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South Asia Trade Summary

2008

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 2008

Exports and imports of South Asia in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 206,192 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 355,606 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,750 products were exported to 226 countries and 4,676 products were imported from 227 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 26,906 million, with a partner share of 13.05 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 19,408 million, with a partner share of 9.41 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to China worth US$ 10,235 million, with a partner share of 4.96 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Singapore worth US$ 9,036 million, with a partner share of 4.38 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 9,029 million, with a partner share of 4.38 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from China worth US$ 37,304 million, with a partner share of 10.49 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 25,449 million, with a partner share of 7.16 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 23,399 million, with a partner share of 6.58 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 20,368 million, with a partner share of 5.73 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 15,062 million, with a partner share of 4.24 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. South Asia exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 31,743,967.76 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 14,491,743.21 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 5,318,337.33 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 4,657,070.04 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 4,494,635.49 (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 88,024,263.38 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 15,716,567.86 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 15,628,020.86 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight > 2,000 kg bu , worth 9,884,172.32 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 8,897,776.81 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.59 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 10.73 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 49,576,975.18 and duty free tariff line items share was 6.54 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 2008 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 1,347,381 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 953.90 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.90.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -79,552.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 52.80 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.09 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 2008 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 .