71038 v2 Brazil: 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 $1,286,501 $6,719 1.00% $1,724 1948 1995 4 1 Brazil TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ LAC Ranking Decile TP Upper mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 93 8 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 16 2 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 125 7 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 61 5 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 30 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)& 13.1 9.0 9.3 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 7.6 7.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 20.2 20.3 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 14.3 14.1 12.3 13.2 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 50.0 51.0 41.7 35.0 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 11.2 12.1 10.3 10.4 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 14.7 14.4 12.6 13.6 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 14.1 10.3 8.7 8.7 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 3.6 14.4 32.0 32.6 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 13.4 10.0 6.9 6.9 Nontariff measures Agriculture 8.9 9.7 4.3 4.3 Nonagriculture 13.9 10.0 7.0 7.1 0 10 20 30 40 50 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 9.3 9.6 * LAC Upper mid inc Brazil Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 6.4 8.0 9.5 Agriculture .. 6.3 5.7 5.6 Nonagriculture .. 6.5 8.8 10.3 Import duties (% of imports) 6.8 .. .. .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 17.1 17.2 19.1 18.1 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. 46.1 .. .. LAC Upper mid inc Brazil Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 26.4 26.4 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 5.6 5.0 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 13.3 12.3 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 10.0 7.8 4.5 4.1 * MFN duty free Agriculture 23.3 20.4 11.7 10.4 * (exports) Nonagriculture 5.1 3.4 2.1 2.1 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 28.0 36.1 44.3 46.3 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 14.2 9.3 10.1 10.2 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 87.4 81.7 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 0.6 0.5 * LAC Upper mid inc Brazil 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 Brazil Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 126 125 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 125 127 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 103 127 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 134 100 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.03 -0.10 -0.12 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.34 -0.45 -0.44 .. LAC Upper mid inc Brazil WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.00 -0.20 -0.24 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.4 2.4 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.7 2.7 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.9 2.9 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.1 3.1 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 98 92 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 8 8 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 18 14 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 960 1,240 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 7 7 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 23 19 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,177 1,275 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 29.6 31.6 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 14.4 42.8 74.8 83.7 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 3.4 0.8 .. .. LAC Upper mid inc Brazil Internet usage (per 100 people) 1.0 7.4 21.9 26.1 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 99.1 105.5 105.5 .. TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 5.3 6.8 9.4 11.9 14 12 Exports 3.8 11.2 6.1 1.5 11.9 10 9.4 9.1 8.8 Imports 7.1 2.7 15.2 22.3 8 7.9 6.8 6.4 Other trade outcome indicators 6 5.9 5.3 5.0 4 3.7 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 16.1 25.6 26.1 27.5 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 2.6 3.4 2.0 1.9 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -0.6 0.4 5.8 5.4 Trade Growth Rate Exports -3.1 4.6 3.9 -2.9 Brazil LAC Upper mid inc Imports 2.4 -3.9 8.4 14.8 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 88.7 86.8 87.6 88.2 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 30.1 27.2 25.6 25.2 * Service, Manufacturing 47.8 46.9 45.6 44.5 * 12.4 Agric, Mining, fuel and others 10.7 12.6 16.6 17.9 * 25.6 Service share in total exports (%) 11.3 13.2 12.4 11.8 Mining, Tourism 2.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 * 16.6 Transportation 3.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 * Other services 6.3 8.2 7.4 8.1 * Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 9.0 8.7 8.9 9.1 * Manuf, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 26.3 27.9 23.9 23.4 * 45.6 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 23.7 23.5 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 281) Iron ore/concentrates ( 333) Petroleum crude ( 222) Oil seeds ( 012) Meat products (061) Sugar, molasses , honey ^ 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.