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Foreign Trade Chapter

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The foreign trade statistics occupy special importance in rationalizing the decisions and updating strategic plans, affecting the structure of national economy, promotion of economic studies and researches in the country. ROY foreign trade statistics for 2003 is hereby introduced in a most detailed method relying on the relative importance of commodities and countries during this year and the past 5 years in various tables according to international standard classification in practice. The chapter includes foreign trade movement by :

 

·          Economic sectors.

·          Economic blocs and countries.

·          Chapters and division of goods.

·          Main goods and main countries.

·          Other tables serving multipurpose.

·          Trade with economic blocs Arabic & Islamic.

 

Exports data include the international oil companies and their shares in crude oil exports for 1998-2003 that were not listed in the past years. 2003 oil exports were evaluated using monthly market exchange rate per US $.

 

·          1994 Imports of oil products imported by Yemen Oil Company do not include about 164 million Dollar

·          The reduction in exports in 1998 causing to the reduction in the crude Oil general.

·          The similes of numbers with publishing sources resulting to :

-          The difference between the classification systems of commodities.

-          Generality of the foreign trade statistic data.

-          The difference in evaluating some of trade Balance contents.

Appreciation and thanks for the Custom Authorities on issuing and implementing the H.S. tariffs and application of the new custom forms, since the custom forms are the source of foreign trade statistics. Our gratitude too for the General Dept of oil marketing of the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources for provision of oil exports data. 

Main Indicators

 
  Item Value (Million YR) % of GDP % of GNP %Revenue % Expenditure
 TRADE BALANCE 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
Imports 513,026 674,128 28.44 32.38 30.69 34.98 88.51 96.64 86.38 100.86
Exports (total) 585,946 684,908 32.48 32.90 35.05 35.54 101.09 98.18 98.65 102.47
Exports 540,732 659,476 29.98 31.68 32.34 34.22 93.29 94.54 91.04 98.66
 Re-Exports 45,214 25,431 2.51 1.22 2.7 1.32 7.8 3.65 7.61 3.8
Trade balance 72,920 10,779 4.04 0.52 4.36 0.56 12.58 1.55 12.28 1.61

 

  % Imports by use of items   % Exports by use of items Usage of Items
2002 2003 2002 2003  
17.88 17.87 4.98 4.57 Consumption Goods
56.13 55.52 94.99 95.41 Intermediate Goods
25.99 26.60 0.03 0.02 Capital Goods

 

          Trade with Economic Blocs
  % Imports   % Exports   Economic Blocs
2002 2003 2002 2003    
44.39 41.27 11.98 12.51   Arab world
39.64 36.17 10.73 11.07   GCC Countries
4.75 5.10 1.25 1.44   Other Arab Countries
22.92 24.52 78.44 80.50    Non Arab - Asian Countries
0.73 0.76 1.95 1.15    Non Arab African Countries 
13.56 14.83 1.09 1.87   European Econ. Commisson
0.76 0.76 0.02 0.03   Eastern European Countries
5.11 5.35 1.01 1.72   Other European countries
10.57 11.32 5.31 1.72   American Countries
4.49 6.27 5.30 1.70   U.S.A
1.38 0.95 0.00 0.00   Oceanic Countries
50.86 47.69 19.56 16.08 Islamic Conference Org. Countries
0.58 0.24 0.20 0.11 Not stated

 

% Exposure Ratio 
2002 2003
60.93 65.29

Value In Millions of Rials

Year  Item  Value