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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 use date of lodgement of the customs declaration as an approximation for the time when goods enter/leave your territory? If No, please indicate which dates are used for this purpose in the Comments field.
The United Nations recommendation is: YES
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Yes (72%)
ALBANIAANDORRAANTIGUA, BARB.
ARMENIAARUBAAUSTRIA
BELARUSBOLIVIABOSNIA HERZEG.
BOTSWANABULGARIABURKINA FASO
BURUNDICAMBODIACAMEROON
CAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.CHINA
COLOMBIACOSTA RICACROATIA
CUBACZECH REP.DJIBOUTI
ECUADOREL SALVADORESTONIA
FIJIFINLANDGAMBIA
GEORGIAGERMANYGHANA
GREECEHUNGARYINDIA
INDONESIAIRELANDISRAEL
JAPANJORDANKENYA
KUWAITLATVIALITHUANIA
LITHUANIALUXEMBOURGMALDIVES
MALIMALTAMAURITIUS
MONGOLIAMOZAMBIQUENAMIBIA
NETH.ANTILLESNEW ZEALANDNORWAY
OMANPAKISTANPALESTINIAN TER
PANAMAPAPUA N.GUIN.PARAGUAY
PERUPHILIPPINESPORTUGAL
QATARREP.MOLDOVAREP.OF KOREA
ROMANIASAUDI ARABIASENEGAL
SERBIASEYCHELLESSINGAPORE
SLOVENIA, REP.SOUTH AFRICASRI LANKA
ST. VINCENT, G.SURINAMESWEDEN
SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTANTFYR MACEDONIA
TONGATUNISIATURKEY
UGANDAUKRAINEURUGUAY
UZBEKISTANVIET NAMWALLIS, FUTUNA
ZAMBIAZIMBABWE..
No (25%)
ARGENTINAAUSTRALIAAZERBAIJAN
BANGLADESHBELGIUMBRAZIL
CANADACHILECOOK ISLANDS
CYPRUSDENMARKFR. POLYNESIA
GUINEAICELANDIRAQ
JAMAICAKAZAKHSTANMALAYSIA
MEXICOMOROCCOMYANMAR
POLANDRUSSIAN FED.SAMOA
SLOVAKIASPAINSWITZERLAND LI.
THAILANDTIMOR-LESTETOGO
UKUSAYEMEN
N/A (3%)
CONGOKYRGYZSTANN. MARIANA ISL.
TRINIDAD, TBG.....