Qatar Foreign Merchandise Trade Surplus was QR 32.9 billion in July, 2013
The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics has released preliminary figures of the value of exports, re-exports and imports for July 2013.  A short analysis of the data is given below:   - In July 2013 the trade balance of goods showed a surplus of QR 32.9 billion, while the surplus achieved in the corresponding month of 2012 amounted to 33.8 billion i.e. a decrease of 2.6%  - In July 2013 total exports of goods (including exports of domestic origin and re-exports) revenues were reported to be QR 41.3 billion, and the value of imports amounted to QR 8.4 billion. The total amount of exports decreased by 1.6% while the imports increased by 2.7%, compared to the same period of last year.  - Total exports increase was mainly from Petroleum Oils & Oils from Bituminous Minerals (Crude) that showed a rise of 13.5% compared to July 2012; however, the increase has been partially offset by the drop in exports of Petroleum Gases and Other Gaseous Hydrocarbons, and Petroleum Oils & Oils from Bituminous Minerals (Not Crude). The main countries of destination were Japan with a share of 28% of total exports, followed by South Korea and India with 14% and 11% respectively.  - Motor Cars & Other Passenger Vehicles, Telephone Sets, Mobiles and Parts Thereof , and Aircraft Spare Parts were of the main imported products in July 2013. China and United States of America were the leading countries of origin with a share of 10% of total imports each, followed by the United Arab Emirates with a share of 7%.  For more details

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