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| BASIC
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| Population
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127
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
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4 909 272 |
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Merchandise |
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4 |
4 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
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4 354 550 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
4 |
4 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2008) |
156
632 |
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Commercial services |
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6 |
4 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
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12 252 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
4 |
3 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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34.3 |
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2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
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| Real GDP (2000=100) |
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111 |
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2 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
146 |
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6 |
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goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
126 |
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4 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
5.299 |
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| WTO accession
date |
1 January 1995 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2004-2006) |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
18, 20 February 2009 |
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in total tax revenue |
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1.0 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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1.4 |
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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
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99.6 |
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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 |
10 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
10 - 10 |
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| All goods |
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5.4 |
5.4 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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2 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
24.0 |
23.6 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
1 |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
2.5 |
2.6 |
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Safeguards (28 October 2008) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
3.5 |
6.3 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports (%, 2007) |
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Requests for consultation |
13 - 15 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
46.8 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
9 - 7 |
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non-agricultural goods |
82.1 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
1 - 1 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
112 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 1 |
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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$) |
782 047 |
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6 |
10 |
9 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
762 589 |
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7 |
23 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total
exports |
4.87 |
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Share in
world total imports |
4.64 |
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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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1.1 |
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Agricultural products |
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10.6 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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4.8 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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42.8 |
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| Manufactures |
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88.6 |
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Manufactures |
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44.9 |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. United
States |
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17.8 |
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1. China |
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18.8 |
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| 2. China |
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16.0 |
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2. United States |
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10.4 |
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| 3. European
Union (27) |
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14.1 |
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3. European Union (27) |
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9.2 |
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Republic of |
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7.6 |
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4. Saudi Arabia |
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6.7 |
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Chinese |
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5.9 |
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5. Australia |
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6.2 |
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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$) |
146 440
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10 |
10 |
15 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
167 443
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6 |
11 |
13 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
3.88
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Share in world total imports |
4.80 |
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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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| Transportation |
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32.0
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Transportation |
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32.2 |
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| Travel |
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7.4
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Travel |
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16.7 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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60.6
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Other commercial services |
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51.1 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2007 |
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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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| 145 040 |
19 914 |
164 954 |
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79 828 |
10 183 |
5 023 |
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