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  • Exports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
  • Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Exports of goods and services (constant 2000 US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services: Exports of goods and services as a % of GDP, 2000
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Goods and services > Constant 2000 US$: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services > Constant LCU: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in constant local currency.
  • Leading export market: Country or customs union which is the main recipient of exports.
  • Manufactured: Manufactured exports as % of manufactured export, 2000.
  • Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$, % of GDP: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$). Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Per $ GDP: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Per capita: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Primary: Primary exports as % of manufactured export, 2000.
  • Exports of goods and services per capita: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Merchandise exports > Current US$, % of GDP: Merchandise exports (current US$). Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise exports: Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports). Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to developing economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.
  • Commodities: A rank ordering of exported products starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
  • Goods and services > % of GDP: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments.
  • Merchandise trade > % of GDP: Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.
  • High technology: High-technology exports as % of manufactured export, 2000.
  • Goods and services > Current US$ > Per capita: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • External balance on goods and services > Current US$: External balance on goods and services (current US$). External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • External balance on goods and services > Current US$ per capita: External balance on goods and services (current US$). External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$). Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.
  • Time to export > Days: Time to export (days). Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure.
  • Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$: Exports of goods and services (constant 2000 US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ per capita: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Time to export > Days per million: Time to export (days). Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • External balance on goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP: External balance on goods and services (current US$). External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • High-technology exports > Current US$ per capita: High-technology exports (current US$). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • High-technology exports > Current US$, % of GDP: High-technology exports (current US$). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports). Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
  • Transport services > % of service exports, BoP: Transport services (% of service exports, BoP). Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).
  • High-technology exports > Current US$: High-technology exports (current US$). High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Exports of goods and services > Current US$: Exports of goods and services (current US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$: Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Goods and services > Current US$: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Commercial service exports > Current US$, % of GDP: Commercial service exports (current US$). Commercial service exports are total service exports minus exports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Trade in services > % of GDP: Trade in services (% of GDP). Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.
  • Exports of goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP: Exports of goods and services (current US$). Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP: Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$). Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Goods and services > Annual % growth: Annual growth rate of exports of goods and services based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor services) as well as transfer payments.
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STAT South Korea United States HISTORY
Canadian pulp > Paper and paperboard > Exports 473.31 million
Ranked 5th. 		13.49 billion
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than South Korea
Exports of goods and services 638.25 billion
Ranked 7th. 		2.2 trillion
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Korea
Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $11,427.08
Ranked 21st. 94% more than United States 		$5,885.16
Ranked 34th.
Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ $683.07 billion
Ranked 10th. 		$3.00 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Korea
Goods and services 45%
Ranked 59th. 4 times more than United States 		11%
Ranked 149th.
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.425 BoP $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 66th. 4 times more than United States 		0.103 BoP $ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 129th.
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per capita 6,923.62 BoP $ per capita
Ranked 35th. 61% more than United States 		4,302.3 BoP $ per capita
Ranked 48th.
Goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ 345.21 billion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 6th. 		1.12 trillion constant 2000 US$
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Korea
Goods and services > Constant LCU 390417600000000 1117900000000
Leading export market China European Union
Manufactured 91%
Ranked 7th. 10% more than United States 		83%
Ranked 23th.
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$, % of GDP 50.47%
Ranked 33th. 5 times more than United States 		9.88%
Ranked 153th.
Per $ GDP $0.37 per $1 of GDP
Ranked 60th. 5 times more than United States 		$0.08 per $1 of GDP
Ranked 152nd.
Per capita $7,727.63 per capita
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than United States 		$3,812.18 per capita
Ranked 47th.
Primary 9%
Ranked 109th. 		13%
Ranked 96th. 44% more than South Korea
Exports of goods and services per capita 12,763.93
Ranked 40th. 82% more than United States 		6,995.23
Ranked 62nd.
Merchandise exports > Current US$, % of GDP 48.5%
Ranked 30th. 5 times more than United States 		9.86%
Ranked 151st.
Merchandise exports to developing economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise exports 2.78%
Ranked 59th. 47% more than United States 		1.9%
Ranked 73th.
Commodities wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0%
Goods and services > % of GDP 42.5%
Ranked 67th. 4 times more than United States 		10.05%
Ranked 165th.
Merchandise trade > % of GDP 94.5%
Ranked 35th. 4 times more than United States 		24.75%
Ranked 168th.
High technology 35%
Ranked 7th. 3% more than United States 		34%
Ranked 9th.
Goods and services > Current US$ > Per capita 6,931$ per capita
Ranked 27th. 73% more than United States 		3,997.2$ per capita
Ranked 45th.
External balance on goods and services > Current US$ $34.78 billion
Ranked 13th. 		$-547,200,000,000.00
Ranked 144th.
External balance on goods and services > Current US$ per capita $695.58
Ranked 26th. 		$-1,743.15
Ranked 138th.
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy > Current US$ $562.46 billion
Ranked 8th. 		$1.48 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Korea
Time to export > Days 8
Ranked 179th. 33% more than United States 		6
Ranked 185th.
Exports of goods and services > Constant 2000 US$ $571.40 billion
Ranked 9th. 		$1.85 trillion
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Korea
Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$ per capita $13,660.35
Ranked 33th. 43% more than United States 		$9,543.09
Ranked 44th.
Time to export > Days per million 0.16
Ranked 173th. 8 times more than United States 		0.0191
Ranked 186th.
External balance on goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP 3.08%
Ranked 32nd. 		-3.489%
Ranked 70th.
High-technology exports > Current US$ per capita $2,451.26
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than United States 		$466.24
Ranked 33th.
High-technology exports > Current US$, % of GDP 10.95%
Ranked 7th. 11 times more than United States 		0.969%
Ranked 43th.
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 46.28%
Ranked 21st. 3% more than United States 		44.88%
Ranked 24th.
Transport services > % of service exports, BoP 36.96%
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than United States 		12.92%
Ranked 80th.
High-technology exports > Current US$ $122.02 billion
Ranked 7th. 		$145.27 billion
Ranked 4th. 19% more than South Korea
Exports of goods and services > Current US$ $638.25 billion
Ranked 9th. 		$2.20 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Korea
Goods and services > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.425$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 66th. 4 times more than United States 		0.101$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 165th.
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ 334.37 billion BoP $
Ranked 11th. 		1.28 trillion BoP $
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than South Korea
Goods and services > Current US$ 334.73 billion$
Ranked 8th. 		1.17 trillion$
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than South Korea
Commercial service exports > Current US$, % of GDP 9.7%
Ranked 36th. 3 times more than United States 		3.88%
Ranked 51st.
Trade in services > % of GDP 19.39%
Ranked 69th. 3 times more than United States 		6.74%
Ranked 127th.
Exports of goods and services > Current US$, % of GDP 56.5%
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than United States 		14%
Ranked 126th.
Exports of goods, services and primary income > BoP, current US$, % of GDP 60.47%
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than United States 		19.1%
Ranked 127th.
Goods and services > Annual % growth 8.54%
Ranked 49th. 2% more than United States 		8.41%
Ranked 81st.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Pulp and paper industry in Canada; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; World Bank national accounts data. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators.; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Development Indicators database; World Trade Organization Trade Profiles database, loaded 2010; World Bank staff estimates. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Trade Organization. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; World Bank staff estimates; World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.; World Bank national accounts data; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank national accounts data. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; United Nations, Comtrade database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations, Comtrade database. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; United Nations, Comtrade database.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files. World Bank World Development Indicators. GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates. World Bank World Development Indicators.

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