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Middle East & North Africa Trade Summary

1998

Middle East & North Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Middle East & North Africa 1998

Exports and imports of Middle East & North Africa in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 111,673 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 135,514 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,619 products were exported to 198 countries and 5,012 products were imported from 207 countries.

Middle East & North Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Middle East & North Africa exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Middle East & North Africa exports to Unspecified worth US$ 45,500 million, with a partner share of 40.74 percent.
  2. Middle East & North Africa exports to United States worth US$ 11,443 million, with a partner share of 10.25 percent.
  3. Middle East & North Africa exports to France worth US$ 7,045 million, with a partner share of 6.31 percent.
  4. Middle East & North Africa exports to Italy worth US$ 4,952 million, with a partner share of 4.43 percent.
  5. Middle East & North Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 3,431 million, with a partner share of 3.07 percent.

Top five countries from which Middle East & North Africa imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Middle East & North Africa imports from United States worth US$ 17,507 million, with a partner share of 12.92 percent.
  2. Middle East & North Africa imports from France worth US$ 13,007 million, with a partner share of 9.60 percent.
  3. Middle East & North Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 11,323 million, with a partner share of 8.36 percent.
  4. Middle East & North Africa imports from Italy worth US$ 10,339 million, with a partner share of 7.63 percent.
  5. Middle East & North Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 7,939 million, with a partner share of 5.86 percent.

Middle East & North Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Middle East & North Africa along with trade value are:

  1. Middle East & North Africa exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 45,696,270.95 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Middle East & North Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 5,442,732.04 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Middle East & North Africa exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 2,048,636.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Middle East & North Africa exported Parts of electrical apparatus for line telephon , worth 1,576,816.74 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Middle East & North Africa exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 1,273,754.15 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Middle East & North Africa along with trade value are

  1. Middle East & North Africa imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 3,078,325.08 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Middle East & North Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 2,448,796.74 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Middle East & North Africa imported Aircraft parts nes , worth 2,302,109.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Middle East & North Africa imported Durum wheat , worth 2,268,266.06 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Middle East & North Africa imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 2,256,976.20 (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 Middle East & North Africa in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 25.03 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 18.83 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 924,497.54 and duty free tariff line items share was 3.20 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Middle East & North Africa in 1998 are below

  • Middle East & North Africa GDP in current US dollar was 868,793 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,872.79 .
  • Middle East & North Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.56.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -22,226.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 62.84 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.21 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Middle East & North Africa in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was not available.
  • Index of export market penetration was not available.
  • World Growth in percentage was not available and Middle East & North Africa Country Growth was not available .