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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
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28 083 |
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Rank in world trade,
2011 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2011) |
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576 824 |
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Merchandise |
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15 |
31 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2011) |
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681 507 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
10 |
21 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2008) |
132 316 |
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Commercial services |
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50 |
21 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2009-2011) |
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15 746 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
33 |
13 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2009-2011) |
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92.3 |
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2011 |
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2005-2011 |
2010 |
2011 |
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| Real GDP (2005=100) |
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123 |
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3 |
5 |
7 |
| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
a |
107 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
a |
152 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
11 December 2005 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2013) |
1.150 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
25, 27 January 2012 |
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Import duties collected |
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accession |
Observer |
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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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| MFN tariffs |
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Final bound |
Applied 2011 |
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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 |
2 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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11.4 |
4.9 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2012) |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
17.3 |
4.8 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2012) |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
10.5 |
4.9 |
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Safeguards (6 November 2012) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
1.2 |
1.4 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports (%, 2010) |
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Requests for consultation |
0 - 0 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
50.8 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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non-agricultural goods |
17.0 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
120 |
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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 |
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2005-2011 |
2010 |
2011 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
364 735 |
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12 |
31 |
45 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
131 655 |
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14 |
12 |
23 |
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2011 b |
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2011 b |
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| Share in world total exports |
1.99 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.71 |
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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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1.6 |
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Agricultural products |
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17.1 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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80.5 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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5.1 |
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| Manufactures |
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17.8 |
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Manufactures |
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73.5 |
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By main
origin |
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26.8 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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31.9 |
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| 2. United
States |
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17.5 |
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2. United States |
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13.6 |
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Union (27) |
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7.1 |
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3. China |
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9.7 |
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Emirates |
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3.6 |
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4. Japan |
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8.7 |
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1.4 |
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5. Korea, Republic of |
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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$) c |
11 116 |
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10 |
7 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) c |
54 954 |
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8 |
8 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.26 |
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Share in world total imports |
1.37 |
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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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| Transportation |
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17.8 |
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Transportation |
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27.9 |
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| Travel |
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76.1 |
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Travel |
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31.4 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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6.1 |
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Other commercial services |
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40.6 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2011 |
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Trademark registrations by office |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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252 |
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| a Refers to 2007 and to the average annual
percentage change for 2005-2007. |
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| b Breakdowns by destination/origin refer to
2007. |
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| c Break in series for commercial services:
2008. |
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