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| BASIC INDICATORS |
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| Population
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7 825 |
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Rank in world trade,
2010 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2010) |
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523 772 |
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Merchandise |
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24 |
23 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2010) |
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361 643 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
18 |
17 |
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| Current account
balance (million US$, 2010) |
70 364 |
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Commercial services |
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16 |
27 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2008-2010) |
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74 084 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
9 |
17 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2008-2010) |
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113.3 |
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Annual percentage change |
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2010 |
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2005-2010 |
2009 |
2010 |
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| Real GDP (2005=100) |
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110 |
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2 |
-2 |
3 |
| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
a |
114 |
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3 |
-9 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
a |
107 |
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-5 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
1 July 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2011) |
1.342 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
15, 16 December 2008 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2006-2008) |
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| GPA
accession |
1 January 1996 |
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in total tax revenue |
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2.4 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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1.1 |
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| Tariff binding
coverage (%) |
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99.5 |
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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 |
9 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
23 - 6 |
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| All goods |
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8.1 |
5.2 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2010) |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
48.2 |
27.2 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2010) |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
2.0 |
1.9 |
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Safeguards (22 October 2010) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
81.1 |
80.0 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports (%, 2009) |
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Requests for consultation |
4 - 0 |
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| in agricultural
goods (AOA) |
18.2 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
1 - 0 |
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non-agricultural goods |
37.7 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
115 |
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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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2010 |
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2005-2010 |
2009 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
195 392 |
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-14 |
13 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
175 933 |
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-15 |
13 |
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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 |
1.14 |
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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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4.1 |
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Agricultural products |
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6.8 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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6.8 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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11.4 |
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| Manufactures |
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88.3 |
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Manufactures |
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80.7 |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. European
Union (27) |
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58.7 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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77.5 |
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| 2. United
States |
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10.1 |
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2. United States |
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5.4 |
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3.7 |
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3. China |
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3.3 |
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3.3 |
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4. Japan |
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2.0 |
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China |
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1.6 |
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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$) |
77 745 |
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10 |
-5 |
8 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
37 884 |
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7 |
-3 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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| Share in world total exports |
2.11 |
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Share in world total imports |
1.08 |
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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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8.0 |
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Transportation |
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22.3 |
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| Travel |
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19.1 |
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Travel |
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28.8 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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72.9 |
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Other commercial services |
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48.8 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 2009 |
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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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| 592 |
377 |
969 |
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10 254 |
3 887 |
12 659 |
26 800 |
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| a Refers to 2009 and to the average annual
percentage change for 2005-2009. |
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