International Trade Statistics 2005
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WTO 2005 2005 trade statistics International WTO Members (As of 31 August 2005) Albania The Gambia Nicaragua Angola Georgia Niger Antigua and Barbuda Germany Nigeria Argentina Ghana Norway Armenia Greece Oman Australia Grenada Pakistan Austria Guatemala Panama Bahrain, Kingdom of Guinea Papua New Guinea Bangladesh Guinea Bissau Paraguay Barbados Guyana Belgium Haiti Peru Belize Honduras Philippines Benin Hong Kong, China Poland Bolivia Hungary Portugal Botswana Iceland Qatar Brazil India Romania Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Rwanda Bulgaria Ireland Saint Kitts and Nevis Burkina Faso Israel Saint Lucia Burundi Italy Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Cambodia Jamaica Senegal Cameroon Japan Sierra Leone Canada Jordan Singapore Central African Republic Kenya Slovak Republic Chad Korea, Republic of Slovenia Chile Kuwait Solomon Islands China Kyrgyz Republic Colombia Latvia South Africa Congo Lesotho Spain Costa Rica Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Côte d’Ivoire Lithuania Suriname Croatia Luxembourg Swaziland Cuba Macao, China Sweden Cyprus Madagascar Switzerland Czech Republic Malawi Chinese Taipei Democratic Republic of the Congo Malaysia Tanzania Denmark Maldives Thailand Djibouti Mali Togo Dominica Malta Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic Mauritania Tunisia Ecuador Mauritius Turkey Egypt Mexico Uganda El Salvador Moldova United Arab Emirates Estonia Mongolia European Communities Morocco United Kingdom Fiji Mozambique United States of America Finland Myanmar Uruguay Former Yugoslav Republic Namibia Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) of Macedonia (FYROM) Nepal Zambia France Netherlands Zimbabwe Gabon New Zealand This report is also available in French and Spanish This publication is available online at (Price: CHF 50.00) http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm To order, please contact: Further enquiries can be addressed to [email protected]. WTO Publications World Trade Organization ISBN 92-870-3313-7 154, rue de Lausanne Printed in Switzerland CH-1211 Geneva 21 Tel: (41 22) 739 52 08 © World Trade Organization 2005 Fax: (41 22) 739 54 58 Email: [email protected] International trade statistics 2005 WTO 2005 Acknowledgements This statistical report has been prepared under the general direction of Guy Karsenty, Chief Statistician. The Overview has been drafted by Michael Finger and the Statistics team has been led by Andreas Maurer. The data were prepared by Barbara d’Andrea- Adrian, Christophe Degain, Joscelyn Magdeleine, Yann Marcus, Coleman Nee, Bekele Tamenu and Ninez Piezas-Jerbi. Vuddha Meach coordinated the table, chart and map production with the assistance of Nicole Everlet, Karolina Safarzynska and Pratikshya Simkhada. Monia Mimouni and Aishah Colautti prepared the tables and charts for the Overview. The printing, carried out by WTO’s own printing facilities, was coordinated by Edmundo Murray of the Information and Media Relations Division. Thanks are due to the French and Spanish translators in the Language Services and Documentation Division for rendering the report in the WTO’s other official languages. For statistical sources used in this report, see the Technical Notes. ii Table of Contents World Trade Development in 2004 and Prospects for 2005 1. Hightlights of world trade in 2004 ........................................................................................................................1 2. Trade volume and output developments in 2004 .......................................................................................................2 3. Merchandise and commercial services trade in dollar value by sector .............................................................................2 4. Trade by region and country .................................................................................................................................9 5. Trade developments of selected Regional Trade Agreements and of the LDCs ................................................................. 16 6. Trade developments in the first half of 2005 and prospects ....................................................................................... 16 I. World trade in 2004 - overview ................................................................................................................ 19 II. Selected long-term trends ......................................................................................................................... 29 III. Trade by region .......................................................................................................................................... 37 1. Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 37 2. North America ............................................................................................................................................... 45 3. South and Central America ............................................................................................................................... 54 4. Europe ........................................................................................................................................................ 63 5. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) .......................................................................................................... 73 6. Africa .......................................................................................................................................................... 80 7. Middle East .................................................................................................................................................. 86 8. Asia ............................................................................................................................................................ 89 9. Least-developed countries ............................................................................................................................... 102 IV. Trade by sector ......................................................................................................................................... 109 1. Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 109 2. Agricultural products .................................................................................................................................... 112 3. Fuels and mining products ............................................................................................................................. 119 3.1 Fuels .................................................................................................................................................. 121 4. Manufactures ............................................................................................................................................. 124 4.1 Iron and steel ....................................................................................................................................... 132 4.2 Chemicals ............................................................................................................................................ 136 4.3 Office machines and telecom equipment ..................................................................................................... 140 4.4 Automotive products .............................................................................................................................. 162 4.5 Textiles ................................................................................................................................................ 168 4.6 Clothing .............................................................................................................................................. 176 5. Commercial services ..................................................................................................................................... 183 5.1 Transportation services ............................................................................................................................ 183 5.2 Travel services ....................................................................................................................................... 185 5.3 Other commercial services ....................................................................................................................... 187 Appendix tables ............................................................................................................................................ 191 World maps ................................................................................................................................................... 247 Technical notes .............................................................................................................................................. 251 iii iv List of tables and charts Overview Chart 1 Share of China in selected economies’ merchandise exports and imports, 2000 and 2004 ................................1 Chart 2 Volume growth of world merchandise trade and output by sector in 2004 ...................................................2 Table 1 World exports of mechandise and commercial services, 2000-04 ................................................................3 Box 1 New country and product groups in WTO’s trade