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South Asia Trade Summary

2012

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 2012

Exports and imports of South Asia in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 350,054 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 601,799 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,538 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,606 products were imported from 229 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 48,017 million, with a partner share of 13.72 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 39,113 million, with a partner share of 11.17 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to China worth US$ 17,932 million, with a partner share of 5.12 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Singapore worth US$ 13,975 million, with a partner share of 3.99 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 12,997 million, with a partner share of 3.71 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from China worth US$ 71,377 million, with a partner share of 11.86 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 47,606 million, with a partner share of 7.91 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 38,248 million, with a partner share of 6.36 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Switzerland worth US$ 29,438 million, with a partner share of 4.89 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 26,514 million, with a partner share of 4.41 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 53,528,373.31 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 21,076,136.75 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 18,808,896.95 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 7,344,744.24 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 6,714,474.64 (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 155,513,261.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 49,272,549.84 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 21,753,464.47 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 15,699,930.53 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 14,831,907.13 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 573.24 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.63 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.85 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 202,407,256.55 and duty free tariff line items share was 15.81 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 2012 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 2,302,398 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,371.25 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.58.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -174,419.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 52.83 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.45 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 2012 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 .