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South Asia Trade Summary

2018

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 2018

Exports and imports of South Asia in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 323,455 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 523,435 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,467 products were exported to 223 countries and 4,543 products were imported from 223 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 51,769 million, with a partner share of 16.00 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 28,543 million, with a partner share of 8.82 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to China worth US$ 16,398 million, with a partner share of 5.07 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 13,144 million, with a partner share of 4.06 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to Singapore worth US$ 10,453 million, with a partner share of 3.23 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from China worth US$ 75,832 million, with a partner share of 14.49 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 32,859 million, with a partner share of 6.28 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 28,521 million, with a partner share of 5.45 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 27,709 million, with a partner share of 5.29 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Iraq worth US$ 23,038 million, with a partner share of 4.40 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 47,083,051.40 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 24,203,898.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 11,586,810.29 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 10,762,458.16 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 6,827,017.09 (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 114,708,249.43 (US$ Thousands).
  2. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 31,639,028.69 (US$ Thousands).
  3. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 22,785,053.36 (US$ Thousands).
  4. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 16,652,575.99 (US$ Thousands).
  5. South Asia imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 10,877,068.12 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.86 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.67 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 272,577,319.12 and duty free tariff line items share was 25.32 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 2018 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 3,159,842 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,998.72 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.53.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -143,161.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 43.15 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.57 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 2018 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 .