70993 v2 Algeria: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $130,345 $3,841 0.24% $2,363 No Accession 2 0 Algeria TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ MNA Ranking Decile TP Lower mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 104 9 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 118 10 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 132 8 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 141 10 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 97 7 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 15.1 12.3 12.4 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 11.6 10.7 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 36.1 34.0 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 24.0 20.0 18.7 18.6 * Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 * tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 47.5 33.3 30.0 30.0 * Agriculture - simple avg (%) 28.0 23.9 23.1 23.3 * Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 23.4 19.5 18.0 17.8 * duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 17.1 13.4 12.9 12.8 * MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 0.4 1.6 2.7 0.5 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 17.1 13.4 11.3 11.2 * Nontariff measures Agriculture 14.6 11.2 11.3 11.1 * Nonagriculture 18.2 14.1 11.3 11.2 * 0 10 20 30 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Algeria Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) .. 3.6 3.1 * Agriculture .. .. 7.8 7.6 * Nonagriculture .. .. 5.2 4.5 * Import duties (% of imports) 19.4 14.4 8.2 .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) .. .. .. .. Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 * 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. 17.5 .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Algeria Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. .. .. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 0.8 0.6 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 1.6 1.9 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 3.5 3.0 0.5 0.5 * MFN duty free Agriculture 11.5 8.4 3.8 2.2 * (exports) Nonagriculture 3.4 3.0 0.5 0.5 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 49.4 57.4 69.8 58.4 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 0.0 0.0 54.1 52.5 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 81.7 63.5 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 0.1 0.1 * MNA Lower mid inc Algeria Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) -1.8 -3.6 -1.7 1.1 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Algeria Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 130 132 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 133 141 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 126 141 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 48 126 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.46 -0.42 -0.52 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.67 -0.64 -0.72 .. MNA Lower mid inc Algeria WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.65 -0.48 -0.47 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.1 2.1 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 1.6 1.6 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 1.8 1.8 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.0 2.0 * Logistics competence .. .. 1.9 1.9 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.2 3.2 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 117 118 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 9 8 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 16 17 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,470 1,248 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 9 9 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 22 23 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,717 1,428 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 9.5 7.9 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 4.8 10.8 70.5 90.5 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 4.6 3.3 .. .. MNA Lower mid inc Algeria Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.0 1.9 7.9 10.3 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) .. 77.8 83.2 .. * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 3.3 5.1 2.9 5.6 14 12 Exports 5.6 3.9 -0.1 0.5 11.7 10 10.1 8.9 Imports 0.0 7.3 1.2 12.0 8 7.7 7.3 6.1 Other trade outcome indicators 6 5.2 5.1 5.6 4 3.3 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 51.3 61.7 72.4 72.6 2 3.0 2.9 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.6 1.3 1.0 0.5 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -2.0 8.3 -1.6 8.6 Trade Growth Rate Exports 2.0 13.1 1.3 10.8 Algeria MNA Lower mid inc Imports -4.7 4.3 -6.2 4.6 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 96.6 97.8 98.7 99.0 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture .. .. .. .. Service, Manufacturing .. .. .. .. 1.3 Mining, fuel and others .. .. .. .. Service share in total exports (%) 3.4 2.2 1.3 1.0 Tourism .. .. .. .. Transportation .. .. .. .. Other services .. .. .. .. Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 52.5 53.7 59.9 60.6 * Mercha ndise, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 34.1 34.3 35.5 36.8 * 98.7 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. .. .. Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) 0.0 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.