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| Population
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Rank in world trade,
2010 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2009) |
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924 843 |
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Merchandise |
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21 |
19 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2009) |
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865 043 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
15 |
13 |
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| Current account
balance (million US$, 2010) |
- 31 991 |
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Commercial services |
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22 |
20 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2008-2010) |
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20 881 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
11 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2007-2009) |
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44.2 |
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2008 |
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112 |
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goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
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110 |
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goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
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| WTO accession |
1 January 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2011) |
1.190 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
5, 7 April 2011 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2007-2009) |
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accession |
Observer |
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in total tax revenue |
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1.8 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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2.3 |
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| Tariff binding
coverage (%) |
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97.1 |
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Number of notifications to WTO and measures in
force |
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Final bound |
Applied 2010 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
10 |
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of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
8 - 6 |
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10.0 |
2.8 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2010) |
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24 |
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goods (AOA) |
3.4 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2010) |
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goods |
11.0 |
3.0 |
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Safeguards (22 October 2010) |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.3 |
0.2 |
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Number of disputes
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imports (%, 2009) |
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Requests for consultation |
7 - 10 |
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| in agricultural
goods (AOA) |
49.4 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
5 - 3 |
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non-agricultural goods |
51.0 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 2 |
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sectors with GATS commitments |
103 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
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TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2010 |
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2005-2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
212 554 |
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15 |
-18 |
38 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
201 640 |
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-17 |
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2010 |
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1.40 |
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Share in world total imports |
1.31 |
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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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12.7 |
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Agricultural products |
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5.9 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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61.1 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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15.3 |
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| Manufactures |
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12.6 |
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Manufactures |
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72.3 |
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By main
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1. China |
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18.7 |
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18.9 |
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2. European Union (27) |
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18.3 |
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Republic of |
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3. United States |
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11.1 |
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Union (27) |
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4. Japan |
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8.6 |
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| COMMERCIAL
SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2010 |
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2005-2010 |
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2009 |
2010 |
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| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
47 233 |
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9 |
-9 |
17 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
50 218 |
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11 |
-15 |
24 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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| Share in world total exports |
1.28 |
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Share in world total imports |
1.43 |
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By
principal services item |
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| Transportation |
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10.5 |
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Transportation |
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26.6 |
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| Travel |
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63.7 |
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Travel |
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44.6 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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25.8 |
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Other commercial services |
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28.9 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2008 |
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Trademark registrations by office, 2009 |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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10 938 |
11 863 |
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percentage change for 2005-2008. |
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