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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:
Is transit trade (i.e. goods simply being transported through the territory) excluded from the import and export statistics?
The United Nations recommendation is: Yes
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YES (70.9%)
ALBANIAARMENIAAUSTRALIA
AUSTRIABELARUSBELGIUM
BOLIVIABOTSWANABRAZIL
BULGARIABURKINA FASOCANADA
CENT.AFR.REP.CHILECHINA
CHINA HKONG SARCHINA MACAO SARCONGO
COOK ISLANDSCOSTA RICACROATIA
CYPRUSCZECH REP.DENMARK
DOMINICAN RP.EGYPTEQ. GUINEA
ESTONIAETHIOPIAFINLAND
FRANCEGAMBIAGEORGIA
GERMANYGREECEHUNGARY
ICELANDINDIAINDONESIA
IRANIRELANDITALY
JAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTAN
KENYAKUWAITKYRGYZSTAN
LATVIALESOTHOLITHUANIA
MADAGASCARMALAWIMALAYSIA
MALDIVESMALTAMAURITIUS
MEXICOMICRONESIAMOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUEMYANMARNETH.ANTILLES
NETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIGERIA
NORWAYPANAMAPAPUA N.GUIN.
PARAGUAYPERUPHILIPPINES
POLANDQATARREP.MOLDOVA
REP.OF KOREAROMANIARUSSIAN FED.
SACUSAMOASENEGAL
SEYCHELLESSLOVAKIASLOVENIA, REP.
SPAINSRI LANKAST. KITTS-NEV.
ST. LUCIAST. VINCENT, G.SUDAN
SWITZERLAND LI.SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTAN
THAILANDTONGATRINIDAD, TBG.
TUNISIATURKEYTURKMENISTAN
U.RP. TANZANIAUKUKRAINE
USAVIET NAMZIMBABWE
NO (10.8%)
ANGOLAARGENTINAAZERBAIJAN
BARBADOSBELIZEBERMUDA
BRUNEI DARSM.BURUNDICOLOMBIA
ECUADORFIJILAO.P.DEM.RP.
SINGAPOREUZBEKISTANVENEZUELA
YUGOSLAVIA....
N/A (18.2%)
ALGERIAANTIGUA, BARB.BAHAMAS
BANGLADESHBHUTANCAMBODIA
CAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.COTE D'IVOIRE
DJIBOUTIDOMINICAEL SALVADOR
GRENADAIRAQISRAEL
JAMAICAPAKISTANPORTUGAL
SIERRA LEONESOLOMON IS.SURINAME
SWEDENUGANDAUNTD.ARAB EM.
URUGUAYYEMENZAMBIA