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Czech Republic

Value (US Dollars) of U.S. exports to the Czech Republic by Product Category:

Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including table-tennis) or outdoor games, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; swimming pools and wading pools; parts and accessories thereof:

       2015: 2,976,000 (186,238,000 total import from all countries)

       2016: 2,988,000 (256,193,000 total import from all countries)

       2017: 3,308,000 (258,912,000 total import from all countries)

       2018: 3,039,000 (312,640,000 total import from all countries)

·       2019: 3,042,000 (297,229,000 total import from all countries)

Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; row boats and canoes:

       2015: 594,000 (5,542,000 total import from all countries)

       2016: 869,000 (10,275,000 total import from all countries)

       2017: 763,000 (10,635,000 total import from all countries)

       2018: 1,469,000 (10,620,000 total import from all countries)

       2019: 998,000 (14,527,000 total import from all countries)

Other sporting, hunting or target- shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles/Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles:

       2015: 384,000 (4,573,000 total import from all countries)

       2016: 531,000 (4,432,000 total import from all countries)

       2017: 1,437,000 (5,399,000 total import from all countries)

       2018: 1,240,000 (5,784,000 total import from all countries)

       2019: 842,000 (4,288,000 total import from all countries)

Tents; sails for boats, sailboards; camping goods of all types of textile materials; umbr. and play tents; rucksacks, napsacks and similar containers sleep.bags, mattresses, pillows incl. their fillings):

       2015: 250,000 (14,701,000 total import from all countries)

       2016: 433,000 (18,172,000 total import from all countries)

       2017: 628,000 22,405,000 total import from all countries)

       2018: 618,000 (25,634,000 total import from all countries)

       2019: 537,000 (28,302,000 total import from all countries)

Electric Vehicles

Figures of BNDES, indicate that in 2017, Brazil’s electric/hybrid fleet consisted of 6,000 vehicles, a very small fraction of the country’s vehicle fleet, estimated at 45 million vehicles.

There are a number of local organizations doing research projects, as well as technical committees working on standards and regulations to create the infrastructure for the electric vehicle industry in the country. A few Brazilian-owned companies are taking the lead in segment.