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Tonga Trade Summary

2008

Tonga exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TONGA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Tonga 2008

Exports and imports of Tonga in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 166 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 193 products were exported to 23 countries and 2,807 products were imported from 75 countries.

Tonga top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Tonga exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tonga exports to New Zealand worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 33.03 percent.
  2. Tonga exports to United States worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 21.53 percent.
  3. Tonga exports to Japan worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 12.59 percent.
  4. Tonga exports to Indonesia worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 6.86 percent.
  5. Tonga exports to Australia worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 6.21 percent.

Top five countries from which Tonga imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tonga imports from New Zealand worth US$ 47 million, with a partner share of 28.32 percent.
  2. Tonga imports from Singapore worth US$ 43 million, with a partner share of 25.72 percent.
  3. Tonga imports from Australia worth US$ 18 million, with a partner share of 10.79 percent.
  4. Tonga imports from United States worth US$ 16 million, with a partner share of 9.38 percent.
  5. Tonga imports from Fiji worth US$ 15 million, with a partner share of 9.03 percent.

Tonga Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Tonga along with trade value are:

  1. Tonga exported Waste and scrap, cast iron , worth 1,611.38 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tonga exported Fresh or chilled fish, nes , worth 1,426.73 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tonga exported Roots and tubers with high starch content, fres , worth 1,361.80 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tonga exported Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, nes , worth 907.75 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tonga exported Vegetable products used primarily for human con , worth 361.06 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Tonga along with trade value are

  1. Tonga imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 41,171.23 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tonga imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 3,970.85 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tonga imported Fresh or chilled unboned meat of sheep , worth 3,609.20 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tonga imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 3,348.86 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tonga imported Cigarettes containing tobacco , worth 3,175.44 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Tonga in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Tonga in 2008 are below

  • Tonga GDP in current US dollar was 344 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,160.00 .
  • Tonga Trade balance: as % of GDP was -36.75.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -127.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 68.66 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 25.59 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Tonga in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.14.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.24.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Tonga Country Growth was -13.48 .