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North America Trade Summary

2012

North America exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR NORTH AMERICA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for North America 2012

Exports and imports of North America in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,999,041 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,737,695 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,574 products were exported to 231 countries and 4,581 products were imported from 233 countries.

North America top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which North America exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. North America exports to United States worth US$ 338,265 million, with a partner share of 16.92 percent.
  2. North America exports to Canada worth US$ 292,568 million, with a partner share of 14.64 percent.
  3. North America exports to Mexico worth US$ 221,266 million, with a partner share of 11.07 percent.
  4. North America exports to China worth US$ 129,900 million, with a partner share of 6.50 percent.
  5. North America exports to Japan worth US$ 80,323 million, with a partner share of 4.02 percent.

Top five countries from which North America imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. North America imports from China worth US$ 476,332 million, with a partner share of 17.40 percent.
  2. North America imports from Canada worth US$ 326,503 million, with a partner share of 11.93 percent.
  3. North America imports from Mexico worth US$ 303,125 million, with a partner share of 11.07 percent.
  4. North America imports from United States worth US$ 234,677 million, with a partner share of 8.57 percent.
  5. North America imports from Japan worth US$ 161,475 million, with a partner share of 5.90 percent.

North America Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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

  1. North America exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 122,196,783.92 million.
  2. North America exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 77,437,290.53 million.
  3. North America exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 50,465,097.00 million.
  4. North America exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 49,081,585.48 million.
  5. North America exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 37,559,537.53 million.

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

  1. North America imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 345,609,010.44 million.
  2. North America imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 105,423,350.58 million.
  3. North America imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 88,634,100.69 million.
  4. North America imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 74,275,705.31 million.
  5. North America imported Digital auto data process mach cntg in the same , worth US$ 50,319,473.81 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by North America in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,181.26 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 3.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.63 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,748,683,365.12 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.74 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of North America in 2012 are below

  • North America GDP in current US dollar was 18,088,717 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 52,632.99 .
  • North America Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.23.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -584,426.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 33.42 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.53 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for North America in 2012 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 North America Country Growth was not available .