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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
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65 437 |
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Rank in world trade,
2011 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2011) |
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2 773 032 |
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Merchandise |
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6 |
5 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2011) |
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2 306 351 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2011) |
- 54 123 |
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Commercial services |
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4 |
4 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2009-2011) |
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23 262 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2009-2011) |
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57.2 |
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2011 |
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2010 |
2011 |
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| Real GDP (2005=100) |
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105 |
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1 |
2 |
2 |
| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100) |
109 |
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10 |
5 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100) |
115 |
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2 |
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5 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
1 January 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2013) |
4.172 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
6, 8 July 2011 |
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Import duties collected |
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accession |
1 January 1996 |
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in total tax revenue |
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duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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| Tariff binding
coverage (%) |
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100 |
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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 |
20 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
35 - 12 |
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| All goods |
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5.2 |
5.3 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2012) |
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123 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
13.8 |
13.9 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2012) |
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10 |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
3.9 |
4.0 |
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Safeguards (6 November 2012) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
4.8 |
4.7 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports (%, 2010) |
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Requests for consultation |
87 - 75 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
42.9 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
36 - 30 |
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non-agricultural goods |
58.8 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
4 - 4 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
115 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
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| MERCHANDISE
TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2011 |
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2005-2011 |
2010 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
596 473 |
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4 |
8 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
720 029 |
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9 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
3.26 |
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Share in world total imports |
3.89 |
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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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By main
commodity group (ITS) |
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| Agricultural
products |
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14.0 |
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Agricultural products |
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9.8 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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7.4 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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18.9 |
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| Manufactures |
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76.6 |
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Manufactures |
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70.9 |
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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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60.9 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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58.9 |
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| 2. United
States |
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2. China |
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8.0 |
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| 3. China |
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3. United States |
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5.6 |
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2.8 |
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Federation |
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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$) a |
223 397 |
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1 |
17 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) a |
190 044 |
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4 |
12 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
5.22 |
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Share in world total imports |
4.72 |
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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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| Transportation |
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20.3 |
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Transportation |
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27.8 |
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| Travel |
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24.4 |
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Travel |
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23.2 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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55.3 |
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Other commercial services |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2011 |
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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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| 8 815 |
1 398 |
10 213 |
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4 084 |
4 084 |
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| a Break in series for commercial services:
2009. |
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