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International Trade Statistics 2010,
is a comprehensive overview of world trade up to 2009. An annual
publication, it is available first in electronic format with a print version
to follow in November, and includes the details of merchandise trade by
product and trade in commercial services by category. Each chapter is
introduced by a highlights section that identifies the most salient trends
in the data and illustrates them with numerous charts and maps.
It includes a methodological chapter (Chapter IV
Metadata), which explains essential concepts and definitions used in
compiling the statistics, and an appendix with detailed trade data up to
2009.
All data used in the publication, as well as
additional charts not included in the book, can be downloaded from the WTO
web site’s statistics page,
www.wto.org/statistics. With these additions, International Trade
Statistics 2010 serves as an invaluable reference for researchers, policy
makers and anyone interested in international trade. Data can be downloaded
free in
Excel
and pdf formats and from the
searchable database.
World Tariff
Profiles 2010, a joint publication of the WTO, International Trade
Centre (ITC) and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), provides
comprehensive tariff information on all WTO members and other countries.
It’s the only compilation of tariff information of its kind available to
researchers and negotiators.
World Tariff Profiles outlines the market access
the country offers to imports and the market access conditions its products
face in its major export markets. The profiles include both maximum tariff
rates that are legally “bound” in the WTO and the rates countries actually
apply. Where tariffs are not expressed as percentages of the price (“ad
valorem”) the equivalent percentages are included in the calculation of
aggregate statistics.
The electronic copy in pdf format can be downloaded from several links in
the WTO website, such as
this.
The statistical tables are also available in
Excel spreadsheet format. The print publication is now available in
English, French and Spanish and can be purchased or ordered from the
WTO bookshop.
Trade Profiles 2010 provides the
latest information on trade flows and the trade policy measures of WTO
members, observers and other selected economies. With information for each
country provided in a standardized format, the publication is a quick
reference tool for anyone looking for essential trade statistics.
The data provided include basic economic
indicators (such as gross domestic product or GDP), trade policy indicators
(such as tariffs, import duties, the number of disputes, notifications
outstanding and contingency measures in force), merchandise trade flows
(broken down by broad product categories and major origins and
destinations), services trade flows (with a breakdown by major components)
and industrial property indicators. With one page devoted to each country,
Trade Profiles offers a concise overview of global trade.
Printed versions of the
International Trade Statistics and the trade profiles will be available in
November in English, French and Spanish and can be ordered from the
WTO
bookshop. Pdf versions of the entire reports will also be posted on the
WTO web site.
New or updated on the
WTO Statistics webpage are the:
A summary of all WTO statistical tools and
databases are available
here.
Putting data on maps. New pages
linked via a WTO maps gateway
allow website users to create their own world maps displaying the data of
their choice. Options include:
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Trade per capita
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Trade to GDP ratio
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Tariff binding coverage
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MFN tariffs, simple average, final bound
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MFN tariffs, simple average, applied
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MFN tariffs, trade weighted average, applied
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Services sectors with GATS commitments
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Outstanding notifications in WTO Central Registry
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Merchandise exports
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Merchandise imports
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Commercial services exports
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Commercial services imports
In most cases the data are displayed as a “heat map”, in which higher values
are represented by deeper or more intense colours. Clicking on a country or
territory on the map gives more data. In cases where data are directional
(such as imports and exports), arrows indicate trade flows on the map.
Other new maps include membership of the WTO and of its plurilateral
agreements, membership of negotiating groups in the Doha negotiations, and
membership of regional trade agreements.
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• Metadata:
explanatory notes and other technical details for statistical
tables (literally, a set of data that describes and gives
information about other data).
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ad valorem (AV): a tariff rate charged as percentage of the
price
• applied rates: duties that are actually charged on imports. These
can be below the bound rates
•
bound rates (tariff binding): commitment not to increase a rate of
duty beyond an agreed level. Once a rate of duty is bound, it may not
be raised without compensating the affected parties
•
MFN (most-favoured-nation) tariff: normal non-discriminatory tariff
charged on imports (excludes preferential tariffs under free trade
agreements and other schemes or tariffs charged inside quotas) > More jargon:
glossary
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