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| BASIC
INDICATORS |
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| Population
(thousands, 2010) |
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10 549 |
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Rank in world trade,
2010 |
Exports |
Imports |
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| GDP (million
current US$, 2010) |
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44 291 |
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Merchandise |
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73 |
68 |
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| GDP (million
current PPP US$, 2010) |
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89 925 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
51 |
46 |
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| Current
account balance (million US$, 2009) |
- 1 234 |
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Commercial services |
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63 |
82 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2008-2010) |
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4 391 |
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excluding intra-EU trade |
41 |
60 |
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| Trade to GDP
ratio (2008-2010) |
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106.9 |
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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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126 |
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5 |
3 |
4 |
| Exports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
a |
116 |
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4 |
-2 |
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| Imports of
goods and services (volume, 2005=100)
a |
133 |
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7 |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession |
29 March 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2011) |
0.125 |
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| Trade Policy
Review |
5, 7 October 2005 |
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Import duties collected (%,
2008-2009) |
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| GPA
accession |
- |
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in total tax revenue |
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8.1 |
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| Tariffs and
duty free imports |
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to total imports |
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3.1 |
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| Tariff binding
coverage (%) |
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58.0 |
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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 |
6 - 0 |
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| All goods |
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57.9 |
16.5 |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2010) |
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... |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
116.0 |
24.6 |
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Countervailing duties (30 June 2010) |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
40.7 |
15.2 |
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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 |
0.0 |
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Number of disputes
(complainant - defendant) |
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imports (%, 2009) |
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Requests for consultation |
0 - 0 |
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| in
agricultural goods (AOA) |
0.0 |
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Original panel / Appellate Body (AB) reports |
0 - 0 |
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non-agricultural goods |
25.7 |
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Compliance panel / AB reports (Article 21.5 DSU) |
0 - 0 |
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| Services
sectors with GATS commitments |
20 |
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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$) |
16 427 |
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9 |
-25 |
14 |
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| Merchandise imports, c.i.f. (million US$) |
22 218 |
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11 |
-22 |
16 |
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2010 b |
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2010 b |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.11 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.14 |
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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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8.6 |
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Agricultural products |
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10.9 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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16.2 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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14.5 |
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| Manufactures |
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75.2 |
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Manufactures |
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73.9 |
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| By main destination |
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By main
origin |
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| 1. European
Union (27) |
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73.8 |
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1. European Union (27) |
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62.5 |
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| 2. Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya |
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5.8 |
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2. China |
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5.0 |
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| 3. Algeria |
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3.1 |
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3. United States |
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4.0 |
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1.6 |
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4. Russian Federation |
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3.6 |
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1.4 |
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5. Turkey |
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3.0 |
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3.1 |
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Unspecified origins |
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1.2 |
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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$) |
5 192 |
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6 |
-10 |
-1 |
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| Commercial services imports (million US$) |
2 857 |
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7 |
-13 |
2 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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| Share in world total exports |
0.14 |
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Share in world total imports |
0.08 |
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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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By
principal services item |
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| Transportation |
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27.4 |
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Transportation |
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53.7 |
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| Travel |
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51.1 |
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Travel |
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14.7 |
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| Other
commercial services |
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21.5 |
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Other commercial services |
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31.6 |
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| INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY |
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| Patent grants
by patent office, 1996 |
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Trademark registrations by office, 1996 |
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| Residents |
Non-residents |
Total |
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Direct residents |
Direct non-residents |
Madrid |
Total |
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| 31 |
115 |
146 |
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984 |
1 900 |
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2 884 |
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| a Refers to 2009 and to the average annual
percentage change for 2005-2009. |
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| b Breakdowns by destination/origin refer to
2009. |
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