fabrics |44 |44 |7.9 |1.3-22.3 |5.5 |76.9 |

|61 |Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, |132 |132 |4.7 |0.8-29.6 |3.3 |1,951.5 |

| |knitted or crocheted | | | | | | |

|62 |Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, |200 |200 |5.0 |0.5-21.4 |3.7 |2,842.3 |

| |not knitted or crocheted | | | | | | |

|63 |Other made up textile articles; sets; worn |92 |92 |10.7 |0-121.6 |13.3 |528.2 |

| |clothing and worn textile articles; rags | | | | | | |

|64 |Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such|35 |35 |2.8 |0.8-6.5 |1.4 |1,050.6 |

| |articles | | | | | | |

|65 |Headgear and parts thereof |11 |11 |2.2 |0.2-4.7 |1.4 |104.3 |

|66 |Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, |6 |6 |4.9 |1.3-8.6 |3.3 |36.0 |

| |seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts | | | | | | |

| |thereof | | | | | | |

|67 |Prepared feathers and down and articles made |9 |9 |3.8 |0.3-9 |2.7 |24.2 |

| |of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; | | | | | | |

| |articles of human hair | | | | | | |

|68 |Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, |53 |53 |2.8 |0.1-31.7 |4.5 |791.3 |

| |mica or similar materials | | | | | | |

|69 |Ceramic products |34 |34 |2.0 |0.1-6.9 |1.6 |537.1 |

|70 |Glass and glassware |73 |73 |2.8 |0-25.6 |4.1 |971.5 |

|71 |Natural or cultured pearls, precious or |61 |61 |0.4 |0-5.5 |0.9 |9,813.0 |

| |semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals | | | | | | |

| |clad with precious metal, and articles | | | | | | |

| |thereof; imitation jewellery; coin | | | | | | |

|72 |Iron and steel |272 |272 |1.3 |0-8.7 |1.7 |3,673.9 |

|73 |Articles of iron or steel |255 |255 |1.7 |0-12 |1.6 |3,390.2 |

|74 |Copper and articles thereof |111 |111 |1.0 |0-4.3 |0.8 |1,434.7 |

|75 |Nickel and articles thereof |27 |27 |0.3 |0-1.1 |0.2 |192.2 |

|76 |Aluminium and articles thereof |39 |39 |3.3 |0-6.3 |1.4 |2,539.3 |

|78 |Lead and articles thereof |9 |9 |0.6 |0-1.7 |0.7 |27.8 |

|79 |Zinc and articles thereof |10 |10 |0.4 |0-1.9 |0.7 |121.5 |

|80 |Tin and articles thereof |7 |7 |0.4 |0-1.3 |0.6 |23.1 |

|81 |Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof|51 |49 |0.9 |0-14.7 |2.7 |240.3 |

|82 |Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, |84 |84 |1.6 |0.2-8.2 |1.3 |955.1 |

| |of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | | | | | | |

|83 |Miscellaneous articles of base metal |48 |48 |2.9 |0.2-24 |3.6 |612.8 |

|84 |Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and |833 |832 |0.7 |0-23.6 |1.2 |18,406.5 |

| |mechanical appliances; parts thereof | | | | | | |

|85 |Electrical machinery and equipment and parts |401 |401 |0.9 |0-14.6 |1.3 |12,832.4 |

| |thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, | | | | | | |

| |television image and sound recorders and | | | | | | |

| |reproducers, and parts and accessories of such| | | | | | |

| |articles | | | | | | |

|86 |Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock |26 |26 |1.0 |0.1-4.3 |1.0 |684.1 |

| |and parts thereof; railway or tramway track | | | | | | |

| |fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; | | | | | | |

| |mechanical (including electro-mechanical) | | | | | | |

| |traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | | | | | | |

|87 |Vehicles other than railway or tramway |136 |136 |1.6 |0-8.9 |1.8 |10,848.6 |

| |rolling-stock, and parts and accessories | | | | | | |

| |thereof | | | | | | |

|88 |Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof |16 |16 |0.2 |0-0.8 |0.2 |2,641.9 |

|89 |Ships, boats and floating structures |18 |17 |2.2 |0-22.7 |5.3 |124.1 |

|90 |Optical, photographic, cinematographic, |182 |182 |0.5 |0-7.7 |0.9 |5,444.2 |

| |measuring, checking, precision, medical or | | | | | | |

| |surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and| | | | | | |

| |accessories thereof | | | | | | |

|91 |Clocks and watches and parts thereof |56 |56 |0.6 |0-2.7 |0.7 |2,116.2 |

|92 |Musical instruments; parts and accessories of|19 |19 |0.7 |0.1-2.6 |0.6 |102.8 |

| |such articles | | | | | | |

|Table AIII.1 (cont'd) |

|93 |Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories |28 |24 |0.9 |0.2-6.3 |1.3 |164.0 |

| |thereof | | | | | | |

|94 |Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress |67 |67 |1.5 |0-10 |2.0 |3,728.4 |

| |supports, cushions and similar stuffed | | | | | | |

| |furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not| | | | | | |

| |elsewhere specified or included; illuminated | | | | | | |

| |signs, illuminated name-plates | | | | | | |

|95 |Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and |33 |33 |1.8 |0.3-3.8 |0.9 |883.1 |

| |accessories thereof | | | | | | |

|96 |Miscellaneous manufactured articles |76 |76 |2.3 |0-10.9 |2.0 |326.1 |

|97 |Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques |10 |10 |0.1 |0-0.6 |0.2 |1,945.0 |

Source: WTO Secretariat estimates, based on data provided by the Swiss authorities; and imports data from UNSD, Comtrade database.

Table AIII.2

Duty exemptions, 2008

|Goods eligible for exemption under international conventions (this exemption can be limited or suspended temporarily or durably for |

|goods imported from States that do not grant reciprocity) |

|Goods for diplomatic missions, consulates, special missions, and as long as there is an agreement for intergovernmental organizations |

|and international offices based in Switzerland, and for their staff |

|Goods for Heads of States, as well as for diplomatic, consulate, or international offices (including their staff) |

|Coffins, and funerary urns and ornaments |

|Prizes, commemorative badges, and gifts of honour |

|Stocks on dining cars |

|Stocks, spare parts, and equipment on board a boat |

|Legal payment means, bonds, manuscripts and documents with no value for collection, stamps, as well as foreign public transport |

|tickets |

|Items for returning residents, wedding clothes, and inheritance |

|Goods for charitable institutions and for poor persons |

|Cars for disabled people |

|Objects for teaching and research |

|Art and exhibiting objects for museums |

|Instruments and devices for medical examination or treatment of patients in hospitals or similar complexes |

|Studies and works of Swiss artists who lived temporarily abroad to study |

|Border trade, and animals from border waters |

|Samples of goods |

|indigenous packing materiel |

|The Confederation's war materiel |

|Capital goods and devices of foreign companies that transfer their activities to the customs territory |

|if they have been used for six months in the customs territory; |

|if they were all imported at the time of the transfer of activities; and |

|if the companies import the goods to continue to use them on the customs territory |

Source: Customs Law (LD) of 18 March 2005 (as at 1 July 2007) – RS 631.0; and Customs Ordinance (OD) of 1 November 2006 (as at 1 May 2005) – RS 631.01.

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