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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
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65 697 |
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Rank in world trade,
2012 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2012) |
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2 612 878 |
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Merchandise |
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6 |
6 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2012) |
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2 371 919 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2012) |
- 60 072 |
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Commercial services |
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4 |
6 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2010-2012) |
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24 282 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2010-2012) |
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60.0 |
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2011 |
2012 |
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| Real GDP (2005=100) |
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105 |
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2 |
0 |
| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100) |
111 |
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5 |
2 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100) |
115 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
1 January 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2013) |
4.172 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
16, 18 July 2013 |
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Import duties collected |
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accession |
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1 January 1996 |
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in total tax revenue |
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duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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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 2012 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
6 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
34 - 11 |
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| All goods |
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5.2 |
5.5 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2012) |
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123 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
13.7 |
13.2 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2012) |
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10 |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
3.9 |
4.2 |
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Safeguards (6 November 2012) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff
lines) |
4.8 |
5.0 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports (%, 2011) |
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Requests for consultation |
89 - 76 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
46.5 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
38 - 30 |
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non-agricultural goods |
59.8 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5
DSU) |
4 - 4 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
115 |
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Arbitration awards (Article 22.6 DSU) |
4 - 3 |
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| MERCHANDISE
TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2012 |
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2005-2012 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
568 920 |
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14 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
673 794 |
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18 |
-6 |
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2012 |
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2012 |
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| Share in world total exports |
3.09 |
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Share in world total imports |
3.62 |
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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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13.8 |
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Agricultural products |
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9.7 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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7.2 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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19.5 |
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| Manufactures |
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77.3 |
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Manufactures |
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70.3 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
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| 1. European
Union (27) |
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59.0 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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58.6 |
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| 2. United
States |
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2. China |
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8.0 |
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3.5 |
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3. United States |
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2.3 |
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Federation |
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2.1 |
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| COMMERCIAL
SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2012 |
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2005-2012 |
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2011 |
2012 |
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| Commercial services exports (million US$) a |
210 662 |
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17 |
-6 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) a |
172 085 |
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12 |
-9 |
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2012 |
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2012 |
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| Share in world total exports |
4.84 |
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Share in world total imports |
4.14 |
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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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21.1 |
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Transportation |
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28.1 |
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| Travel |
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25.5 |
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Travel |
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21.6 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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53.4 |
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Other commercial services |
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50.3 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2011 |
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Trademark registrations by office, 2011 |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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| 8 815 |
1 398 |
10 213 |
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4 084 |
4 084 |
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| a Break in series for commercial services:
2009. |
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