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South Asia Trade Summary

1997

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 1997

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 1997

Exports and imports of South Asia in 1997 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 38,881 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 48,563 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,396 products were exported to 209 countries and 4,762 products were imported from 188 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 1997

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 1997 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 8,142 million, with a partner share of 20.94 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,446 million, with a partner share of 6.29 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to Germany worth US$ 2,268 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Japan worth US$ 2,030 million, with a partner share of 5.22 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 2,006 million, with a partner share of 5.16 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 1997 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 4,037 million, with a partner share of 8.31 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from Unspecified worth US$ 3,479 million, with a partner share of 7.16 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from Germany worth US$ 2,735 million, with a partner share of 5.63 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Belgium-Luxembourg worth US$ 2,706 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Switzerland worth US$ 2,683 million, with a partner share of 5.52 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1997

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 4,309,481.47 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth 1,030,859.76 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth 1,005,345.02 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 896,486.58 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Oil-cake and other solid residues, of soya-bean , worth 731,598.72 (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 4,439,185.55 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 3,900,674.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 3,124,971.26 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 2,567,094.27 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 1,023,807.82 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1997

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1997 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1997

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 1997 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 25.24 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 20.81 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 9,276,257.36 and duty free tariff line items share was 2.39 percent.

Development Indicators 1997

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 1997 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 550,549 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 410.18 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.51.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -13,794.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 26.38 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 5.76 .

Trade Indicators 1997

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 1997 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 .