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World Trade Summary

2018

World exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR WORLD 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for World 2018

Exports and imports of World in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 21,276,452 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,244,028 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,673 products were exported to 238 countries and 4,802 products were imported from 239 countries.

World top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which World exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. World exports to United States worth US$ 2,393,575 million, with a partner share of 12.62 percent.
  2. World exports to China worth US$ 1,742,479 million, with a partner share of 9.19 percent.
  3. World exports to Germany worth US$ 1,182,792 million, with a partner share of 6.24 percent.
  4. World exports to Unspecified worth US$ 682,189 million, with a partner share of 3.60 percent.
  5. World exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 668,147 million, with a partner share of 3.52 percent.

Top five countries from which World imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. World imports from China worth US$ 2,847,495 million, with a partner share of 14.80 percent.
  2. World imports from United States worth US$ 1,615,118 million, with a partner share of 8.39 percent.
  3. World imports from Germany worth US$ 1,439,762 million, with a partner share of 7.48 percent.
  4. World imports from Japan worth US$ 829,415 million, with a partner share of 4.31 percent.
  5. World imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 650,977 million, with a partner share of 3.38 percent.

World Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 814,376,333.84 (US$ Thousands).
  2. World exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 752,199,583.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. World exported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 681,655,828.88 (US$ Thousands).
  4. World exported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 423,460,187.59 (US$ Thousands).
  5. World exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 286,071,447.84 (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 1,182,468,219.99 (US$ Thousands).
  2. World imported Monolithic integrated circuits, digital , worth 809,998,233.76 (US$ Thousands).
  3. World imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 713,965,501.68 (US$ Thousands).
  4. World imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 455,465,076.41 (US$ Thousands).
  5. World imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 296,878,561.86 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by World in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 5.39 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.22 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 45,612.77 and duty free tariff line items share was 53.06 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of World in 2018 are below

  • World GDP in current US dollar was 86,502,224 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 11,099.91 .
  • World Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.63.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 546,045.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 57.56 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.59 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for World in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.04.
  • Index of export market penetration was 84.51.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and World Country Growth was 4.91 .