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| Population
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361 |
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Rank in world trade,
2004 |
Exports |
Imports |
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current US$, 2004) |
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Merchandise |
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83 |
145 |
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current PPP US$, 2004) |
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Commercial services |
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113 |
95 |
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account balance (million US$, 2004) |
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Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade |
62 |
121 |
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| Trade per
capita (US$, 2002-2004) |
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Commercial serv. excl. intra-EU trade |
89 |
72 |
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goods and services (volume, 1995=100) |
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goods and services (volume, 1995=100) |
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| TRADE POLICY |
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| WTO accession
date |
1 January 1995 |
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Contribution to WTO budget (%, 2006) |
0.036 |
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| Trade Policy
Review date |
28, 30 May 2001 |
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Import duties collected: |
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in total tax revenue |
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| Tariff binding
coverage (%, 1995) |
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95.3 |
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to total merchandise imports |
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Final bound |
Applied 2003 |
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Number of: |
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24.3
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2.6 |
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GATS services sectors with commitments |
22 |
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| Agricultural
goods (AOA) |
23.2
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0.0 |
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Dispute rulings (complainant - defendant) |
0 - 0 |
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| Non-agricultural
goods |
24.5
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3.0 |
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Notifications outstanding (CRN) |
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lines) |
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0.8 |
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Number of contingency measures in force: |
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Anti-dumping (30 June 2005) |
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imports |
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Safeguards (3 November 2005) |
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Annual percentage change |
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1995-2004 |
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| Merchandise exports, f.o.b. (million US$) |
4 607 |
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16 |
11 |
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1 298 |
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-17 |
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2004 a |
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2004 a |
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exports |
0.05 |
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Share in
world total imports |
0.01 |
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| Breakdown in
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By main
commodity group (ITS) |
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| Agricultural
products |
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0.1 |
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Agricultural products |
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17.9 |
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| Fuels and
mining products |
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87.7 |
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Fuels and mining products |
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| Manufactures |
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Manufactures |
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1. Malaysia |
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Republic of |
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2. Singapore |
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3. United States |
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5. Japan |
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| COMMERCIAL SERVICES TRADE |
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Value |
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Annual percentage change |
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1995-2004 |
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2003 |
2004 |
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544 |
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2 |
24 |
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1
075 |
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18 |
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2004 a |
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2004 a |
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0.02
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Share in world total imports |
0.05 |
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By
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| Transportation |
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77.3
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Transportation |
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20.5 |
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| Travel |
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13.9
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Travel |
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| Other
commercial services |
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Other commercial services |
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Total |
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Marks registered, 1997 |
1 051 |
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1 051 |
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