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South Asia Trade Summary

1988

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 1988

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 1988

Exports and imports of South Asia in 1988 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 13,872 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,351 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,665 products were exported to 165 countries and 3,487 products were imported from 122 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 1988

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 1988 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 2,556 million, with a partner share of 18.43 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to Soviet Union worth US$ 1,915 million, with a partner share of 13.80 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to Japan worth US$ 1,477 million, with a partner share of 10.65 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to German Democratic Republic worth US$ 848 million, with a partner share of 6.11 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 791 million, with a partner share of 5.70 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 1988 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 2,214 million, with a partner share of 11.44 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from Japan worth US$ 1,795 million, with a partner share of 9.28 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from German Democratic Republic worth US$ 1,675 million, with a partner share of 8.66 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 1,637 million, with a partner share of 8.46 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Belgium-Luxembourg worth US$ 1,413 million, with a partner share of 7.30 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1988

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

  1. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 2,815,753.47 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 423,281.86 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 354,253.95 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 346,279.36 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth 324,437.38 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. South Asia imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 2,128,530.82 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,925,137.02 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,061,959.62 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids , worth 375,090.14 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 296,092.74 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1988

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1988 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1988

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 1988 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1988

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 1988 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 374,679 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 379.13 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.68.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,058.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 17.55 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 3.68 .

Trade Indicators 1988

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 1988 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 South Asia Country Growth was not available .