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Date of release: July 25 2008

International Merchandise Trade Statistics
National Compilation and Reporting Practices

--- 2006 Survey Results ---

Introduction | Research countries | Research questions | List of UN recommendations

Question:
Do you EXCLUDE from trade statistics the following: goods acquired by all categories of travellers, including non-resident workers, for their own use and carried across the border in amounts or values not exceeding those established by national law.
The United Nations recommendation is: YES
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Yes (76.5%)
ALBANIAANDORRAANTIGUA, BARB.
ARGENTINAARMENIAARUBA
AUSTRALIAAUSTRIAAZERBAIJAN
BELARUSBELGIUMBOLIVIA
BOTSWANABRAZILBULGARIA
BURKINA FASOBURUNDICAMEROON
CANADACAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.
CHILECHINACOLOMBIA
COOK ISLANDSCROATIACUBA
CYPRUSDENMARKECUADOR
EL SALVADORESTONIAFIJI
FINLANDFR. POLYNESIAGEORGIA
GERMANYGHANAGREECE
HUNGARYICELANDINDIA
INDONESIAIRAQIRELAND
ISRAELJAMAICAJAPAN
JORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYA
KUWAITLATVIALITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURGMALIMALTA
MAURITIUSMEXICOMONGOLIA
MOROCCOMYANMARNAMIBIA
NEW ZEALANDNORWAYPAPUA N.GUIN.
PERUPHILIPPINESPOLAND
PORTUGALREP.MOLDOVAREP.OF KOREA
ROMANIARUSSIAN FED.SAMOA
SENEGALSERBIASEYCHELLES
SINGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIA, REP.
SOUTH AFRICASPAINSRI LANKA
ST. VINCENT, G.SWEDENSWITZERLAND LI.
TFYR MACEDONIATIMOR-LESTETOGO
TONGATRINIDAD, TBG.TUNISIA
TURKEYUKUKRAINE
USAUZBEKISTANVIET NAM
YEMENZIMBABWE..
No (14.4%)
BOSNIA HERZEG.CONGOCOSTA RICA
CZECH REP.LITHUANIAMALAYSIA
MALDIVESN. MARIANA ISL.NETH.ANTILLES
OMANPAKISTANPALESTINIAN TER
PARAGUAYQATARSAUDI ARABIA
SURINAMETHAILANDURUGUAY
ZAMBIA....
N/A (9.1%)
BANGLADESHCAMBODIADJIBOUTI
GAMBIAGUINEAKYRGYZSTAN
MOZAMBIQUEPANAMASYRIAN ARAB R
TAJIKISTANUGANDAWALLIS, FUTUNA