71048 v2 Central African Republic: 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 $1,744 $403 0.00% $116 1963 1995 1 0 Central AR TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SSA Ranking Decile TP Low inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 125 10 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 98 8 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 180 10 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) .. .. TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 117 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)& .. 21.8 21.8 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 21.8 21.8 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. .. .. (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 18.2 18.0 18.0 17.9 * Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 * tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 * Agriculture - simple avg (%) 22.0 22.0 22.0 21.9 * Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.3 * duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 15.8 17.6 13.9 13.4 * MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 0.7 0.8 .. .. Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 13.4 17.6 10.9 10.3 * Nontariff measures Agriculture 14.6 23.3 13.9 10.1 * Nonagriculture 13.0 15.8 10.3 10.3 * 0 10 20 30 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. .. .. SSA Low inc Central AR Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) .. 1.7 1.3 * Agriculture .. .. 2.0 1.2 * Nonagriculture .. .. 3.9 3.5 * Import duties (% of imports) .. 7.7 .. .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 20.6 20.9 20.1 20.1 * Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 72.5 65.5 62.5 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 * 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. .. .. .. SSA Low inc Central AR Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 2.5 2.5 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 1.0 1.3 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 2.0 2.8 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 * MFN duty free Agriculture 2.7 2.0 3.5 1.1 * (exports) Nonagriculture 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 81.4 91.0 89.3 83.4 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 10.5 .. 12.0 .. Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 63.6 30.0 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 0.0 0.0 * SSA Low inc Central AR Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) 1.8 4.1 2.1 6.9 ^ 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 Central African Republic Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 180 180 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 144 152 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 170 152 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 181 169 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.58 -1.43 -1.38 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.70 -1.53 -1.52 .. SSA Low inc Central AR WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.26 -1.00 -0.90 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. .. .. Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. .. .. Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. .. .. International transportation costs .. .. .. .. Logistics competence .. .. .. .. Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. .. .. Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. .. .. Timeliness of shipment .. .. .. .. Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 175 175 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 8 8 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 57 78 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 4,581 5,121 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 18 18 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 66 66 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 4,534 5,074 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. .. .. Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 0.3 0.9 2.7 2.9 * Lowest 0 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 13.3 9.9 .. .. SSA Low inc Central AR Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) .. 11.5 .. .. * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 0.4 -5.5 6.3 4.2 10 8 8.0 8.2 8.0 Exports 7.3 -2.6 6.0 7.0 6 6.2 5.7 7.1 6.3 7.4 7.1 4 4.2 Imports -3.4 -7.8 7.0 1.9 2 Other trade outcome indicators 0 0.4 -2 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 39.8 35.8 37.3 40.4 -4 -5.5 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.6 0.1 1.8 3.4 -6 -8 World trade share growth (%) -13.0 -3.1 -3.9 0.2 Trade Growth Rate Exports -14.3 -3.8 -6.8 2.7 Central AR SSA Low inc Imports -11.8 -2.3 -1.7 -1.4 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 93.0 98.6 99.4 99.4 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture .. .. .. .. Service, Manufacturing .. .. .. .. 0.6 Mining, fuel and others .. .. .. .. Service share in total exports (%) 7.0 1.4 0.6 0.6 Tourism .. .. .. .. Transportation .. .. .. .. Other services .. .. .. .. Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 48.5 53.8 46.0 46.9 * Mercha ndise, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 64.3 72.6 40.1 .. 99.4 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.