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October 2009 |
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| Suriname |
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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2008) |
|
515 |
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Rank in world trade,
2008 |
Exports |
Imports |
|
|
| GDP (million
current US$, 2008) |
|
2 881 |
|
Merchandise |
|
|
129 |
159 |
|
|
| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2008) |
|
3 866 |
|
excluding intra-EU trade |
104 |
133 |
|
|
| Current
account balance (million US$, 2008) |
353 |
|
Commercial services |
|
153 |
153 |
|
|
| Trade per
capita (US$, 2006-2008) |
|
6 109 |
|
excluding intra-EU trade |
127 |
127 |
|
|
| Trade to GDP
ratio (2006-2008) |
|
126.0 |
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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) |
|
154 |
|
6 |
5 |
7 |
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| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
... |
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... |
... |
... |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2000=100) |
... |
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... |
... |
... |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2009) |
0.015 |
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| WTO accession
date |
1 January 1995 |
|
Import duties collected |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
12, 14 July 2004 |
|
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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| Tariff binding coverage (%) |
|
26.3 |
|
Number of
notifications to WTO and measures in force |
|
|
| MFN tariffs |
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|
Final bound |
Applied |
|
Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
29 |
|
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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 |
|
|
18.5 |
... |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2008) |
|
... |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
19.9 |
... |
|
Countervailing duties (30 June 2008) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
17.0 |
... |
|
Safeguards (28 October 2008) |
|
0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.0 |
... |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
|
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| MFN duty free
imports |
|
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Requests for consultation |
0 - 0 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
... |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
... |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
12 |
|
Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| MERCHANDISE TRADE |
|
|
Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
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|
2008
|
|
2000-2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
1 743 |
|
20 |
8 |
28 |
|
|
| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
1 304 |
|
12 |
4 |
25 |
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2008
|
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|
2008 |
| Share in world total
exports |
0.01 |
|
Share in
world total imports |
0.01 |
|
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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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|
4.0 |
|
Agricultural products |
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|
11.7 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
|
11.1 |
|
Fuels and mining products |
|
15.7 |
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| Manufactures |
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|
2.3 |
|
Manufactures |
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|
47.7 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
|
|
|
| 1. European
Union (27) |
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|
14.7 |
|
1. United States |
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|
24.0 |
|
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| 2. Canada |
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|
14.4 |
|
2. European Union (27) |
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|
23.2 |
|
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| 3. Switzerland |
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|
9.1 |
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3. Trinidad and Tobago |
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|
20.6 |
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| 4. Guyana |
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|
6.1 |
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4. China |
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8.0 |
|
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| 5. Barbados |
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|
3.0 |
|
5. Japan |
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4.5 |
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| Unspecified destinations |
|
43.3 |
|
Unspecified origins |
|
|
0.8 |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
|
Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
|
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|
2008
|
|
2000-2008 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
233 |
|
13 |
0 |
11 |
|
|
| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
367 |
|
10 |
17 |
25 |
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2008
|
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|
2008 |
| Share in world total exports |
0.01
|
|
Share in world total imports |
0.01 |
|
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| Breakdown in
economy's total exports |
|
|
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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|
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| Transportation |
|
8.2
|
|
Transportation |
|
24.6 |
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| Travel |
|
33.3
|
|
Travel |
|
8.3 |
|
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| Other
commercial services |
|
58.6
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|
Other commercial services |
|
67.2 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
|
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| Patent grants
by patent office |
|
Trademark registrations by office, 1996 |
|
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
|
Direct residents |
Direct
non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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1 462 |
... |
1 531 |
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