GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED 21 August 1956 Limited Distribution Original: Spanish FREE-TRADE AREA BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND EL SALVADOR Fifth Annual Report (1956) by the Government of Nicaragua As indicated in previous reports, the two contracting parties are fully satisfied with the results of the existing Free-Trade Treaty between the two countries, notwithstanding the fact that trade has been seriously affected on account of shortages in Nicaraguan grain production which have compelled the Government of Nicaragua to prohibit exports of such grains. As a consequence of this grain shortage, exports oftreaty products from Nicaragua to El Salvador have declined considerably and imports of items coming under the Treaty have exceeded exports, so that the Nicaraguan trade balance has shown a net deficit of US $216,179. The figures and corresponding percentages which appear in Table 1 of the present report show the trade situation with El Salvador compared with total imports and exports of Nicaragua. Furthermore, four schedules have been added, including all the goods which have entered into trade between the two countries, whether or not such goods come under the Treaty. These schedules are as follows: SCHEDULE I Imports of Treaty products from El Salvador SCHEDULE II SCCEDULE III SCHEDULE IV Imports from El Salvador of products not coming under the Treaty Exports of Treaty products to El Salvador Exports to El Salvador of products not coming under the Treaty IMORTS Table 1 shows that in 1955 the total value of imports by Nicaragua from El Salvador amounted to US $1,190,000. Out of this total, goods coming under the Treaty accounted for US $960,000, representing 80.4 per cent of the total imports from El Salvador and barely 1.4 per cent of total Nicaraguan imports.

2 Page 2 The value of importation by Nicaragua of items coming under the Treaty fell from US $1,330,000 in 1954 to US-960,000 in Such a decline is attributable to a decrease in imported of the following products: Unmanufactured tobacco... US$ 73, ,039 Vegetable oils, edible... Cordage, cables, rope, etc.. 114,362 Cement 79,234 US$ 624,431 US$ 59, ,994 66,445 15,162 US$ 427,850 EXPORTS Exported by Nicaragua to 31 Salvador of products coming declined sharply in 1955 as compared with 1954, as shown in table: EXPORTS BY NICARAGUA (US $ million) under the Treaty the following Treaty products OVERALL TOTAL % 0.93% of ,0 PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO EXPORT AND IMPORT CONTROLS As regards imports of items coming under the Treaty, Nicaragua has not instituted any of the quantitative restrictions envisaged in Article III of the Treaty. As already indicated, in view of the exceptionally unfavourable weather conditions, Nicaragua suffered an acute shortage of grains, particularly maize and bans during the whole of 1955, and of rice during the last quarter of In these circumstances the Government of Nicaragua had to suspend exported of such grains and the steps thus taken resulted in a decline in exports to El Salvador because those products are the main trade items between the two countries, as shown by the following table:

3 Page 3 EXPORTS BY NICARAGUA TO EL SALVADOR OF TREATY PRODUCTS Total and of Total 1,808,470 Total and %of Total 741,390 Swine Rice, Maize Beans husked Beans , , , ,848 14, , ,246 1,425, % 337, %

4 Pago 4 Table 1 TRADE BETWEEN NICARAGAJAPANAND EL SALVADOR IN 1955 (value in.us $) Imports from El Salvador % of Total Imports - 69,645,669 Treaty products 958, % 1.38% Non-Treaty products 232, % 33% TOTAL 1,191, % 1.71%. Exports to El Salvador %of Total Exports - 80,022,300 Treaty produts 742, % Non-Treaty Praducts 41, %..05% 783, %.98% Source: Recaudación General de Aduan as de Nicaragua.

5 Page 5 SCHEDULEI NICARAGUA IMPORT OF TREATY PRODUCTS FROM EL SALVADOR Item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Fruits and nuts, (not including oil nuts) fresh Fresh fruits..., 1, Edible nuts (including fresh coconuts), other than nuts chiefly used for the extracting of oil..., Group Fruits preserved and fruit preparations Preserved fruits: whole or in pieces, with or without added sugar, whether in contained or not Jams, marmalades, fruit jellies, fruit pulps and pastes, whether in air tight Containers or not..., Group Vegetables (fresh and dry, not including artifticially dehydrated) roots and tubers Potatoes (including seed potatoes) 24,653 1, Other vegetables chiefly for human food, fresh, dry, frozen, salted or in brine, or in other temporary preservative, not in airtight containers 20, Group Suger confectionery and other sugar preparations Sugar confectionery and other sugar pre. operations (except chocolate confectionery) 34,057 21,056

6 Page 6 NAUCA. group, Item or sub- Doscription of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Cocoa Cocoa powder, with or without added sugar 756 Group Chocolate and chocolate preparations Chocolate and chocolate preparation (including chocolate confectionery).. 1,914 Group Spices Pepper and pimento, whether unground, ground or otherwise prepared ,965 Spices (except pepper and pimento), whether unground, ground or otherwise prepared ,024 Group Margarine and shortenings Edible shortening, lard or lard substitutes, and,similar edible fats ,431 Group Tobacco, unmanufactured Leaf tobacco, including scrap tobacco.. 92,298 Group Tobacco manufactures Cheroots or cigars 453 Group Wood shaped or simply worked Lumber, sawn, planed, grooved, tongued, etc.... 1,454 Group Vegetable fibres, cotton and jute except Vegetable fibres, n.e.s., suitable for spinning, raw or washed, combed, bleached or dyed and waste of such fibres ,967 1,035 1,775 3, ,588 59, ,607

7 Page 7 NAUCA group item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Crude minerals, oxcluding coal, petroleum, fertilizer materials and precious stones Salt ,804 16,411 Group Crude vegetable materials, inedible, ne.s. Plants, seeds, flowers and other parts of plants, n.e.s., mainly for use in medicines or perfumery (fresh or dried, whole, crushed, ground or powdered)..... Seeds for planting, bulbs, tubers and rhizomes of flowering or of foliage plants; cuttings, slips, live trees and other plants (1)... (1)This item does not include seed, tubers, roots etc. specifically mentioned in other items as foodstuffs, oil sods, etc Group Vegetable oils Cottonseed oil 50,624 21,748 Oils from seeds, nuts and kernels, n.e s , , Group Perfumery, cosmetics, soaps, and cleansing and polishing preparations Perfumery, cosmetics, dentifrices and other toilet preparations, except soaps.. 2,171 Soaps and cleansing preparations, n.e.s. 8,489 Other soaps and washing and cleansing preparations, n.es<, except soaps with added abrasives ,033 3,127 4,935 37,759

8 Page 8 item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no, (kgs) (US $) Group Fertilizers, manufactured Nitrogenous fertilizers and nitrogenous fertilizer materials (other than natural), n.e.s ,950 Group Explosives Pyrotechnical articles, including signal flares and railway fog signals Group Miscellaneous chemical materials and products Starches, starchy substances, dextrins, gluten and gluten flour, except such products prepared for use as food... 55,694 Group Manufactures of leather and artificial or reconstituted leather, n.e.s. Saddlery and other harness makers articles, of any material other than metal (for example: harness, collars, traces, knee pads, stirrups other than of metal and other accessories), for any kind of animal Soles, screw-on heels and other out out or made up rubber parts, for footwear.. 3,876 Group Wood manufactures, n.e.s. Builders' woodwork ,210 Group Textile yarn and thread Cotton yarn and thread, raw unbleachedd), not mercerized Cotton yarn and thread, bleached, dyed or mercerized ,030 10, ,553 1,205 1,

9 Page 9 item or subitem no. Description of products Quantity Value (kgs) (US $) Yarn and thread of textile fibres, n.e.s. (including paper yarn)... 9,393 Group Special textile fabrics and related products 7, Cordage, cables, ropes, twines and manufactures thereof, n.e.s ,132 Group Made-up articles wholly or chiefly of textile materials, n.e.s. (other than clothing and footwear)... Blankets (bed covers and blankets), travelling rugs, coverlets and bedspreads of all materials ,013 Bed-linen, table-linen, towels and similar toilet-linen, and kitchenlinen Group Floor coverings and tapestries Carpets, carpeting, floor rugs, mats, matting and tapestries of textile fibres, other than wool and fine hair 80 Carpets, carpoting, floor rugs, mats and matting of vegetable plaiting materials (rattan, esparto, rush, palm fibre, coconut fibre, etc.) ii.e.s Group Lame, cement and fabricated building materials, except glass and clay materials 66,445 38, Comment, excepti hydraulic...l ,071 15,

10 Page 10 item or Sub Description of products quantity Value item no. _A. (kgs) (US $) Building materials n.e.s., of asbestos, cement, plaster, asphalt, vegetable fibres (including shavings and sawdust) agglomerated with cement, plaster, asphalt or other mineral binders, granulated marble agglomerated with cement and other unworked nonmetallic minerals, including mixtures thereof, such as fibro-cement (in the form of bricks, flagstones, tiles, columns, pipes and other similar forms for building). 18, Group Clay construction materials and refractory construction materials Wall tiles, floor tiles, pipes and other clay construction materials, except those of brick earth or of ordinary baked clay Group Furniture and fixtures Wood furniture and fixtures... Group Footwear Mules, slippers, babouches and similar house footwear of all materials except rubber... Footwear of all kinds of leather, except house footwear... Footwear of all kinds, of textile materials, except house footwear... Rubber footwear of all kinds, including over-shoes... 41, prs ,610 " 199,815 2, " 1, Footwear, n.e.s Il 72

11 Page 11 NACUA group, item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $ Group Manutactured articles, n.e.s Articles of basketware or of wickerwork, n.e.s. (of bamboo, rattan, esparto, rush, cane, osier, palm fibre, reed, straw, wood fibre, etc.) 1, Brooms and brushes of all materials 5,986 2,414 Group Clothing except fur clothing Hats, caps and other headgear of all materials, except felt...,... 12,151 42, ,371 'Source: Recaudación General de Aduanas.

12 Page 12 SCHEDULE Il NICARAGUA: IMPORTS FROM EL SALVADOR OF PRODUCTS NOT COMING UNDER TE TREATY item or Sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Itemno Group Cereal preparations, including preparations from flour and fecula of fruits and vegetables Bakery products Group Vegetables (fresh and dry, not including artificially dehydrated); roots and tubers Crude vegetable products used chiefly as materials for human food... Group Tobacco manufactures Cigarettes... Group Crude vegetable materials, inedible, n.e.s. Cut flowers and foliage suitable for the preparation of bouquets or for decoration, fresh, dried, dyed or not, etc.... Group Petroleum products 1, Lubricating oils and greases, including mixtures with animal and vegetable lubricants... natural and manu- Group Gas, factured 5,637 Natural gas, such as propane and butane in any form , ,271

13 Page 13 Item or Sub- Description of products Quantlty Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Pigments, paints, varnishes, and related materials Prepared paints, enamels, lacquers, varnishes, artists' colours,.household dyes, siccatives paint driers) and mastics Group Medicinal and pharmaceutical products Medicinal and pharmaceutical products, n.e.s....._ Group Parfumery, cosmetics, soaps, and cleansing and polishing preperations Waves, polishes, pastes, liquid, powders and similar preparations for cleansing, polishing and preserving loather, wood, metal, glass or other materials, including soaps with addod abrasives Group 599.-_ Miscellangous chemical materials and products Insecticides, fungicides, disinfectants, including animal dressings and similar preparations not imported as medicaments, fumigants, disinfectant soaps or deodorizers.. 2,504 4, Chemicel materials and products, n.e.s.. 5, Group Rubber fabricated materials Rubber fabricated materials (e.g. pastes, plates, sheets, rods, threads, and tubes of rubber) Group Rubber manufactured articles, n.e.s Rubber tyres and tubos for vehicles of any kind ,824 15,836

14 Page 14 item or Sub- Description of products Qualtity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Hygienic, medical and surgical articles of rubber, not including tubes, n.e.s Group Veneers, plywood, boards, artificial or reconstituted wood and other wood, worked, n.e.s Artificial or reconstituted wood in sheets, in blocks, in boards (except fibreboards) or the like (shavings or sawdust agglomerated with naturel or artificial resins or with other organic binding substances) and other wood simply shaped or worked, n.e.s.... 4,920 3,060 Group Wood manufactures, n.e.s Manufactures of wood, n.e.s. (for example ash-trays, household utensils, roller or Venetian blinds, screens, cages, tool handles, toothpicks, etc.).. Group Paper and paperboard Paper and paperboard, n.e.s.... 1, Group Articles made of pulp, paper and of paperboard of Envelopos, correspondence cards and writing paper, ruled, with or without border but not otherwise printed, in boxes, packets, blocks, etc.... Envelopes, correspondence cards and writing paper, with hoedings or other printing, in boxes, pockets, blocks, etc.... Articles of pulp, of paper and of paperboard, n.e.s

15 Page 15 NAUCAgroup, item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Textile yarn and thread Yarn and thread of wool and other animal hair, including horsehair Group Cotton fabrics of standard type (not including narrow and special fabric) Cotton fabrics, other than raw (bleached, dyed, mercerized, printed or otherwise finished)... *. 2,849 8,092 Group Textile fabrics of standard type (not including narrcw and special fabrics), other than cotton fabrics Fabrics n.e.s., of wool or flock wool not mixed with other textile fibres Fabrics n.e.s., of rayon not mixed with other textile fibres Fabrics n.e.s., of rayon mixed with other textile fibres... 4 yds. 14 Group Tulle, lace, embroidery, ribbons, trimmings and other small wares Of synthetic fibres (except rayon), pure or mixed Group Special textile fabrics and related products Special products of textile materials and of related materials, n.e Group Made-up articles wholly or chiefly of textile materials, n.e.s. (other than clothing and footwear) Tarpeulins, tented, awnings, sails and other made-up canvas goods ,447

16 Page 16 item or subitem no. Description of products Quantity (kgs) Value (US $) Made-up curtains, draperies, and made-up household articles or textile materials, n.e.s Made-up articles of textile materials, n.es Group Lime, cement and fabricated building materials, except glass and clay materials Building and monumental (dimension) stone, worked (polished, in slabs, flagstones, tiles, paving setts, columns, balusters, plinths and other forms for building) Group Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s., not including glass and clay manufactures Abrasive paper, paperboard and cloth... 4, Manufactures of asbestos, not including building materials... 37,491 3, Non-metallic minerals, worked or manufectured, n.e.s. (except ceramics) Group Glass Laminated and other safety glass, of any shape or size, not framed Group Iron and steel Tubes, pipes, and fittings therefor, of iron or steel (other than cast iron), coated or not, including gutters and doin-pipes of zinc-coated sheet... 18,312 1,440 Group Copper Copper and alloys of copper, worked (bars, rods, plates, sheets, wire, pipes, tubes, castings and forgings), n.e....s... 3,

17 Page 17. item or subitem no. Description of products Quantity (kgs) Value (US $) Group Manufactures of metal, n.e.s. Finished structural parts made of iron or steel, including assembled structures Twisted wire, cables, ropes, cordage, cords, plaited bands, slings and other similar articles of iron or steel wire, except insulated electric cables Nails, bolts, nuts, washers, rivets, screws, tacks, fencing staples and other like articles of any base metal Household utensils of iron and steel 7 Hardware of metal (locks, padlocks, safety bolts, keys, fittings for doors, windows, furniture, vehicles, trunks, saddlery, etc.). Metal containers for transport and storage (including empty tin cans)... 55,012 Manufactures of base metals, n.e.s.... 1,586 Group Power generating electric) machinery (except Internal combustion, diesel and semidiesel engines, other than aircraft engines Group Tractors other than steam Tractors other than steam Group Mining, Construction and other industrial machinery ,597 3, , Textile machinery and accessories... 1,

18 Page 18 item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs>) (US $) Sewing machines, of all kinds (other than those used in bookbinding) , Air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment (excluding domestic types of refrigerators and freezers) Machinery and appliances, other than electric, n.e s Group Electric machinery, and appliances. apparatus Generators and alternators, motors and converters, transformers, switchgear (except those included in , and ) Electric batteries and accumulators, dry... Bulbs, arc lamps and tubes for electric lighting, complete... Radio apparatus for telegraphy, telephony, television and radar and other electronic apparatus n.e.s. Electric appliances and accessories, n.e.s., for motor vehicles, aircraft, ship, cycles and explosion motors.. Portable electric tools and appliances (including domestic appliances)... Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s., and parts or accessories not assignable to a particular class of electrical machinery Group Road motor vehicles _ ,14.O 1, Passenger motor vehicles, complete, other than buses or motorcycles (whether or not assembled)....e.. 23 Units 32,474

19 Page 19 item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (US $) Buses, trucks, lorries and other road motor vehicles, n.e.s., complete, assembled or not... Bodies, chassis, frames and other parts and accessories, n.e.s., for road motor vehicles... Group Aircraft Aircraft, heavier than air, complete, whether or not assembled (including gliders and kites),...# * Parts ne.s. of aircrft, heavier than air Group Ships and boats Ships and boats, n.e.s. (including floating dredgers).... Group Sanitary, plumbing, heating and lighting futures and fitting Sinks, washbasins, bidets, bathe, waterclosets, sanitary pails, spittoons, chamber pots, bedpans, soap holders, towel racks, sprayers and sprinklers for shower baths, and other sanitary fixtures and ftitting of metal (enamelled or not)... Group Furniture and fixtures Metal furniture and fixtures Group Travel goode and handbags, and similar articles Travel goods, except wickerwork articles ue...u***.o.**e 19 42,835 1,531 4, ,142 11l ,451 3,

20 Page 20 item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value Item no. (kgs) (US $) Handbags, note-cases, wallets, ladies bags, purses, key-cases, tobacco pouches, card cases and other similar articles of materials of any kind, except wickerwork articles... 5, Group clothing Clothing except fur Underwear and nightwear, knitted or crotcheted or made of knitted or crotcheted fabrics Outerwear, knitted or crotcheted or made of knitted or crotcheted fabrics..., Underwear and nightwear, other than knitted or crotcheted Outerwear, other than knitted or crotcheted except articles included.in item nos and Clothing, n.e.s.... * Group Scientific, medical, optical, measuring and controlling instruments and apparatus Measuring, controlling and scientific instruments, n.e.s il Group Exposed cinematographic films, whether developed or not Cinematographic films exposed, whether developed or not... 1,508 15,565 reels Group Watches and clocks Pocket watches, wrist watches and other, including cases, watch movements and parts, n.e.s., marine chronometers and instrument panel clocks

21 Page 21 item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Musical instruments, phonographs and phonograph records and sound recorders, n.e.s. Phonographs (gramophones), record players, disc, tape and wire recorders, except special recorders for office or cinematographic use Group Printed matter Printed natter, engravings or designs, printed or otherwise reproduced on paper or paperboard, n.e Group Manufactured articles, n.e.s. Prepared ornamental made of feathers; foliage or fruit; hair; ornamented feathers and articles artificial flowers, articles of human fans... Î.. 2 Toys and ga e*** 2,408 Group Returnod goods and special transactions 19,526 TOTAL 2 2,721 14, ,977 Source: Recauoaci6n General de Aduanas

22 Page 22 SCHEDULE III NICARAGUA: EXPORTS OF TREATY PRODUCTS TO EL SALVADOR Item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value Item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Live animals (except fish, crustaceans and molluscs) chiefly for food Swine, pure bred or common Poultry, pure bred or common ,434 Group Butter Natural butter from milk of any kind, in any form or in any container...0 1,84.0 Group Cheese and. curd Cheese and curd of all kinds ,217 Group Rice Rice not in the husk, including polished and broken rice... 2,6T,712 Group Cereals, unmilled, other than wheat, rice, barley and maize Millet 51,239 Group Cereal preparations including preparations from flour end fecula of fruits and vegetables Bakery products Group Fruits and nuts, fresh (not including oil nuts) Other fresh fruits, n.e.s., melons, figs, berries, olives... 40,192 head 14, ,000 68, ,307 6, ,137

23 Page 23 Item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value Item no. (kgs) (US $) Group Vegetables, (fresh and dry, not including artificially dehydrated); roots and tubers Potatoes, (including seed potatoes)... 23,000 Beans, peas, lentils and other legumes pulsess), dry, including split... 26,404 Group Cocoa Cocoa beans ,566 Cocoa butter and cocoa paste...* Group Spices Spices (except pepper and pimento) whether unground, ground or otherwise prepared 1,635 Group Hidas and skins fur skins), undressed (except Hides of cattle, including hides of horses, mules and asses, undressed... 90,448 Group Oil-soeds, oil nuts and oil kernels, whetheror not crushed or ground, edible or inedible Sesameseeds... 28,566 Group Crude rubber, including synthetic and reclaimed Natural rubber and similar natural gums, crude; synthetic rubbers, reclaimed rubber and waste rubber... 55,190 Group Wood shaped or simply worked Wood, non-conifer etc. Sq.ft. Cedar"real' (sawlogs) ,737 Other wood, non-conifor, n.e.s ,825 3,200 4, , ,582 6,210 29,992 74,433 9,901

24 Page 24 item or sub- Description of products quantity 'Value item no. <kga) <US $) Group miscellaneous chemical materials and products Starches, starchy substances, dextrins, gluten and gluten flour, except such products prepared for use as food... 3, Group Special textile related products fabrics and Cordage, cables, ropes, twines, and manufactures thereof, n.e.s Group furniture and fixtures Wood furniture and fixtures... 2,040 1, Group Footwear Mules, slippers, babouches and similar house footwear of all materials except rubber... TOTAL 72 pre ,192 Source: Recaudacion General de Aduanas.

25 SCHEDULEIV Page 25 NICARAGUA: EXPORTS TO EL SALVADOR OF PRODUCTS NOT COMING UNDER THE TREATY Item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value Item no. (kgs) (US $) Group ravel goods and handbags, and similar articles e Handbags, note-cases, wallets, ladies bags, purses, key-ceses, tobacco pouches, card cases and other similar articles of materials of any kind, except wickerwork articles... Group Clothing except fur clothing Outerwear other than knitted or crotcheted, except articles included in item nos and Clothing ot rubberized, oiled and similar impermeabilized materials (including plastic and asbestos)... Group Footwear Footwear, wholly or chiefly of leather (not including house footwear)... Group Printed matter pro Books and pamphlets, printed Group Returned goods and special transactions Goods of foreign origin, imported and returned to the country of origin ,731 32,053

26 Page 26 item or sub- Description of products Quantity Value item no. (kgs) (US $ Special transactions personall effects or travellers and immigrants, samples and articles temporarily imported, and other special cases)... 12,634 7,886 41,493 Source: Recaudacion General de Aduanas. Ministry of Economy Department of Commerce