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October 2011 |
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| BASIC INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2010) |
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2 171 |
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Rank in world trade, 2010 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2010) |
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2 132 |
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Merchandise |
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152 |
146 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2010) |
|
3 330 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
126 |
120 |
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| Current account
balance (million US$, 2009) |
- 32 |
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Commercial services |
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179 |
178 |
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| Trade per capita
(US$, 2007-2009) |
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1 218 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
153 |
152 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2007-2009) |
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158.5 |
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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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122 |
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4 |
3 |
3 |
| Exports of goods
and services (volume, 2005=100) |
89 |
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-2 |
-17 |
2 |
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| Imports of goods
and services (volume, 2005=100) |
135 |
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6 |
-1 |
10 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
31 May 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%,
2011) |
0.015 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
4, 6 November 2009 |
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Import duties collected |
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| GPA
accession |
- |
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in total tax revenue |
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... |
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| Tariffs and duty
free imports |
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to total imports |
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... |
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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 2010 |
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central Registry |
19 |
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| Simple average of
import duties |
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Goods RTAs - services EIAs notified to WTO |
3 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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78.4 |
7.6 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2010) |
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... |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
198.9 |
9.1 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2010) |
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... |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
60.0 |
7.4 |
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Safeguards (22 October 2010) |
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0 |
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| Non ad-valorem
duties (% total tariff lines) |
0.0 |
2.2 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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| MFN duty free
imports |
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Requests for consultation |
0 - 0 |
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| in agricultural
goods (AOA) |
... |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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| in
non-agricultural goods |
... |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article
21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services sectors
with GATS commitments |
80 |
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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 |
2010 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
820 |
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5 |
-19 |
15 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
2 200 |
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9 |
-3 |
13 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.01 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.01 |
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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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6.4 |
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Agricultural products |
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20.0 |
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| Fuels and mining
products |
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0.0 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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7.2 |
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| Manufactures |
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93.4 |
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Manufactures |
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61.6 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
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| COMMERCIAL
SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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2009 |
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2005-2009 |
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2008 |
2009 |
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| Commercial services exports (million US$) |
63 |
|
10 |
-26 |
25 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
91 |
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1 |
-2 |
5 |
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2009 |
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2009 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.00 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.00 |
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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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0.9 |
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Transportation |
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79.1 |
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| Travel |
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64.0 |
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Travel |
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15.2 |
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| Other commercial
services |
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35.1 |
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Other commercial services |
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5.7 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants by
patent office, 1996 |
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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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... |
1 |
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634 |
634 |
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