Overview: This page contains the latest international trade data for Afghanistan, including service trade data, and tariffs. In 2018 Afghanistan was the number 115 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 141 in total exports, the number 103 in total imports, and the number 105 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2018, Afghanistan exported $1.27B and imported $10B, resulting in a negative trade balance of -$8.74B. In 2018, Afghanistan's exports per capita were $34.2 and its imports per capita were $269.
In 2018 Afghanistan exported a total of $1.27B, making it the number 141 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Afghanistan have changed by $561M from $709M in 2013 to $1.27B in 2018.
In 2018 Afghanistan imported $10B, making it the number 103 trade destination in the world. During the last five reported years the imports of Afghanistan changed by $2.38B from $7.63B in 2013 to $10B in 2018.
In 2015, Afghanistan exported $649M worth of services. The top services exported by Afghanistan in 2015 were Construction in the compiling economy ($189M), Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($122M), Government services, n.i.e. ($113M), Communications services ($69M), and Air transport ($61.9M).
The top services imported by Afghanistan in 2015 were Other transport ($1.01B), Insurance services ($201M), Business travel ($63.5M), Air transport ($53.5M), and Government services, n.i.e. ($41.2M).
This section shows forecasts for total product exports and imports for Afghanistan. The forecast is based in a long short-term memory model or LSTM constructed using yearly trade data.
*The tariffs applied to imports for Afghanistan are:136: Most Favoured Nation duty rate treatement366: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Preferential Trading Arragement (SAPTA)
These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.
Afghanistan has a high level of specialization in Insect Resins (1.71k), Soapstone (423), Grapes (329), Spice Seeds (290), and Dried Fruits (212). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Afghanistan observed and expected exports in each product.
The top export opportunities for Afghanistan according to the relatedness index, are Chromium Ore (0.12), Crude Petroleum (0.12), Other Ores (0.12), Other Hides and Skins (0.11), and Tea (0.11). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Afghanistan is not specialized in.
The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products it is currently specialized in.
The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk and the strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities.
Relatedness is a predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower emissions.
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