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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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