{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-980/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-980/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/980",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-980",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Beneficiary countries and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences\nColumn A code according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community\nColumn B name of country\nColumn C sections in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 14)\nColumn D countries included in the special arrangement for least developed countries (Article 12)\nColumn E countries included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8)\nThe list may include countries which are temporarily suspended from the EU GSP or have not complied with the administrative cooperation requirements, which are a pre-condition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list.\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nAE\nUnited Arab Emirates\nAF\nAfghanistan\nX\nAG\nAntigua and Barbuda\nAI\nAnguilla\nAM\nArmenia\nAN\nNetherlands Antilles\nAO\nAngola\nX\nAQ\nAntarctica\nAR\nArgentina\nAS\nAmerican Samoa\nAW\nAruba\nAZ\nAzerbaijan\nBB\nBarbados\nBD\nBangladesh\nX\nBF\nBurkina Faso\nX\nBH\nBahrain\nBI\nBurundi\nX\nBJ\nBenin\nX\nBM\nBermuda\nBN\nBrunei Darussalam\nBO\nBolivia\nX\nBR\nBrazil\nS-IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.\nS-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.\nBS\nBahamas\nBT\nBhutan\nX\nBV\nBouvet Island\nBW\nBotswana\nBY\nBelarus\nBZ\nBelize\nCC\nCocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)\nCD\nCongo, Democratic Republic of\nX\nCF\nCentral African Republic\nX\nCG\nCongo\nCI\nCôte d'Ivoire\nCK\nCook Islands\nCM\nCameroon\nCN\nChina, People's Republic of\nS-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.\nS-VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof.\nS-VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut).\nS-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.\nS-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof.\nS-XI(a) Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles.\nS-XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair.\nS-XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware.\nS-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.\nS-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.\nS-XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.\nS-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.\nS-XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof.\nS-XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles.\nCO\nColombia\nX\nCR\nCosta Rica\nX\nCU\nCuba\nCV\nCape Verde\nX\nCX\nChristmas Islands\nDJ\nDjibouti\nX\nDM\nDominica\nDO\nDominican Republic\nDZ\nAlgeria\nS-V Mineral products.\nEC\nEcuador\nX\nEG\nEgypt\nER\nEritrea\nX\nET\nEthiopia\nX\nFJ\nFiji\nFK\nFalklands Islands\nFM\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nGA\nGabon\nGD\nGrenada\nGE\nGeorgia\nX\nGH\nGhana\nGI\nGibraltar\nGL\nGreenland\nGM\nGambia\nX\nGN\nGuinea\nX\nGQ\nEquatorial Guinea\nX\nGS\nSouth Georgia and South Sandwich Islands\nGT\nGuatemala\nX\nGU\nGuam\nGW\nGuinea-Bissau\nX\nGY\nGuyana\nHM\nHeard Island and McDonald Islands\nHN\nHonduras\nX\nHT\nHaiti\nX\nID\nIndonesia\nS-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.\nS-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.\nIN\nIndia\nS-XI(a) Textiles;\nS-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.\nIO\nBritish Indian Ocean Territory\nIQ\nIraq\nIR\nIran, Islamic Republic of\nJM\nJamaica\nJO\nJordan\nKE\nKenya\nKG\nKyrgyzstan\nKH\nCambodia\nX\nKI\nKiribati\nX\nKM\nComoros\nX\nKN\nSt Kitts and Nevis\nKW\nKuwait\nKY\nCayman Islands\nKZ\nKazakhstan\nLA\nLao People's Democratic Republic\nX\nLB\nLebanon\nLC\nSt Lucia\nLK\nSri Lanka\nX\nLR\nLiberia\nX\nLS\nLesotho\nX\nLY\nLibyan Arab Jamahiriya\nMA\nMorocco\nMG\nMadagascar\nX\nMH\nMarshall Islands\nML\nMali\nX\nMM\nMyanmar\nX\nMN\nMongolia\nX\nMO\nMacao\nMP\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nMR\nMauritania\nX\nMS\nMontserrat\nMU\nMauritius\nMV\nMaldives\nX\nMW\nMalawi\nX\nMX\nMexico\nMY\nMalaysia\nS-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.\nMZ\nMozambique\nX\nNA\nNamibia\nNC\nNew Caledonia\nNE\nNiger\nX\nNF\nNorfolk Island\nNG\nNigeria\nNI\nNicaragua\nX\nNP\nNepal\nX\nNR\nNauru\nNU\nNiue Island\nOM\nOman\nPA\nPanama\nX\nPE\nPeru\nX\nPF\nFrench Polynesia\nPG\nPapua New Guinea\nPH\nPhilippines\nPK\nPakistan\nPM\nSt Pierre and Miquelon\nPN\nPitcairn\nPW\nPalau\nPY\nParaguay\nQA\nQatar\nRU\nRussian Federation\nS-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.\nS-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof.\nS-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.\nRW\nRwanda\nX\nSA\nSaudi Arabia\nSB\nSolomon Islands\nX\nSC\nSeychelles\nSD\nSudan\nX\nSH\nSanta Helena\nSL\nSierra Leone\nX\nSN\nSenegal\nX\nSO\nSomalia\nX\nSR\nSuriname\nST\nSão Tomé and Príncipe\nX\nSV\nEl Salvador\nX\nSY\nSyrian Arab Republic\nSZ\nSwaziland\nTC\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTD\nChad\nX\nTF\nFrench Southern territories\nTG\nTogo\nX\nTH\nThailand\nS-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.\nS-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.\nTJ\nTajikistan\nTK\nTokelau\nTL\nTimor-Leste\nX\nTM\nTurkmenistan\nTN\nTunisia\nTO\nTonga\nTT\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTV\nTuvalu\nX\nTZ\nTanzania (United Republic of)\nX\nUA\nUkraine\nUG\nUganda\nX\nUM\nUnited States Minor outlying islands\nUY\nUruguay\nUZ\nUzbekistan\nVC\nSt Vincent and the Grenadines\nVE\nVenezuela\nX\nVG\nVirgin Islands (British)\nVI\nVirgin Islands (USA)\nVN\nVietnam\nVU\nVanuatu\nX\nWF\nWallis and Futuna\nWS\nSamoa\nX\nYE\nYemen\nX\nYT\nMayotte\nZA\nSouth Africa\nS-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.\nZM\nZambia\nX\nZW\nZimbabwe",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2007 of 24 May 2007 removing the Republic of Chile from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 of 21 January 2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova and amending Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 and Commission Decision 2005/924/EC."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The list may include countries which are temporarily suspended from the EU GSP or have not complied with the administrative cooperation requirements, which are a pre-condition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/980/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:32.473821+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}