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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 units of weight on a net basis (e.g. excluding packing)?
The United Nations recommendation is: Yes
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YES (70.9%)
ALBANIAARGENTINAARMENIA
AUSTRALIAAUSTRIABARBADOS
BELARUSBELGIUMBERMUDA
BOLIVIABRAZILBULGARIA
BURKINA FASOBURUNDICANADA
CENT.AFR.REP.CHINACHINA HKONG SAR
CHINA MACAO SARCOLOMBIACONGO
CROATIACYPRUSCZECH REP.
DENMARKDOMINICAN RP.ECUADOR
EGYPTEQ. GUINEAESTONIA
ETHIOPIAFINLANDFRANCE
GAMBIAGEORGIAGERMANY
GREECEHUNGARYICELAND
INDIAINDONESIAIRELAND
ITALYJAPANJORDAN
KAZAKHSTANKENYAKUWAIT
KYRGYZSTANLAO.P.DEM.RP.LATVIA
LITHUANIAMADAGASCARMALDIVES
MALTAMAURITIUSMEXICO
MOROCCOMOZAMBIQUEMYANMAR
NETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIGERIA
NORWAYPANAMAPAPUA N.GUIN.
PERUPHILIPPINESPOLAND
QATARREP.MOLDOVAREP.OF KOREA
ROMANIARUSSIAN FED.SACU
SAMOASENEGALSEYCHELLES
SINGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIA, REP.
SPAINSRI LANKAST. KITTS-NEV.
ST. LUCIAST. VINCENT, G.SUDAN
SWITZERLAND LI.SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTAN
THAILANDTONGATRINIDAD, TBG.
TUNISIATURKEYTURKMENISTAN
U.RP. TANZANIAUKUKRAINE
UZBEKISTANVENEZUELAVIET NAM
YEMENYUGOSLAVIAZIMBABWE
NO (10.8%)
ANGOLAAZERBAIJANBELIZE
BOTSWANABRUNEI DARSM.CHILE
COOK ISLANDSCOSTA RICAFIJI
IRANLESOTHOMALAWI
MICRONESIANETH.ANTILLESPARAGUAY
USA....
N/A (18.2%)
ALGERIAANTIGUA, BARB.BAHAMAS
BANGLADESHBHUTANCAMBODIA
CAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.COTE D'IVOIRE
DJIBOUTIDOMINICAEL SALVADOR
GRENADAIRAQISRAEL
JAMAICAMALAYSIAPAKISTAN
PORTUGALSIERRA LEONESOLOMON IS.
SURINAMESWEDENUGANDA
UNTD.ARAB EM.URUGUAYZAMBIA