Definition: Special trade

Category: External trade

The results of Community statistics refer to special trade, which covers:
(a) immediate imports and exports from warehouses for free circulation, imports for inward processing and imports after outward processing (customs procedures);
(b) exports of Community goods after inward processing and exports for outward processing (customs procedures).

Goods in transit and warehouse traffic are not included in Community statistics.
Source:
External trade and balance of payments, Glossarium 1993, Eurostat, p. 33
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