Preferential Trade Agreements and Trade Liberalization Efforts in the OIC Member States
With Special Emphasis on the TPS-OIC
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Table 47: Top 10 Exported Products by Pakistan to TPS-OIC Countries 2012 & 13 (1000s of USD)
Product Product Name 2012 2013
Exports Share Exports Share
711319 Articles of jewellery 1,510,613 31.62% 392,531 10.08%
100630 Semi-milled/wholly milled rice 457,640 9.58% 529,882 13.61%
271019 Petroleum oils 306,019 6.41% 392,059 10.07%
520942 Woven fabrics of cotton 255,212 5.34% 280,680 7.21%
390760 Poly(ethylene terephthalate) 123,780 2.59% 102,924 2.64%
520932 Woven fabrics of cotton, cont. 85% 83,605 1.75% 79,013 2.03%
170199 Cane/beet sugar 35,044 0.73% 96,781 2.49%
20110 Carcasses/halfof bovine animals 62,925 1.32% 53,305 1.37%
711311 Articles of jewellery 87,449 1.83% 24,637 0.63%
520100 Cotton, not carded/combed 62,493 1.31% 48,608 1.25%
Grand Total 2,984,780 62.49% 2,000,421 51.39%
Source: Comtrade using WITS
Qatar
In terms of exports, the top 10 exported products by Qatar (excluding oil) represent around 70-75%
of the total Qatar exports to the TPS-OIC. There is, however, still an important trade in natural gas
that might be insensitive to changes in the trade policy within the TPS-OIC. Again, any reduction
made by the other members in the tariffs applied on these products could have effects on the Qatar
exports. However, as discussed earlier, it is important to remember that trade between the GCC
members is already liberalised, so the scope for increase in the exports of these products is more
limited. In terms of imports, as with the rest of the GCC members, it is unlikely that there would be
any effects, as all products have applied MFN tariffs less than 10% and, therefore, would not be
subject to the obligatory commitments in the agreement but could be part of any voluntary
reductions.