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AlbaniaAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmenia

AustraliaAustriaBahrain, Kingdom ofBangladeshBarbadosBelgiumBelizeBeninBoliviaBolivarian Republic of VenezuelaBotswanaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgaria

Burkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaCongoCosta Rica

Cte dIvoireCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEstonia

European UnionFijiFinlandFormer Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia (FYROM)France

GabonThe GambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhana

GreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHong Kong, ChinaHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIreland

IsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKenyaKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyz RepublicLatviaLesothoLiechtensteinLithuania

LuxembourgMacao, ChinaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMoldovaMongoliaMorocco

MozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNepalNetherlands

New ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorway

OmanPakistanPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint Lucia

Saint Vincent & the GrenadinesSaudi ArabiaSenegalSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovak RepublicSloveniaSolomon IslandsSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSurinameSwaziland

SwedenSwitzerlandChinese TaipeiTanzaniaThailandTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom

United States of AmericaUruguayViet NamZambiaZimbabwe

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INTRODUCTION

These Trade Profiles combine information on trade flows and trade policy measures ofMembers, Observers and other selected economies. The information is retrieved fromvarious WTO Divisions and external sources and presented in standardized format for quickreference.

The indicators are divided into five categories:

I. Basic economic indicators population, GDP, current account balance, etc.

II. Trade policy indicators specific WTO relevant information, including tariff bindinginformation, import duties collected in total tax revenue, the number of dispute rulings

(complainant, defendant), notifications outstanding and contingency measures in force.

II I. Merchandise trade indicators (customs-based statistics) information on total tradeflows broken down by broad product categories and major origins and destinations.

IV. Commercial services indicators (balance of payments based statistics) trends in totaltrade flows and a breakdown by major components.

V. Industrial property indicators annual number of patents granted and marks registeredin the name of residents and non-residents in the economy.

Data are currently provided for as many Members and Observers for which adequateinformation is available in the WTO Secretariat and other national and international bodies.For updates, see the WTO Online Database at the WTO Statistics Gateway (www.wto.org,choose Resources, Trade statistics). Depending on data availability, missing trade profiles willbe completed or added.

For sources and methodology, please refer to the Technical Notes at the end of thepublication.

The definition of economies in this booklet does not imply an expression of opinion by theSecretariat concerning the status of any country or territory, the delimitation of its frontiers,nor regarding the rights and obligations of any WTO Member in respect of WTO Agreements.Throughout this report, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Republic of Korea andthe Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu are referenced asBolivarian Rep. of Venezuela, Korea, Republic of and Taipei, Chinese respectively.


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Acknowledgements are due to the International Monetary Fund, the International TradeCenter, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Statistical Officeof the European Communities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,the United Nations Statistics Division, the World Bank and the World Intellectual Property

Organization. The assistance of all these organizations in supplying statistics as well as otherinformation has greatly facilitated the work of the Secretariat.

Symbols and abbreviations

... Not available or not reported- Not applicableAOA WTO Agreement on AgricultureCRN Central Registry of NotificationsDSU Dispute Settlement UnderstandingEIA Economic Integration AgreementEU European Union

GATS General Agreement on Trade in ServicesGDP Gross Domestic ProductGPA Government Procurement AgreementITS WTO International Trade StatisticsMFN Most Favoured NationPPP Purchasing Power ParityRTA Regional Trade Agreement

Annual average percentage changes are calculated using a geometric average.

Minor discrepancies between constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.

Tables include in general information for the period 2000 - latest available year.

Unless otherwise indicated, (i) all value figures are expressed in United States dollars; (ii)merchandise trade figures are on a customs basis; (iii) trade in commercial services dataare on a balance of payments basis; and (iv) merchandise exports are valued f.o.b. andmerchandise imports c.i.f.

Comments and enquiries on this booklet should be addressed to [email protected].

Closing date 8 October 2010.


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CONTENTS

Afghanistan AF 3Albania AL 4Algeria DZ 5Angola AO 6

Antigua and Barbuda AG 7Argentina AR 8Armenia AM 9Australia AU 10Austria AT 11Azerbaijan AZ 12Bahamas BS 13Bahrain BH 14Bangladesh BD 15Barbados BB 16Belarus BY 17Belgium BE 18Belize BZ 19Benin BJ 20Bhutan BT 21Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela VE 22Bolivia BO 23Bosnia and Herzegovina BA 24Botswana BW 25

Brazil BR 26Brunei Darussalam BN 27Bulgaria BG 28Burkina Faso BF 29Burundi BI 30Cambodia KH 31Cameroon CM 32Canada CA 33Cape Verde CV 34Central African Republic CF 35

Chad TD 36Chile CL 37China CN 38Colombia CO 39Comoros KM 40Congo CG 41Congo, Dem. Rep. of CD 42Costa Rica CR 43Cte dIvoire CI 44Croatia HR 45Cuba CU 46Cyprus CY 47

Czech Republic CZ 48Denmark DK 49Djibouti DJ 50Dominica DM 51

Dominican Republic DO 52Ecuador EC 53Egypt EG 54El Salvador SV 55Equatorial Guinea GQ 56Eritrea ER 57Estonia EE 58Ethiopia ET 59European Union (27) E27 60Fiji FJ 61Finland FI 62France FR 63FYR Macedonia MK 64Gabon GA 65Gambia GM 66Georgia GE 67Germany DE 68Ghana GH 69Greece GR 70

Grenada GD 71Guatemala GT 72Guinea GN 73Guinea-Bissau GW 74Guyana GY 75Haiti HT 76Honduras HN 77Hong Kong, China HK 78Hungary HU 79Iceland IS 80

India IN 81Indonesia ID 82Iran, Islamic Rep. of IR 83Iraq IQ 84Ireland IE 85Israel IL 86Italy IT 87Jamaica JM 88Japan JP 89Jordan JO 90Kazakhstan KZ 91Kenya KE 92


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Korea, Republic of KR 93Kuwait KW 94Kyrgyz Republic KG 95Lao Peoples Dem. Rep. LA 96

Latvia LV 97Lebanon LB 98Lesotho LS 99Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LY 100Lithuania LT 101Luxembourg LU 102Macao, China MO 103Madagascar MG 104Malawi MW 105Malaysia MY 106Maldives MV 107Mali ML 108Malta MT 109Mauritania MR 110Mauritius MU 111Mexico MX 112Moldova MD 113Mongolia MN 114Montenegro ME 115

Morocco MA 116Mozambique MZ 117Myanmar MM 118Namibia NA 119Nepal NP 120Netherlands NL 121New Zealand NZ 122Nicaragua NI 123Niger NE 124Nigeria NG 125

Norway NO 126Oman OM 127Pakistan PK 128Panama PA 129Papua New Guinea PG 130Paraguay PY 131Peru PE 132Philippines PH 133Poland PL 134Portugal PT 135Qatar QA 136Romania RO 137Russian Federation RU 138

Rwanda RW 139Saint Kitts and Nevis KN 140Saint Lucia LC 141Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC 142

Samoa WS 143Sao Tome and Principe ST 144Saudi Arabia SA 145Senegal SN 146Serbia RS 147Seychelles SC 148Sierra Leone SL 149Singapore SG 150Slovak Republic SK 151Slovenia SI 152Solomon Islands SB 153South Africa ZA 154Spain ES 155Sri Lanka LK 156Sudan SD 157Suriname SR 158Swaziland SZ 159Sweden SE 160Switzerland CH 161

Syrian Arab Republic SY 162Taipei, Chinese TW 163Tajikistan TJ 164Tanzania TZ 165Thailand TH 166Togo TG 167Tonga TO 168Trinidad and Tobago TT 169Tunisia TN 170Turkey TR 171

Turkmenistan TM 172Uganda UG 173Ukraine UA 174United Arab Emirates AE 175United Kingdom GB 176United States US 177Uruguay UY 178Uzbekistan UZ 179Vanuatu VU 180Viet Nam VN 181Yemen YE 182Zambia ZM 183Zimbabwe ZW 184


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ALBANIA


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ALGERIA


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ANGOLA


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ARGENTINA


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ARMENIA


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AUSTRALIA


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AUSTRIA


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AZERBAIJAN


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BAHAMAS


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BAHRAIN


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BARBADOS


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BELGIUM


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BENIN


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BHUTAN


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BOLIVARIAN REP.OF VENEZUELA


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BOLIVIA


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BRAZIL


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BURUNDI


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CAMBODIA


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CAMEROON


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CANADA


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CHAD


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CHILE


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CHINA


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COMOROS


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CONGO


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COSTA RICA


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CROATIA


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CUBA


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CYPRUS


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CZECH REPUBLIC


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DENMARK


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DJIBOUTI


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DOMINICA


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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC


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ECUADOR


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EGYPT


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EL SALVADOR


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EQUATORIAL GUINEA


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ERITREA


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ESTONIA


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ETHIOPIA


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FIJI


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FINLAND


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FRANCE


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GABON


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GAMBIA


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GEORGIA


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GERMANY


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GHANA


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GREECE


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GRENADA


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GUATEMALA


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GUINEA


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GUINEA-BISSAU


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GUYANA


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HAITI


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HONDURAS


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HUNGARY


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ICELAND


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INDIA


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INDONESIA


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IRAQ


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IRELAND


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ISRAEL


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ITALY


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JAMAICA


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JAPAN


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KUWAIT


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LATVIA


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LEBANON


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LESOTHO


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LITHUANIA


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MADAGASCAR


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MALAWI


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MALAYSIA


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MALDIVES


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MALI


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MALTA


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MAURITANIA


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MAURITIUS


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MEXICO


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MOLDOVA


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MONGOLIA


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MOROCCO


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MOZAMBIQUE


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MYANMAR


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NAMIBIA


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NEPAL


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NETHERLANDS


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NEW ZEALAND


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NICARAGUA


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NIGER


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NIGERIA


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NORWAY


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OMAN


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PAKISTAN


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PANAMA


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PAPUA NEW GUINEA


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PARAGUAY


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PERU


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POLAND


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PORTUGAL


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QATAR


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ROMANIA


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RUSSIAN FEDERATION


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RWANDA


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SAINT LUCIA


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SAMOA


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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE


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SERBIA


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SEYCHELLES


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SINGAPORE


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SPAIN


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SRI LANKA


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SUDAN


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SURINAME


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TAJIKISTAN


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TANZANIA


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THAILAND


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TOGO


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TONGA


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TUNISIA


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TURKEY


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UGANDA


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UKRAINE


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UNITED KINGDOM


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UNITED STATES


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VIET NAM


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YEMEN


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ZAMBIA


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TECHNICAL NOTES

BASIC INDICATORSTrade per capita is estimated as an economys total trade of goods and commercial services (exports + imports ,balance of payments basis) divided by the population. It is calculated on the basis of data for the three latestyears available.

Trade to GDP ratio is estimated as an economys total trade of goods and commercial services(exports + imports , balance of payments basis) divided by GDP, on the basis of data for the three latest yearsavailable. GDP is measured in nominal terms and with market exchange rates.

Real GDP, exports and imports of goods and services (national accounts based), refer to data at constantprices or volume figures based on 2000.

Ranks in world trade of merchandise and commercial services are defined first referring to European Union(EU (27)) members as individual traders and second referring to the EU (27) as one trader (i.e. excludingindividual EU (27) members).

TRADE POLICY

The Trade Policy Review date indicates the date of the latest policy review for the economy considered.

The tariff binding coverage corresponds to the number of the Harmonized System (HS) subheadingscontaining at least one bound tariff line divided by the respective total number of HS subheadings of thecorresponding version of the HS nomenclature.

For MFN bound tariffs, the simple average of import duties refers to the simple average of ad-valorem (AV)and calculable ad-valorem equivalent (AVE) of final bound HS 6-digit duties. For MFN applied tariffs itrefers to the simple average ofAVand calculableAVEof MFN applied HS 6-digit duties.

The non-AVduties as a percentage of total tariff lines refer to the share of HS six-digit subheadingssubject to non-AVduties. When only part of the HS six-digit subheading is subject to non-AVduties the

percentage share of these tariff lines is used.Agricultural goods according to the AOA (WTO Agreement on Agriculture) definition refer to HS chapters1 to 24 (excluding fish and fish products) and a number of manufactured agricultural products (for furtherinformation see The Legal Texts, The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Negotiations, WTO).This definition does not correspond to the definition of agricultural products presented in the breakdown ofmerchandise trade by main commodity group (see below).

Import duties collected in total tax revenue and import duties collected to total imports (goods andcommercial serv ices) are estimated in general on the basis of data for the three latest years available.

The number of services sectors with GATS commitments has been established by the WTO Secretariaton the basis of available information and in the light of the Services Sectoral Classification List (MTN.

GNS/W/120). The total number of sub-sectors is in the order of 160. In the absence of a GATS schedule forthe EU (27), the total number of services sub-sectors listed in the statistical profiles of the individual EC-12members and of the EU (27) is that of the existing European Communities (EC) schedule.

For EU (27) members the number of notifications outstanding (NO) refers to the sum of NO of the EU andof the individual economy.

The number of contingency measures in force is based on information made available to relevantcommittees (annual reports G\L\901, G\L\902 and G\L\906). Please note that there is no obligation onWTO Members to notify the expiry or termination of safeguard measures.

For the number of disputes, a dispute is understood to be a proceeding initiated under the Understandingon Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) and identified by a reference number(WT/DS...). Reports refer to those adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB). For EU (27)individual members the numbers refer to the EU figures plus any additional disputes involving only the memberconsidered. For more information refer to www.wto.org/disputes.


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MERCHANDISE TRADE (customs-based statistics)The share in world total exports and imports of merchandise for individual economies is calculated using worldtrade including intra-EU (27) trade. For the EU (27) as one trading reporter the share is calculated on the basisof world trade excluding intra-EU (27) trade.

Breakdown by main commodity group according to the ITS (WTO International Trade Statistics) definitions:Agricultural products refer to food (SITC Rev. 3 sections 0, 1, 4 and division 22) and raw materials (SITCRev. 3 divisions 21, 23, 24, 25 and 26). It differs from the Agricultural goods AOA definition (see above). Fuelsand mining products include ores and other minerals; fuels and non-ferrous metals. Manufactures refer toiron and steel, chemicals, other semi-manufactures, machinery and transport equipment, textiles, clothing andother consumer goods. Please note that due to the products not classified in the three main product groups,the sum of shares may not add up to a 100.

Breakdown by main destination and origin : EU (27) members are grouped as one trading partner. Sharesfor unspecified destinations/origins are presented when at least one of the shares is greater than the share ofthe fifth main destination/origin. Re-imports are also included.

COMMERCIAL SERVICES (balance of payments based statistics)The share in world total exports and imports of commercial services for individual economies is calculatedusing world trade including intra-EU (27) trade. For the EU (27) as one trading reporter the share is calculatedon the basis of world trade excluding intra-EU (27) trade.

Breakdown by principal services items: Other commercial services refer to communication, construction,insurance, financial, computer, information, other business, and personal, cultural and recreational services,and royalties and license fees.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTYData refer to the annual number of patents granted to (including those based on PCT international applications)and trademark registrations effected (including designations under the Madrid Agreement or Protocol) in thename of residents and non-residents of the considered economy.

EU (27) refers to the EU members as of January 2007, including EC-12 members (Belgium, Denmark, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom) and Austria,Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, SlovakRepublic, Slovenia and Sweden. The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu isreferred to as Taipei, Chinese in the tables.

Statistical sources:Eurostat, online database; IMF, Balance of Payments Statistics and Government Finance Statistics;UNCTAD, TRAINSdatabase; UNSD, Comtrade database (for OECD members, UNSD-OECD Joint TradeData Collection and Processing System); World Bank, World Development Indicators; WIPO, IndustrialProperty Statistics; WTO and national statistics.


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Note: Colours and boundaries do not imply any judgement on the part of WTO as to the legal status or frontier of any territory.


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Trade Proles provides the latest inormation on the trade fowsand trade policy measures o WTO members, observers and otherselected economies. With inormation or each country providedin a standardized ormat, the publication is an invaluable quickreerence tool or anyone looking or essential trade statistics. Thedata provided or each country include basic economic indicators(such as GDP), trade policy indicators (such as taris, import duties,

number o disputes, notications outstanding and contingencymeasures in orce), merchandise trade fows (broken down by broadproduct categories and major origins and destinations) services

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