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Bhutan Trade Summary

1998

Bhutan exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BHUTAN 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Bhutan 1998

Exports and imports of Bhutan in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 108 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 134 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 204 products were exported to 20 countries and 1,131 products were imported from 37 countries.

Bhutan top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Bhutan exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Bhutan exports to India worth US$ 102 million, with a partner share of 93.71 percent.
  2. Bhutan exports to Bangladesh worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 4.37 percent.
  3. Bhutan exports to United States worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 0.68 percent.
  4. Bhutan exports to Nepal worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.29 percent.
  5. Bhutan exports to Thailand worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 0.27 percent.

Top five countries from which Bhutan imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Bhutan imports from India worth US$ 88 million, with a partner share of 65.65 percent.
  2. Bhutan imports from Japan worth US$ 10 million, with a partner share of 7.44 percent.
  3. Bhutan imports from Singapore worth US$ 10 million, with a partner share of 7.22 percent.
  4. Bhutan imports from Thailand worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 3.73 percent.
  5. Bhutan imports from Denmark worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 1.58 percent.

Bhutan Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Bhutan along with trade value are:

  1. Bhutan exported Electrical energy , worth 32,588.88 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bhutan exported Carbides of calcium , worth 14,205.36 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bhutan exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 13,321.95 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bhutan exported Ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 5 , worth 11,889.83 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bhutan exported Particle board and similar board of ligneous ma , worth 6,957.55 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Bhutan along with trade value are

  1. Bhutan imported Husked (brown) rice , worth 7,023.60 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Bhutan imported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 4,442.56 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Bhutan imported Bulldozer and angledozer blades , worth 2,518.27 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Bhutan imported Beer made from malt , worth 2,284.95 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Bhutan imported Rape, colza or mustard oil (excl. crude) and fr , worth 2,169.10 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Bhutan in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Bhutan in 1998 are below

  • Bhutan GDP in current US dollar was 363 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 530.00 .
  • Bhutan Trade balance: as % of GDP was -16.92.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -62.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 85.58 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Bhutan in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.20.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.24.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Bhutan Country Growth was -17.86 .