Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Qatar
Qatar
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
146 090 60 460 -3.4 26 895 44.5
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
46 30 41 24
Imports
67 46 32 21
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 51 504 25 835 2020 0.29
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -4 1
2019 -13 -8
2020 -29 -11 2020 0.14
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 0.1
Fuels and mining products: 88.2
Agricultural products: 11.3
Fuels and mining products: 7.7
Manufactures: 9.6
Other: 2.1
Manufactures: 72.6
Other: 8.5
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
Japan: 15.5 India: 14.3 Singapore: 6.7
China: 15.2 Korea, Republic of: 12.9 Other: 35.5
European Union: 22.7 China: 14.9 India: 5.2
United States of America: 15.7 United Kingdom: 7 Other: 34.5
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0101 HS1518 HS0106 HS0504 HS0804
2020 . 11 5 3 2 1
Live horses, asses, mules, hinnies Animal or vegetable fats and oils Other live animals Animals' guts, bladders, stomachs Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS0204 HS0207 HS1006 HS0104 HS1905
2020
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh Meat and edible offal of poultry Rice Live sheep and goats Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares
198 191 170 132 109
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports
20%
40%
0%
HS0101
HS0204
HS1518
HS0207
HS0106
HS1006
HS0504
HS0104
HS0804
HS1905
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 32 3 033
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 -7 4
2019 -2 -6
2020 -5 -2
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2711 HS2709 HS3901 HS3102 HS7601
2020
Petroleum gases Petroleum oils, crude Polymers of ethylene, primary forms Nitrogenous fertilisers Unwrought aluminium
34 884 7 254 1 794 1 320 1 188
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS8411 HS8803 HS8905 HS8703 HS8525
2020
Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and ot Parts of goods 8801, 8802 Vessels not mainly for navigability Motor cars for transport of persons Radio-telephony transmission tools
1 897 925 827 792 725
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
294
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS2711
HS8411
HS2709
HS8803
HS3901
HS8905
HS3102
HS8703
HS7601
HS8525
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 51 406 21 919
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 -4 0
2019 -14 -8
2020 -29 -13
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Qatar TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
18 378 32 897 2020 0.37
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
3 9
0 -2
21 16
2020 0.72
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 61.4 Other commercial services: 19.3
Travel: 19.4 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 47.3 Other commercial services: 32.2
By main destination
Travel: 20.5 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Qatar
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
2010
2013
World
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 11 276 15 562
Exports By sea By air By other
Value
2010-2020 20 10
Share (%)
na na na
Annual percentage change 2019 6 22
Imports By sea By air By other
na na na
2020 6 11
Value
Share (%)
na na na
na na na
Travel Qatar
1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2010
2013
2016
2020 3 563 6 742
2010-2020 20 29
Annual percentage change 2019 -2 2
2020 -35 -29
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 11.7
Value
2020
Other commercial services Exports 3 539 Imports 10 593
ICTs Insurance & pension
26.8
2010-2020
61.6 Personal & cultural
22 23
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na na
na na
2019
2020
4 2
59 4
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
39
Non-residents
799
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
838
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
1 333
Non-residents
7 039
Industrial design applications Total
8 372
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
295