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October 2009 |
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| Armenia |
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| BASIC INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2008) |
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3
077 |
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Rank in world trade, 2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
|
11 917 |
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Merchandise |
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|
145 |
119 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
|
18 678 |
|
excluding intra-EU trade |
119 |
93 |
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| Current account
balance (million US$, 2008) |
- 1 383 |
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Commercial services |
|
123 |
127 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
|
1 718 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
97 |
101 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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57.6 |
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Annual percentage change |
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2008 |
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
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| Real GDP (2000=100) |
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245 |
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12 |
14 |
7 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
201 |
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9 |
-3 |
-14 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
226 |
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11 |
13 |
8 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
0.015 |
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| WTO accession
date |
5 February 2003 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2005-2007) |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
... |
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in total tax revenue |
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4.6 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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1.7 |
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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
|
100 |
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Number of
notifications to WTO and measures in force |
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| MFN tariffs |
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Final bound |
Applied 2008 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
7 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
8 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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8.5 |
2.9 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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... |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
14.7 |
6.9 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
7.5 |
2.2 |
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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 |
0.4 |
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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 |
0 - 0 |
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| in agricultural
goods (AOA) |
30.1 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
82.8 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
106 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| MERCHANDISE TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2008 |
|
2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
1
069 |
|
18 |
17 |
-7 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
4
412 |
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22 |
49 |
35 |
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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 |
0.03 |
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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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20.4 |
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Agricultural products |
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18.2 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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25.3 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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16.8 |
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| Manufactures |
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52.5 |
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Manufactures |
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54.5 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. European
Union (27) |
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54.6 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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29.7 |
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| 2. Russian
Federation |
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20.3 |
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2. Russian Federation |
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20.4 |
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| 3. Georgia |
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7.3 |
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3. China |
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9.2 |
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| 4. United
States |
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4.9 |
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4. Ukraine |
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7.6 |
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| 5. Iran,
Islamic Rep. of |
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2.3 |
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5. Turkey |
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6.5 |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
|
Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
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|
2008 |
|
2000-2008 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
636
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22 |
20 |
11 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
952
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23 |
29 |
23 |
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2008 |
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.02
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Share in world total imports |
0.03 |
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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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By
principal services item |
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| Transportation |
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21.7
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Transportation |
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49.3 |
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| Travel |
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52.0
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Travel |
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34.1 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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26.3
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Other commercial services |
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16.7 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2006 |
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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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| 210 |
3 |
213 |
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672 |
492 |
2 996 |
4 160 |
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