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| BASIC
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| Population
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1 325 640 |
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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current US$, 2008) |
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3 860 039 |
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Merchandise |
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3 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
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7 903 235 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
2 |
3 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2008) |
426
100 |
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Commercial services |
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5 |
5 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
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1 796 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
3 |
4 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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73.4 |
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
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| Real GDP (2000=100) |
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217 |
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10 |
13 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
457 |
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21 |
20 |
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goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
324 |
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14 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
5.898 |
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| WTO accession
date |
11 December 2001 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2004-2006) |
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Review date |
21, 23 May 2008 |
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in total tax revenue |
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6.6 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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1.9 |
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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
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100 |
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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 |
16 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
8 - 5 |
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10.0 |
9.6 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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110 |
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goods (AOA) |
15.8 |
15.6 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
9.1 |
8.7 |
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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
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imports (%, 2007) |
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Requests for consultation |
6 - 17 |
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agricultural goods (AOA) |
0.8 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
1 - 4 |
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non-agricultural goods |
51.6 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
93 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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Annual percentage change |
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
1 428 332 |
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17 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
1 132 488 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total
exports |
8.89 |
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Share in
world total imports |
6.90 |
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| Breakdown in
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Breakdown in economy's total imports |
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By main
commodity group (ITS) |
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| Agricultural
products |
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3.0 |
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Agricultural products |
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7.7 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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3.8 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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27.1 |
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| Manufactures |
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93.1 |
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Manufactures |
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64.8 |
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Union (27) |
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1. Japan |
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13.3 |
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States |
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17.7 |
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2. European Union (27) |
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11.7 |
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China |
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13.4 |
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3. Korea, Republic of |
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9.9 |
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4. Taipei, Chinese |
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5. China |
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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$) |
146 446
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33 |
20 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
158 004
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29 |
22 |
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
3.88
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Share in world total imports |
4.53 |
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By
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| Transportation |
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26.2
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Transportation |
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31.9 |
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| Travel |
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27.9
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Travel |
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22.9 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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45.9
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Other commercial services |
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45.3 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent 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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| 31 945 |
36 003 |
67 948 |
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215 161 |
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