No. _________________WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SECRET/11
9 June 2000
(00-2315)
ARTICLE XXVIII:5 NEGOTIATIONS
Schedule CXL – European Communities
The following communication, dated 25 May 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Delegation of the European Communities.
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In accordance with the provisions and procedures of Article XXVIII, paragraph 5 of the
General Agreement, the European Communities hereby provides notification that it intends to modify
a concession on an item included in Schedule CXL annexed to the General Agreement.
The European Communities are prepared to enter into negotiations and consultations with the
appropriate Members under Article XXVIII for modification of concession with respect to garlic.
Enclosed is the item with respect to which the European Communities intend to modify the
concession and the related statistics1.
                                                     
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1. List of items intended to be modified
0703 20 00 Garlic, fresh or chilled
MFN Duty 9.6 per cent
2. Import statistics
(a) Metric tons
1996 1997 1998 Average
0703 20 00
Garlic, fresh or chilled46.965 44.108 55.139 48.737
(b) Thousands of ECUs
1996 1997 1998 Average
0703 20 00
Garlic, fresh or chilled43.053 45.451 53.135 47.213
3. EU15 imports of garlic, fresh or chilled (NC-Code 07032000) by country of origin
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000 ECU
1996 1997 1998AVG
96-98 1996 1997 1998AVG
96-98
Argentina 11,260 12,913 17,295 13,823 12,810 16,590 21,285 16,895
China 12,240 11,988 11,821 12,016 9,123 10,014 7,961 9,032
Malaysia 2,385 7,302 6,675 5,454 1,725 6,066 4,792 4,194
Egypt 3,244 2,699 1,921 2,621 2,828 3,212 2,137 2,726
USA 1,663 2,038 2,358 2,020 1,970 2,540 3,203 2,571
Hungary 3,181 1,622 3,823 2,875 2,734 1,653 3,226 2,538
Iran 7,032 596 538 2,722 5,714 462 397 2,191
Jordan 7 64 5,331 1,801 8 61 5,656 1,908
Mexico 1,615 767 358 913 2,103 1,224 511 1,279
India 364 442 2,601 1,136 322 366 2,138 942
Chile 987 637 137 587 1,198 822 203 741
UAE 675 679 452 669 539 403
Turkey 1,183 125 122 477 859 147 142 383
Morocco 222 282 242 249 261 301 227 263
Taiwan 210 502 180 297 118 380 123 207
Hong Kong 57 216 318 197 40 169 210 140
Slovenia 5 161 286 151 5 122 200 109
Vietnam 346 77 110 177 198 48 66 104
Zimbabwe 33 66 95 65 51 81 102 78
Kenya 4 303 301 203 5 118 69 64
Madagascar 198 109 102 107 73 60
Myanmar 114 175 96 70 70 47
Israel 15 38 27 26 20 57 43 40
Thailand 6 67 72 48 6 58 56 40
Uruguay 8 14 54 25 11 21 71 34
Saudi Arabia 93 31 86 29
Antigua, Barb 41 14 82 27
R u s s i a 1 0 7 5 72 72 11 42 1
S w i t z e r l a n d 8 4 8 72 41 32 42 0
Singapore 42 12 18 52 5 19G/SECRET/11
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QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000 ECU
1996 1997 1998AVG
96-98 1996 1997 1998AVG
96-98
S y r i a 5 71 9 4 31 4
Czech Rep. 18 2 10 10 22 5 17 14
Mali 48 16 41 14
South Africa 7 6 2 5 14 17 6 12
Bulgaria 5 10 47 21 2 4 27 11
Lebanon 30 10 25 8
Sri Lanka 21 24 15 14 5 6
Vatican City 9 13 8 6 11 6
Brazil 12 4 15 5
R o m a n i a 2 08 9 1 21 4
I n d o n e s i a 183 152
E s t o n i a 51124112
Norway 2 1 5 2
Serb.Monten. 10 3 5 2
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