EPA Review Annex Documents - DFID
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Table 8 GSPP Option - Implications to the Export Sector of the Countries<br />
Country<br />
Antigua, Barbados<br />
Bahamas<br />
Barbados<br />
Belize<br />
Dominica<br />
Dominican<br />
Republic.<br />
Grenada<br />
Guyana<br />
Jamaica<br />
St Lucia<br />
St Vincent<br />
St.Ch.&Nevis<br />
Surinam<br />
Trinidad,Tob<br />
Source: Eurostat 2005<br />
% trade not<br />
free by<br />
GSP<br />
3%<br />
4%<br />
29%<br />
69%<br />
45%<br />
not free by<br />
GSP in 1000<br />
euro<br />
175<br />
total trade<br />
in 1000 euro<br />
3,062 121,246<br />
40,598 1,026,609<br />
25,431 87,679<br />
78,715 113,939<br />
9,560 21,177<br />
42% 198,480 472,028<br />
11%<br />
73%<br />
52%<br />
33%<br />
4%<br />
75%<br />
1,210<br />
11,363<br />
123,035 169,526<br />
387,374<br />
19,245<br />
10,850<br />
5,875<br />
46% 89,003<br />
17% 80,686<br />
28%<br />
751,461<br />
57,993<br />
262,820<br />
7,840<br />
192,469<br />
474,434<br />
1,073,125 3,770,584<br />
anchovies<br />
crawfish<br />
sugar, rum<br />
bananas, sugar, shrimps,<br />
oranges, juices<br />
bananas, cocoa butter,<br />
vegetables<br />
bananas, cigars, rum,<br />
textiles, footwear, cocoa<br />
butter, vegetables<br />
fish<br />
sugar, rice, rum, palm<br />
hearts, shrimps, plywood<br />
aluminium oxide, sugar,<br />
rum, bananas<br />
bananas, vegetables<br />
bananas<br />
c. Public Perception of the <strong>EPA</strong> negotiations<br />
sugar, footwear, textiles<br />
aluminium oxide,<br />
bananas, shrimps, rice,<br />
fish<br />
methanol, ammonia,<br />
sugar, urea<br />
Despite having the scope of political and business support for the <strong>EPA</strong> the DR did not<br />
enjoy the same level of publicity and awareness as other agreements, for example the<br />
FTA with Central America and the DR-CAFTA with the United States.<br />
The <strong>EPA</strong>, overall, did not experience much criticism. One critic has come from the dairy<br />
industry, which has publicly stated that it was expecting a 20-year phase out for milk,<br />
and it got 15 years instead. So far, the two biggest winners have been the banana and<br />
rum exporters which have seen their exports increase significantly. There is the