931 Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind
Since 2004, the value (in current prices) of exports of special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind (SITC group 931)
increased on average by 14.6 percent each year and amounted to US$576.1 bln in 2008 (table 2). Graph 1 shows that in 2008, its exports increased
by 18 percent, compared to 21.7 percent for world exports of commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC (SITC section 9) and
15.3 percent for total world exports. It accounted for 84.5 percent of world exports of commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in
SITC (SITC section 9) and 3.6 percent of total world exports (table 1).
In 2008, Germany, Netherlands and United Arab Emirates were the top exporting countries (table 2). They accounted respectively for 16.8, 15.2
and 8.1 percent of world exports. Top destinations were Germany, USA and Netherlands (table 3). By MDG regions (graph 2), Developed Europe
accounted for a majority of exports and a large share of imports of special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind (SITC
group 931). In 2008, its exports and imports were valued respectively at US$310 bln and US$299.3 bln, resulting in a trade surplus of US$10.7 bln.
Larger trade surpluses were recorded by Developed Asia-Pacific (US$+31.1 bln), South-Eastern Asia (US$+ 25.9 bln) and Commonwealth of
Independent States (US$+22.5 bln). Top trade deficits were recorded by Southern Asia (US$-54.2 bln), Developed North America (US$-18.1 bln)
and Sub-Saharan Africa (US$-10.3 bln).
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 1994-2008, in current prices
1994
1995
110.2
111.7
82.1
85.1
2.6
2.6
Values in Bln US$ Imp.
Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
SITC section (%) Exp.
As a percentage of Imp.
world trade (%) Exp.
1996
136.9
146.4
83.9
87.0
2.7
2.9
1997
130.9
129.2
81.6
82.3
2.4
2.5
1998
136.8
133.4
79.8
82.7
2.5
2.4
1999
124.0
117.5
78.7
79.3
2.3
2.2
138.4
124.1
84.0
85.4
2.4
2.2
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 1994−2008
(In percentage by year)
SITC code 931
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SITC, Section 9
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2000
233.1
223.7
90.4
91.0
3.6
3.5
2001
211.1
222.4
89.0
91.3
3.4
3.6
2002
218.3
236.6
89.4
91.2
3.3
3.7
2003
244.4
285.5
88.5
89.6
3.2
3.8
Country or area
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70%
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60%
50%
40%
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20%
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00
01
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−10%
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0%
98
99
10%
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08
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06
07
30%
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Exports
World....................................
Germany................................
Netherlands..........................
United Arab Emirates...........
Russian Federation...............
USA.......................................
Japan....................................
Singapore..............................
United Kingdom....................
Malaysia...............................
Canada..................................
Italy.......................................
France...................................
Sweden.................................
Belgium.................................
Hungary.................................
Trade balance
World....................................
Germany................................
USA.......................................
Netherlands..........................
Iran........................................
Italy.......................................
United Kingdom....................
United Arab Emirates...........
Iraq........................................
Turkey...................................
Russian Federation...............
Malaysia...............................
Hungary.................................
Japan....................................
India......................................
Singapore..............................
Developed Europe
Developed N. America
South−eastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
Sub−Saharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
South−eastern Asia
Western Asia
0
50
10
0
15
0
20
0
25
0
30
0
35
0
0
−5
00
50
−1
−1
00
−2
−2
50
Oceania
00
420.7
428.1
87.4
87.4
3.5
3.6
2007
504.1
488.1
87.5
87.1
3.6
3.5
2008
582.1
576.1
85.5
84.5
3.6
3.6
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 04-08 07-08
Cum.
576 144.5
96 989.7
87 788.9
46 774.4
37 800.4
37 392.8
36 873.3
25 479.4
25 275.8
22 626.0
16 547.2
15 043.4
13 605.5
11 314.7
11 108.0
7 925.4
14.6
10.0
19.4
11.9
17.9
8.0
11.8
42.6
6.4
96.6
1.8
11.8
12.9
14.4
8.8
119.1
18.0 100.0
9.6 16.8
46.7 15.2
33.9
8.1
36.6
6.6
-0.9
6.5
3.6
6.4
38.9
4.4
0.6
4.4
956.8
3.9
0.5
2.9
19.1
2.6
11.5
2.4
11.3
2.0
20.1
1.9
14.3
1.4
16.8
32.1
40.2
46.8
53.2
59.6
64.1
68.5
72.4
75.2
77.9
80.2
82.2
84.1
85.5
Avg.
Growth Growth World share %
(%)
(%)
(million US$) 04-08 07-08
Cum.
Value
Country or area
Developed Asia−Pacific
−3
2006
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2008
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2008
Imports
300.4
342.2
86.0
90.1
2.8
3.3
20
20
20
04
05
20
20
02
03
20
20
20
20
19
19
96
97
19
19
19
19
94
95
−20%
(Bln US$)
2005
Value
90%
80%
289.5
334.0
86.6
89.6
3.1
3.7
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2008
Total
●
2004
Source: UN Comtrade
582 087.2
105 918.6
64 319.2
64 251.0
43 967.0
43 725.9
29 737.4
21 482.5
17 259.3
16 443.5
13 454.9
12 971.5
12 448.5
11 949.4
11 505.0
9 148.6
19.1
11.1
6.2
20.0
117.7
22.4
7.2
6.3
25.4
45.3
17.8
59.6
113.7
14.5
98.4
56.0
15.5 100.0
7.9 18.2
5.1 11.0
40.9 11.0
27.2
7.6
40.2
7.5
9.4
5.1
0.8
3.7
20.3
3.0
50.5
2.8
21.1
2.3
376.6
2.2
82.6
2.1
16.9
2.1
367.1
2.0
31.8
1.6
18.2
29.2
40.3
47.8
55.3
60.5
64.1
67.1
69.9
72.3
74.5
76.6
78.7
80.6
82.2