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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON RESTRICTED CPC/W/27 9 October1975TARIFFS AND TRADE Special Distribution
Preferential ArrangementsAmong DevelopingCountries
Negotiated in GATTTT
cessioolo Bangli~adesh
te byrwh Setecretariat
1. This note, deaniwgw ithhtoeoreignin tra eB Banglad1.esh, is beingicuulatsledasbackguomnm .etlrla1 in connexn tihwtthe ap1ppciaoicnfoBangladnseEh for accessionwithout carrying out goniationstoesehP pto?occlla anirg tTrado eeNdgotiationso.fng veloiLpinCountriei.1/.nexedAa re thfoe llowi g. tables:
I. Summary of ForenigTra(debyamoj commor:tieics) 1972/3 and 1973/4
II.Exports, cbyommodietis69b7/'0.
IIIExports, by courtesoo d;festination1 6959/.0,
.ImxLports, by maj commo:odytgrorrups 1973/74adJulQLycOotcber 1974.
V.Imports, by countries of origin,1973/74 aJnlu,y/Ootebor 79.4,
:erosetuoieadopt?-ed by theEconomic and cSoail Council tofhe UnideN Hationson 3J lu1y 1975 concerngnt ehl ast-tsdeveloped untryco stasuo Of Bgnaledosh is also.ttaeh.d, Itsie pecx-tetd hthdhis resolution wllb tveaken p a nt the currentesss-ionof t eeGerallAssembly.n
Foreign tredrégimeei
(a) The nalg1adesh taiff
2. e oanglaladesh tariff consistof fwtvo maincsedule1cs, covering import and exportduties, a denoapnepoicec. A irdrc listivescessessS leviable necEartin articlesfor sale or export.
oDecbernt CPC/26.
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3. The main import tariff (the First schedule) is based on the BTN. SITC (R)codes are shown for correspondence. The tariff has five columns:
(a) Statutory rate of duty;
(b) Concessionary rate chargeable as a result of general exemption forall countries;
(c) Concessionary rate chargeable under GATT;
(d) Preferential margin for goods produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka ora Briitish colony;
(e) Preferential .margin for goods produced or manufactured in theUnited Kingdom.
4. Statutory rates of import duty range up to 300 per cent ad valorem (the rateon most silk. clothing and some synthetic fabrics).Goods which appear to make upa significant portion of imports bear statutory rates of between 25 and125 per cent, althoughl a few bear higher duties. Luxuries are dutiable at muchhigher rates.
5. Specific duties apply to some items such as tea, tobacco, salt, sugar,betel nuts, currants, certain fuels and precious metals, alcoholic beverages,cinema film, matches, etc.
6. Concessionary rates of duty are listed in Appendices I to VII. Appendix Ishows margins of preference on goods produced in the United Kingdom, Britishcolonies and Sri Lanka.These margins range generally between 6 and 10 per centad valorem below the corresponding statutory rates.
7. Appendices II to V give details of total or partial tariff exemptions forcertain scientific, educational, charity or relief goods. Appendix VI gives theschedule of concessionary rates chargeable under "general exemption" provisions.These cover a wide range of products, and are generally set between 15 and35 per cent ad valorem below statutory rates. Appendices VII and VIII listreduced rates of duty on agricultural and other machinery. These reductionsappear to beconsiderable in some cases, e.g.on BTN item 40.09 (piping andtubing of unhardened vuIcanizedrubber) thereduced rate for agricultural useis 15 per cent as against an m.f.n. rate of 115 per cent.
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8. Sales taxes and excise duties are listed in Appendices IX and X. Sales tax isin principle levied on all goods produced in or imported into Bangladesh at a rateof 20 per cent. However, a large number of products, listed in Appendix IX,Lists I and II, are exempted from sales tax. Others (List III) are taxed atreduced rates, while others (List IV) bear heavier sales taxation or are taxedonly when imported (List V) or exported (List VI). Excise duties, listed inAppendix X, are in principle charged on a variety of food, mineral chemical,plastic, leather, textile, glass, metal and machinery products, on hotel andrestaurant services and on matches. Again, however, certain classes of productsare wholly or partly exempted.
9. Export duties (the Second Schedule) are levied on meshta fibre and raw jute,raw cotton, cottonseed, salted and dried fish, and cotton yarn. Other products(jute manufactures, cotton waste, rice, tea, raw hides and skins, cement, bamboos,raw wool and fresh and frozen fish) are free from export taxes under "generalexemption" provisions.
10. Cesses are levied on tea, jute, cotton, lac, bones, bristle, butter, cerealsother than rice, drugs, brush fibres, fish, some fruits, ghee, raw hides, manure,oilcakes, pulses, seeds, raw skins, spices, manufactured tobacco, some vegetables,wheat flour, goat hair and wool. The rate applying to all products except tea,jute, cotton and lac is ½ per cent ad valorem of current wholesale price; othersare taxed at specific rates levied on weight. The cesses on cotton and tea arepayable on all local production, whether or not exported; those on other productsare payable only on export.
(b) Export policy
11. Bangladesh is attempting to diversify its export structure from jute and jutegoods which currently account for some 85 per cent of exports. Of non-juteexports, leather and leather goods, tea and fish and fish preparations are atpresent the most significant. Exports of jute products are limited to the publicsector. Other products may be exported by any registered exporter, whether in thepublic or private sector.
(C) Import Policy
12. The import régime is reviewed every six months. The most recent review ispublished in the Bangladesh Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 2 July 1975, covering
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the period from. 1 July to 31 December 1975, a copy of which may be consulted inthe secretariat by interested delegations. Imports are divided into three mainlists:
List I - items which can be imported by eligible commercialimportersin the private sector.
List II - items which may be imported by the Trading Corporation ofBangladesh, and/or by the Sector Corporation and otheragencies.
List III - items which may be imported against Bangladesh nationals¹foreign exchange earnings.
13. Products imported by industry must be licensed. Goods imported againstlicences issued to an industrial consumer must beutilized in the industry towhich the licence has been issued and may not be sold, transferred or otherwisedisposed of without prior permission from the licensing authority. Conditionsunder which licences willbe granted are also set out in the above-mentionedissue of the Bangladesh Gazette. Annex I lists the industrial sectors which areeligible for priority licensing in the July-December shipping period. Industrialsector raw materials and packing materials to be licensed in the same period arecontained in Annex II of the Gazette. Industries eligible for additional portlicenses. depending upon their export performance, are listed in Annex VIII.The basis of commercial and industrial licensing for the July-December 1975shipping period is given in Annexes III and IVof the Bangladesh Gazette.
14. Bangladesh has a special trade and payments agreement with India forsettlement of trade accounts. Among other participating countries Bangladeshhas bilateral agreements with Egypt, Republic of Korea and Yugoslavia.Barterand other bilateral agreements also exist with Iran, Burma, Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia, Hungaria, Poland, Romania,USSR and the German Democratic Republic.
CPC/W/27Page 5
TABLE I
Summary of Foreign Trade
EXPORTS
US$ million US$ millionFis
cal ra
_A %soa
mourodity Fiscae r0a tf aotclFis ïScalaye o OfaltL______7 ./r> ______ _____ __ _ _
Raw jute1a0.2 38 4 127.8 34.4Jute g.ods 174^3 51 4 197 * 53 2Tea 9.4 2;8 14.7 4.0Leather 16.3 4.8 7?2 4.6FiSh .acI Shl p 4.4 1.3 7.9 210+.hel/ 4.2 1.2 6.0 1.6
Total 338. 100 371. 8 100
_____~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s%___A
4-llclllcli cyDorts Of newspri,t 1ld -,,er
Corodîtv -o1al.Fiscal year cf total Fiscal vcar Of total
.__9 _' _G__ __ - 1, 7_ --_ __~~~~~~~~~~~0 _
Food graiins 320.3 44,1 304.4 33,3Edible oll ... 3444 318Cotton textiles ... 18.5 2e0Petrole-m products 5.7 0.8 48.6 5.3Crude petroleum 17.5 2.4 38.6 4.2Raw cotton 41.8 5.7 34. 5 3.8Cotton yar 13 6 1 8 33.1 3.6Fertilizer 28.0 3. 23.8 2 6Cerent 7.0 10 18.O 2.0
Capital goods 100.0 13.7 155.2 16.9Other 196.61/ 27.0 204.5 22.3
Total 700 917.6 100
4'±ncludes imports of edible oil and cotton textiles
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TABLE II
Exports of Bangladesh, by Commodities
(Fiscal Year 1969/70)
-US$1000FiscalYearof totalFiscal year
1969/70
Total exports 349,337. 5 100 (-)
Total juteexports 320,884.1 91.8 (100)of which
Jute, raw 147,445.7 42.2 (45.9)Jute, cuttings and waste 12, 717.2 3.6 (4.0)Jute, fabricsand products 160,721.2 46.0 (50.1)
Total non-iute exports 28,453 .4 8.2 (100)of which:
-Fishand fish preparations 3,344 . 6 0.9 (11.8)Fish meal 26.1 - (0.1)Frogs legs 261.5 0.1 (0.9)Animal, by-products 578.6 0. 2 (2.0)Vegetables 32.0-(0.1)~~~~(0.1)C-V otab, oil s aud cil -cak8s 50.1 . ) 0.2 (3 Ù0Tea and spices 422.9 . 0.1 (1-5)Susar and .l.sse 0. 6. 7 - (0.2)Tobacco 27.3 - (0.1)LeaThor =c. ocather goods 1 69.4 3.,6,,. -6 (44e5)Paper ind paper products 353.4. 0.1 (1.2)?Tn-;tl fibres aid textiles 8,916.5 3) 2. (31.CV îcal products and Daper 228.7 8 0.1 (0.3)mancclicueous --ufactared articles 182.7 . - (0,6)Blectrical goods 6. 52)7 0. - (C½2)ndic-ratsernd jewellccy 169. - 0 (O.6)
Others, n.e.s. 277.9 0.1 (1.0)
Jvme 1970 -
no othcrDataomemived fre. Ionthly Foreign Trade Statistics of Pakistan,Central Statistics effmce, Gov-rnrent of aPakistan, Krachi - ascomparable statistics were available to tha secretariet.
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TABLE III
Exportsof Bangladesh, by CountryofDestination
(Fiscal Year 1969/70)
Country US$1000Fiscal Year 1969/70 of total
Total exports 349,337.5 100
CPC countries 29,666.5 8.4
of which:
Brazil 2,423.5 0.7Chile 2,215.7 0.6Egypt 5,782.3 1.7Greece 686.8 0.2Korea, Republic of 373.5 0.1Mexico 98 . 9Peru 2,194.5 0.6Philippines 741. 9 0 .2Spain 5,311.5 1.5Tunisia 370.3 0.1Turkey 3,865.5 1.1Uruguay 1,633.4 0.5Yugoslavia 3,968.7 1.1
Other countries 319,671.0 91.5of which:
EEC 110,238.6 31.6United States 52,963.1 15.2China, People's 21,649.9 6.2Republic
Australia 14,811.9 4.2Argentina 10,967.5 3.1Japan 10,218.0 2.9Singapore 7,799.6 2.2Poland 7,069.0 2.0USSR 5,999.3 1.7Canada 5,679.4 1.6Portugal 5,551.8 1.6Nigeria 4,869.1 1.4Czechoslovakia 3,988.8 1.1Iraq 3,657.1 1.0Kenya 3,180.5 0.9Syria 2,860.5 0.8New Zealand 2,813.4 0.8Romania 2,775.9 0.8Sweden 2,596.0 0.7Others 39,981.6 11.4
Data derived from Monthly Foreign Trade Statistics of Pakistan, June 1970 - CentralStatistics Office, Government of Pakistan, Karachi - as no other comparable statisticswere available to the secretariat.
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8/9
TABL
EIV
Impo
rts
into
Bang
lade
shby
Majo
rCo
mmod
ity
Grou
ps¹/
(Fiscal
year
1973/74;
July/October
1974)
(Sym
bol
Used
:Fi
gure
sin
Brackets
Indicate
Impo
rts
Unde
r"Barter"
Agreements)
Commodity
GRAN
DTOTAL
FOOD
Dair
yproducts
and
eggs
Cere
als
and
prep
arat
ions
Fruits
and
vege
tabl
esSugar,
suga
rpreparations
and
honey
Coffee,
tea,
cocoa,
spices
and
manufactures
thereof
Miscellaneous
food
preparations,
n.es.
BEVERAGES
ANDTOBACCO
Beve
rage
sTobacco
and
tobacco
manu
fact
ures
CRUD
EMA
TERI
ALS,
INEDIBLE
EXCE
PTFU
EL
Olls
eeds
,ol
lnuts
and
oil
kernels
Crude
rubber
(including
synthetic
and
recl
aine
d)Wo
od,
lumb
erand
cork
Textile
fabrics
(not
manufactured
into
yarn,
thread
or
fabric)
Crud
efe
rtil
izer
san
dcr
udemi
nera
ls(excluding
coal,
petroleum
and
precious
ston
es)
Meta
llif
erro
usor
esan
dme
tal
scrap
Anim
alan
dve
geta
ble
crud
ema
teri
als
MINE
RALS
.FUELS,
LUBR
ICAN
TS
Coal
,co
kean
dbr
ique
ttes
Petr
oleu
man
dpe
trol
eum
products
Gas,
natural
and
manu
fact
ured
ANIM
ALAN
DVEGETABLEOI
LSAND
FATS
Anim
aloils
and
fats
Vege
tabl
eoils
and
fats
Anim
alan
dvegetable
oils
and
fats
processed
and
wakes
ofan
imal
and
vege
tabl
eorigin
CHEM
ICAL
S
Chem
ical
elem
ents
and
comp
ound
sMi
nera
ltar
and
crud
echemicals
from
coal
,pe
trol
eum
and
natu
ral
gas
Dyeing,
tann
ing
and
colo
urin
gmaterials
¹/Th
ese
figu
res
are
incomplete.
They
rela
teon
lyto
import
reported
US$.
'000
Fisc
alyear
1973
/74
407,53
0.0
68,657
3,70
960
,937 276
3,13
8592 5
5,84
5 905,755
39,9
93
9,07
123
3319
28,595 879
518
378
7,9400
4,92
572,984 31 37
7,60
7
103
8,41
8
907
5,57
6
(63,
767)
(343
)(1
79)
(69)
(95)
(5,6
87)
(5,6
87)
(9357
)
( 156)
9,08
3
(118)
(5,4
93)
(4,5
25)
(968
)
(3,2
23)
(3,223)
( 10.909)
(869)
(1,514)
1.8%
oftotal
100 16.84
0.91
14.9
50.06
0.77
0.14
143 0.12
1.41
2.23 0.06
0.0
87.02
0.22
0.13
0.09
19.1
21.21
17.9
1
1.90
0.01
1.87
0.02 9,97
2.06
0.22
1.37
July
1974
(200
2.5)
36,6
12.7
9,06
8.1
184.4
8,82
8.3
0.9
7.0
45.1 2.4
48.1
48.1
1.908,6
19.4
15.0 5.0
1,786.6
35.1 8.1
39.4
2,928.0
2,922.3
2.3
254.0 3.0
244.
9
6.1
6,86
0.1
3,39
1.9
55.6
459.
9(20.0)
US$'0
00
Augu
st1974
Sept
embe
r197
4
58,9
13.1
(12,
706.
4)33
,697
,9(3,263.6)
22,034
.1(31
.9)19,882.6
(0.6)
92.9
90.8
21,8
81.5
19,772
.030.0
(30.0)
2.2
3.7
25.0
(1.9)
25.5
(0.6
)2.
50.6
633.0(
181.
4)
42.0
(40.
7)
7.9
625.
1(1
81.4
)42.0
(40.
7)
8.052,6
(4.520
.1)(22.0)
30.9
36.1
5.6
2.9
25.0
(20.7)
10.5
6.6
7,30
2.8
(3,957
.9)32.0
79.1
(34.
5)82.8
15.4
601.
1(507.0)
9.1
8.1 11,1
15.1(1,490.9)
5,128.8(1
,347
.4)
1,175.9
(1,1
75.9
)506
.8(506.8)
9,931.2
(315.0)
4,612.7
8.0
9.3
2,087.0
475.
62.
52,
077.
046
2.4
7.5
7.7
5,81
4.2
3,14
3.5)
2,00
7(479.9)
1,140.5
(5.4)
394.2
(56.2)
66.5
35.2
348.6
(93.
1)54
(130
.5)
to
the
Bangladesh
Bank
bythe
bank
ing
sector.
Octo
ber
1974
148,30
7.-9
23.6
46.6
290.
523
,338.9 1.2 2.5
12..4
1.1
29.5 1.2
28.3
425.
411
.1 5.5
6.2
339.
934
.924.5 3.3
11665.8
490.
611,169.3 5.9
71.0 1.9
68.4 0.7
2.83
5.8
348.5
1.9
486.
0
(7,674.9)
(1.2)
(333.0)
(328
.00
(490
.6)
(1,443.4)
(111
.9)
(335
.1)
CPC/11/27
Page
10
TABL
EIV(cont'd)
US$
000
As.
us$
000
*As%U
S'00
0Commodity
Fiscal
year
1973/74
ofto
tal
July
1974
Augu
st19
74Se
ptem
ber
1974
October
1974
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~._
-E__
CHOU
CPLs
(con
t'd)
Vadicinal
and
phar
mace
utic
alproducts
13,4
32(2
,201
)3.29
6.9.5
9.4)
1,25
4.0
(222.1)
826.3
(35.
1)1,289.5
(366.5)
Bssential
oils
and
pertume
mate
rial
s734
0.18
i0.1
23.5
39.4
16.5
Fert
ilit
ers
nanutactured
1 ,03)
0.25
8c.6
Misc
ella
neou
sc(
emIc
alraterlals
and
products
10,586
(6,325)
2.60
1,4i
4-5
(840
.5)
2,98
1.1
(2,817.9)
357.4
<258
.1)
693.4
(629
.9)
PANU
FACT
URED
O3OD
S)CL
ASSI
PIED
CHIEFLY
BY42
TERI
ALS
1o6.
807
(118286)
26.2
112
,O'14
(330.2)
5.087.4
1.79
c.3,
.409
.6(1,0;0.71
6,054.0
(3,6
14.9
)Leather,
leather
manu
fact
ures
,n.
e.g.
and
dresses
580.01
8.4
2.4
2.4
tur
skin
sRubber
manufactures,
n.e.s.
1,917
0.47
296.1
188.
918
8.0
(7.1
)12
5.6
Wood
and
cork
manufactures
(exc
ludi
ngfu
rnit
ure)
906
(729)
0.22
37.4
12.4
(5.5
)2.0
1.3
Paper3and
paperboard
and
.anufactures
thereof
2,95
90.73
114.6
522.
653,.6
230.1
Text
ile
yarn,
fabrics
and
made
-up
arti
cles
and
related
products
73,7
07(12,265)
16.09
9,B
228.9
1,731.5
(531
.7)
681.
13,496.7
(2,409.5)
Pon-
reta
llic
rdne
rals
oanu
fact
ires
,n.e.s.
7,586
(2,903)
1.86
505
52.5
864.
5(459.3)
137.
3(1
.9)
172.
8(1.2)
Iron
and
stee
l1i,641
(1,9
57)
2.86
4a .
1a3.1
(437
.7)
224.9
(1.9
)1,
573.
4(1,143.0)
N040
ferr
ous
reta0s
)1,
712
(72)
0.42
160.
448
5.6
(245.3)
1,cu
i.6
(1,<20.91
23.5
Man500.tures
ofto
tals
,n.e.s.
6,32
1(3
60)
1.55
37C.
O48
.844
3.0
(120
.4)
)».
7(1
8.9)
430.6
(89.2)
MACI
,INE
RYAh
DTRANSPORT
EQUI
4P.M
,S6,
41,675
(8,679)
10.2
22682.2
(76.9)
3194.0
(1,387.5)
2.146.5
(247.1)
3.04
9.5
(10.856.6)
Mach
ine2
0ot
her
than
electric
20,6
27(4
,528
)5.
061,
353.
0(1
32.0
)1,
865.
9(6
69.6
)1,4k-.5
(192.7)
841.6
(203.9)
Electric
mach
iner
y,apparatus
and
appl
ianc
es6
908
(2,6
86)
1.69
846.
1(633.9)
625.4.
(442
.0)
15,.
8(1
0.0)
1,66
3.8
(1,424.0)
Transpor4
equiprents
14,140
(1,4
65)
3.47
483.
170
2.7
(275.9)
40L.2
(44.
4)53
9.1
(57.
7)
KISC(69.6)OUS
MANUFACTURED
A35ICLES
13.429
(1.1
60)
3.29
;6.4
.(3
6.5)
793.6
(151
.2)
»j11
3>2
2.8
(74.4)
Pze-
fabr
icat
edbu
ildi
ng,
sanitary
etc.
341
(2)
0.08 °9.0
.6.
6(1
.6)
4.9
12.0
Yurniturc
660.
02-
Clothing
7.34
71.
801à.0
220.3
11.3
28.1
Poot
vear
920.02
56.,
19.7
4.1
Professional,
scient
iftic
and
eontro
llinî
instruments
2,52
3(95
8)0.6
2142
.8(36.5)
256.6
(75.5)
173.6
(44.5)
175.
0(73
.1)ph
otog
raph
ican
doptIcal
good
s,metches,
etc.
Hicc
ella
neou
smanufactured
articles,
n.e.
s.3,o60
(160)
0.75
247.5
304.
0(74.1)
127.
8(25.1)
133.6
(1.3)
COMO
DITY
MJDTR
ANSA
CTIO
NIO
TCLASSIFIED
ACCORDINQ
TOIM
ND4;
781
(630
)1.
1729
101.9
88.9
(5.6
)17
7.58
Coin
(oth
erthan
gold
coin)
not
belng
leg6l
tender
2,04
20.50
55.6
31.8
Special
transactions
2,739
(630
)0.67
62.9
101.
933.3
(5.6
)145.7
(3.8)
Sour
ce:
Monthly
Import
Payn
ents
,Statatica
Departrent,
angl
ades
hBa
nk.
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Page
11
TABL
EV
Imports
into
Bangladesh
byCo
untr
yof
Origin¹/
-
(Fis
cal
year
1973/1974:
July
/Oct
ober
1974
)
(Sym
bol
used
:Figures
inBr
acke
tsIn
dica
teIm
port
sUn
der
"Barter".Agreements)
Coun
try
GRAND
TOTAL
PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES
ofwh
ich
from:
Braz
ilEgypt
Greece
Indi
aKorea,
Rep.
ofPhillppines
Spain
Yugoslavia
OTHE
RCO
UNTR
IES
ofwhich
from:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahr
ain
Bulg
aria
Burma
Canada
Chin
a,Pe
ople
'sRe
p.of
Czechoslovakia
EEC
(9)
Flnland
Germ
any,
Dem.
Rep.
ofHo
ngKo
ngHu
ngar
yIn
done
sia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Laos
Kenya
Korea,
Dem.
Rep.
ofKuwait
Malaysia
US$'
000
Fiscal
year
1973/74
407,530.0
82,6
99.3
17.9
6,015.5
2.4
66,1
31.1
9,534.6
23.4
118.2
893.8
324,
830.7
1,281.2
3,562.7
446.4
3,
5455
.
858.
131,757.2
1,5
82.5
3,95
6.6
54,06
5.6
111.4
2,676.2
21,351.6
5,647.2
59.2
5,375.0
15,562.0
25,347.6
2,829.4
163.5
908.
528,8
27.13,120.6
¹/Th
ese
figu
res
are
inco
mple
te.
They
(63.7
67.0
)(2
4.84
1.3)
(6,0004.1)
(18,211.6)
(624.8)
(38,
925.
7)
(3,5
21.1
)
(3,638.9)
( 169.4)
(2,2
30.0)
(1,9
35.9)
relate
only
toimports
As%
oftotal
100
20.2
9
1.47
16.2
22.33
0.02
0.20
0.31
0.87
0.10
0.86
0.21
7.79
0.38
0.97
13.2
60.
020.
655.23
1.38
0.01
1.31
3.81
6.21
0.69
0.04
0.22
7.07
0.76
reported
tothe
July
1974
36.612.7
26.4
146
4.0
798.9
43.2 3.0
10.0
34.267.2 0.1
959.2
6.2
4.5
35.2
209.6
81.0
2,750.7
21.9
117.7
565.
97.
41.
97.5
1,72
9.7
2.4
1,32
8.5
267.
5
Bangladesh
Bank
(2.0
02.5)
(2,002.5)
(112
.7)
(3.9)
bythe
banking
sector.
US$,
'000
August
1974
.1(12.706.4)
.2(2.785.4)
58.913.1
4,06
9.2
Sept
embe
r19
74Oc
tobe
r19
74
(3,2
63.6
)
(930.6)
(672.5)
(258
.1)
(2,3
33.0)
(77.2)
(246
.1)
(46.
1)
(34.0)
(2,7
80.9
)
(4.5)
(9.921.0)
(589.2)
(178
.4)
(85.
2)
(45.0)
5.1
4,040.2
0.7
4.5
18.7
54,843
.9
9.5
523.9
3.7
147.4
595.4
1.1
133.
1222.4
6,191.7
11.6
202.7
745.0
48.1 3.2
838.
12,908.6
3,623.5
138.
1
33.697.9
2,521.3
23.1
2,18
3.6 7.9
1.6
305.1
.31,
176.
6
434.
0
27.6
82.0
11.9
108.
6259.5
2,042.
00.7
49.5
580.7
36.7 2.0
9.5
1,14
23.9
0.4
166.
2
(7.674.9
)
(1, 1
59.5
)
(493
.5)
(572.5)
(93.
5)
(6,515.4)
(376.1)
(80.
1)
(496.4)
48.3
07.9
1,991.
8
21.4
493.
5
1,356.7
4.4
0.7
109.1
46,316.1
13.2 2.2
381.
0
28.4
85.9 1.7
1,53
9.2
123.
9
505.
60.
62.
01,356.7
2,158.9
1.1
1.2
72.6
TABLEV
(cont'd)
Country
US$'000
As
%'o
sialnYea
rS179
13/7
4sA~tal
lJuy
7914
Augu
st19
74Seetcembr
1974
October
19741
Morccao
765.7
0.18
808.
6Napel
2,66
9.0
(1.3
)0.6.b5
_144.4
Newe
Zoal
and
634.7
0.15
.6,4
9.1
1.9
178.7
Nwavoy
204.
90.05
14.5
2.4
7.6
4.1
chan
754.
5_
1,513.5
Paro
guay
0o.
6_
0.
9PeislaGulfir
States
-_
3,705.6
8,7.
0.1
Pona
rd5,517.4
(5,124.5)
1.35
586.
6(
<576.6)
492.6
(491
.4)
45.2
(42.4)
(1,
635.
9(
<1,6
30.1
iRomaais
4.99
9.1
,1251.3)
1.22
447.
9(4
47.4
)438.5
(1438.5)
855.
0(855.0)
(9.
5).5
(509
.5)
s±ng
oree
i6,3
3z.1
(1.700)
1.52
263.4
4,150.9
317.
151
.13a
udi
Aribla
705.
00.17
__
_irLa'Anka
2,521.1
0*.
6113
.110.4
107.9
21.4
.weden
308.
70.
0718
.78.2
31.0
4.1
iSvtzerland
5,441.6
(1,937.3)
1.33
994.
6(8
40.5
)2,878.2
(2,7
86.9
)80
.71,141.1
(937.6)
Tznr
inla
3,27
6.4
0.80
0.7
-5.
9ailand
l261.9
0.06
187.4.
20.n
16.9
9.6
Unit
edStates
50,524.4
12.3
922,781.4
,2761.7
19,7
06.5
23,4
82.9
USSR
27,302.0
(18,
659.
4)6.69
27.7
(21.4)
6,95
0.5
(5,306.4)
0,o5
6.7
(1,0
32.2
)2,490.4
(2,4
85.6
)Others
362.4
(287
.4)
0.10
20.0
13.1
8.4
15.1
5oue
cc:
MonthlymInport
ya-m
est&
,St
asia
tsal
Depa
mrte
nt,
BangladesBh
ank.
CPC/W/27Page 13
Fifty-ninth sessionAgenda item 9
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL(on the report of the Economic Committee (E/5738))
1976(LIX). Identificaticn of the least developed among the developing countries
The Economic and Social Council,Bearingin mind General Assembly resolution 2768 (XXVI) of 18 November 1971,
in. paragraph 4 of which the Assembly approved the list of hard-core leastdeveloped countries, and in paragraph 5 of which it requested the Council toinstruct the Committee for Development Planning to continue, in close collabo-ration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the review ofcriteria for the identification of the least developed among the developingcountries,
Recalling Council resolution 1726 (LIII) of 28 July 1972, in which,inter alia, the Committee for Development Planning was requested to undertake anexamination of the latest updated statistical information on the relevanteconomic, social and other variables in respect of the developing countries, withaview to making recommendations to the Council on any modification that might
appear necessary in the list of hard-core least developed countries on the basisof the criteria used in drawing up that list,
Noting chapter II of the report of the Committee for Development Planning onits eleventh session¹,
Recommends that the General Assembly at its thirtieth session should approvethe addition of Bangladesh, the Cenral African Republic, Democratic Yamen andthe Gambia to the list of hard-core least developed countries.
1978th plenary meeting30 July 1975
¹Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Fifty-ninth Session,Supplement No. 4 (E/5671).