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Tonga Trade Summary

2009

Tonga exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TONGA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Tonga 2009

Exports and imports of Tonga in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 8 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 145 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 153 products were exported to 21 countries and 2,752 products were imported from 79 countries.

Tonga top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Tonga exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tonga exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 33.19 percent.
  2. Tonga exports to New Zealand worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 25.73 percent.
  3. Tonga exports to United States worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 15.97 percent.
  4. Tonga exports to Australia worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 9.59 percent.
  5. Tonga exports to Japan worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 4.19 percent.

Top five countries from which Tonga imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tonga imports from New Zealand worth US$ 44 million, with a partner share of 30.44 percent.
  2. Tonga imports from Singapore worth US$ 27 million, with a partner share of 18.40 percent.
  3. Tonga imports from United States worth US$ 19 million, with a partner share of 12.94 percent.
  4. Tonga imports from Australia worth US$ 17 million, with a partner share of 12.06 percent.
  5. Tonga imports from Fiji worth US$ 13 million, with a partner share of 9.10 percent.

Tonga Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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

  1. Tonga exported Aquatic invertebrates,nes,includ.flours,meals,p , worth 1,831.16 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tonga exported Smoked fish (excl. salmon and herrings) , worth 907.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tonga exported Fresh or chilled fish, nes , worth 890.80 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tonga exported Roots and tubers with high starch content, fres , worth 883.14 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tonga exported Vegetable products used primarily for human con , worth 425.07 (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 27,513.91 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Tonga imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 8,144.98 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Tonga imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 3,001.59 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Tonga imported Cigarettes containing tobacco , worth 2,353.82 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Tonga imported Waters (incl. mineral and aerated), with added , worth 2,353.42 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Tonga in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.01 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.71 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 95,352.38 and duty free tariff line items share was 32.81 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Tonga in 2009 are below

  • Tonga GDP in current US dollar was 312 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,080.00 .
  • Tonga Trade balance: as % of GDP was -50.89.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -159.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 78.14 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 28.18 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Tonga in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.16.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.20.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Tonga Country Growth was -6.15 .