71099 v2 Guatemala: 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 $39,156 $2,931 0.07% $1,712 1991 1995 3 2 Guatemala TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ LAC Ranking Decile TP Lower mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 68 6 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 92 8 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) .. .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 75 5 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 115 8 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)& 6.0 6.0 5.9 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 6.1 4.9 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 13.3 12.3 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 8.9 6.4 5.6 5.6 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 84.7 41.3 40.0 40.0 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 12.3 10.0 9.8 9.9 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 8.4 5.9 5.0 4.9 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 7.5 6.2 6.4 6.3 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 16.5 41.3 50.6 50.8 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 7.5 5.8 6.0 3.7 Nontariff measures Agriculture 12.0 9.7 8.3 4.7 Nonagriculture 6.8 5.2 5.7 3.5 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. .. .. LAC Lower mid inc Guatemala Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 1.1 1.3 1.2 Agriculture .. 4.1 4.0 3.9 Nonagriculture .. 2.7 2.9 2.6 Import duties (% of imports) 6.1 3.5 4.4 .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 33.3 35.8 36.6 36.6 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 1.6 .. .. .. LAC Lower mid inc Guatemala Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 6.3 6.3 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 4.9 1.4 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 26.0 19.8 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 7.9 7.6 6.2 4.8 * MFN duty free Agriculture 5.4 4.7 3.5 1.5 * (exports) Nonagriculture 10.3 9.4 8.0 7.1 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 19.2 16.9 29.7 28.9 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 32.1 47.1 51.5 71.7 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 75.6 51.3 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 5.6 5.4 * LAC Lower mid inc Guatemala Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) .. .. .. .. ^ 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 Guatemala Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. .. .. Starting a business (rank) .. .. .. .. Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. .. .. Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. .. .. Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.66 -0.64 -0.59 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.02 -1.07 -1.11 .. LAC Lower mid inc Guatemala WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.55 -0.76 -0.75 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.1 2.1 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.0 3.0 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.2 3.2 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. .. .. No. of documents required for exports .. .. 9 9 * No. of days process required for exports .. .. 78 78 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,784 1,783 * per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 7 7 * No. of days process required for imports .. .. 35 33 * Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,985 1,985 * enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 14.8 15.4 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 5.2 22.0 55.4 65.5 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 1.5 1.2 .. .. LAC Lower mid inc Guatemala Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.2 3.3 9.0 10.1 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 32.3 43.4 52.3 53.5 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 8.1 3.2 4.5 4.2 12 Exports 7.3 1.6 5.6 3.7 10 10.1 8.9 8.8 8 8.1 7.7 7.9 Imports 9.1 6.5 3.8 4.5 6.1 6 Other trade outcome indicators 4 5.0 4.5 4.2 3.7 3.2 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 43.3 52.2 67.9 75.6 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) 3.5 -0.4 6.5 0.7 Trade Growth Rate Exports 3.3 -3.6 10.5 1.5 Guatemala LAC Lower mid inc Imports 3.7 1.7 4.3 0.1 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 79.9 74.5 81.6 83.3 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 52.0 41.2 37.5 44.9 * Manufacturing 24.9 27.3 37.3 28.3 * Service, 18.4 Mining, fuel and others 2.9 6.1 6.5 8.0 * Agric, Service share in total exports (%) 20.1 25.5 18.4 16.5 Mining, 37.5 Tourism 8.6 14.9 12.9 13.1 * 6.5 Transportation 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.7 * Other services 9.2 8.4 4.2 4.1 * Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 24.9 17.4 16.7 17.4 * Manuf, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 38.9 39.0 45.2 37.7 * 37.3 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 39.1 34.6 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 844) Womens Knitwear (071) Coffee ( 057) Fruit and nuts (061) Sugar, molasses, honey ( 842) Womens clothing ^ 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.