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| BASIC INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2008) |
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86 |
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Rank in world trade, 2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
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1 225 |
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Merchandise |
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182 |
174 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
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1 824 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
156 |
148 |
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| Current account
balance (million US$, 2007) |
- 402 |
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Commercial services |
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130 |
161 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
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17 424 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
104 |
135 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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131.9 |
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Annual percentage change |
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
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92 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
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96 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
0.015 |
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| WTO accession
date |
1 January 1995 |
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Import duties collected |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
5, 7 November 2007 |
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in total tax revenue |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
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97.9 |
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Number of
notifications to WTO and measures in force |
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Final bound |
Applied 2008 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
42 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
2 - 2 |
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| All goods |
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58.7 |
9.7 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
105.0 |
15.0 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
51.4 |
8.9 |
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Safeguards (28 October 2008) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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| MFN duty free
imports (%, 2007) |
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Requests for consultation |
1 - 0 |
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| in agricultural
goods (AOA) |
13.8 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
1 - 0 |
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non-agricultural goods |
4.7 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
1 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
32 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 1 |
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| MERCHANDISE TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2008 |
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
80 |
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5 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
770 |
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17 |
6 |
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2008 b |
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2008 b |
| Share in world total
exports |
0.00 |
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Share in
world total imports |
0.00 |
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| Breakdown in
economy's total exports |
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Breakdown in economy's total imports |
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| By main commodity group (ITS) |
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By main
commodity group (ITS) |
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| Agricultural
products |
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1.7 |
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Agricultural products |
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20.4 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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55.3 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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36.9 |
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| Manufactures |
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42.5 |
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Manufactures |
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42.7 |
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By main
origin |
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Antilles |
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30.9 |
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1. United States |
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58.2 |
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| 2. United
States |
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23.6 |
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2. European Union (27) |
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12.3 |
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| 3. European
Union (27) |
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10.6 |
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3. Japan |
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4.3 |
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4. Netherlands Antilles |
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4.1 |
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3.9 |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2008 |
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2000-2008 |
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2007 |
2008 |
| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
509
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3 |
4 |
5 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
296
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14 |
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2008 |
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.01
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Share in world total imports |
0.01 |
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| Breakdown in
economy's total exports |
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Breakdown in economy's total imports |
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By
principal services item |
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| Transportation |
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16.4
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Transportation |
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36.1 |
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| Travel |
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69.9
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Travel |
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18.1 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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13.7
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Other commercial services |
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45.8 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2007 |
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Trademark registrations by office, 2007 |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct
non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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1 031 |
1 031 |
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| a Refers to 2002 values and to the average
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