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GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTARIFFS AND TRADE
RESTRICTED
L/4073/.Add. 37 October 1974Limited Distribution
Original: English/Spanish
RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS FROM POLAND
Notifications by Contracting Parties
Addendum
The following notifications have been received from the Governments of Icelandand Spain.
ICELAND
Iceland does not maintain any discriminatory restrictions against imports fromPoland.
SPAIN
With reference to your airgram No. 1106, dated 1 July, I have pleasure inadvising you, on instructions from. my authorities, that Spain does not apply anydiscriminatory restrictions on imports from Poland..
In addition, and in compliance with the last paragraph of the note concerningrestrictions on imports from Poland that is reproduced in the aforementionedairgram, I have pleasure in furnishing herewith photocopies of the relevant pagesof Spain's foreign trade statistics, containing data of our imports from and exportsto that country in 1973.
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SPAIN 'S FOREIGN TRADE WITH POLAND
Imports
Description of product Netweight(tons)
Value('000pesetas)
Poland
01.02
02.01
02.02
02.04
Live animals of the bovine species
Meat and edible offals of theanimals etc.Dead poultry ... and edible offalsthereof (except liver), etc.
Other neat and edible meat offals.,fresh, etc.
03.01 Fresh fish (live or dead), chilledor frozen.
03.03 Crustaceans and molluscs ... fresh,
etc.
04.02 Milk and cream preserved,concentrated or sweetened
04.04 Cheese and curd
05.02 Pigs', hogs' and boars' bristles orhair ... and other brush-makinghair, etc.
06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds
07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporatedvegetables, etc.
07.05 Dried leguminous vegetables,shelled, whether or not skinned orsplit
08.02 Citrus fruits fresh or dried
236 19,958
5,277 474,019
30 1,443
228 18,741
1,347 18,640
3,592 55,366
719 20,680
17 943
0.576
3,970
7 3,502
76 225
25,92433,113
Exports
Netweight(tons)
Value('000
pesetas)
75 6, 500
343,039
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.Description of product Net
weigh(tons
Poland (cont'd)08.10 Fruit (whether or not cooked),
preserved by freezing, notcontaining added sugar
08.13 PeeI of melons and citrus fruit,fresh, frozen, etc.
09.09 Seeds of anise, badian, fennel;coriander: cumin, caraway andjuniper
Thyme, saffron and bay leaves;other species
Starches; inulin
Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kindused for sowingChicory roots, fresh or dried,whole or cut, . unroasted
Plants and parts (including seedsand fruit) of trees ... usedprimarilyin perfumery, etc.
922
241
740
Vegetable saps and extracts;pectic substances ... agar-agarand other mucilages etc,.
Fixed vegetable oils. fluid orsolid, crude, refined or purified
Margarine, imitation lard andother prepared edible fats
Other prepared or preserved meator meat offal
Prepared or preserved fish,including caviar and coviarsubstitutes
Crustaceans and molluses, prepared,or preserved
21
Imports ExportsValue
weight('000pesetas)
3,021
14,900
14,388
6,025
4 39,196
4 160
.5 19,023
Net Valueweight ('000(tons) pesetas)
517
9
0.040
49
40
265
414
5,367
1,147
395
1,029
25,520
19,384
24,683
6,515
09.10
11.08
12.03
12.05
12.07
13.03
15 07
15.13
16.02
16.04
16..05
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Imports Exports
Description of product Net Value Net Valueweight (1000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland (cont'd)! .-Sugar r confectionery not
containing cocoa 5 147
20.01 Vegetables and fruit, prepared orpreserved by vinegar etc. 53 963
20.02 Vegetables prepared or preservedotherwise than by ,vinegar oracetic acid 38 542 5 384
20.04 Fruit, fruit-peel and parts ofplants, preserved by sugar etc. 9 217
20.05 Jams; fruit jellies, marmalades,etc. 130 2,869
20.06 Frait; otherwise prepared orpreserved, etc. 29 676 1,004 11,072
22.05. Wine of fresh grapes; grape must ,with fermentation arrested by theaddition of alcohol 2,361 63,082
22.06 Vermouths, and otherwines offresh grapes; flavoured witharomatic extracts 3,176 44,.558
22.08 Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits,undenatured, etc. 183 3,83920.09 Spirits (other than these of
' : .: of..c),2etc. 8 547 72 4,1642301'. 5Wa:-:s. 1_ ealz; O" meaty offal,S
* fi.-'.; cls- - ?-n¢ etc. 34 96224.04 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco
refuse 640 33,99925.03 Salphurof all kinds other than
sublimed sulphur, etc. 21,035 41,713
25.07 Clay ...but not includingexpanded clays falling withinheading No. 68.07, etc. 3,800 8,710
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ImportsExports
Description of product Net Value Net Value,weight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
.
Poland (cont'd)
25.18 Dolomite, not further worked than roughlysplit, etc.
25.23 Portland cement. ..and similar hydrauliccements, etc.
26.01Metallic ores and concentrates androasted iron pyriites
27.01 Coal, briquettes, ovoids and similarsolid fuels, etc. 1,
27.03 Peat (including peat litter), whetheror not agglomerated
27.04 Coke and semi-coke of coal, of ligniteor of peat
27.07 Oils and other products of the distilla-tion of high-temperaturecoal tar
28.05 Alkali and alkaline-earth metals; rareearth metals.. mercury
28.08 Sulphuric acid; oleum
28.17 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda);potassium hydroxide (caustic potash);pero-ides of sodium or potassium
28.21 Chromium oxides and hydroxides
28.25 Titanium oxides
28.30 Chlorides and oxychlorides
28.37 Sulphites and thiosulphates
28.38 Sulphates (including alums) andpersulphates
28.39 Nitarites and nitrates
28.42 Carbonates and percarbonates, etc.
28.47 Salts of metallic acids (for example,chromates, permanganates, etc.)
28.56 Carbides (for example, siliconcarbide, etc.)
4,899
192,946
6S4
8,244
785
41,817
89138
540
226
6
6
40
245
249
40, 378
1,687,587
2,061
18,296.
4,288;
45,995:
1,093
4,591
2,904
7, 584
265
3,758177
3,845
2,007
300 1,095
7,520 8,602
13 5,493
805
.
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Imports Exports
Poland (cont'd) Description of product Net Value Net Valueweight ('000 weight ('000
(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosatedderivatives of hydrocarbonsCyclic alcohols and their halogenated,sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosatedderivatives
Phenols and phenol-alcohols
sulphonated, nitrataed or
nitrosated derivatives, etc.
Alcoholacidsphenol acids, etc.
Amine-function compounds
Single or complex, oxygen-functionamine-compoundsQuaternary ammonium salts, etc.Imide-function compounds and imine-function compoundsNitrile-function compounds
Organic-sulphur compounds
Heterocyclic compounds; nucleic acids
SulphonamidesMedicaments (including veterinarymedicaments)
Other pharmaceutical goods
Synthetic organic dyestuffs
Other colouring matter, etc.
Essential oils, ... concretes andabsolutes; resinoids
15
67
430
2
95
63
2
2102
5
0.500130
141
802
16, 089
171
23
24
866478
101
4,759514
4,550663
44
190
1,928
4
8
1,399
1, 250
4,52155, 248
1,140
Polan
29.0229.03
29.05
29.06
29.16
29.2229.23
29.2429.26
29.:2729.31
29.3529.3630.03
30.0532.0532.0733.01
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Imports Exports
Descriptionn of product Net Value Net Valueweight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland. (cont'd)33.06 Perfumery, cosmetics and toilet
preparations35.01 Casein, caseinates and other
casein derivatives, casein glues37.07 Other cinematograph film, exposed
and developed, etc.38.15 Prepared rubber accelerators
38.19 Chemical products ... !:-nd residualproducts o.' the chemical or alliedindustries, etc.
39.02 Polymerization and copolymerizationproducts, etc.
39.03 Regenerated cellulose; cellulosenitrates, cellulose acetate, etc.
39.07 Articles of materials of the kindsdescribed in headings Nos. 39.01
...to 39.0640.02 Synthetic rubber latex; pre-
vulcanized synthetic rubber latex,etc.
40.07 Vulcanized rubber thread and cord,etc.
40.11 Rubber tyres, tyre cases .... innertubes and tyre flaps, etc.
40.14 Other articles of unhardenedvulcanized rubber
41.01 Raw hides and skins (fresh, salted,dried, pickled or limed) etc.
41.03 Sheep and lamb skin leather, etc.
42.02 Travel goods, etc.
12
873
0,028
7
0.621
2,516
5
0.811
13
35
0.750
720
46,583
67
282
41
53,203
.528
56
578
2,171
343
2
2
0.189
4,271
60
1
112
502
0.738
25
0.329
122
587
48,090
4,432
213
5,765
27,533
381
46,303186
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Imports Exports
Description of product Net Value Net Valueweight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland (cont'd)42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing
accessories, of leather or ofcomposition leather
43.02 Furskins, tanned or dressed, etc.
43.03 Articles of furskin
44.03 Wood in the rough, etc.
44.05 Wood sawn lengthwise, etc.
44.21 Complete wooden packing cases,boxes, crates, drums, etc.
44.24 Household utensils of wood
45.04 Agglomerated cork etc., and article,of agglomerated cork
46.03 Basketwork, wickerwork,articles of loofah
48.01 Paper and paperboard etc.,machine-made etc.
48.10 Cigarette paper, cut to size, etc.
48.15 Other paper and paperboard, cut tosize or shape
48.16 Boxes, bags and other packingcontainers, of paper or paperboard
48.19 Paper or paperboard labels, etc.
49.11 Other printed matter., etc.
51.01 Yarn of man-madefibres (continuous)etc.
16,662
4,876
0.088
26,78236,738
7
106
0.440
56
0.004
3,160
0.439
3
14
337
47
90
3
0.014
1
318
69,008110
31,175
178
233
110
6,923
22,026
1,520
1,563
736
2
380
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Imports ExportsDescription of product Net Value Net Value
weight ('000 weight ('000(tone) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland (cont'd)
51.04 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres(continuous); etc.
53.10 Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool, ofhorsehair or of other animal hair(fine or coarse), etc.
54.01 Flax, raw or processed but not spun;flax tow and waste etc.
54.05 Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie
55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton
56.01 Man-made fibres (discontinuous), etc.
56.05 Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuousor waste), not put up, etc.
56.06 Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuousor waste) put up, etc.
56.07. Woven fabrics of man-made fibres(discontinuous or waste)
57.01 True hemp (cannabis sativa), raw orprocessed but not spun, etc.
58.02 Other carpets, carpeting, rugs, etc.
59.09 Textile fabrics coated or impregnatedwith oil, etc.
60.03 Stockings, under-stockings, socks,ankle-socks, etc.
60.04 Undergarments, knitted or crocheted,not'elastic nor rubberized
60.05 Outergarments and other articles, etc.
61.01 Men's and boys' outergarments
61.02 Women's, girls' and infants'outergarments
3
902
2
25
578
3
27
9
1
0.199
4
1
351
3,202
320250
1,535
15,897
499
2,430
4,760
242
135
1,078
289
20
20
135
21
0.665
10
12
10.144
857
34,958
6,948
9,5156,315
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Imports ExportsDescription of product Net Value Net Value
weight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
_I__ _ _ _ _ _I Ij _
Poland (cont'd)61.03 Men's and boys' undergarments, etc. 3 63061.04 Women's, girls' and infants' under-
garments 145 9,42061.06 Shawls, scarves, etc. 0.289 198 0.032 7862.01 Travelling rugs and blankets 1 199
62.02 Bed linen, table linen, toilet linenand kitchen linen. curtains, etc. 162 27,245
62.03 Sacks and bags, of a kind used. for thepacking of goods 27 557
62.04 Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, etc. 68 4,77362.05 Other made-up textile articles, etc. 2 191
64.01 Footwear with outer soles and uppersof rubber or artificial plastic material, 8 518
65.01 Hat-forms, hat bodies, etc. 2 1,16967.02 Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit,
etc. 0 .964 53768.06 Natural or artificial abrasive powder,
etc. 2 165 10 1,23068.10 Articles of plastering material 282 1,61468.13 Fabricated asbestos, etc. 0.010 1 108 8,71569.03 Other refractory goods, etc. 5 302
69.08 Glazed sets, flags and paving, etc. 2,346 18,50870.10 Carboys, bottles, jars, pots,
tubular containers, etc. 2,145 27,010
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s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~IDescription of product
Poland (cont'd)70.12 Glass liners for vacuum flasks,
etc.
70.13 Glassware ......... for tableskitchen, toilet or office purposes,etc.
70.20 Glass fibre (including wool), yarns,fabrics and articles made therefrom
73.03 Waste and scrap metal of iron orsteel
73.07 Blooms, billets, etc., of iron orsteel
73.08 Iron or steel coils for re-rolling
73.10 Bars and rods ..... .... of iron orsteel, hot-roIled, etc.
73.1: Angles, shees and sections, ofiron or steel, etc.
73.12 Hoop and strip, of iron or steel,bot-rolled or cold-rol d
!3.13 Saets and plates of iron or steel,etc.
73.14 iron or steel wire, whether or notcoated, etc.
.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor,of iron ... or steel, etc.
73.2 ask-- cans) boxes and similarcontainers, etc.
73.25 Strended wire, cables, cordage,of iron or steel wire, etc.
-3.29 Chair and parts thereof, of ironor steel
73.30 Anchors and grapnels and parts thereof,of iron or steel
Imports ExportsNet Value - met . Valueweight ('000 weight ('000(tons)i pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
34
o.628
40
18,238
854,912
501
5 970
72
15
140
78
2,571
119119
19873
76,530
4494og 360
6,433
58,307
772
222
2,859
3,908
1
..
34,464
31,158
1,980
805
2,475
22
412
334
45,694
344,929.
32,596
8,267
42,346.
253
11,717 i
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Imports ExportsDescription of product Net Value Net Value
weight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas
Poland (cont'd)
73.31 Nails, tacks, staples, ... of iron or 423 6,258steel
73.32 Bolts and nuts, etc. 0.209 60 646 17,45173.35 Springs and leaves for springs, of iron 0.056 5 5,817 125,377
or steel
73.36 Stoves, ... ranges, cookers...... andsimilar equipment, etc. 1 114
73.38 Articles of a kind commonly used for 17 518domestic purposes, etc.
73.40 Other articles of iron or steel 0.568 16 29 1,625
74.01 Copper matte, unwrought copper, etc. 304 19,41074.03 Wrought bars, rods, etc. of copper 16 1,400
74.07 Tubes and pipes, etc., of copper 80 11,08576.01 Unrought aluminium; aluminium waste 2,926 93,317
and scrap
76.10 Casks, drums, cans, etc. of aluminium 0.674 42480.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of 0.158 101
80.06 Other articles of tin 0.110 107
82.02 Saws (non-mechanical) and blades etc. 29 1,57882.03 Hand tools, the following, etc. 92 6,97682.04 Hand tools, etc. 10 1,10682.05 Interchangeable tools for machine tools, 20 9,820
etc.
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Imports ExportsDescription of product Net Value Net Value
weight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pestas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland (cont'd)
82.11 Razors and razor blades, etc.
83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal,etc.
84.06 Internal combustion piston engines
84.10 Pumps (including motor pumps and turbopumps) ........ liquid elevators, etc.
84.11 Air pumps, vacuum pumps, etc.
84.17 Machinery, plant ...... for the treatmentof materials, etc.
84.18 Centri , etc.
184.23 Excavating, levelling etc. machinery, etc.184.30 Machinery not falling within any other'
heading, etc.
84.34 Machinery, apparatus and accessories fortype-founding or type-setting, etc.
84.36 Machines for extruding man-made textiles,etc.
84.37 Weaving machines, knitting machines,etc.
84.38 Auxiliary machinery for use with machinesof heading No. 84.37, etc.
84.42 Machinery ... for preparing, tanning orworking hides, etc.
84.45 Machine-tools for working metal, etc.
2
2
4
0.5301
0.1250.2760.397
12
0.880
256
729
494970
80
258
62311128
675
123
0.141
0.404
0.014
141
4
38
52
3
13,701
282
174
7
3,657
930
11,019
11,484
3,025
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Imports ExportsDescription of product Net Value Net ValueDescription of product weight ('000 weight ('000
(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland
84.48
84.56
84.6184.6284.6385.01
85.0485.06
85.09
85.12
85.19
85.2085.21
85.23
87.0187.0287.06
87.12
(cont'd)
Accessories and parts suitable foruse ....... with machine-tools, etc.
Machinery for sorting, screening,separating, etc.
Taps, cocks, valves, etc.
Ball, roller or needle roller bearings
Transmission shafts, cranks, etc.
Electrical goods ...... generators,motors, converters, etc.
Electrical accumulators
Electro-mechanical domestic' appliances,with self-contained electric motor
Electrical lighting and signallingequipment, etc.
Electric instantaneous or storage waterheaters and immersion heaters, etc.
Electrical ar-aratus for making andbreaking electrical circuits, etc.
Electric filament lamps, etc.
Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode valves ...... photocells, etc.
Insulated ... electric wire, cable,bars, etc.
Tractors, etc.
Motor vehicles, etc.
Parts and accessories of the motorvehicles falling within heading Nos. 87.0487.02 or 87.03Parts and accessories of articles fallingwithin heading Nos. 87.09, 87.10 or 87.11
12
350.140
3890.832
1170.090
28
0.529
3
622
130
0.012337582
10
2,091
3,859192
56,370194
11,29815
4,234
340
295
7,913283
12,795
1
14,55760,375
1,800
0.1110.041
0.1951.157
2
0.076
0.093
0.013
624
1.304
59
0.170
11
9074
8952,549
565
34
23
.7
29,904
114,300
3,993
226
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Imports Exports
Description of product Net Value Net Value.weight ('000 weight ('000(tons) pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
Poland countt )
Flying, Machines, gliders and kites;rotochutesShips, etc., not falling within any ofthe following headings of this ChapterShi-S, boats and other vessels forbrea'kin:noCinematographic cameras, etc.Image ^iojectors (other than cinemato-=areanhc projectors); photogra1Micenlargers and reducers
Comonme optical microscopes, etc.Optical appliances and instruments, n.e.s.
Draxing, marking-out and mathematicalcalculating instruments, etc.
ledical, dental, surgical andveterinary instruments, etc.Hydrometers and siralar instruments, etc.
Instruments and 3pparatus forphysical or chemical analysis, etc.
Electrical measuring, checking,analyzing or automatically controllinginstruments and ao-a.-atusParts or accessories suitable for use .with articles felin-, within headingNos. S0.2;, 90.24, 90.26 90.27 or 90.28Other clocks
0.7
0.l'S
0.370.12
0.19
0.09
1
4
76
26
1
3,309
.0,562
219
4363,423
130
525
253
404
1,265
103277
467 140,625
0.001
0.001
88.02
89.01
89.04
90.0890-09
90.1290.1390.16
90.17
90.2390.25
90.28
90.29
91.04
4
6
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,. Imports Exports
Description of product Net Value Net Valueweight ('000 weight ('000
. (tons) .. pesetas) (tons) pesetas)
92.01 Pianos ...... and other keyboardstringed instruments; harps, etc.
92.04 Accordions, concertinas...mouth organs
93.01 Side-arms...and parts thereof andscabbards and sheathed therefor
93. 07 Bombs, .genades, torpedoes, etc.
94.02 Medical, dental, surgical...furniture, etc.
94.03 Other furniture and Darts thereof
97.03 Other toys; working. models of a kindused for recreational purposes
97.05 Carnival articles, etc.
97.06 Appliances, apparatus, accessoriesand requisites...for outdoor gaines
98.15 Vacuum flasks and other vacuum
vessels.....parts thereof, etc.
Other articles not specifiedTotal i=.)rts frora Poland
4
88
1
1
2
22
8
49
1,52,922
7,304265
5,342
181
156
578
3,153
296
718
1,668
3,490,311
0.410
93
228
O0,
0.132
1S j 5,4
118,793 2,2070;318
Poland (cont d)