71026 v2 Bangladesh: 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 $70,436 $444 0.10% $213 1972 1995 5 0 Bangladesh TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SAS Ranking Decile TP Low inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 97 8 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 54 5 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 110 7 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 87 6 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 31 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)& 20.1 15.1 11.3 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 12.1 10.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 21.6 20.1 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 21.8 20.1 14.9 14.6 * Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 * tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 300.0 34.4 25.0 25.0 * Agriculture - simple avg (%) 24.0 22.5 17.1 16.9 * Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 21.5 19.7 14.5 14.2 * duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 18.3 17.8 13.5 13.2 * MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 19.2 15.5 .. .. Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 18.2 17.8 13.5 13.2 * Nontariff measures Agriculture 11.3 11.6 11.1 11.3 * Nonagriculture 20.2 19.5 13.9 13.5 * 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 15.6 14.1 * SAS Low inc Bangladesh Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 1.4 3.4 3.4 * Agriculture .. 5.3 6.7 6.8 * Nonagriculture .. 1.8 4.1 4.1 * Import duties (% of imports) .. 15.7 .. .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) 138.3 138.2 153.5 153.7 * Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) 13.0 13.0 13.9 15.8 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 * 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. 9.8 .. .. SAS Low inc Bangladesh Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 3.4 3.4 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 6.2 3.6 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 30.6 23.6 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 5.6 5.1 4.4 4.5 * MFN duty free Agriculture 10.2 10.6 8.5 6.8 * (exports) Nonagriculture 5.5 5.0 4.4 4.5 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 6.6 5.0 8.6 7.9 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) .. 0.0 .. .. Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 84.6 69.3 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 6.6 5.4 * SAS Low inc Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 104 110 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 95 90 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 178 90 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 105 178 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.82 -0.78 -0.81 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.95 -0.82 -0.81 .. SAS Low inc Bangladesh WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -1.32 -1.26 -1.05 .. 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 .. .. 2.0 2.0 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.3 2.3 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 3.1 3.1 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 3.3 3.3 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 104 105 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 7 6 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 33 28 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 883 970 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 11 8 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 49 32 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,241 1,375 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 5.2 6.4 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 0.3 1.3 14.0 22.4 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 5.2 2.6 .. .. SAS Low inc Bangladesh Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 43.7 46.4 .. .. * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 13.6 7.2 21.4 11.8 25 21.4 Exports 14.0 9.3 22.8 8.7 20 Imports 13.5 5.6 15.2 14.5 15 13.6 14.4 11.8 Other trade outcome indicators 10 9.7 8.0 8.2 6.8 7.2 7.1 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 31.5 36.3 47.1 56.5 5 5.7 4.9 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.0 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) 5.1 -1.4 0.9 5.5 Trade Growth Rate Exports 6.0 -1.3 2.2 4.0 Bangladesh SAS Low inc Imports 4.6 -1.3 0.0 6.4 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 86.8 88.2 88.8 88.7 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 9.8 6.7 .. .. Manufacturing 76.1 81.1 .. .. Service, 11.2 Mining, fuel and others 0.7 0.4 .. .. Service share in total exports (%) 13.2 11.8 11.2 11.3 Tourism 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 * Transportation 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 * Other services 10.8 10.0 9.6 9.0 * Mercha Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 39.5 39.9 39.7 39.8 * ndise, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 39.6 40.6 .. .. 88.8 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.