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World Trade Summary

2008

World exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR WORLD 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for World 2008

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 17,711,906 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 16,152,425 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,917 products were exported to 235 countries and 4,949 products were imported from 236 countries.

World top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. World exports to United States worth US$ 1,901,797 million, with a partner share of 12.12 percent.
  2. World exports to Germany worth US$ 1,099,073 million, with a partner share of 7.01 percent.
  3. World exports to China worth US$ 909,301 million, with a partner share of 5.80 percent.
  4. World exports to France worth US$ 694,359 million, with a partner share of 4.43 percent.
  5. World exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 661,527 million, with a partner share of 4.22 percent.

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

  1. World imports from China worth US$ 1,782,898 million, with a partner share of 11.04 percent.
  2. World imports from Germany worth US$ 1,370,049 million, with a partner share of 8.48 percent.
  3. World imports from United States worth US$ 1,323,429 million, with a partner share of 8.19 percent.
  4. World imports from Japan worth US$ 858,425 million, with a partner share of 5.31 percent.
  5. World imports from France worth US$ 616,565 million, with a partner share of 3.82 percent.

World Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. World exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,241,713,393.17 (US$ Thousands).
  2. World exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 779,343,642.73 (US$ Thousands).
  3. World exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 243,965,091.93 (US$ Thousands).
  4. World exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 225,154,176.12 (US$ Thousands).
  5. World exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 194,925,279.74 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. World imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 1,551,835,105.53 (US$ Thousands).
  2. World imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 697,768,926.57 (US$ Thousands).
  3. World imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 255,616,949.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. World imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 242,592,614.40 (US$ Thousands).
  5. World imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 229,366,885.49 (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 World in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.61 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.76 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 202,297.33 and duty free tariff line items share was 45.11 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of World in 2008 are below

  • World GDP in current US dollar was 64,135,193 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,942.85 .
  • World Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.60.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 384,720.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 60.96 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 12.41 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for World in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.04.
  • Index of export market penetration was 86.26.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and World Country Growth was -59.29 .