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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2006) |
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1 311 798 |
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Rank in world trade, 2006 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2006) |
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2 668 071 |
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Merchandise |
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3 |
3 |
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| GDP
(million current PPP US$, 2006) |
|
10 048 026 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
3 |
3 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2006) |
249
867 |
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Commercial services |
|
8 |
6 |
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| Trade
per capita (US$, 2004-2006) |
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1 207 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
4 |
4 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2004-2006) |
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69.0 |
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Annual percentage change |
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2006
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2000-2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
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| Real GDP (2000=100) |
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175 |
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10 |
10 |
11 |
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| Exports
of goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
287 |
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23 |
24 |
... |
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| Imports
of goods and services (volume, 2000=100)
a |
240 |
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19 |
11 |
... |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2008) |
5.338 |
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| WTO
accession date |
11 December 2001 |
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Import duties collected (%, 2004-2005) |
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| Trade
Policy Review date |
19, 21 April 2006 |
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in total tax revenue |
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7.1 |
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| Tariffs
and duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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2.0 |
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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 2007 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central
Registry |
11 |
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| Simple average
of import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
6 - 2 |
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| All goods |
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10.0 |
10.0 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2007) |
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103 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
15.8 |
15.8 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2007) |
... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
9.1 |
9.1 |
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Safeguards (24 October 2007) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.0 |
0.4 |
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Number of disputes (complainant - defendant) |
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| MFN duty free
imports (%, 2006) |
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Requests for consultation |
2 - 10 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
7.8 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
1 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
44.2 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
93 |
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Arbitration awards (Article
22.6 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| MERCHANDISE TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2006
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|
2000-2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
968
936 |
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25 |
28 |
27 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
791
461 |
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23 |
18 |
20 |
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2006
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2006 |
| Share in world total
exports |
8.00 |
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Share in
world total imports |
6.37 |
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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 main commodity group (ITS) |
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By main
commodity group (ITS) |
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| Agricultural
products |
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3.4 |
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Agricultural products |
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6.5 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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4.0 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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20.0 |
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| Manufactures |
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92.4 |
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Manufactures |
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73.2 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. United
States |
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21.0 |
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1. Japan |
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14.6 |
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| 2. European
Union (27) |
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19.6 |
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2. European Union (27) |
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11.5 |
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| 3. Hong Kong,
China |
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16.0 |
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3. Korea, Republic of |
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11.3 |
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| 4. Japan |
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9.5 |
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4. Taipei, Chinese |
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11.0 |
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| 5. Korea,
Republic of |
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4.6 |
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5. China |
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9.3 |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
|
Value |
|
Annual percentage change |
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2006
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2000-2006 |
|
2005 |
2006 |
| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
91 421
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20 |
19 |
24 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
100 327
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19 |
16 |
21 |
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2006
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2006 |
| Share in world total exports |
3.31
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Share in world total imports |
3.82 |
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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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23.0
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Transportation |
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34.3 |
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| Travel |
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37.1
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Travel |
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24.2 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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39.9
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Other commercial services |
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41.5 |
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| INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
Total |
Residents |
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Non-residents |
PCT residents |
PCT non-residents |
|
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| Patents
granted, national office, 2005 |
53
305 |
20
574 |
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16 390 |
131 |
16 210 |
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| Patents
granted, regional office |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
- |
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Total |
Residents |
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Non-residents |
Non-residents direct |
Non-residents Madrid |
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| Trademarks
registered, 2006 |
12
939 |
... |
|
12 939 |
... |
12 939 |
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| a Refers to 2005 values and to the average
annual percentage change for 2000-2005. |
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