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Date of release: July 25 2008

International Merchandise Trade Statistics
National Compilation and Reporting Practices

--- 2006 Survey Results ---

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

Question:
As a general rule, do you include in trade statistics goods which enter (imports) or leave (exports) your economic territory (except for goods in transit and temporary admissions/ withdrawals) ?
The United Nations recommendation is: YES
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Yes (91.7%)
ALBANIAANDORRAANTIGUA, BARB.
ARGENTINAARMENIAARUBA
AUSTRALIAAUSTRIAAZERBAIJAN
BANGLADESHBELARUSBELGIUM
BOLIVIABOSNIA HERZEG.BOTSWANA
BRAZILBULGARIABURKINA FASO
BURUNDICAMBODIACAMEROON
CANADACAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.
CHILECHINACOLOMBIA
CONGOCOOK ISLANDSCOSTA RICA
CROATIACUBACYPRUS
CZECH REP.DENMARKDJIBOUTI
EL SALVADORESTONIAFIJI
FINLANDFR. POLYNESIAGAMBIA
GEORGIAGERMANYGHANA
GREECEGUINEAHUNGARY
ICELANDINDIAINDONESIA
IRAQIRELANDISRAEL
JAMAICAJORDANKAZAKHSTAN
KENYAKUWAITLATVIA
LITHUANIALITHUANIALUXEMBOURG
MALAYSIAMALDIVESMALI
MALTAMAURITIUSMEXICO
MONGOLIAMOROCCOMOZAMBIQUE
N. MARIANA ISL.NAMIBIANETH.ANTILLES
NEW ZEALANDNORWAYOMAN
PAKISTANPALESTINIAN TERPANAMA
PAPUA N.GUIN.PERUPHILIPPINES
POLANDPORTUGALREP.MOLDOVA
REP.OF KOREAROMANIARUSSIAN FED.
SAMOASAUDI ARABIASENEGAL
SERBIASEYCHELLESSINGAPORE
SLOVAKIASLOVENIA, REP.SOUTH AFRICA
SPAINSRI LANKAST. VINCENT, G.
SURINAMESWEDENSWITZERLAND LI.
SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTANTFYR MACEDONIA
TIMOR-LESTETOGOTONGA
TUNISIAUGANDAUK
UKRAINEUSAUZBEKISTAN
VIET NAMWALLIS, FUTUNAZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE....
No (4.5%)
ECUADORJAPANMYANMAR
QATARTURKEYYEMEN
N/A (3.8%)
KYRGYZSTANPARAGUAYTHAILAND
TRINIDAD, TBG.URUGUAY..