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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2008) |
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2 689 |
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
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15 068 |
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Merchandise |
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118 |
98 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
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20 720 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
93 |
73 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2007) |
- 1 744 |
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Commercial services |
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80 |
92 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
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4 930 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
54 |
67 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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98.6 |
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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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113 |
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2 |
1 |
-1 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
... |
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goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
0.044 |
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| WTO accession
date |
9 March 1995 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2005-2007) |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
17, 19 January 2005 |
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in total tax revenue |
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9.3 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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4.0 |
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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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| MFN tariffs |
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Final bound |
Applied 2007 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
19 |
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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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49.6 |
7.5 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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1 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
97.1 |
17.9 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
42.4 |
5.9 |
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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 |
0 - 0 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
29.2 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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non-agricultural goods |
46.4 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
48 |
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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
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
2
703 |
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10 |
9 |
25 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
8
549 |
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13 |
14 |
32 |
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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 |
0.05 |
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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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13.1 |
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Agricultural products |
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12.9 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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76.1 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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42.9 |
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| Manufactures |
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10.1 |
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Manufactures |
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44.2 |
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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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40.3 |
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1. United States |
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39.4 |
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| 2. European
Union (27) |
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29.8 |
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2. Trinidad and Tobago |
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17.5 |
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| 3. Canada |
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10.6 |
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3. Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela |
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11.6 |
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| 4. Russian
Federation |
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5.2 |
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4. European Union (27) |
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6.0 |
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| 5. Iceland |
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3.2 |
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5. China |
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3.8 |
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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$) |
2 735
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4 |
2 |
3 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
2 341
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7 |
12 |
6 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.07
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Share in world total imports |
0.07 |
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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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16.2
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Transportation |
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47.6 |
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| Travel |
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72.4
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Travel |
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11.5 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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11.4
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Other commercial services |
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40.9 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2006 |
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Trademark registrations by office, 2002 |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct
non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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| 9 |
34 |
43 |
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287 |
1 208 |
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