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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2008) |
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3 395 |
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
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23
088 |
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Merchandise |
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142 |
96 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
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42 446 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
116 |
71 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2008) |
- 2 792 |
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Commercial services |
|
62 |
86 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
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8 642 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
40 |
61 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
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145.1 |
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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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163 |
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6 |
12 |
9 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
148 |
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6 |
15 |
... |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
151 |
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6 |
19 |
... |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
0.087 |
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| WTO accession
date |
6 September 1997 |
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Import duties collected |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
17, 19 September 2007 |
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in total tax revenue |
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... |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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... |
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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
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100.0 |
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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 |
17 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
5 - 5 |
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| All goods |
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23.5 |
7.2 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
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... |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
27.7 |
13.4 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
22.9 |
6.2 |
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Safeguards (28 October 2008) |
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1 |
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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 |
5 - 1 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
32.2 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
1 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
39.6 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
70 |
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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$) |
1 180 |
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4 |
6 |
1 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
9 050 |
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13 |
42 |
32 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total
exports |
0.01 |
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Share in
world total imports |
0.06 |
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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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81.3 |
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Agricultural products |
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11.1 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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5.4 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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21.8 |
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| Manufactures |
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8.5 |
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Manufactures |
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66.7 |
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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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39.2 |
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1. United States |
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29.7 |
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| 2. European
Union (27) |
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31.6 |
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2. European Union (27) |
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6.5 |
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| 3. Costa Rica |
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5.8 |
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3. Costa Rica |
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5.1 |
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| 4. China |
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4.3 |
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4. China |
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5.0 |
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| 5. Taipei,
Chinese |
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4.1 |
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5. Japan |
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4.3 |
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| Unspecified destinations |
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1.7 |
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Unspecified origins |
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24.8 |
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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$) |
5
794 |
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14 |
25 |
19 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
2
532 |
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11 |
23 |
23 |
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2008
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2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.15
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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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53.7
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Transportation |
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60.3 |
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| Travel |
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24.3
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Travel |
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14.4 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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22.0
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Other commercial services |
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25.3 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2000 |
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Trademark registrations by office, 1996 |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct
non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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| ... |
15 |
15 |
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1 798 |
2 840 |
... |
4 638 |
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| a Refers to 2007 values and to the average
annual percentage change for 2000-2007. |
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