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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:
For commodities where a unit of quantity measurement other than weight is commonly used, do you use this unit in addition to weight?
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YES (54.1%)
ARGENTINAARMENIAAUSTRALIA
AUSTRIABARBADOSBELARUS
BELGIUMBRAZILBRUNEI DARSM.
BULGARIABURUNDICHILE
CHINA MACAO SARCOLOMBIACONGO
COOK ISLANDSCOSTA RICACROATIA
CZECH REP.DENMARKDOMINICAN RP.
ECUADOREGYPTESTONIA
ETHIOPIAFINLANDFRANCE
GAMBIAGEORGIAGERMANY
GREECEHUNGARYICELAND
IRELANDITALYJORDAN
KUWAITKYRGYZSTANLAO.P.DEM.RP.
LATVIALITHUANIAMALDIVES
MAURITIUSMEXICOMOROCCO
MYANMARNETH.ANTILLESNETHERLANDS
NIGERIANORWAYPANAMA
PARAGUAYPERUPHILIPPINES
POLANDQATARREP.MOLDOVA
REP.OF KOREAROMANIASACU
SENEGALSEYCHELLESSLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA, REP.SPAINST. LUCIA
ST. VINCENT, G.SUDANSWITZERLAND LI.
THAILANDTONGATRINIDAD, TBG.
TUNISIATURKEYU.RP. TANZANIA
UKUKRAINEUZBEKISTAN
YEMENYUGOSLAVIA..
NO (24.3%)
AZERBAIJANBELIZEBERMUDA
BOTSWANABURKINA FASOCANADA
CENT.AFR.REP.CHINACHINA HKONG SAR
CYPRUSEQ. GUINEAFIJI
INDIAINDONESIAIRAN
JAPANKAZAKHSTANKENYA
LESOTHOMADAGASCARMALTA
MICRONESIAMOZAMBIQUENEW ZEALAND
PAPUA N.GUIN.RUSSIAN FED.SINGAPORE
SRI LANKAST. KITTS-NEV.SYRIAN ARAB R
TAJIKISTANTURKMENISTANUSA
VENEZUELAVIET NAMZIMBABWE
N/A (21.6%)
ALBANIAALGERIAANGOLA
ANTIGUA, BARB.BAHAMASBANGLADESH
BHUTANBOLIVIACAMBODIA
CAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.COTE D'IVOIRE
DJIBOUTIDOMINICAEL SALVADOR
GRENADAIRAQISRAEL
JAMAICAMALAWIMALAYSIA
PAKISTANPORTUGALSAMOA
SIERRA LEONESOLOMON IS.SURINAME
SWEDENUGANDAUNTD.ARAB EM.
URUGUAYZAMBIA..