APPENDIX TABLESVenezuela WT/TPR/S/10
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Table AI.1
Imports toVenezuela, bybroad product category, 1980-94
(US$ million andpercent)
Commodity 1980 1990 1991 1992 1993
US$million
TOTAL MERCHANDISE IMPORTS 10,669.2 6,600.7 10,037.0 12,667.6 11,266.5
Percentoftotalmerchandise imports
AGRICULTURE 17.2 14.9 13.6 12.5 13.8
Food 14.5 11.2 10.4 9.9 11.4
Agriculture rawmaterials 2.7 3.7 3.2 2.5 2.4
MINING 3.7 7.5 6.1 4.0 3.8
Ores 0.6 2.2 1.8 1.0 1.2
Non-ferrous metals 1.5 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.6
Fuels 1.6 3.1 2.2 1.2 1.0
MANUFACTURES 79.1 76.8 80.0 83.4 82.4
Chemicals 11.4 15.7 15.0 12.1 12.3
Textiles 1.5 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.0
Iron&steel 6.4 5.8 7.3 4.1 2.7
Other semi-manufactures 8.6 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.6
Power generating mach. 2.1 3.0 3.4 3.3 2.8
Agricultural mach. 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.3
Office machinery 1.2 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.8
Other non-elec. mach. 16.6 18.6 18.5 17.4 16.9
Telecommunications app. 3.3 2.2 1.7 3.6 3.5
Other elec. mach. 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.9
Automotive prods. 10.5 6.1 9.0 16.2 14.8
Other transport equip. 1.1 1.6 0.7 1.8 2.3
Furniture 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4
Travel goods &bags 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Clothing 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.9 1.7
Footwear 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4
Other misc. manufs. 6.0 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.8
OTHER MERCHANDISE IMPORTS 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0
COMMERCIAL SERVICES IMPORTS 4,201.0 2,457.0 3,390.0 4,266.0 4,574.0
Transport 34.5 43.0 49.3 48.1 39.9
Travel 47.6 41.6 36.2 33.5 45.5
Other private services 17.9 15.4 14.5 18.4 14.5
... Notavailable.
Source: UNSTAT, Comtrade database; andIMF.WT/TPR/S/10
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Table AI.2
Exports from Venezuela, bybroad product category, 1980-94
(US$ million andpercent)
Commodity 1980 1990 1991 1992 1993
US$million
TOTAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS 19,292.8 18,037.2 15,123.9 14,224.9 15,022.9
Percentoftotalmerchandise exports
AGRICULTURE 0.4 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.0
Food 0.4 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.8
Agriculture rawmaterials 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
MINING 97.9 87.3 88.3 86.5 83.5
Ores 1.8 2.0 2.5 1.9 0.3
Non-ferrous metals 2.1 5.2 4.9 4.7 3.8
Fuels 94.0 80.1 80.9 80.0 79.4
MANUFACTURES 1.7 10.4 9.4 10.8 13.5
Chemicals 0.5 2.0 2.5 2.9 3.2
Textiles 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
Iron&steel 0.6 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.9
Other semi-manufactures 0.2 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.6
Power generating mach. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Agricultural mach. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office machinery 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other non-elec. mach. 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3
Telecommunications app. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other elec. mach. 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Automotive prods. 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 2.1
Other transport equip. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Furniture 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Travel goods &bags 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clothing 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1
Footwear 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other misc. manufs. 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4
OTHER MERCHANDISE EXPORTS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
COMMERCIAL SERVICES EXPORTS 887.0 1,312.0 1,356.0 1,436.0 1,475.0
Transport 57.8 48.9 53.9 60.9 51.8
Travel 27.4 37.8 37.6 30.9 37.9
Other private services 14.8 13.3 8.5 8.1 10.3
... Notavailable.
Source: UNSTAT, Comtrade database; andIMF.Venezuela WT/TPR/S/10
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Table AI.3
Venezuelan merchandise imports from main regions andprincipal countries oforigin, 1980-94
(US$million andpercent)
Partner 1980 1990 1991 1992 1993
US$million
WORLD 10,669.2 6,600.7 10,037.0 12,667.6 11,266.5
Percentoftotalmerchandise imports
America 63.5 63.4 65.9 64.9 64.6
USA 48.1 46.7 47.8 46.6 46.2
Canada 4.6 2.9 2.8 2.2 3.2
Other America 10.7 13.8 15.4 16.1 15.2
Colombia 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.8 4.2
Brazil 2.1 4.0 4.5 3.9 3.5
Europe 25.3 28.9 25.4 23.8 23.3
European Union (15) 23.9 27.0 23.6 22.3 22.0
Germany 6.3 9.9 7.0 6.5 5.6
Italy 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7
France 3.0 3.5 2.3 1.9 2.9
United Kingdom 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.5
Spain 2.9 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1
EFTA 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0
Eastern Europe &former USSR 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.3
Other Europe 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Middle East 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2
Asia 9.9 6.0 7.3 10.3 11.4
EastAsia 9.9 5.9 7.2 10.3 11.2
Japan 8.0 3.9 5.0 7.5 7.6
South Asia 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
Oceania 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.4
Africa 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2
Sub-saharan Africa 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other Africa 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2
... Notavailable.
Source: UNSTAT, Comtrade database.WT/TPR/S/10
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Table AI.4
Venezuelan merchandise exports tomain regions andprincipal destinations, 1980-94
(US$million andpercent)
Partner 1980 1990 1991 1992 1993
US$million
WORLD 19,292.8 18,037.2 15,123.9 14,224.9 15,022.9
Percentoftotalmerchandise exports
America 74.2 69.6 75.7 83.3 88.1
USA 27.3 51.6 52.1 54.2 56.4
Canada 9.6 2.6 3.9 1.1 0.8
Other America 37.3 15.3 19.8 28.1 30.9
Neth. Ant.(532) 22.0 0.3 6.1 9.4 9.0
Colombia 1.5 2.1 2.0 3.5 6.1
Brazil 3.5 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.5
Suriname 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.4 1.7
Mexico 0.2 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.5
Dominican Republic 1.4 1.5 0.8 0.9 1.3
Europe 19.3 14.3 13.1 10.9 7.6
European Union (15) 19.0 14.0 12.6 10.6 7.3
Germany 1.1 3.7 4.3 2.4 2.3
Netherlands 1.6 3.9 2.6 4.0 2.2
EFTA 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
Eastern Europe &former 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other Europe 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1
Middle East 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.5 2.5
Asia 4.1 4.3 3.3 3.5 2.2
EastAsia 4.1 4.3 3.3 3.5 2.2
Japan 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.5 1.5
South Asia 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
Oceania 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Africa 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3
Sub-saharan Africa 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2
Other Africa 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
... Notavailable.
Source: UNSTAT, Comtrade database.WT/TPR/S/10
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Table AV.1
Trade measures applied inVenezuela byISIC category
(US$million andpercent)
ISIC
CodeDescription Number
oflines
(8-digit)MFN tariff Imports
1994Exports
1994
Simple
averageRange Std.dev. (US$mil.) (US$mil.)
1 Agriculture, hunting, forestry and
fishing379 11.6 5-20 5.0 469.4 135.8
111 Agricultural andlivestock
production282 10.9 5-20 4.2 456.7 116.7
12 Forestry andlogging 38 7.9 5-15 3.4 11.0 0.3
121 Forestry 27 9.1 5-15 3.4 11.0 0.3
122 Logging 11 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Fishing 59 17.1 5-20 5.1 1.6 18.8
1301 Ocean andcoastal fishing 46 17.3 5-20 5.0 1.6 18.8
1302 Fishing notelsewhere classified 13 16.5 5-20 5.5 ... 0.0
2 Mining andquarrying 114 5.4 0-15 1.8 81.0 7,463.5
21 Coalmining 4 5.0 5 0.0 3.4 116.3
22 Crude petroleum andnatural gas
production2 0.0 0 0.0 11.8 7,318.8
23 Metal oremining 24 5.0 5 0.0 11.4 0.2
2301 Ironoremining 2 5.0 5 0.0 0.6 0.0
2302 Non-ferrous oremining 22 5.0 5 0.0 10.8 0.2
29 Other mining 84 5.7 5-15 1.9 54.4 28.2
2901 Stone quarrying, clayandsand
pits37 5.0 5 0.0 29.7 1.3
2902 Chemical andfertilizer mineral
mining13 5.0 5 0.0 15.3 0.8
2903 Saltmining 4 5.0 5 0.0 2.7 1.1
2909 Mining andquarrying not
elsewhere classified30 6.8 5-15 2.8 6.7 24.9
3 Manufacturing 6258 12.0 0-35 6.2 7,501.1 8,169.3
31 Manufacture offood, beverages
andtobacco584 17.7 5-20 4.1 669.5 347.9
311 Food products 463 17.9 5-20 4.0 515.9 221.1
3111 Slaughtering, preparing,
preserving meat90 17.7 5-20 5.0 22.5 29.2
3112 Manufacture ofdairy products 31 19.2 5-20 2.9 120.3 3.9
3113 Canning, preserving fruitand
vegetables129 17.0 5-20 4.3 65.6 21.9
3114 Canning, preserving fish,
crustacea etc.67 19.3 5-20 2.7 4.8 70.4
3115 Manufacture ofvegetable &
animal oils&fats68 16.7 5-20 4.2 193.2 15.9
3116 Grain millproducts 45 19.4 15-20 1.6 12.4 38.7
3117 Manufacture ofbakery products 9 20.0 20 0.0 4.1 11.4
3118 Sugar factories andrefineries 9 18.3 15-20 2.5 79.8 23.9
3119 Manuf. ofcocoa, choc., sugar
confectionery15 18.3 10-20 3.1 13.3 5.8
312 Other foodproducts andanimal
feeds82 16.2 5-20 4.9 28.6 22.2
3121 Food products n.e.s. 68 17.1 5-20 4.3 23.1 17.4
3122 Manufacture ofprepared animal
feeds14 11.8 5-20 5.0 5.5 4.8
313 Beverages 32 18.3 5-20 3.3 124.3 48.4
3131 Distilling, rectifying, blending
spirits15 18.0 5-20 4.1 80.8 12.0
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ISIC
CodeDescription Number
oflines
(8-digit)MFN tariff Imports
1994Exports
1994
Simple
averageRange Std.dev. (US$mil.) (US$mil.)
3132 Wine industries 10 18.5 15-20 2.4 8.4 1.2
3133 Maltliquors andmalt 3 16.7 15-20 2.9 34.9 24.6
3134 Softdrinks, carbonated waters
industries4 20.0 20 0.0 0.2 10.6
314 Tobacco manufacturing 7 20.0 20 0.0 0.7 56.2
32 Textiles, wearing apparel and
leather articles972 18.1 5-20 3.5 350.7 87.4
321 Textiles 754 18.0 5-20 3.4 225.4 56.7
3211 Spinning, weaving, finalising
textiles450 17.4 5-20 3.5 103.0 32.5
3212 Manuf. oftextile goods
excl.weaving apparel79 19.8 5-20 1.7 18.4 2.1
3213 Knitting mills 144 20.0 20 0.0 53.7 3.5
3214 Manufacture ofcarpets andrugs 23 20.0 20 0.0 3.5 0.6
3215 Cordage, ropeandtwine
industries15 15.7 15-20 1.8 2.5 0.1
3219 Manufacture oftextiles n.e.s. 43 15.0 5-20 5.3 44.3 17.9
322 Manufacture ofwearing apparel 141 19.9 15-20 0.8 83.8 3.8
323 Leather products 55 13.7 5-20 5.5 24.8 19.5
3231 Tanneries andleather finishing 22 8.9 5-15 3.8 14.7 19.1
3232 Furdressing anddyeing industries 9 13.3 10-20 5.0 0.0 0.0
3233 Manuf. ofleather prods.
excluding footwear24 18.3 15-20 2.4 10.0 0.4
324 Footwear excl. ofvulcanised &
moulded rubber22 18.4 15-20 2.4 16.8 7.3
33 Wood, wood products &furniture 108 14.1 5-20 4.5 43.7 6.2
331 Wood products 82 12.7 5-20 4.0 19.5 4.2
3311 Sawmills, planing &other wood
mills45 11.3 5-15 3.3 15.1 1.4
3312 Manuf. wooden &canecontainres
&small ware9 17.8 15.20 2.6 1.0 2.3
3319 Manuf. wood andcorkproducts
n.e.s.28 13.2 5-20 4.1 3.4 0.5
332 Manuf. offurniture &fixtures
except ofmetal26 18.7 15-20 2.3 24.2 2.0
34 Paper, paper products,printing
andpublishing198 12.3 0-20 5.8 335.7 72.1
341 Paper products 163 12.2 0-20 4.6 275.0 63.9
3411 Manufacture ofpulp, paper,
paperboard96 11.0 0-20 4.6 214.1 50.1
3412 Manuf. ofcontainers &boxes of
paper &board9 15.0 15 0.0 8.2 2.0
3419 Manufacture ofpulp, paper,
paperboard n.e.s.58 13.7 5-20 4.3 52.7 11.8
342 Printing, publishing &allied
industries35 13.0 0-20 9.6 60.7 8.2
35 Chemicals, petroleum, coal,
rubber, plastics1579 8.2 0-20 4.7 1,435.9 5,103.8
351 Industrial chemicals 1053 7.3 5-20 3.9 792.1 485.5
3511 Manuf. ofbasic indus. chemicals
excl. fertilizer837 6.4 5-15 2.5 536.2 348.9
3512 Manufacture offertilizer &
pesticides43 6.6 5-10 2.4 29.6 18.5
3513 Manuf. ofresins, plastics &
man-made fibres173 11.9 5-20 5.8 226.3 118.1
352 Other chemicals, incl.pharm. 392 8.9 0-20 5.0 409.7 75.7
3521 Manufacture ofpaints, varnishes,
lacquers22 12.3 5-15 3.7 14.5 6.2
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ISIC
CodeDescription Number
oflines
(8-digit)MFN tariff Imports
1994Exports
1994
Simple
averageRange Std.dev. (US$mil.) (US$mil.)
3522 Manufacture ofdrugs and
medicines176 5.8 0-15 2.0 165.9 23.1
3523 Manuf. ofsoap, cleaning agents,
perfumes etc.36 18.2 15-20 2.4 43.5 22.7
3529 Manufacture ofchemical products
n.e.s.158 9.7 5-20 4.7 185.8 23.7
353 Petroleum refineries 14 5.4 0-15 5.4 88.9 4467
354 Manuf. ofmiscell. petroleum &
coalproducts13 9.6 5-15 4.3 10.5 2.2
355 Rubber products 76 14.1 0-20 4.7 68.5 47.0
3551 Tyre andtubeindustries 18 11.4 5-15 4.8 30.6 42.3
3559 Manufacture ofrubber products
n.e.s.58 14.9 0-20 4.4 37.8 4.7
356 Manufacture ofplastic products
n.e.s.31 18.5 5-20 3.9 43.0 26.4
36 Non-metallic mineral products
except ofpetrol andcoal175 13.4 5-20 4.1 112.2 179.9
361 Pottery andchina 15 16.7 15-20 2.4 12.5 14.9
362 Manufacture ofglass andglass
products70 13.0 5-20 4.8 26.2 68.1
369 Other non-metallic mineral
products90 13.1 5-15 3.6 73.4 96.8
3691 Manufacture ofstructural clay
products21 12.9 5-15 4.1 50.5 22.5
3692 Manufacture ofcement, lime&
plaster8 7.5 5-10 2.7 6.7 66.1
3699 Manuf. ofnon-metallic mineral
products n.e.s.61 13.9 5-15 2.8 16.3 8.2
37 Basic metal industries 447 8.2 0-15 3.8 436.8 1,704.3
371 Ironandsteelbasic industries 254 8.7 0-15 3.9 291.2 647.1
372 Non-ferrous metal basic industries 193 7.5 5-15 3.4 145.5 1,057.1
38 Fabricated metal products,
mach.& equipment1964 10.5 0-35 5.7 3,996.2 640.9
381 Fabricated metal products 266 15.2 5-20 3.6 175.7 104.9
3811 Manuf. ofcutlery, hand tools,
general hardware92 14.3 5-20 4.3 47.8 17.9
3812 Manufacture ofmetal furniture
andfixtures12 17.1 15-20 2.6 6.0 3.7
3813 Manufacture ofstructural metal
products26 15.0 15 0.0 23.7 21.4
3819 Manufacture offabricated metal
products n.e.s.136 15.6 5-20 3.4 98.2 61.9
382 Non-electrical machinery incl.
computers754 9.2 0-20 4.7 1,705.5 54.5
3821 Manufacture ofengines and
turbines12 7.9 5-15 4.5 83.5 0.2
3822 Manuf.of agricultural machinery
andequipment18 8.6 0-20 5.1 6.9 1.5
3823 Manuf.of metal &wood working
machinery182 8.2 5-15 4.0 98.2 4.9
3824 Manuf.of special industrial mach.
&equipment187 6.9 0-15 3.2 469.0 18.2
3825 Manuf. office, computing,
accounting machinery51 7.5 5-15 4.4 178.3 3.2
3829 Machinery &equipment excl.
electrical n.e.s.304 11.5 0-20 4.9 869.5 26.4
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ISIC
CodeDescription Number
oflines
(8-digit)MFN tariff Imports
1994Exports
1994
Simple
averageRange Std.dev. (US$mil.) (US$mil.)
383 Electrical machinery 414 11.7 5-20 5.5 872.1 41.6
3831 Manuf. ofelectrical indus. mach.
&apparatus128 11.3 5-15 4.0 296.7 9.9
3832 Manuf. ofradio, T.V. &
communications equip.153 10.0 5-20 5.8 356.4 7.1
3833 Manuf. ofelec. appliances and
housewares30 19.2 10-20 2.7 22.8 1.6
3839 Manuf. ofelec. apparatus &
supplies n.e.s.103 12.7 5-20 5.1 196.3 23.0
384 Transport equipment 219 11.0 0-35 8.4 1,014.3 422.4
3841 Shipbuilding &repairing 27 7.6 0-20 6.7 40.7 2.2
3842 Manufacture ofrailroad
equipment27 5.0 5 0.0 69.3 0.9
3843 Manufacture ofmotor vehicles 112 13.5 5-35 9.6 861.7 418.2
3844 Manufacture ofmotorcycles and
bicycles19 16.1 5-20 4.9 14.0 0.2
3845 Manufacture ofaircraft 27 5.4 5-10 1.3 26.7 0.8
3849 Manufacture oftransport
equipment n.e.s.7 15.7 5-20 5.3 2.0 0.1
385 Professional andscientific
equipment311 7.9 5-20 4.6 228.6 17.6
3851 Professional scientific &
measuring equip. n.e.s.178 7.7 5-20 4.2 173.0 15.2
3852 Manufacture ofphotographic &
optical goods70 7.8 5-20 4.1 39.4 2.2
3853 Manufacture ofwatches and
clocks63 8.4 5-20 6.1 16.1 0.3
39 Other manufacturing industries 231 15.2 5-20 5.7 120.4 26.8
3901 Manufacture ofjewellery and
related articles22 15.9 5-20 5.0 2.2 0.8
3902 Manufacture ofmusical
instruments23 5.7 5-20 3.1 3.6 0.0
3903 Manufacture ofsporting and
athletic goods30 18.0 5-20 5.2 11.8 2.4
3909 Manufacturing industries n.e.s. 156 15.9 5-20 4.8 102.9 23.5
Note. Trade forISIC22and353areestimated from 1993 Comtrade data
... Datanotavailable.
Source: Datafrom Venezuelan authorities andUNSTAT Comtrade database; andWTO Secretariat estimates.