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South Asia Trade Summary

2016

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 2016

Exports and imports of South Asia in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 292,871 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 440,744 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,482 products were exported to 223 countries and 4,552 products were imported from 231 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 48,335 million, with a partner share of 16.50 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 31,130 million, with a partner share of 10.63 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 13,519 million, with a partner share of 4.62 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 11,200 million, with a partner share of 3.82 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to China worth US$ 10,745 million, with a partner share of 3.67 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from China worth US$ 81,060 million, with a partner share of 18.39 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 27,254 million, with a partner share of 6.18 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 23,153 million, with a partner share of 5.25 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 20,513 million, with a partner share of 4.65 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Switzerland worth US$ 15,439 million, with a partner share of 3.50 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 27,186,086.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 22,525,837.54 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 9,875,060.64 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 9,226,035.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 6,479,346.61 (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 63,340,765.80 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 23,196,822.79 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 16,507,796.37 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 12,176,123.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 11,852,574.18 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,815.98 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.16 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 132,179,818.32 and duty free tariff line items share was 15.45 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 2016 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 3,010,757 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,594.09 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.12.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -93,923.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 38.37 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.09 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 2016 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 .