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Vanuatu Trade Summary

2009

Vanuatu exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR VANUATU 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Vanuatu 2009

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 38 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 278 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 420 products were exported to 59 countries and 3,127 products were imported from 98 countries.

Vanuatu top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

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

  1. Vanuatu exports to Philippines worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 12.05 percent.
  2. Vanuatu exports to France worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 11.67 percent.
  3. Vanuatu exports to New Caledonia worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 10.68 percent.
  4. Vanuatu exports to Japan worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 7.23 percent.
  5. Vanuatu exports to New Zealand worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 6.87 percent.

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

  1. Vanuatu imports from Australia worth US$ 82 million, with a partner share of 29.57 percent.
  2. Vanuatu imports from New Zealand worth US$ 38 million, with a partner share of 13.62 percent.
  3. Vanuatu imports from China worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 10.03 percent.
  4. Vanuatu imports from Singapore worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 10.01 percent.
  5. Vanuatu imports from Fiji worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 9.09 percent.

Vanuatu Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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

  1. Vanuatu exported Vegetable products used primarily for human con , worth 5,954.41 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Vanuatu exported Copra , worth 5,316.85 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Vanuatu exported Frozen boneless bovine meat , worth 3,332.78 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Vanuatu exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 3,209.27 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Vanuatu exported Crude coconut (copra) oil and fractions thereof , worth 2,304.56 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Vanuatu imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 32,620.21 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Vanuatu imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 13,860.09 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Vanuatu imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 11,722.50 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Vanuatu imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 8,751.32 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Vanuatu imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 4,129.53 (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 Vanuatu in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,089.24 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.59 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 18.76 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 33,886.72 and duty free tariff line items share was 13.40 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Vanuatu in 2009 are below

  • Vanuatu GDP in current US dollar was 593 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,430.00 .
  • Vanuatu Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.38.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -44.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 108.49 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 60.24 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Vanuatu in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.34.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.29.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Vanuatu Country Growth was -40.25 .