71201 Slovak Republic: 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 $75,184 $13,940 0.38% $24,372 1993 1995 25 4 Slovak Rep TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ ECA Ranking Decile TP Upper mid inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 25 2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 20 2 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 36 2 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 50 4 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 24 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)& .. 4.1 4.1 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 1.6 1.8 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 6.5 6.4 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) .. 4.9 5.3 5.5 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) .. 2.0 1.7 2.0 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate .. 125.7 201.3 228.8 Agriculture - simple avg (%) .. 10.0 14.7 16.7 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) .. 4.2 3.9 3.8 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) .. 4.6 3.2 3.2 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) .. 27.2 58.8 56.7 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) .. 4.6 1.9 2.1 Nontariff measures Agriculture .. 14.2 9.4 10.1 Nonagriculture .. 4.0 1.5 1.6 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 3.0 1.8 * ECA Upper mid inc Slovak Rep Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) .. 1.0 1.0 Agriculture .. .. 14.4 16.5 Nonagriculture .. .. 1.0 0.9 Import duties (% of imports) .. 0.3 0.0 0.0 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) .. 0.0 0.2 0.0 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) .. 0.0 12.5 10.5 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. .. .. .. ECA Upper mid inc Slovak Rep Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 38.9 38.9 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 4.8 4.4 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 14.3 9.1 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 3.9 4.6 4.9 5.0 * MFN duty free Agriculture 22.4 18.4 12.8 10.6 * (exports) Nonagriculture 3.1 3.9 4.7 4.9 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 6.6 14.6 45.1 46.0 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 0.0 87.6 88.1 87.9 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. .. .. 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. .. .. ECA Upper mid inc Slovak Rep Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) 1.8 7.5 6.7 7.5 ^ 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 Slovak Republic Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 37 36 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 76 48 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 49 48 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 39 47 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.74 0.91 0.76 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.48 0.41 0.35 .. ECA Upper mid inc Slovak Rep WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 0.45 0.37 0.28 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.9 2.9 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.7 2.7 * International transportation costs .. .. 3.1 3.1 * Logistics competence .. .. 3.0 3.0 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.9 2.9 * 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) .. 97 116 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 6 6 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 18 18 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,015 1,445 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 8 8 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 25 25 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,050 1,445 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. .. .. Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 30.9 79.8 117.6 133.8 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 3.6 0.9 .. .. ECA Upper mid inc Slovak Rep Internet usage (per 100 people) 2.1 18.9 40.3 43.5 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 84.9 90.3 95.4 94.3 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 9.8 8.7 16.3 12.5 18 16.3 16 Exports 9.3 8.8 17.0 13.3 14 12 12.5 11.5 11.2 Imports 10.6 8.5 16.7 11.6 10 9.8 9.1 9.5 8.7 8 7.9 Other trade outcome indicators 6 6.5 5.9 6.4 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 118.0 149.4 164.4 161.6 4 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 1.6 9.5 5.1 2.8 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) 2.2 10.8 9.0 6.2 Trade Growth Rate Exports 0.5 11.5 9.2 6.6 Slovak Rep ECA Upper mid inc Imports 4.1 10.2 8.9 5.9 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 81.5 85.4 90.1 92.4 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 6.3 4.4 .. .. Manufacturing 67.8 72.7 .. .. Service, 9.9 Mining, fuel and others 7.4 7.9 .. .. Service share in total exports (%) 18.5 14.6 9.9 7.6 Tourism 4.8 3.6 .. .. Transportation 5.9 6.5 .. .. Other services 7.8 5.0 .. .. Mercha Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 10.1 14.9 13.8 15.2 * ndise, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 38.7 35.5 32.3 31.3 * 90.1 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 39.2 41.7 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) Cars[781], TV rcvrs[761], Motor veh parts/accs[784], Hvy pet/bitum oils[334],Flat rolled iron[673] ^ 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.