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UNCTAD Hanbooks of Statistics:
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2006/2007
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2006-07 provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries and economies in transition have evolved in the context of globalization. Data are presented in an analytical way in order to facilitate their interpretation. The printed edition of the Handbook is a valuable tool for research, policy making and education, which can also be used in conjunction with the DVD or the Internet version of the publication. The latter two contain the full time series of data.

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2006-07 provides users with reliable coherent data on the following subjects:

  • International merchandise trade: values, trends and regional trade zones;
  • Export and import structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices;
  • Volume and terms of trade indices;
  • Average applied import tariff rates;
  • Trade in services: total trade and trade by sector;
  • Maritime transport: world merchant fleet;
  • Commodity prices and relevant price indices; production and processing of selected raw mineral commodities;
  • International financial data: current accounts, capital and financial accounts, foreign direct investment, external indebtedness, workers“ remittances, etc.;
  • Indicators of development: GDP, population and labour, and selected development indicators.


Table of contents
PART ONE  [PDF, 50 pages, 344ko]
International Merchandise Trade

1.1.1 Exports and imports of countries and geographical regions
- Value
- Share
1.1.2 Exports and imports of economic groupings
- Value
- Share
1.1.3 Exports and imports of trade groups
- Value
- Share
1.2.1 Annual average growth rates of exports and imports of countries and geographical regions
1.2.2 Annual average growth rates of exports and imports of economic groupings
1.2.3 Annual average growth rates of exports and imports of trade groups
1.3.3 Value of trade balance, and as percentage of imports of countries and geographical regions
1.3.2 Value of trade balance, and as percentage of imports of economic groupings
1.4 Intra-trade of trade groups
PART TWO [PDF, 70 pages, 396ko]
International merchandise trade by region

2.1 Country trade structure by partner:
- Exports by main region of destination
- Imports by main region of origin
2.2 Export and import structure by partner and product group of:
2.2A World
2.2B Developed economies
2.2C Economies in transition
2.2D Developing economies
2.2E Developing economies: Africa
2.2F Developing economies: America
2.2G Developing economies: Asia
2.2H Developing economies: Eastern, Southern and South-Eastern Asia
2.2I   Developing economies: Western Asia
2.2J   Developing economies: Oceania
2.2K Major petroleum exporters
2.2L  Major exporters of manufactured goods
PART THREE [PDF, 72 pages, 480ko]
International merchandise trade by product

3.1 Country trade structure by product group:
- Exports
- Imports
3.2 Export structure by product of:
3.2A World
3.2B Developed economies
3.2C Developing economies
3.2D Individual countries and territories
3.2E Major exporters for leading products among developing economies
3.3 Concentration and structural change indices of product markets:
- Exports
- Imports
PART FOUR [PDF, 54 pages, 417ko]
International merchandise trade indicators

4.1.1 Export and import concentration and diversification indices of countries and geographical regions
4.1.2 Export and import concentration and diversification indices of economic groupings
4.2.1 International merchandise trade indices of countries and geographical regions:
- Volume indices of exports and imports
- Unit value indices of exports and imports
- Terms of trade indices and purchasing power indices of exports
4.2.2 International merchandise trade indices of economic groupings:
- Volume indices of exports and imports
- Unit value indices of exports and imports
- Terms of trade indices and purchasing power indices of exports
4.3 Average applied import MFN tariff rates on non-agricultural and non-fuel products
PART FIVE [PDF, 52 pages, 335ko]
International trade in services

5.1 Value of exports and imports of services of countries and geographical regions
5.1.2 Value of exports and imports of services of economic groupings
5.1.3 Value of exports and imports of services of trade groups
5.2 Trade in services by sector :
- Leading exporters among developing economies
- Leading importers among developing economies
5.3 Tourism indicators
5.4 World merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship of countries and geographical regions
PART SIX [PDF, 18 pages, 225ko]
Commodities

6.1 Annual and quarterly indices of free-market prices of selected primary commodities
6.2 Instability indices and trends in free-market prices for selected primary commodities
6.3 Production and consumption of aluminium and copper of countries and geographical regions
PART SEVEN [PDF,74 pages, 469ko]
International finance

7.1 Balance of payments: current account summaries
7.2 Balance of payments: capital and financial account summaries
7.3.1 Foreign direct investment: inward and outward flows of countries and geographical regions
7.3.2 Foreign direct investment: inward and outward flows of economic groupings
7.3.3 Foreign direct investment: inward and outward flows of trade groups
7.4 Workers“ remittances:
- Receipts
- Payments
7.5.1 International reserves of developing economies by country and geographical region
7.5.2 International reserves of developing economies by economic grouping
7.6.1 Official financial flows from bilateral and multilateral sources to developing economies by country and geographical region
7.6.2 Official financial flows from bilateral and multilateral sources to developing economies by economic grouping
7.7 External long-term debt by lending source:
7.7A Developing economies
7.7B Developing economies : Africa
7.7C Developing economies : America
7.7D Developing economies : Asia
7.7E Developing economies : Oceania
7.7F Major petroleum exporters
7.7G Major exporters of manufactures
PART EIGHT [PDF, 82 pages, 456ko]
Development indicators

8.1.1 Nominal gross domestic product: Total and per capita of countries and geographical regions
8.1.2 Nominal gross domestic product: Total and per capita of economic groupings
8.2.1 Annual average growth rates of total and per capita real gross domestic product of countries and 8.2.2 Annual average growth rates of total and per capita real gross domestic product of economic groupings
8.3.1 Nominal gross domestic product by type of expenditure and by kind of economic activity of countries and geographical regions
8.3.2 Nominal gross domestic product by type of expenditure and by kind of economic activity of economic groupings
8.4.1 Population and labour force of countries and geographical regions
8.4.2 Population and labour force of economic groupings
8.5.1 Demographic indicators of countries and geographical regions
8.5.2 Demographic indicators of economic groupings



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Handbooks on the GSP schemes
International Investment Agreements (IIA)
Investment Guides
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Least Developed Countries Report, 1996 -
Raśl Prebisch Lectures
Review of Maritime Transport, 1997 -
Trade and Development Report, 1996 -
Trade and Environment Review, 2003 -
World Investment Report, 1991 -



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