Singapore: Binding coverage, manufactured products (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Singapore's binding coverage, manufactured products (%) did not change 0 percentage points on 2021 (from 67.43% to 67.43%).

Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2021), the average change was −0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.93 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.57 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.15 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 35% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2022, Singapore had the 28th highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Singapore in the 2022 ranking

• Ecuador — 25th of 130: 94.87%
• Brunei Darussalam — 26th of 130: 94.77%
• Israel — 27th of 130: 71.45%
• Philippines — 29th of 130: 61.38%
• Mauritania — 30th of 130: 34.31%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 31st of 130: 26.83%

What this measures

Binding coverage is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.

All 28 values

Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) in nearby economies

• Australia — 0% (2022)
• Brunei Darussalam — 94.77% (2022)
• Cambodia — 0% (2022)
• China — 0% (2022)
• Fiji — 50.15% (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0% (2022)
• Indonesia — 0% (2022)
• Japan — 0% (2022)
• Korea, Rep. — 0% (2022)
• Macao SAR, China — 0% (2022)

More trade data for Singapore

• Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 0% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 0% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 0% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 0% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) — 0.05% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) — 0.07% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) — 0% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) — 0.11% (2022)

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Questions people ask

What is Singapore's binding coverage, manufactured products (%)?

67.43% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 1.3 percentage points from 68.73% in 1995. The highest value was 68.73% in 1995 and the lowest 65.61% in 2008.

How does Singapore rank?

28th highest of 130 economies with data for 2022.

Is the latest change in binding coverage, manufactured products (%) unusual for Singapore?

In 2022, Singapore's binding coverage, manufactured products (%) did not change 0 percentage points on 2021 (from 67.43% to 67.43%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2021), the average change was −0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.MANF.BC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS), World Bank (WB); World Trade Organization (WTO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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