Preferential Trade Agreements and Trade Liberalization Efforts in the OIC Member States
With Special Emphasis on the TPS-OIC
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Table 50: Top 10 Imported Products by Qatar from TPS-OIC Countries 2010 (1000s of USD)
Product Product Name 2010 MFN
Imports Share
854420 Co-axial cable 239,600.05 6.25% 5
251710 Pebbles/gravel/broken/crushed stone, 159,518.63 4.16% 5
730890 Structures...& parts ...of iron/steel... 81,576.33 2.13% 5
100630 Semi-milled/wholly milled rice, 81,286.00 2.12% 0
730300 Tubes, pipes & hollow profiles of cast iron 79,936.25 2.09% 5
711419 Articles of goldsmiths’/silversmiths’ 71,794.51 1.87% 5
680790 Articles of asphalt/sim. mat. 66,613.93 1.74% 5
730810 Bridges &sections of iron/steel 49,993.35 1.30% 5
10619 Live mammals, n.e.s. 47,433.13 1.24% 0
760410 Bars, rods & profiles, of aluminium 44,931.83 1.17% 5
Grand Total 922,684.00 24.08%
Source: Comtrade using WITS, tariff data from TRAINS database
Table 51: Top 10 TPS-OIC Products Imported from Saudi Arabia 2010 & 2011 (1000s of USD)
Product Product Name 2010 2011
Exports Share Exports Share
271019 Petroleum oils 1,417,840 10.79% 1,355,420 9.16%
390210 Polypropylene 997,580 7.59% 1,240,581 8.39%
271011 Light petroleum oils 565,811 4.30% 1,277,676 8.64%
390110 Polyethylene 420,999 3.20% 513,546 3.47%
390120 Polyethylene 347,161 2.64% 399,870 2.70%
290531 Ethylene glycol 130,740 0.99% 205,112 1.39%
293100 Organo-inorganic comps 119,958 0.91% 157,441 1.06%
290250 Styrene 84,641 0.64% 150,157 1.02%
290511 Methanol (methyl alcohol) 116,295 0.88% 112,309 0.76%
170199 Cane/beet sugar 96,434 0.73% 95,086 0.64%
Grand Total 4,297,458 32.69% 5,507,199 37.23%
Source: Comtrade using WITS
Turkey
If we look at the reported export flow for 2012 and 2013 for Turkey we can see that there is some
variation. This could be driven by 2013 data being more provisional, or because of the fluctuating
nature of Turkish trade flows. The top 10 exported products have lost share from 2012 to 2013,
falling from 69% to 55% of total exports to the OIC. Most notable is the fall in the share of gold. Once
again the effect on Turkish exports would depend on what the other Parties of the TPS-OIC System
include in their coverage lists, but it is important to remember, and as previously discussed, that
Turkey already has in place FTAs with many of the Parties of the TPS-OIC System. Therefore, even if
these products are included in the coverage lists of the other Parties of the TPS-OIC System, the effect
on the Turkish exports may be minimal. On the import side, an important share (nearly 40%) of total