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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2008) |
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20 156 |
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
|
40 714 |
|
Merchandise |
|
|
91 |
83 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
|
91 921 |
|
excluding intra-EU trade |
67 |
59 |
|
|
| Current
account balance (million US$, 2008) |
- 3 775 |
|
Commercial services |
|
89 |
81 |
|
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
|
1 131 |
|
excluding intra-EU trade |
63 |
56 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
|
67.0 |
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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) |
|
148 |
|
5 |
7 |
6 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
101 |
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0 |
... |
... |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
101 |
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0 |
... |
... |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
0.076 |
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| WTO accession
date |
1 January 1995 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2005-2007) |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
3, 5 March 2004 |
|
in total tax revenue |
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12.1 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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4.3 |
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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
|
37.8 |
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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 |
|
Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
37 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
6 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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30.3 |
11.2 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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... |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
50.0 |
25.5 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
19.7 |
9.0 |
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Safeguards (28 October 2008) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.5 |
1.7 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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| MFN duty free
imports (%, 2005) |
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Requests for consultation |
1 - 0 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
1.5 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
46.2 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
27 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| MERCHANDISE TRADE |
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Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
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2008
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|
2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
8 450 |
|
6 |
12 |
9 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
14
008 |
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9 |
10 |
24 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total
exports |
0.05 |
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Share in
world total imports |
0.09 |
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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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27.7 |
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Agricultural products |
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14.4 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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1.7 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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24.0 |
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| Manufactures |
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68.0 |
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Manufactures |
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57.9 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. European
Union (27) |
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36.9 |
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1. India |
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20.8 |
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| 2. United
States |
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|
22.5 |
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2. European Union (27) |
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12.8 |
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| 3. India |
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5.3 |
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3. Singapore |
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11.7 |
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| 4. United Arab
Emirates |
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3.1 |
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4. Iran, Islamic Rep. of |
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8.8 |
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| 5. Russian
Federation |
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2.6 |
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5. China |
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8.1 |
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| Unspecified destinations |
|
2.7 |
|
Unspecified origins |
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0.0 |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
|
Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
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|
2008
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|
2000-2008 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
1
982 |
|
10 |
9 |
13 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
2
967 |
|
8 |
9 |
16 |
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2008
|
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.05
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Share in world total imports |
0.09 |
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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 |
|
50.4
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|
Transportation |
|
66.1 |
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| Travel |
|
17.3
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Travel |
|
14.4 |
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| Other
commercial services |
|
32.3
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Other commercial services |
|
19.5 |
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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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| 54 |
37 |
91 |
|
212 |
499 |
... |
711 |
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| a Refers to 2002 values and to the average
annual percentage change for 2000-2002. |
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