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09 April 2006
   

Qatar Foreign Trade Indicators

 
   

 


The Planning Council ذ General Secretariat, in collaboration with the Customs and Ports General Authority released Foreign Trade Statistics (Imports and Exports) for the year 2005 .

 
   

Statistics include the following main indicators : Total value of goods exports for the year 2005 reached Million Q.R. 92234 (Ninety two billions, two hundred and thirty four Million Qatari riyals), with an increase of 39.86% in comparison with 2004 figures.

 
   

Major exported goods during 2005 are :

 
   

Crude Oil : with a value of Million QR 46749 (Forty six billions, seven hundred and forty nine Million Qatari riyals)

Liquefied Natural : with a value of Million Q.R 28899 (Twenty eight billions, eight hundred Gas and ninety nine Million Qatari riyals)
 
Petrol : with a value of Million Q.R 3332 (Three billions, three hundred and thirty two Million Qatari riyals)
 
Urea : with a value of Million Q.R 2489 (Two billions, four hundred an eighty nine Million Qatari riyals)

Liquefied Propane : with a value of Million Q.R 2012 (Two billions, twelve Million Qatari riyals)

 
   

Total value of goods imported during 2005 reached Million Q.R 36621 (Thirty six billions, six hundred and twenty one Million Qatari riyals), with an increase of 67.6% in comparison with 2004 figures .

Major imported goods during 205 were: Motor vehicles, amounting to Million Q.R. 2844 (Two billions, eight hundred and forty four Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 7.8% of total imports , followed by line pipes of iron or steel used for oil or gas pipelines, amounting to Million Q.R 1494 (One billion, four hundred and ninety four Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 4.1% of total imports value, followed by drilling equipment with a value of Million Q.R 684 (six hundred and eighty four Million Qatari riyals), amounting to 1.9% of total imports value, followed by electrical cables with a cross sectional exceeding 10 mm. and a voltage exceeding 300, with a value of Million Q.R 547 (five hundred and forty seven Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 1.5% of total value of imports.

The total value of re-exported goods during 2005 amounted to Million Q.R 1540 (One billion, five hundred and forty Million Qatari riyals), of which Million Q.R 835 (Eight hundred and thirty five Million Qatari riyals) is the value of goods re-exported to the GCC countries i.e. 54.2% total value of re-exported goods .

Japan is the major source of imports during 2005, whereas total value of imports from Japan amounted to Million Q.R 4263 (Four billion, two hundred and sixty three Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 11.6% of total value of imports, followed by USA with an amount of Million QR. 4232 (Four billions, two hundred and thirty two Million Qatari riyals) i.e. approximately 11.6% of total value of imports. Germany comes in third rank with an amount of Million Q.R 3362 (Three billion, three hundred and sixty two Million Qatari riyals), i.e. 9.2% of total value of imports. Italy comes in fourth place with an amount of Million QR. 2356 (Two billion, three hundred and fifty six Million Qatari riyals), i.e. 6.5% of total value of imports. In fifth place comes UAE with an amount of Million QR. 2356 (Two billion, three hundred and fifty six Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 6.4% of total value of export during 2005 .

As for exports of goods of Qatari origin, Japan comes in first place with an amount of Million Q.R 37502 (Thirty seven billion, five hundred and two Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 40.7% of total value of exports, followed by South Korea with an amount of Million Q.R 14771 (Fourteen billion, seven hundred and seventy one Million Qatari riyals), i.e. 16.0 % of total value of exports. Singapore comes in third place with an amount of Million Q.R 7657 (Seven billion, six hundred and fifty seven Million Qatari riyals) i.e. 8.3% of total value of exports, followed by UAE with an amount of Million Q.R. 3822 (Three billion, eight hundred and twenty two Million Qatari riyals), i.e. a portion of 4.1% India was in fifth place with an amount of Million Q.R. 3203 (Three billion, two hundred and three Million Qatari riyals), i.e. 3.5 of total value of exports during 2005.

 
   

The following tables shows top ten sources of imports as well as top ten destinations of exports during 2004 and 2005:

 
   

Main Sources of Imports During 2004 & 2005

 
   

Main Destinations of Exports During 2004 & 2005