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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 which are acquired and relinquished within your country, by non-residents, within the same recording period, and which do not cross the frontiers of the country.
The United Nations recommendation is: YES
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Yes (72%)
ANDORRAANTIGUA, BARB.ARGENTINA
ARUBAAUSTRALIAAUSTRIA
AZERBAIJANBELARUSBELGIUM
BOLIVIABOTSWANABRAZIL
BULGARIABURKINA FASOCAMEROON
CANADACAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.
CHILECHINACOLOMBIA
CONGOCOOK ISLANDSCROATIA
CUBACYPRUSDENMARK
ECUADOREL SALVADORESTONIA
FIJIFINLANDFR. POLYNESIA
GEORGIAGERMANYGHANA
GREECEGUINEAHUNGARY
ICELANDINDIAINDONESIA
IRAQIRELANDISRAEL
JAMAICAJAPANJORDAN
KAZAKHSTANKENYAKUWAIT
LATVIALITHUANIALUXEMBOURG
MALIMALTAMAURITIUS
MEXICOMOROCCOMYANMAR
NAMIBIANEW ZEALANDNORWAY
PALESTINIAN TERPERUPOLAND
PORTUGALQATARREP.MOLDOVA
REP.OF KOREAROMANIARUSSIAN FED.
SAMOASENEGALSERBIA
SLOVAKIASLOVENIA, REP.SOUTH AFRICA
SPAINSRI LANKAST. VINCENT, G.
SWEDENSWITZERLAND LI.TFYR MACEDONIA
TIMOR-LESTETOGOTRINIDAD, TBG.
TUNISIATURKEYUK
UKRAINEUSAUZBEKISTAN
VIET NAMYEMEN..
No (12.1%)
BOSNIA HERZEG.BURUNDICZECH REP.
LITHUANIAOMANPAKISTAN
PARAGUAYPHILIPPINESSAUDI ARABIA
SEYCHELLESSINGAPORESURINAME
TONGAURUGUAYZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE....
N/A (15.9%)
ALBANIAARMENIABANGLADESH
CAMBODIACOSTA RICADJIBOUTI
GAMBIAKYRGYZSTANMALAYSIA
MALDIVESMONGOLIAMOZAMBIQUE
N. MARIANA ISL.NETH.ANTILLESPANAMA
PAPUA N.GUIN.SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTAN
THAILANDUGANDAWALLIS, FUTUNA