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Middle East & North Africa Trade Summary

2018

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Middle East & North Africa 2018

Exports and imports of Middle East & North Africa in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,172,778 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 831,826 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,563 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,610 products were imported from 235 countries.

Middle East & North Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Middle East & North Africa exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Middle East & North Africa exports to Unspecified worth US$ 558,754 million, with a partner share of 47.64 percent.
  2. Middle East & North Africa exports to China worth US$ 47,087 million, with a partner share of 4.01 percent.
  3. Middle East & North Africa exports to Other Asia, nes worth US$ 45,979 million, with a partner share of 3.92 percent.
  4. Middle East & North Africa exports to India worth US$ 36,462 million, with a partner share of 3.11 percent.
  5. Middle East & North Africa exports to United States worth US$ 33,920 million, with a partner share of 2.89 percent.

Top five countries from which Middle East & North Africa imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Middle East & North Africa imports from China worth US$ 119,668 million, with a partner share of 14.39 percent.
  2. Middle East & North Africa imports from United States worth US$ 74,637 million, with a partner share of 8.97 percent.
  3. Middle East & North Africa imports from India worth US$ 43,709 million, with a partner share of 5.25 percent.
  4. Middle East & North Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 41,952 million, with a partner share of 5.04 percent.
  5. Middle East & North Africa imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 39,920 million, with a partner share of 4.80 percent.

Middle East & North Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 237,715,349.77 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Middle East & North Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 81,050,858.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Middle East & North Africa exported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 19,070,507.46 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Middle East & North Africa exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 18,360,536.25 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Middle East & North Africa exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 17,908,286.22 (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 44,910,543.06 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Middle East & North Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 33,189,828.23 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Middle East & North Africa imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 32,245,640.29 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Middle East & North Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 19,424,219.54 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Middle East & North Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 17,093,466.02 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Middle East & North Africa in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.61 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.39 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 333,384,047.05 and duty free tariff line items share was 35.23 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Middle East & North Africa in 2018 are below

  • Middle East & North Africa GDP in current US dollar was 3,516,514 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,389.93 .
  • Middle East & North Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 7.06.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 248,381.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 78.46 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 19.07 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Middle East & North Africa in 2018 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 .