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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 coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use HS?
The United Nations recommendation is: Yes
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YES (72.3%)
ALBANIAARGENTINAARMENIA
AUSTRALIAAUSTRIAAZERBAIJAN
BARBADOSBELGIUMBELIZE
BERMUDABOLIVIABOTSWANA
BRAZILBRUNEI DARSM.BULGARIA
BURKINA FASOBURUNDICANADA
CHILECHINACHINA HKONG SAR
CHINA MACAO SARCOLOMBIACONGO
COOK ISLANDSCROATIACYPRUS
CZECH REP.DENMARKDOMINICAN RP.
ECUADOREGYPTESTONIA
ETHIOPIAFIJIFINLAND
FRANCEGAMBIAGEORGIA
GERMANYGREECEHUNGARY
ICELANDINDIAINDONESIA
IRANITALYJAPAN
JORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYA
KYRGYZSTANLATVIALITHUANIA
MADAGASCARMALAWIMALAYSIA
MALDIVESMALTAMAURITIUS
MEXICOMICRONESIAMOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUEMYANMARNETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALANDNIGERIANORWAY
PANAMAPAPUA N.GUIN.PARAGUAY
PERUPHILIPPINESPOLAND
QATARREP.MOLDOVAROMANIA
RUSSIAN FED.SACUSENEGAL
SEYCHELLESSINGAPORESLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA, REP.SPAINSRI LANKA
ST. KITTS-NEV.ST. LUCIAST. VINCENT, G.
SUDANSWITZERLAND LI.TAJIKISTAN
THAILANDTRINIDAD, TBG.TUNISIA
TURKEYTURKMENISTANU.RP. TANZANIA
UKUKRAINEUSA
UZBEKISTANVENEZUELAVIET NAM
YUGOSLAVIAZIMBABWE..
NO (8.8%)
ANGOLABELARUSCENT.AFR.REP.
COSTA RICAEQ. GUINEAIRELAND
LAO.P.DEM.RP.LESOTHONETH.ANTILLES
REP.OF KOREASAMOATONGA
YEMEN....
N/A (18.9%)
ALGERIAANTIGUA, BARB.BAHAMAS
BANGLADESHBHUTANCAMBODIA
CAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.COTE D'IVOIRE
DJIBOUTIDOMINICAEL SALVADOR
GRENADAIRAQISRAEL
JAMAICAKUWAITPAKISTAN
PORTUGALSIERRA LEONESOLOMON IS.
SURINAMESWEDENSYRIAN ARAB R
UGANDAUNTD.ARAB EM.URUGUAY
ZAMBIA....