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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W/27

Page

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).