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Measuring Trade in the XXI Century

“Made in World”

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10 - 40 percent

40 - 80 percent

> 80 percent

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MFN Bound TariffsMFN Bound Tariffs

Note: Colours and boundaries do not imply any judgement on the part of the WTO as to the legal status or frontier of any territory. MFN bound duty: commitments made by WTO Members not to raise their applied duties vis-à-vis other WTO Members above a defined threshold.

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Volume of world merchandise exports and gross domestic product, 2000-2010

(Annual percentage change)

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010*

Volume of total ex ports GDP* provisional

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Who produces for whom?

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Other commercial services

Intermediates

Total Merchandise

Trends in world trade of total merchandise, intermediate goods and other commercial services,

Index 1988 =100

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World Input-Output Table

- Period: 1995-2006- 40 countries included (EU-15, NAFTA, BRI: Brazil, Russia, India

CHN: China, OTHER: Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia

- 59 products- 35 industries

Trade by Enterprise Characteristics

- Linkages of business and trade registers to develop firm-level data on import

content of exports

Business functions/International Outsourcing

- Survey on Business Functions