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Table 54: Top 10 Imported Products by Turkey to TPS-OIC Countries 2012 & 2013 (1000s of USD)
Product Product Name 2012 2013 MFN
Imports Share Imports Share
710812 Gold (incl. gold plated) 3,107,420 34.60% 4,673,238 43.84% 0
390210 Polypropylene 921,690 10.26% 842,106 7.90% 6.5
390110 Polyethylene 391,538 4.36% 415,567 3.90% 6.5
760120 Aluminium alloys 399,222 4.45% 360,496 3.38% 6
390120 Polyethylene 341,908 3.81% 342,094 3.21% 3.3
711319 Articles of jewellery 97,496 1.09% 328,970 3.09% 2.5
151190 Palm oil, other than crude 198,950 2.22% 170,822 1.60% 17.6
390230 Propylene copolymers 125,616 1.40% 133,411 1.25% 6.5
390760 Poly(ethylene terephthalate) 125,594 1.40% 100,416 0.94% 6.5
620342 Men’s/boys’ trousers 87,425 0.97% 133,859 1.26% 12
Grand Total 5,796,860 64.55% 7,500,980 70.37%
Source: Comtrade using WITS, tariff data from TRAINS database
United Arab Emirates
As the UAE have not declared recent trade data, we use the Parties of TPS-OIC Sys- tem imports from
the UAE as a proxy for their exports. Excluding oil, the top 10 exported products represent nearly
40% of the exports to the TPS-OIC. It would be in these products, where any effect on the UAE
exports might be seen if the other Parties of TPS-OIC System included these products in their
coverage lists. In terms of imports, we use the top 10 Contracting Countries of TPS-OIC exports to the
UAE as proxy for their imports. However as seen earlier the tariffs are all below the 10% threshold
tariffs that might trigger obligatory reductions arising from the agreement.
Table 55: Top 10 TPS-OIC imported products from the UAE 2010 & 2011 (1000s of USD
Product Product Name 2010 2011
Exports Share Exports Share
271019 Petroleum oils 3,007,553 15.39% 3,161,150 13.38%
710812 Gold (incl. gold plated) 1,171,509 5.99% 1,838,506 7.78%
271011 Light petroleum oils 1,155,481 5.91% 1,840,830 7.79%
710813 Gold (incl. gold plated) 688,935 3.52% 1,002,968 4.25%
170199 Cane/beet sugar 418,211 2.14% 249,479 1.06%
711319 Articles of jewellery 215,828 1.10% 336,646 1.42%
721310 Bars & rods, hot-rolled 155,286 0.79% 315,347 1.33%
711291 Waste & scrap of gold 197,101 1.01% 228,263 0.97%
890520 Floating/submersible drilling 37,788 0.19% 365,026 1.55%
760120 Aluminium alloys, unwrought 182,606 0.93% 213,285 0.90%
Grand Total 7,230,298 36.99% 9,551,499 40.43%
Grand Total 7,230,298 36.99% 9,551,499 40.43%
Source: Comtrade using WITS