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Tonga Trade Summary

2012

Tonga exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR TONGA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Tonga 2012

Exports and imports of Tonga in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 16 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 199 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 545 products were exported to 43 countries and 2,776 products were imported from 82 countries.

Tonga top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Tonga exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Tonga exports to New Zealand worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 26.06 percent.
  2. Tonga exports to United States worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 13.43 percent.
  3. Tonga exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 12.98 percent.
  4. Tonga exports to Japan worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 12.66 percent.
  5. Tonga exports to Australia worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 12.02 percent.

Top five countries from which Tonga imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Tonga imports from New Zealand worth US$ 60 million, with a partner share of 29.96 percent.
  2. Tonga imports from Singapore worth US$ 46 million, with a partner share of 22.96 percent.
  3. Tonga imports from United States worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 12.93 percent.
  4. Tonga imports from Fiji worth US$ 16 million, with a partner share of 8.01 percent.
  5. Tonga imports from China worth US$ 13 million, with a partner share of 6.35 percent.

Tonga Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 US$ 2,080.50 million.
  2. Tonga exported Fresh or chilled fish, nes , worth US$ 2,067.55 million.
  3. Tonga exported Roots and tubers with high starch content, fres , worth US$ 1,495.43 million.
  4. Tonga exported Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, nes , worth US$ 1,493.46 million.
  5. Tonga exported Vegetable products used primarily for human con , worth US$ 1,280.19 million.

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 US$ 44,578.40 million.
  2. Tonga imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth US$ 11,509.45 million.
  3. Tonga imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth US$ 3,827.83 million.
  4. Tonga imported Electric lamps and lighting fittings, nes , worth US$ 2,828.76 million.
  5. Tonga imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 2,772.82 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Tonga in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.24 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.50 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 107,382 and duty free tariff line items share was 20.45 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Tonga in 2012 are below

  • Tonga GDP in current US dollar was 471 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,130.00 .
  • Tonga Trade balance: as % of GDP was -43.90.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -207.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 78.04 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 30.94 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Tonga in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.18.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.02 and Tonga Country Growth was -15.59 .