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Brunei: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

89 / 146

Importer Rank

117 / 145

Trade Balance Rank

27 / 145

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2016) $4,875,075,307
Total Imports (2016) $2,678,505,864
Trade Balance (2016) $2,196,569,443
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 49.57%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2017) [2] 35.6%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Japan $1,691,682,727
South Korea $695,320,709
India $455,898,063
Thailand $436,213,819
Singapore $324,530,551
Malaysia $277,900,703
Australia $231,745,249
China $227,447,779
New Zealand $152,803,946
Indonesia $84,832,729

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
Malaysia $564,176,400
Singapore $512,993,721
China $349,211,527
United States $309,738,010
Japan $114,821,337
Thailand $103,097,248
South Korea $96,548,104
United Kingdom $86,438,123
Indonesia $83,330,897
Germany $77,237,847

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $4,284,287,803
(84) Industrial Machinery $128,422,943
(29) Organic Chemicals $123,084,378
(38) Chemical Products $110,126,868
(85) Electrical Machinery $62,752,602
(88) Aircraft $37,261,565
(90) Precision Instruments $27,198,647
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $16,801,348
(72) Iron & Steel $14,150,182
(99) Items nesoi $8,468,884

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(84) Industrial Machinery $387,343,753
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $231,047,662
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $225,026,798
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $213,615,154
(85) Electrical Machinery $185,363,512
(88) Aircraft $76,858,982
(90) Precision Instruments $68,636,950
(30) Pharmaceuticals $66,802,144
(38) Chemical Products $57,597,981
(39) Plastics $55,525,881

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2016) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 9/22/2018
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