Definition: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Would tax on arms exports and protectionism help poor countries?
The Guardian - 5/15/2013 9:45:57 AM
Rule out revision with hindsight of targets or methods in midstream." Besides a critique of methodology – although, as the Overseas Development Institute's Claire Melamed points out, disputes over goals and measurements are not unique to the ...
‘Mango exports reflect soft country’s image’
thenews.com.pk - 5/18/2013 1:35:38 AM
ISLAMABAD: “Mango exports reflect Pakistan’s soft image across the world that can help us overcome unnecessary criticism,” Ahmad Jawad, CEO of Harvest Trading, said in a statement released on Friday. He said that the Ministry of commerce and Pakistan ...
World wheat trade nearly unchanged
CattleNetwork.com - 5/14/2013 7:55:35 PM
However, the structure of imports and exports by country is expected to shift substantially. The largest decline in wheat imports in 2013/14 is projected for Iran, down 4.0 million tons to 1.0 million, given expectations of near-record ...
World Whisky Day: Scotland’s global export
Scotsman.com - 5/17/2013 10:36:40 PM
A closer reading of the figures reveals a more complex picture: after massive increases in previous years ... The USA is still the biggest foreign market, but malts are also impressing big-spending drinkers in Singapore, Latvia and Venezuela.
US Energy Revolution Gathers Pace
CNBC - 5/18/2013 8:52:17 AM
Japan is already the world's largest importer of LNG, and the crippling of its nuclear industry by the 2011 meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi atomic power station has only increased its demand. Tokyo Electric Power, owner of the Fukushima plant, signed a deal ...
Cod exports rise in April
FIS - 5/13/2013 1:15:55 PM
The value of exports of Norwegian cod, saithe and haddock in April totalled NOK 806 million (EUR 106.7 million). This is NOK 59.4 million (EUR 7.9 million) or 8 per cent more than in April 2012. In terms of volume, exports were up by 26 per cent or over ...
Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
San Francisco Gate - 5/16/2013 7:14:26 AM
Kosher and halal meat exports have grown between 20 and 30 percent per year in recent years as the largely agricultural country has capitalized on its low labor costs and a reputation for healthy farm animals. "God gave us good food, good soil and good ...
Pakistan needs to sign free trade pacts with countries: KCCI chief
pakistantoday.com.pk - 5/16/2013 7:17:26 PM
KARACHI - Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Haroon Agar stressed that Pakistan should focus on signing preferential and free trade agreements with as many countries as possible. For increased exports of the ...
Sugar sector sees new govt to stabilise export policy
Pakistan News Service - 5/16/2013 6:31:29 AM
hoping the new government will work for increasing exports particularly of sugar, which has great potential in the country. The PSMA Punjab chairman Riaz Qadeer Butt expressed the hope that the new government to announce a complete and permanent mechanism ...
April salmon exports best ever registered
FIS - 5/9/2013 1:42:08 PM
However, exports to other countries in the region are showing continued growth, with exports to Ukraine up by 20 per cent and to Belarus by no less than 42 per cent. Reduced export volume to Asia The volume of exports of salmon to Asia in April totalled a ...
Indian growers help Ethiopia become world's fourth largest flower exporter
New York Daily News - 5/16/2013 10:27:43 AM
Addis Ababa, May 16 — Indian-owned firms in Ethiopia are making flowers the country's third-largest export earner after coffee and khat, a kind of chewable cannabis. In the last five years, the Ethiopian floriculture industry has become the second ...
Pepper exports fetch $370 million in four months for world leader VN
vietnamnews.vn - 5/18/2013 1:35:38 AM
HA NOI (VNS)— Viet Nam exported more than 38,000 tonnes of pepper in the first four months of 2013, earning US$370 million – a year-on-year increase of 30 per cent. Viet Nam is currently the world leader in terms of pepper output, sending out about ...
Report: Iran to Become World's 3rd Largest Cement Exporter This Year
english.farsnews.com - 5/15/2013 1:20:42 PM
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will leave the US behind by the end of 2013 and become the world's third largest cement exporter, media reports said. Iran is expected to export a total of 20 million tons of cement in 2013 which will make the country rank third after ...
South Korea steel export value down by 13.6pct in April
SteelGuru - 5/7/2013 3:43:12 AM
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the country's trade balance indicated a USD 2.6 billion surplus in April this year, remaining in the black for the 15th consecutive month.
U.S. approves natural gas export project in Texas
Xinhua News Agency - 5/17/2013 9:46:34 PM
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Energy Department announced on Friday that it conditionally authorized the Freeport LNG project in Texas to export natural gas to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.
