​The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) is pleased to publish the “Bulletin on Quarterly Foreign Merchandise Trade Statistics, Q4 2015”, comprising quarterly data on imports, exports, re-exports, and trade balance. The bulletin presents detailed statistics of the foreign merchandise trade of Qatar by commodity and partner country. Quarter-on-Quarter (Q-o-Q) percentage changes are also provided.

Thus, it is worth mentioning that accurate and timely statistics on merchandise trade are an important source of information about the pattern and pace of economic activity in Qatar. The importance of the official statistics on foreign merchandise trade is attributed to the fact that such data are a pivotal tool to measure the change in the stock of material resources of the country resulting from the physical movement of goods inside and outside Qatar.

The merchandise trade data are a major input used for compilation of Balance of Payment and National Accounts. In addition, they are considered an essential piece of information to decision makers in the private sector, as well as to government. Moreover, they are important to support policies and decisions as governments use foreign trade data to support negotiation of international trade agreements.

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