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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2006
IRAQ STOCK EXCHANGE
IRAQ ECONOMIC CHARTS AND TABLES
GDP (US$ billions)
Real GDP growth (%)
Consumer price inflation (av; %)
Population (millions)
Exports of goods FOB (US$ millions)
Imports of goods FOB (US$ millions)
Current account balance (US$ millions)
Total external debt (US$ billions)
Debt-service ratio, paid (%)
Exchange rate (av) NID:US$
2001 (a) 2002 (a) 2003 (a) 2004 (a) 2005 (a)
18.9
-8.2
16.4
25.8
16,457.0
11,152.0
1,786.1
111.8
0.0 (b)
1,928.8 (b) 19.0
-14.2
26.3
26.6
12,218.8 (b)
9,817.3 (b)
-807.8 (b)
112.5
0.0 (b)
1,956.5 (b) 12.7
-35.3
36.3
27.3
9,711.1 (b)
9,933.5 (b)
-934.5 (b)
111.1
0.0 (b)
1,936.0 (b) 25.5
46.5
31.7
28.1
16,863.0 (b)
21,302.3 (b)
-12,218.3 (b)
102.2
1.1
1,452.8 (b) 30.6
-3.0
33.0
28.8
24,027.2
23,432.5
-6,505.3
92.3 (c)
0.0
1,468.6
(a) Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. (b) Actual. (c) Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts.
IRAQ COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC INDICATORS, 2004
2004
Sectoral trends
Crude oil production (millions barrels/day) (a)
Crude oil spot prices, Kirkuk-37 (US$/barrel)
Crude oil spot prices, Brent (US$/barrel)
Foreign trade (US$ millions) (b)
Exports FOB
Imports FOB
Trade balance
Exchange rate (c)
NID:US$ (av)
NID:US$ (end-period)
2005
2006
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
2.07
31.49
35.32 1.82
36.47
41.54 1.90
35.69
43.85 1.80
40.83
47.62 1.82
45.02
51.63 1.96
54.96
61.63 1.68
50.34
56.87 1.72
54.83
61.79
4,235
-2,929
1,306 3,807
-2,638
1,169 4,484
-2,446
2,038 3,513
-2,803
710 4,419
-3,536
883 5,033
-3,405
1,627 5,039
-3,141
1,898 n/a
n/a
n/a
1,457
1,463 1,464
1,463 1,460
1,460 1,460
1,460 1,460
1,460 1,475
1,475 1,473
1,475 1,478
1,476
(a) Estimates. (b) DOTS estimates (c) Central Bank of Iraq.
Sources: International Energy Agency, Monthly Oil Market Report; Oil Market
Intelligence; IMF, Direction of Trade Statistics; Central Bank of Iraq.
2005-MAIN DESTINATION OF EXPORTS (%) (a)
USA
Jordan
Canada
Italy
2005-MAIN ORIGINS OF IMPORTS (%) (a)
Turkey
Vietnam
Other
19.7
49.4
USA
Jordan
Other
20.9
13.5
22.3
12.0
12.6
39.7
4.8
5.1
(a) Derived from partners’ trade.
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
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