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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 1999) |
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23 901 |
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2003) |
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12 602 |
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Merchandise |
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53 |
62 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
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... |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
38 |
41 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2006) |
2
681 |
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Commercial services |
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137 |
60 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
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... |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
111 |
41 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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2004
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2000-2004 |
2003 |
2004 |
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| Real GDP (2000=100) |
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74 |
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-7 |
-41 |
46 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget |
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| WTO accession
date |
Observer |
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Import duties collected |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
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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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Number of
notifications to WTO and measures in force |
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Final bound |
Applied |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
- |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
2 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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Anti-dumping |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
- |
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Countervailing
duties |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
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Safeguards |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports |
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Requests for consultation |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
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non-agricultural goods |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
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sectors with GATS commitments |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
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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$) |
59
700 |
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14 |
30 |
51 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
31
200 |
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11 |
3 |
45 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total
exports |
0.37 |
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Share in
world total imports |
0.19 |
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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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By main
commodity group (ITS) |
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| Agricultural
products |
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0.1 |
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Agricultural products |
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11.9 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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97.7 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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0.7 |
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| Manufactures |
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0.0 |
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Manufactures |
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26.5 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. United
States |
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33.7 |
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1. ... |
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| 2. Taipei,
Chinese |
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29.6 |
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2. ... |
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| 3. European
Union (27) |
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17.4 |
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3. ... |
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| 4. Japan |
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2.3 |
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4. ... |
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Republic |
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0.2 |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2006
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2000-2006 |
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2005 |
2006 |
| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
353 |
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... |
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2 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
5
030 |
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... |
-7 |
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2006
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2006 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.01
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Share in world total imports |
0.19 |
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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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57.8
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Transportation |
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51.3 |
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| Travel |
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40.8
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Travel |
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7.8 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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1.4
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Other commercial services |
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40.8 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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by patent office, 1996 |
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Trademark registrations by office |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct
non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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