RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON ïï&gfim TARIFFS AND TRADE Special Distribution Preferential Arrangements Among Dev"T"fif7fl ffiuatries Negotiated la GATT Original: English PABTICIPATIHG COUMTRIBS TRADE WITH BAMffl.ADKSH In connexion with the request made at the April 1976 meeting of the Committee of Participating Countries, the following statistical data on trade between Bangladesh and participating countries during the period 1973A974 and 1974A975 has been provided by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh. Table I contains information on Bangladesh's exports to participating countries. Table II Indicates Bangladesh's imports from participating countries.
CPC^/38/Add.l Page 2 TABLE I Exports from Bangladesh during 197374 and 197475 (July to June) 1. Brazil fl) Jute cuttings [2) Jute raw USS'000 197374 1974^75 150.4 67.9 7,995.1 150.4 8,063.0 2. Chile (l) Jute cuttings f2) Jute raw (3) Hessian (4) Sackings 5) Other (6) Broadloom 4.3 31.2 281.2 900.8 1.3 199.5 130.9 20.7 2,487.4 174.0 1,418.3 2,813.0 3. Greece 1) Jute cuttings 2) Jute meshta 3) Jute raw 4) Sackings 57.2 5.3 400.9 5.3 139.7 2.1 759.5 92.2 468.7 993.5 4. India 1) Animal and birds, live 2) Hides and skins 3) Chemicals 4) Hessian 5) Newsprint 6) Paper and paper 7) Misc. semimanufactured goods, '8) Fish, fresh *9) Drugs, medicines and pharmaceuticals 1.1 10.0 37.0 3.4 1,570.6 149.9 63.4 179.2 976.7 56.0 20.9 1,835.4 1,232.8
CPC/W/38/Add.l Page 3 Corraodity USS'000 197374 197475 5. Republic of Korea (l) Jute raw 13.0 33.9 6. Mexico [1) Jute cuttings '2) Jute raw 43) Jute meshta 2.3 86.4 57.8 962.1 31.9 88.7 1,051.8 7. Peru 'l) Jute raw,2) Hessian v3) Sackings {4) Other 17.8 48.1 48.2 1.3 42.5. 115.4 42.5 8. Spain Tea, including mate Hides and skins Jute cuttings Raw jute iininal casings Hosiery cotton, Hosiery knitted or nan nade Sackings 32.2 38.4 116.9 2,223.1 2.0 3.8 4.3 25.0 62.4 2,230.4 0.7 5.1 0.8 6.2 2,446.6 2,305.6 9. Tunisia (1) Jute cuttings (2) Jute raw (3) Leather goods ex. footwear 3.1 138.4 7.0 663.0 40.7 141.5 710.7 10. Turkey '1) Jute raw 2) Broadloon 3) Kessnan 4) Srol'ings 5) Jut.e rijstq 839 62.0 317.4 483.3 299.0 12.5 2,315.9 627.4 4.8 951.6 3,259.6
CPC/W/38/Add.l Page 4 USS 000 197374 197475 11. Uruguay (1) Jute cuttings (2) Jute raw (3) Broadloom (4) Hessian 5) Sackings 6) Other 15.7 41.5 19.8 84.7 23.1 170.8 79.1 77.7 1,871.0 6.4 6.3 184.8 2,211.3 12. Yugoslavia (1) Fish processed (2) Hides and skins (3) Jute cuttings (4) Jute meshta 5) Jute raw (6) Broadloom (7) Hessian (8) Sackings (9) Other (10) Leather tanned 21.1 78.4 5.3 3,941.2 35.3 117.2 115.4 121.5 68.8 96.9 128.4 254.0 3,912.8 299.5 131.5 14.3 380.8 58.5 4,504.2 5,276.7 Source; Bangladesh Bank.
TABLE II Imports into Bangladesh during 197374 and 197475 (July to June) CPC/W/38/Add.l Page 5 use '000 197374. 1974.75 1. Brazil (1) Medicinal and pharmaceutical (2) Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 17.9 212.2 2,141.0 17.9 2,353.2 2. Republic of Korea (1) Textile yarn fabrics and madeup articles and related (2) Nonmetallic mineral manufactures (3) Manufactures of metals, n*e.s... (4) Medicinal and pharmaceutical (5) Petroleum, (6) Dyeing, tanning and colouring (7) Rubber manufactures, (8) Electric machineries, apparatus and appliances (9) Transport equipment (10) Misc. manufactured articles, 9,248.9 317.4 2.6 0.3 1.3 487.6 150.6 0.3 3.2 6.7 63.7 2.1 1.7 9,570.5 715.9 3. Philippines (1) (2) (3) [4) '6) Textile fabrics (not manufactured into yarn, thread or fabrics) and their waste Nonmetallic mineral manufactures Dyeing, tanning and colouring Manufactures of metals, Transport equipment Medicinal and pharmaceutical 19.9 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.9 36.7 604. 8 4.9 23.5 646.4
CPG/W/38/Add.l Page 6 USC'000 197374 197475 4. Spain (1) Dyeing, tanning and colouring (2) Essential oils and perfumes, toilet, polishing and cleaning preparations (3) Animal and vegetables crude (4) Vegetables oils and fats (5) Chemical elements and othors (6) Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof (7) Transport equipment (8) Medicinal and pharmaceutical (9) Misc. chemical material (10) Wood and cork manufactures (excluding furniture) (11) Misc. manufactured articles 6.4 0.1 0.4 1.8 109.3 "0.1 0.1 6.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 118.2 8.9 5. Tunisia (1) Dyeing, tanning and colouring (2) Textile yarn, fabrics, madeup articles and related (3) Crude fertilizers and crude minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones) 5.6 3,295.6 8.6 0.6 3,301.2 9.2 6. Turkey (l) Machinery other than electric 0.7 7. Yugoslavia (1) Chemical elements and compounds (2) Medicinal and pharmaceutical (3) Misc. manufactured articles (4) Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof (5) Dyeing, tanning and colouring material 6) Manufactures of metals 7) Electric machinery, apparatus and appliances 1.0 266.2 0.6 1.8 3.5 144.0 1.1 0.1 2.0 73.4 269.6 224.1
CPC/W/38/Add.l Page 7. uss 000 197374 197475 Live animals Dairy and eggs Cereals and preparations Fruits and vegetables Sugar, sugar preparations and honey Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof Misc. food preparations Beverages Tobacco and tobacco manufactures Oil soods, oil nuts and oil ko mois Crude rubber including synthetic and reclaimed Wood, lumbor and cork Textile fibres (not manufactured into yarn,thread or fabrics) and their waste 0.5 260.5 76.5 177.0 2,724.0 126.5 1.3 37.1 48.6 101.1 15.9 112.3 9,529.4.,,1.6 55.2 1.0 117.0 108.3 58.9 1.0 34.9 106.2 49.2 5.2 90.8 0.3 Crude fertilizers and crude minerals 408.9 664.5 excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones Metalliferous ores and metal scrap Animal and vegetable crude Petroleum crude and partly refined Petroleum Electric energy Vegetable oils and fats Oils and fats processed waxes of animal or vegetable origin Chemical elements and compounds Mineral tar and crude chemicals from coal, petroleum and natural gas Dyeing, tanning and colouring Medicinal and pharmaceutical Essential oils and perfume, 25.6 127.2 204.9 7,609.5 2.0 18.2 9.5 721.0 4.1 396.5 786.8, 101.0 toilet, polishing and cleaning preparations Fertilizers manufactures 7.2 3.0 18.7 2,815.2 3.9 8.9 763.3 8.9 396.0 304.7 50.3
CPC/to/38/Add.l Page 8 use 000 197374 197475 8. India (cont'd) (23) (29) (30) (3D (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (33) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (43) (49) Misc. chemical and Leather, leather manufactures and for skin dress Rubber manufactures Wood and cork manufactures excluding furniture Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof Textile yarn fabrics and madeup articles and related Nonmetallic mineral manufactures Iron and steel Other nonferrous metal Manufactures and metals Machinery other than electric Electric machinery, apparatus appliances Transport equipment Prefabricated building, sanitary, plumbing, heating, lighting fixtures and fittings Furniture Clothing Footwear Professional, scientific and controlling instruments, photographic.c and optical goods, watches and clocks Misc. manufactured articles Special transactions not classified according to kind Coal, coke and briquettes Gas natural and manufactures 314.9 48.3 179.4 91.3 1,296.0 10,749.4 1,103.4 423.1 195.4 696.1 1,774.4 285.8 224.0 71.8 62.7 6,748.8 49.4 85.4 :s 1,114.3 700.8 49,847.7 193.4 21.3 185.9 17.0 620.8 2,177.4 856.7 71.2 165.3 919.7 1,206.0 236.1 260.0 27.3 0.8 765.1 5.3 69.8 529.2 64.3 7,666.9 1.7 21,549.0 Source: Bangladesh Bank. Exchange rates 1973/74 (July to June) USO 1 = 7.97 Taka 1974/75 (July to June) USO 1 = 943 Taka International Financial Statistics Vol. XXIX No. 3, March 1976, pages 6263