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Maldives Trade Summary

2008

Maldives exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MALDIVES 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Maldives 2008

Exports and imports of Maldives in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 126 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,388 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 30 products were exported to 36 countries and 2,524 products were imported from 86 countries.

Maldives top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Maldives exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Maldives exports to Thailand worth US$ 62 million, with a partner share of 48.99 percent.
  2. Maldives exports to Sri Lanka worth US$ 12 million, with a partner share of 9.52 percent.
  3. Maldives exports to France worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 8.75 percent.
  4. Maldives exports to Italy worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 8.31 percent.
  5. Maldives exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 10 million, with a partner share of 7.63 percent.

Top five countries from which Maldives imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Maldives imports from Singapore worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 21.30 percent.
  2. Maldives imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 250 million, with a partner share of 18.02 percent.
  3. Maldives imports from India worth US$ 145 million, with a partner share of 10.42 percent.
  4. Maldives imports from Malaysia worth US$ 106 million, with a partner share of 7.66 percent.
  5. Maldives imports from Sri Lanka worth US$ 81 million, with a partner share of 5.87 percent.

Maldives Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Maldives exported Frozen skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito , worth US$ 54,588.95 million.
  2. Maldives exported Fresh or chilled fish fillets , worth US$ 24,573.21 million.
  3. Maldives exported Frozen yellowfin tunas , worth US$ 11,834.96 million.
  4. Maldives exported Prepared or preserved tuna, skipjack and bonito , worth US$ 9,886.22 million.
  5. Maldives exported Dried fish, not smoked (excl. cod) , worth US$ 8,727.85 million.

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

  1. Maldives imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 278,544.44 million.
  2. Maldives imported Dredgers , worth US$ 57,658.62 million.
  3. Maldives imported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth US$ 26,082.31 million.
  4. Maldives imported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, , worth US$ 25,025.41 million.
  5. Maldives imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 20,508.23 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Maldives in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 200 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 21.50 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 20.25 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 20,746.35 and duty free tariff line items share was 0.19 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Maldives in 2008 are below

  • Maldives GDP in current US dollar was 2,272 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,520.00 .
  • Maldives Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 90.96 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Maldives in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.38.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Maldives Country Growth was 8.72 .