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Practical exercice
Note: compare the growth rate of your country to the world export’s growth rate.
22. What are the three biggest importers of the exporting country (in US$ value) in 2009
1. __________________ 2. __________________ 3. __________________
Note: Click on the name of your country or go back to the selection menu, enter the name of
your country in the country search box and select when it appears in the drop down menu.
Submit with “Trade Indicators”. Trade Map should show the list of importing countries of your
product.
ANALYZE YOUR CHOSEN COUNTRY’S TRADE PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR
SELECTED PRODUCT IN THE US
23. Is the US among of the importing countries
24. YES (go to question 25) or NO (go directly to question 26)
25. If yes, how much the US has imported in 2009
US$: ___________ Quantity: ____________ tons/units
26. Is the exporting country GAINING or LOSING market share in the US market
Explain your reasoning:
27. Who are the three biggest exporters to the US market in 2009
1. __________________ 2. __________________ 3. __________________
28. Have the US’ imports grown or declined between 2008 and 2009
Explain your reasoning
Note: Look at the first row of the table “List of supplying markets for the product imported by
the US in 2009”.
29. What happened between 2009 and 2010
Explain your reasoning
Note: Click on Times Series
30. Investigate the US market at the most detailed product level of import trade statistics, the
national tariff line level (NTL) to identify possible product specification and refine your
analysis by using the most appropriate NTL.
Describe the differences between NTL.
Note: Click in “other criteria”, by product.