71140 v2 Madagascar: 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 $7,045 $358 0.01% $231 1963 1995 1 0 Madagascar TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SSA Ranking Decile TP Low inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 114 10 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 97 8 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 144 8 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 121 9 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 21 2 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)& 3.5 11.3 13.6 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 11.7 12.0 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 12.4 12.7 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 6.9 4.6 12.7 12.4 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.5 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 50.0 20.0 21.7 20.0 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 6.9 5.8 16.1 14.7 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 7.0 4.4 12.2 12.1 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 5.2 3.4 8.9 9.4 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 37.2 50.7 34.8 23.6 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 5.2 3.4 8.6 7.8 Nontariff measures Agriculture 6.2 4.1 7.6 6.2 Nonagriculture 5.0 3.3 8.8 8.1 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 8.1 12.7 * SSA Low inc Madagascar Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 3.2 1.2 2.1 Agriculture .. 2.1 3.6 3.2 Nonagriculture .. 4.9 2.0 2.9 Import duties (% of imports) .. 13.8 12.4 13.0 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 19.4 21.9 15.7 17.1 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 27.4 28.3 29.7 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 1.1 .. .. .. SSA Low inc Madagascar Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 0.4 0.4 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 3.6 1.3 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 26.4 25.0 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 4.1 2.8 3.7 3.2 * MFN duty free Agriculture 7.8 1.1 2.4 0.5 * (exports) Nonagriculture 1.7 3.7 3.9 3.7 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 15.1 22.3 20.1 19.8 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 4.6 4.3 3.7 3.6 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 97.7 95.5 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 11.9 11.4 * SSA Low inc Madagascar 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 Madagascar Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 151 144 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 65 58 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 153 58 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 181 153 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.25 -0.33 -0.30 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.14 -0.39 -0.35 .. SSA Low inc Madagascar WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.13 -0.24 -0.16 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.2 2.2 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.2 2.2 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.1 2.1 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.0 2.0 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.2 2.2 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.2 3.2 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 2.7 2.7 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 127 109 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 7 4 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 19 19 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,049 1,279 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 11 9 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 48 27 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,282 1,660 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 7.3 8.0 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 0.4 1.5 7.1 12.0 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 11.4 5.7 .. .. SSA Low inc Madagascar Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.6 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) .. .. 22.3 23.8 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 4.1 8.7 11.7 13.1 14 13.1 12 Exports 3.0 3.9 7.9 5.1 11.7 10 8.7 Imports 5.2 12.1 3.6 17.1 8 8.0 7.1 8.2 8.0 7.4 7.1 6.2 Other trade outcome indicators 6 5.7 4 4.1 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 52.4 66.4 68.3 68.8 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.6 1.0 5.0 7.4 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) 0.6 1.5 -4.2 13.5 Trade Growth Rate Exports 0.9 0.5 -4.9 2.6 Madagascar SSA Low inc Imports 0.4 2.4 -3.7 20.6 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 65.1 70.6 67.6 75.4 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 38.0 42.4 24.3 .. Manufacturing 18.6 23.2 29.5 .. Agric, Mining, fuel and others 8.6 5.0 8.8 .. Service, 24.3 Service share in total exports (%) 34.9 29.4 32.4 24.6 32.4 Tourism 9.4 8.4 13.8 .. Transportation 7.8 5.3 8.9 .. Other services 17.6 15.7 14.8 .. Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 24.9 27.5 19.6 19.6 * Mining, Manuf, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 42.4 47.6 45.0 45.3 * 8.8 29.5 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 49.5 50.3 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 845) Apparel ( 036) Crustaceans and molluscs ( 842) Womens apparel ( 075) Spices ( 642) Paper products ^ 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.