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South Asia Trade Summary

2021

South Asia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH ASIA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for South Asia 2021

Exports and imports of South Asia in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 438,757 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 683,199 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,477 products were exported to 222 countries and 4,511 products were imported from 228 countries.

South Asia top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which South Asia exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. South Asia exports to United States worth US$ 81,023 million, with a partner share of 18.47 percent.
  2. South Asia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 26,931 million, with a partner share of 6.14 percent.
  3. South Asia exports to China worth US$ 26,385 million, with a partner share of 6.01 percent.
  4. South Asia exports to Bangladesh worth US$ 15,155 million, with a partner share of 3.45 percent.
  5. South Asia exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 13,516 million, with a partner share of 3.08 percent.

Top five countries from which South Asia imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. South Asia imports from China worth US$ 115,985 million, with a partner share of 16.98 percent.
  2. South Asia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 52,580 million, with a partner share of 7.70 percent.
  3. South Asia imports from United States worth US$ 46,145 million, with a partner share of 6.75 percent.
  4. South Asia imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 31,916 million, with a partner share of 4.67 percent.
  5. South Asia imports from Switzerland worth US$ 29,964 million, with a partner share of 4.39 percent.

South Asia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 US$ 54,270,189.73 million.
  2. South Asia exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth US$ 23,993,552.40 million.
  3. South Asia exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 15,068,922.11 million.
  4. South Asia exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 9,940,128.18 million.
  5. South Asia exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth US$ 8,454,031.91 million.

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 US$ 111,100,798.02 million.
  2. South Asia imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 55,254,045.33 million.
  3. South Asia imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth US$ 24,652,022.19 million.
  4. South Asia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 21,881,590.71 million.
  5. South Asia imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 17,355,178.11 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by South Asia in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,319.22 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.96 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.55 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 145,134,771.43 and duty free tariff line items share was 27.09 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of South Asia in 2021 are below

  • South Asia GDP in current US dollar was 4,062,784 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,074.08 .
  • South Asia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.25.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -172,533.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 42.60 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.49 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for South Asia in 2021 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 .