GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED 21 March I966 Limited Distribution CONTRACTING PARTIES Twenty-Third Session 24 March-6 April I966 Original: Spanish CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Annual Report by the Government of Nicaragua The secretariat has received from the Government of Nicaragua the following report on Nicaragua's trade in 1964 with the other Central American countries under the General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration of 13 December i960. The products covered by the General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration supersede completely the articles listed in the schedules annexed to the Multilateral Treaty on Free Trade and Central American Economic Integration and the Free Trade Area Treaty between Nicaragua and El Salvador, and accordingly no report is submitted on trade under these two Treaties. The first part of this report (pages 2 to 4) includes the list of the main import headings and the second part, pages 5 and 6, includes the main export headings. Imports Total imports covered by the General Treaty during the year 1964 amounted to US$13,927, (c.i.f. value) representing per-cent of imports from-all parts of the world which reached a total of US$157,030,538 during the said year. Exports - Total exports covered by the General Treaty amounted to US$8,316,624». 80 (f.o.b. value) representing 6.64 per cent of exports to all parts of the-world / which amounted to US$125,184, To facilitate examination of the Inter-Central American trade, a list of the principal imports and exports during 1964 is given separately at the end of this report.

2 Page 2 Nauca PRINCIPAL IMPORTS (1964) In thousands of CA pesos Designation of goods Duties c.i.f Bovine cattle, pure bred Maize, unrailled, unless for sowing Millet Waffles of all kinds Bananas Chewing gum and other confectionery gums Sweetmeats, bonbons, confectionery, caramels and similar sugar preparations, and sugar preparations n.e.s. Tomato sauce Gasoline, regular type, current octane content Cottonseed oil, unrefined Coconut (copra)oil, crude Amidophenols, n.e.s. ' Prepared paints n.e.s. Prepared enamel, lacquers and varnishes Insulin, human plasma, sulphanilamides of any kind, antibiotics, artificial serums, (such as glucosic, physiological, vitaminized or not, etc.) put up for sale to the public Medicaments prepared for administration by the mouth n.e.s., with trade mark giving them the character of patent medicines Medicaments prepared for administration by the mouth n.e.s., with a basis of antibiotics or with a basis of sulphanilamides of any kind Effervescent salts for administration by the mouth, with trade mark giving them the character of patent medicines Prepared medicaments for external use n.e.s., with trade mark giving them the character of patent medicines Lotions, eau de Cologne and toilet waters Cosmetics Prepared toilet powders Dyes, tonics, pomades, shampoos and other preparations for the hair Dentifrices of all kinds and in any form I O

3 Page 3 Nauca Desipnation of goods Duties c.i.f, Deodorizers for personal use Toilet or bath soaps Soaps in cakes for washing and cleaning Detergents, powdered soaps Nitrogenous fertilizers and nitrogenous fertilizer materials, other than natural, n.e.s. 163*7 56I-O9-OO Fertilizers, n.e.s., including mixed fertilizers Raw materials Bovine cattle hide leather and equine leather, dressed n.e.s. 79« r02-22 Tyres for carts 97« Tyres for lorries Paper bags for any purpose, printed or not., reinforced or not Printed Cotton yarn and thread (unbleached) not mercerized, mort than no Yarn 8l.2 Crude cotton thread, unbleached, not mercerized, up to no. 22 or less Cotton fabrics, grey (unbleached), weighing more than 400 grammes per square metre ?04-00 Cotton fabrics, bleached, dyed n.e.s., which weigh between 80 and 150 -grammes per square metre Fabrics, n.e.s., of rayon not mixed with other textile fibres which weigh up to 150 grammes per square metre Fabrics n.e.s. of rayon not mixed with other textile fibres which weigh more than 150 grammes per square metre O7-OO Knitted and crocheted fabrics of any textile fibre 55*2 656-O3-O5-OI Coverlets of any kind Others of schappe and cotton waste O3-OI Hand and face towels, bath mats and similar articles made of cotton Cement except hydraulic lime I-O9-OO-OI Building materials, n.e.s. of fibro-cement, asbestos cement Iron rods, round and square for the manufacture of tubes Plates and sheets, zinc-coated Bars, rods, hoops, strip, of aluminium or aluminium alloys 95«1

4 Page 4 'Nauca Designation of Goods Value c.i.f, 699-O2-OI-OO Doors, windows, blinds and persiennes (except shutters for buildings and Venetian blinds or shutters) of aluminium, with or without their corresponding fittings; aluminium frames for such articles, as well as mouldings (cornices, capitals, etc.) of aluminium, for buildings Other containers not disassembled Agricultural tractors Electric batteries and accumulators, dry Wooden-framed furniture, covered with anymaterial Other wooden furniture, n.e.s., assembled or not, with or without parts of other materials, including ice-chests, beds, shelves, screens, filing boxes, etc. to stand on the floor All others Stockings, of synthetic fibres (except rayon), pure or mixed Underdo thing and nightwear, other than knitted, of cotton, whether pure or mixed All others I-O2-O2-22 Footwear of all kinds, of leather, not including house : footwear, other leather footwear for adults, n.e.s..-.' Sports footwear of textile materials Other footwear, n.e.s., of textile materials excepting alpargatas and similar footwear with ordinary fibre soles, for adults I-O9-OI-OO Footwear of plastic materials, not including house footwear All others " H-Ol-OO 899-I5-O9-OI Bags, sachets, flasks and other containers of cellophane or other plastics 74.2 Games and toys made of plastic materials, vinyl or rubber, cardboard and wood " Special transactions (personal effects of travellers and immigrants, samples and temporarily imported articles, other special cases) 70.1 Note; One Central American peso is equal to $1. Total 8,046.0

5 Page 5 PRINCIPAL EXPORTS (1964) In thousands of CA peso's Nauca Designation of Goods Duties f.o.b O8I-O2-OO-II O8I-O3-OO-II OO OO I2-OI-II Swine/ common Meat of bovine cattle (beef, veal), fresh, chilled or frozen 83.3 Cheese and curds of any kind. 53«5 Rice, not in the husk, including polished and broken rice Oats, roasted or cooked Beans Sugar, cane, refined Cocoa beans 219*5 Bran, pollard, sharps and other by-products from the preparation of cereals and of cereal and wheat products Cottonseed oilcake Others Sesame seed 86.0 Royal cedar I96.I Gypsum, crude, and gypsum, calcined 93*9 Prepared paints, n.e.s Dyes, tonics, pomades, shampoos and other preparations for the hair 73*1 Deodorizers intended for personal use Detergent, powdered soaps Sheets, angles, shapes and sections, strips and rods Insecticides for agriculture Materials for insecticides and fungicides, etc Wood, superimposed, In sheets, plywood Plates and sheets, zinc-coated Iron tubes and pipes, including gutters and downpipes of zinc-coated sheet Other manufactures of metal, n.e.s Machetes for agriculture Knives for agriculture 79 «2 Prefabricated buildings of iron and steel for factories 61.2 Prefabricated buildings of iron and steel for housing IO9.8

6 Page 6 Nauca Designation of Goods Duties f.o.b Of other materials, except rubber, others 85I-O2-O2-22 Footwear of all kinds, of leather, not including house footwear, other footwear, n.e.s., made of leather, for adults 85I-O3-O2-O9 Other footwear, n.e.s., made of textile materials, ' ' not including alpargatas and similar footwear with ordinary fibre soles, for adults 85I-O9-OI-OO Footwear of plastic materials, not including house footwear Kitchen utensils, table services, forks and spoons, of plastics Home-produced products exported and subsequently re-imported into the country IO ,2 Total 6,709.7