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April 2013 |
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| South Africa |
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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2011) |
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50 587 |
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Rank in world trade,
2011 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2011) |
|
408 237 |
|
Merchandise |
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40 |
32 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2011) |
|
554 418 |
|
excluding intra-EU trade |
27 |
22 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2011) |
- 13 683 |
|
Commercial services |
|
44 |
40 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2009-2011) |
|
3 966 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
27 |
26 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2009-2011) |
|
56.4 |
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Annual percentage change |
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2011 |
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2005-2011 |
2010 |
2011 |
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| Real GDP (2005=100) |
|
121 |
|
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100) |
104 |
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1 |
5 |
6 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100) |
130 |
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4 |
10 |
10 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
1 January 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2013) |
0.548 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
4, 6 November 2009 |
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Import duties collected |
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| GPA
accession |
- |
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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 (%) |
|
96.4 |
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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 2011 |
|
Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
15 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
4 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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19.0 |
7.7 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2012) |
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31 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
39.2 |
9.1 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2012) |
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1 |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
15.8 |
7.5 |
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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 |
2.2 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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| MFN duty free
imports (%, 2010) |
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Requests for consultation |
0 - 4 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
36.2 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
69.3 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
91 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
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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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2011 |
|
2005-2011 |
2010 |
2011 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
98 047 |
|
11 |
31 |
21 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
121 606 |
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12 |
27 |
29 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.54 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.66 |
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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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9.2 |
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Agricultural products |
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7.1 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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41.1 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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23.6 |
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| Manufactures |
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38.1 |
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Manufactures |
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63.2 |
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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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22.3 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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30.6 |
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| 2. China |
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13.4 |
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2. China |
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14.2 |
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| 3. United
States |
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9.0 |
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3. United States |
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8.0 |
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| 4. Japan |
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8.2 |
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4. Japan |
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4.7 |
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| 5. India |
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3.6 |
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5. Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of |
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4.5 |
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| Unspecified destinations |
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8.2 |
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Unspecified origins |
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0.2 |
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| COMMERCIAL
SERVICES TRADE |
|
Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
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|
2011 |
|
2005-2011 |
|
2010 |
2011 |
|
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| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
14 427 |
|
5 |
17 |
6 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
19 228 |
|
8 |
25 |
7 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.34 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.48 |
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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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12.0 |
|
Transportation |
|
43.0 |
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| Travel |
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66.0 |
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Travel |
|
27.5 |
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| Other
commercial services |
|
22.0 |
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Other commercial services |
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29.6 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2011 |
|
Trademark registrations by office, 2011 |
|
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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| 567 |
4 729 |
5 296 |
|
17 728 |
13 558 |
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31 286 |
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