World Trade Indicators 2008World Trade Indicators 2008

http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008

Ravindra A. YatawaraData Day at the WTO

May 18th - May 19th to 2009Geneva, Switzerland

What is the WTI Project?What is the WTI Project?Comprehensive database of trade-related indicators of Comprehensive database of trade-related indicators of policy and performancepolicy and performance

Yearly data from 1995-2008 (thanks to ITC for 2005-Yearly data from 1995-2008 (thanks to ITC for 2005-08)08)Information on other trade databases and linksInformation on other trade databases and links

Online Tool- Benchmarking and Ranking ToolOnline Tool- Benchmarking and Ranking ToolCountry rankings (default and customized)Country rankings (default and customized)Charts, tables, and maps (default and customized)Charts, tables, and maps (default and customized)Users can choose time periods and country groupsUsers can choose time periods and country groups

210 Country Trade-at-a-Glance (TAAG) tables210 Country Trade-at-a-Glance (TAAG) tables139 Country briefs139 Country briefsOverview reportOverview report

Provide impetus for trade policy changes by Provide impetus for trade policy changes by highlighting performance relative to highlighting performance relative to competitors/partners competitors/partners

Support overall trade negotiations and policy Support overall trade negotiations and policy design by facilitating overtime and cross-country design by facilitating overtime and cross-country comparison of different dimensions of policy comparison of different dimensions of policy affecting trade outcomes – data quite aggregated- affecting trade outcomes – data quite aggregated- not HS6 not HS6

Highlight gaps in the dataHighlight gaps in the data

Why?Why?

Production weighted tariff averagesProduction weighted tariff averages

Share of tariff lines with a zero MFN tariff rateShare of tariff lines with a zero MFN tariff rate

MFN zero duty imports and exports valuesMFN zero duty imports and exports values

Imports and exports to/from partners in FTA and CUsImports and exports to/from partners in FTA and CUs

Utilization rates and value of EU and US preferencesUtilization rates and value of EU and US preferences

Extent of services trade liberalization commitmentsExtent of services trade liberalization commitments

Index of export product concentration from UNCTADIndex of export product concentration from UNCTAD

Index of import product concentration Index of import product concentration

Export market destination/ import origin concentration indicesExport market destination/ import origin concentration indices

Share of top 5 exports in total exportsShare of top 5 exports in total exports

Remittance Inflows as a % of Total Exports/ImportsRemittance Inflows as a % of Total Exports/Imports

Database assembles existing information and Database assembles existing information and provides new indicatorsprovides new indicators

Structure of WTI database: organizing for Structure of WTI database: organizing for usersusers

TRADE OUTCOME

TRADEPOLICY

EXTERNALENVIRONMENT

TRADE FACILITATION

BUSINESS/INSTITUTIONALENVIRONMENT

– Tariff Trade Restrictive Indices (default), Tariff Trade Restrictive Indices (default), OTRIs- OTRIs-

– Tariffs -MFN applied vs. applied incl prefTariffs -MFN applied vs. applied incl pref– Ad valorem (AV) only, incl AVEAd valorem (AV) only, incl AVE– All goods, agric, NAMAAll goods, agric, NAMA– Average, weighted ,dispersion, maxAverage, weighted ,dispersion, max– MFN- O import value (% of import value)MFN- O import value (% of import value)– GATS comittement indexGATS comittement index

TRADE POLICY-TRADE POLICY-Values/RanksValues/Ranks

Market Access – MA- TTRI (OTRI) Market Access – MA- TTRI (OTRI)

ROW tariffsROW tariffs

REER REER

External EnvironmentExternal Environment

Doing Business IndicatorsDoing Business Indicators

Governance indicatorsGovernance indicators

Institutional EnvironmentInstitutional Environment

Logistics Performance Index (LPI) – defaultLogistics Performance Index (LPI) – default

Trading Across Borders - Doing BusinessTrading Across Borders - Doing Business

Trade FacilitationTrade Facilitation

Trade OutcomesTrade Outcomes

Goods and Services trade growth- Goods and Services trade growth- real,nominal, share of GDPreal,nominal, share of GDP

Goods vs. ServicesGoods vs. Services Product and Market Concentration Product and Market Concentration

indices for Exports and Imports indices for Exports and Imports

WTI FunctionalitiesWTI Functionalities

Views: Views:

Country RankingsCountry Rankings

Country SnapshotsCountry Snapshots

Country ComparisonsCountry Comparisons

Overtime ComparisonsOvertime Comparisons

MapMap

Indicators Category

Trade PolicyExternal

EnvironmentInstitutional Environment

Trade Facilitation

Trade Outcome

Country

TTRI (MFN applied

tariff) - All Goods

MA-TTRI (applied tariff incl. prefs.) -

All Goods

Ease of Doing Business -

rank (out of 178)

LPI - Overall

Real growth in total trade

(g+s, %)

Year2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest

 Hong Kong, China

1 78 4 8 152

 Singapore 1 54 1 1 48

 Switzerland 3 43 21 7 39

 Papua New Guinea

4 7 95 95 144

 Turkey 5 52 59 34 109

Default ranking: Top 5 countriesDefault ranking: Top 5 countries

Alternative ranking: Top 5 countriesAlternative ranking: Top 5 countries

Indicators Category

Trade PolicyExternal

EnvironmentInstitutional Environment

Trade Facilitation

Trade Outcome

Country

Applied Tariff - Simple

Average - All Goods (%)

ROW Applied Tariff (incl.

prefs) - Simple Average - All

Goods (%)

Ease of Doing

Business - rank (out of

178)

LPI - Overall

Real growth in

total trade

(g+s, %)

Year2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest2006-2008

Latest

2006-2008

Latest

 Hong Kong, China

1 196 4 8 152

 Macao, China 1 164 .. .. 6

 Singapore 3 130 1 1 48

 Georgia 4 63 15 .. 54

 Austria 5 105 27 5 83

Overhang=Bound-Applied Policy Space

Share of exports to FTA/CU partner

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EAP ECA LAC MNA SAS SSA HI OECD HI non-OECD

1995-99 2000-04 2005 2006

Launch – SeptemberLaunch – September

More AnalyticsMore Analytics

Export taxes, trade financeExport taxes, trade finance

Actual services trade restrictivenessActual services trade restrictiveness

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