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Date of release: April 7 2003

International Merchandise Trade Statistics
National Compilation and Reporting Practices

--- 1996 Survey Results ---

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

Question:
Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of most commodities?
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YES (21.6%)
AUSTRALIAAZERBAIJANBELGIUM
BELIZEBOTSWANABRUNEI DARSM.
BULGARIACENT.AFR.REP.CHINA
CHINA HKONG SARCHINA MACAO SARCONGO
CROATIAGAMBIAJAPAN
KUWAITKYRGYZSTANLAO.P.DEM.RP.
MALTAMICRONESIANEW ZEALAND
QATARROMANIARUSSIAN FED.
SACUSINGAPORESLOVENIA, REP.
SWITZERLAND LI.THAILANDTONGA
TURKEYYUGOSLAVIA..
NO (56.8%)
ANGOLAARGENTINAARMENIA
AUSTRIABARBADOSBELARUS
BERMUDABOLIVIABRAZIL
BURKINA FASOBURUNDICANADA
CHILECOLOMBIACOOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICACYPRUSCZECH REP.
DENMARKECUADOREGYPT
EQ. GUINEAESTONIAETHIOPIA
FIJIFINLANDFRANCE
GEORGIAGERMANYGREECE
HUNGARYICELANDINDIA
INDONESIAIRANIRELAND
ITALYJORDANKAZAKHSTAN
KENYALATVIALESOTHO
LITHUANIAMADAGASCARMALDIVES
MAURITIUSMEXICOMOROCCO
MYANMARNETH.ANTILLESNETHERLANDS
NIGERIANORWAYPANAMA
PAPUA N.GUIN.PARAGUAYPERU
PHILIPPINESPOLANDREP.MOLDOVA
REP.OF KOREASAMOASENEGAL
SEYCHELLESSLOVAKIASPAIN
SRI LANKAST. KITTS-NEV.ST. LUCIA
ST. VINCENT, G.SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTAN
TRINIDAD, TBG.TUNISIATURKMENISTAN
U.RP. TANZANIAUKUKRAINE
USAUZBEKISTANVENEZUELA
VIET NAMYEMENZIMBABWE
N/A (21.6%)
ALBANIAALGERIAANTIGUA, BARB.
BAHAMASBANGLADESHBHUTAN
CAMBODIACAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.
COTE D'IVOIREDJIBOUTIDOMINICA
DOMINICAN RP.EL SALVADORGRENADA
IRAQISRAELJAMAICA
MALAWIMALAYSIAMOZAMBIQUE
PAKISTANPORTUGALSIERRA LEONE
SOLOMON IS.SUDANSURINAME
SWEDENUGANDAUNTD.ARAB EM.
URUGUAYZAMBIA..