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South Asia Trade Summary

1996

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 1996

Exports and imports of South Asia in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 37,067 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 45,640 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,337 products were exported to 204 countries and 4,745 products were imported from 176 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 7,730 million, with a partner share of 20.86 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,403 million, with a partner share of 6.48 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to Germany worth US$ 2,190 million, with a partner share of 5.91 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Japan worth US$ 2,161 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 1,945 million, with a partner share of 5.25 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from Unspecified worth US$ 4,820 million, with a partner share of 10.56 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 3,867 million, with a partner share of 8.47 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from Germany worth US$ 2,970 million, with a partner share of 6.51 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Japan worth US$ 2,630 million, with a partner share of 5.76 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,260 million, with a partner share of 4.95 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

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 4,028,038.99 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth 1,071,410.60 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth 1,012,771.58 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 891,754.65 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Oil-cake and other solid residues, of soya-bean , worth 769,332.33 (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 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 5,382,919.77 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 4,807,143.74 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 2,759,041.82 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 891,552.61 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 621,065.09 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 277 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 36.32 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 23.67 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 9,360,283.12 and duty free tariff line items share was 3.03 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 1996 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 524,815 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 402.42 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.63.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -13,799.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 25.86 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 5.57 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 1996 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 .