In 2013, the value (in current US$) of exports of "stone, sand and gravel" (SITC group 273) increased by 8.0 percent (co
Stone, sand and gravel 273 In 2013, the value (in current US$) of exports of "stone, sand and gravel" (SITC group 273) increased by 8.0 percent (compared to 6.7 percent average growth rate from 2009-2013) to reach 10.5 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports increased by 5.6 percent to reach 13.0 bln US$ (see table 3). Exports of this commodity accounted for 1.3 percent of world exports of SITC sections 2+4, and 0.1 percent of total world merchandise exports (see table 1). Turkey, India and Italy were the top exporters in 2013 (see table 2). They accounted for 12.1, 9.3 and 5.7 percent of world exports, respectively. China, India and Singapore were the top destinations, with respectively 22.8, 4.9 and 4.7 percent of world imports (see table 3). The top 15 countries/areas accounted for 70.4 and 70.2 percent of total world exports and imports, respectively (see tables 2 and 3). In 2013, Turkey was the country/area with the highest value of net exports (+1.2 bln US$), followed by Spain (+390.1 mln US$). By MDG regions (see graph 2), the largest surpluses in this product group were recorded by Western Asia (+1.0 bln US$), Southern Asia (+455.1 mln US$) and Developed Europe (+230.3 mln US$). The largest trade deficits were recorded by Eastern Asia (-3.4 bln US$), South-eastern Asia (-491.5 mln US$) and Commonwealth of Independent States (-265.7 mln US$).
Table 1: Imports (Imp.) and exports (Exp.), 1999-2013, in current US$ 1999
2000
4.8 3.7 2.1 1.9 0.1 0.1
Values in Bln US$ Imp. Exp. As a percentage of Imp. SITC section (%) Exp. As a percentage of Imp. world trade (%) Exp.
2001
5.2 3.8 2.1 1.8 0.1 0.1
2002
4.8 3.8 2.1 1.9 0.1 0.1
2003
5.1 4.1 2.1 1.9 0.1 0.1
2004
6.0 4.7 2.1 1.8 0.1 0.1
7.0 5.5 1.9 1.7 0.1 0.1
Graph 1: Annual growth rates of exports, 1999−2013
2005
2006
7.8 5.9 1.9 1.6 0.1 0.1
8.9 7.3 1.8 1.6 0.1 0.1
2007
2008
10.7 8.4 1.7 1.5 0.1 0.1
SITC, Sections 2+4
Country or area
World.................................... Turkey................................... India...................................... Italy....................................... Germany................................ USA....................................... Spain..................................... Belgium................................. United Arab Emirates........... Ukraine.................................. China..................................... Norway................................. Brazil..................................... Netherlands.......................... France................................... Thailand................................
40% 30% 20% 10% 0% −10% −20%
Imports
Exports
Country or area
World.................................... China..................................... India...................................... Singapore.............................. Other Asia, nes..................... Netherlands.......................... Russian Federation............... Germany................................ Italy....................................... Belgium................................. USA....................................... France................................... Qatar..................................... United Kingdom.................... Switzerland........................... Canada..................................
Developed N. America South−eastern Europe CIS Northern Africa Sub−Saharan Africa Latin Am, Caribbean Eastern Asia Southern Asia South−eastern Asia Western Asia
5
4
3
2
1
0
−1
Oceania −2
2012
12.3 9.8 1.3 1.2 0.1 0.1
2013
13.0 10.5 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.1
Avg. Growth Growth World share % (%) (%) (million US$) 09-13 12-13 Cum.
10 532.8 1 277.4 976.7 602.3 597.4 542.8 496.6 422.5
420.2
365.3 363.5 321.0 288.8 269.0 261.3 212.9
6.7 21.5 14.0 8.7 -3.9 12.5 7.6 1.7 5.3 13.1 16.9 6.9 19.9 12.0 1.1 12.2
8.0 100.0 18.4 12.1 7.8 9.3 9.3 5.7 -1.3 5.7 6.6 5.2 5.9 4.7 9.4 4.0 21.7 4.0 -0.1 3.5 98.0 3.5 -2.6 3.0 19.4 2.7 3.5 2.6 6.6 2.5 10.9 2.0
12.1 21.4 27.1 32.8 37.9 42.7 46.7 50.7 54.1 57.6 60.6 63.4 65.9 68.4 70.4
Avg. Growth Growth World share % (%) (%) (million US$) 09-13 12-13 Cum. Value
Developed Europe
−3
12.2 9.8 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.1
13
12
Trade balance
Developed Asia−Pacific
−4
2011
Table 3: Top importing countries or areas in 2013
Graph 2: Trade Balance by MDG regions 2013 (Bln US$)
10.8 8.5 1.4 1.2 0.1 0.1
20
11
20
10
20
09
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
02
20
01
20
00
20
20
19
99
−30%
2010
Value
Total
50%
10.3 8.1 1.9 1.6 0.1 0.1
Table 2: Top exporting countries or areas in 2013
(In percentage by year) SITC code 273
2009
12.4 9.6 1.6 1.5 0.1 0.1
Source: UN Comtrade and UN Service Trade
13 039.5 2 975.7 634.0 618.9 573.9 534.2 526.5 506.8 443.7 431.8 363.1 336.1 333.1 304.0 288.8 277.0
6.0 19.2 22.2 -12.7 6.9 -2.2 31.7 -1.5 -2.6 0.6 3.1 -0.1 13.2 7.2 7.6 18.8
5.6 100.0 9.5 22.8 10.9 4.9 15.7 4.7 9.8 4.4 -3.9 4.1 5.3 4.0 -1.2 3.9 -0.4 3.4 -0.8 3.3 -3.2 2.8 0.4 2.6 -0.7 2.6 5.5 2.3 7.8 2.2 30.4 2.1
22.8 27.7 32.4 36.8 40.9 45.0 48.9 52.3 55.6 58.3 60.9 63.5 65.8 68.0 70.2
