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South Asia Trade Summary

2017

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 2017

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 2017

Exports and imports of South Asia in 2017 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 307,046 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 477,766 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,457 products were exported to 222 countries and 4,563 products were imported from 220 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 2017

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 2017 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 49,035 million, with a partner share of 15.97 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 28,946 million, with a partner share of 9.43 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 15,223 million, with a partner share of 4.96 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to China worth US$ 12,949 million, with a partner share of 4.22 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to Singapore worth US$ 11,796 million, with a partner share of 3.84 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 2017 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from China worth US$ 77,660 million, with a partner share of 16.25 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 25,292 million, with a partner share of 5.29 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 25,025 million, with a partner share of 5.24 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 21,317 million, with a partner share of 4.46 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Switzerland worth US$ 20,765 million, with a partner share of 4.35 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2017

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 35,144,306.58 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 22,951,228.00 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 9,662,043.20 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 8,386,618.54 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 6,638,343.18 (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 82,704,854.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 36,740,051.66 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 19,489,945.33 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 19,228,306.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Parts of electrical apparatus for line telephon , worth 11,323,592.15 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2017

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2017 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2017

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 2017 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.05 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 175,605,198.86 and duty free tariff line items share was 25.96 percent.

Development Indicators 2017

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 2017 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 3,075,955 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,800.11 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.64.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -111,987.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 40.31 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.63 .

Trade Indicators 2017

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 2017 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 .