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| BASIC INDICATORS |
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| Population
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30 486 |
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Rank in world trade,
2011 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2011) |
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18 884 |
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Merchandise |
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153 |
121 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2011) |
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38 172 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
127 |
95 |
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| Current account
balance (million US$, 2011) |
289 |
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Commercial services |
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130 |
142 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2009-2011) |
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246 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
104 |
116 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2009-2011) |
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46.2 |
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| Real GDP (2005=100) |
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130 |
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5 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
23 April 2004 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2013) |
0.017 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
13, 15 March 2012 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2009-2011) |
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| GPA
accession |
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in total tax revenue |
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20.6 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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7.3 |
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| Tariff binding
coverage (%) |
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99.4 |
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Number of notifications to WTO and measures in
force |
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Final bound |
Applied 2011 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
12 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
3 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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26.0 |
12.3 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2012) |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
41.5 |
14.5 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2012) |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
23.7 |
12.0 |
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Safeguards (6 November 2012) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.0 |
0.5 |
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Number of disputes
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imports (%, 2010) |
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Requests for consultation |
0 - 0 |
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| in agricultural
goods (AOA) |
0.0 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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non-agricultural goods |
8.1 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
77 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
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0 - 0 |
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| MERCHANDISE
TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2010 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
919 |
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4 |
7 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
5 774 |
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12 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.01 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.03 |
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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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21.9 |
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Agricultural products |
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11.2 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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3.5 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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24.0 |
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| Manufactures |
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70.0 |
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Manufactures |
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58.4 |
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By main
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67.7 |
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1. India |
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63.4 |
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| 2. European
Union (27) |
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12.0 |
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2. China |
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11.7 |
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| 3. United
States |
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7.7 |
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3. United Arab Emirates |
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5.6 |
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| 4. Bangladesh |
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2.9 |
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4. European Union (27) |
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2.3 |
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5. Indonesia |
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| COMMERCIAL
SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2011 |
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2005-2011 |
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2010 |
2011 |
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| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
775 |
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19 |
-3 |
33 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
761 |
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10 |
2 |
-10 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.02 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.02 |
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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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5.2 |
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Transportation |
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36.6 |
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| Travel |
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49.4 |
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Travel |
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42.0 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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45.4 |
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Other commercial services |
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21.3 |
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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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520 |
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