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$13,927,548.15 (c.i.f. value) representing 10.16 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$125,184,588. - 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.
Page 2 Nauca PRINCIPAL IMPORTS (1964) In thousands of CA pesos Designation of goods Duties c.i.f. 001-01-01-00 044-01-00-12 045-09-02-00 048-04-02-00 051-01-00-11 062-01-01-00 062-01-02-00 099-09-04-44 515-01-01-02 412-03-00-12 412-07-00-11 512-09-12-00 533-03-01-02 533-03-02-00 541-09-03-03 541-09-04-02 541-09-04-03 541-09-04-06 541-09-05-02 552-01-02-00 552-01-03-00 552-01-04-00 552-01-05-00 552-01-06-00 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 221.9 352.7 81.4 71.5 123.2 510.0 I85.9 71.6 71.4 70.0 85.5 77.0 204.4 164.4 57.2 201.5 58.2 108.0 223.6 183.O 87.3 67.2 94.1 138.4
Page 3 Nauca Desipnation of goods Duties c.i.f, 552-01-07-04 Deodorizers for personal use 84.9 552-02-01-00 Toilet or bath soaps 192.2 552-02-03-22 Soaps in cakes for washing and cleaning 258.9 552-02-03-23 Detergents, powdered soaps 150.5 561-01-00 Nitrogenous fertilizers and nitrogenous fertilizer materials, other than natural, n.e.s. 163*7 56I-O9-OO Fertilizers, n.e.s., including mixed fertilizers 262.2 599-02-00-36 Raw materials 93.2 611-01-02-00 Bovine cattle hide leather and equine leather, dressed n.e.s. 79«3 629-01r02-22 Tyres for carts 97«6 629-01-02-23 Tyres for lorries 80.0 642-01-01-00 Paper bags for any purpose, printed or not., reinforced or not 64.2 642-01-02-02 Printed 184.9 651-03-00-09 Cotton yarn and thread (unbleached) not mercerized, 651 03-00-11 mort than no. 22 54.5 Yarn 8l.2 Crude cotton thread, unbleached, not mercerized, up to no. 22 or less 58.9 652-01-02-09 Cotton fabrics, grey (unbleached), weighing more than 400 grammes per square metre 126.2 652-02-?04-00 Cotton fabrics, bleached, dyed n.e.s., which weigh between 80 and 150 -grammes per square metre 80.3 653-05-02-01 Fabrics, n.e.s., of rayon not mixed with other textile fibres which weigh up to 150 grammes per square metre 261.6 653-05-02-09 Fabrics n.e.s. of rayon not mixed with other textile fibres which weigh more than 150 grammes per square metre 224.8 653-O7-OO Knitted and crocheted fabrics of any textile fibre 55*2 656-O3-O5-OI Coverlets of any kind 73-7 656-03-05-02 Others of schappe and cotton waste 143.2 656-04-O3-OI Hand and face towels, bath mats and similar articles made of cotton 122.4 661-02-00 Cement except hydraulic lime 190.8 66I-O9-OO-OI Building materials, n.e.s. of fibro-cement, asbestos cement 142.7 681-04-00-09 Iron rods, round and square for the manufacture of tubes 103.9 681-07-02-00 Plates and sheets, zinc-coated 145.8 684-02-02-02 Bars, rods, hoops, strip, of aluminium or aluminium alloys 95«1
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 54.6 699-21-06-09 Other containers not disassembled 82.6 713-01-00-11 Agricultural tractors 62.8 721-02-00 Electric batteries and accumulators, dry 427.8 821-01-02-00 Wooden-framed furniture, covered with anymaterial 79-1 821-01-05-00 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 87.5 821-02-03-09 All others 99-2 841-01-02-01 Stockings, of synthetic fibres (except rayon), pure or mixed 67.5 841-04-05-00 Underdo thing and nightwear, other than knitted, of cotton, whether pure or mixed 134.1 851-01-02-00 All others 73.7 85I-O2-O2-22 Footwear of all kinds, of leather, not including house : footwear, other leather footwear for adults, n.e.s..-.' 151.9 851-03-01-00 Sports footwear of textile materials 53.2 851-03-02-09 Other footwear, n.e.s., of textile materials excepting alpargatas and similar footwear with ordinary fibre soles, for adults 89.8 85I-O9-OI-OO Footwear of plastic materials, not including house footwear 54.4 891-02-02-02 All others "69.3 899-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 58.3 931-02-00 " 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
Page 5 PRINCIPAL EXPORTS (1964) In thousands of CA peso's Nauca Designation of Goods Duties f.o.b. 001-05-02-00 011-01-00 02.4-01-00 042-02-00 048-01-02-22 054-02-01-00 061-02-00-22 072-01-00-00 O8I-O2-OO-II O8I-O3-OO-II 221-06-00-12 221-09-00-11 243-03-08-00 272-11-01-00 533-03-01-02 552-01-05-00 552-01- 07-04 552-02- 03-23 599-01--04-01 599-02--OO-33 599-02--OO-36 631-02--00-01 681-07--02-00 681-13 -00-01 699-01-04-09 699-I2-OI-II 699-12-01-14 811-01-02-22 811-01-02-23 Swine/ common 216.4 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 302.9 Oats, roasted or cooked 187.8 Beans 476.4 Sugar, cane, refined 470.8 Cocoa beans 219*5 Bran, pollard, sharps and other by-products from the preparation of cereals and of cereal and wheat products 144.3 Cottonseed oilcake 598.3 Others 236.1 Sesame seed 86.0 Royal cedar I96.I Gypsum, crude, and gypsum, calcined 93*9 Prepared paints, n.e.s. 135-2 Dyes, tonics, pomades, shampoos and other preparations for the hair 73*1 Deodorizers intended for personal use 110.5 Detergent, powdered soaps 156.3 Sheets, angles, shapes and sections, strips and rods 137.6 Insecticides for agriculture 208.2 Materials for insecticides and fungicides, etc. 337.2 Wood, superimposed, In sheets, plywood 178.1 Plates and sheets, zinc-coated 241.1 Iron tubes and pipes, including gutters and downpipes of zinc-coated sheet 346.7 Other manufactures of metal, n.e.s. 194.7 Machetes for agriculture 136.4 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
Page 6 Nauca Designation of Goods Duties f.o.b. 851-01-02-00 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 899-07-01-00 Kitchen utensils, table services, forks and spoons, of plastics 931-01-00-00 Home-produced products exported and subsequently re-imported into the country 88.3 162.8 239.4 IO9.5 186.9 52,2 Total 6,709.7