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Middle East & North Africa Trade Summary

2008

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Middle East & North Africa 2008

Exports and imports of Middle East & North Africa in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,015,899 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 682,695 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,661 products were exported to 219 countries and 4,864 products were imported from 223 countries.

Middle East & North Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Middle East & North Africa exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Middle East & North Africa exports to Unspecified worth US$ 294,592 million, with a partner share of 29.00 percent.
  2. Middle East & North Africa exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 215,082 million, with a partner share of 21.17 percent.
  3. Middle East & North Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 65,636 million, with a partner share of 6.46 percent.
  4. Middle East & North Africa exports to United States worth US$ 49,009 million, with a partner share of 4.82 percent.
  5. Middle East & North Africa exports to Italy worth US$ 44,314 million, with a partner share of 4.36 percent.

Top five countries from which Middle East & North Africa imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Middle East & North Africa imports from China worth US$ 59,974 million, with a partner share of 8.78 percent.
  2. Middle East & North Africa imports from United States worth US$ 58,481 million, with a partner share of 8.57 percent.
  3. Middle East & North Africa imports from Unspecified worth US$ 48,066 million, with a partner share of 7.04 percent.
  4. Middle East & North Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 41,051 million, with a partner share of 6.01 percent.
  5. Middle East & North Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 39,604 million, with a partner share of 5.80 percent.

Middle East & North Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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 525,698,884.78 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Middle East & North Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 101,365,526.02 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Middle East & North Africa exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 52,762,752.75 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Middle East & North Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 20,549,751.98 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Middle East & North Africa exported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 14,515,848.27 (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 Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 25,351,111.95 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Middle East & North Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 25,127,374.88 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Middle East & North Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 17,658,728.92 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Middle East & North Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 14,858,553.98 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Middle East & North Africa imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 12,459,310.54 (US$ Thousands).

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 Middle East & North Africa in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.18 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.06 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 206,543,240.09 and duty free tariff line items share was 31.79 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Middle East & North Africa in 2008 are below

  • Middle East & North Africa GDP in current US dollar was 2,830,408 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,564.84 .
  • Middle East & North Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 12.95.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 366,476.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 91.33 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 17.28 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Middle East & North Africa in 2008 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 .