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South Asia Trade Summary

1998

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 1998

Exports and imports of South Asia in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 38,856 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 51,245 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,400 products were exported to 208 countries and 4,783 products were imported from 188 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 9,316 million, with a partner share of 23.98 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to Germany worth US$ 2,409 million, with a partner share of 6.20 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,246 million, with a partner share of 5.78 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 1,939 million, with a partner share of 4.99 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,896 million, with a partner share of 4.88 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 3,972 million, with a partner share of 7.75 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from Switzerland worth US$ 3,017 million, with a partner share of 5.89 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from Japan worth US$ 3,011 million, with a partner share of 5.88 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Belgium-Luxembourg worth US$ 2,922 million, with a partner share of 5.70 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,915 million, with a partner share of 5.69 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

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 US$ 4,747,778.05 million.
  2. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 1,478,590.12 million.
  3. South Asia exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth US$ 1,106,782.96 million.
  4. South Asia exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth US$ 995,308.58 million.
  5. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth US$ 872,461.63 million.

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

  1. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 4,118,876.86 million.
  2. South Asia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 3,871,229.41 million.
  3. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 3,479,355.65 million.
  4. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 2,886,114.45 million.
  5. South Asia imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth US$ 1,115,342.91 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,114.45 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 27.56 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 28.22 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,277,150.14 and duty free tariff line items share was 9.88 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 1998 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 558,259 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 411.25 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.31.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -12,912.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 26.96 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.34 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 1998 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 .