Brunei Darussalam

Goods Imports: CIF, by origin

Goods Exports: FOB, by last known destination

Trade System: Special

Overview:
In 2012, the value of merchandise exports of Brunei Darussalam was 13.0 bln US$, while its merchandise imports were 3.6 bln US$ (see
graph 1, table 2 and table 3). The merchandise trade balance recorded a relatively large surplus of 9.4 bln US$ (see graph 1). The largest
merchandise trade balance was with MDG Developed ASPAC at 7.0 bln US$ (see graph 4). Merchandise exports in Brunei Darussalam was
moderately concentrated amongst partners; imports were diversified. The top 5 partners accounted for 80 percent or more of exports and 8
partners accounted for 80 percent or more of imports (see graph 5). In 2009, the value of exports of services of Brunei Darussalam increased
moderately by 5.5 percent, reaching 914.9 mln US$, while its imports of services increased slightly by 2.3 percent and reached 1.4 bln US$
(see graph 2). There was a moderate trade in services deficit of 519.3 mln US$.

Graph 1: Total merchandise trade, by value

Graph 2: Total services trade, by value

(Bln US$ by year)

(Bln US$ by year)

Exports

15

Imports

Trade Balance

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Exports

1.5

Imports

Trade Balance

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Exports Profile:
"Mineral fuels, lubricants" (SITC section 3), "chemicals" (SITC section 5)
and "machinery and transport equipment" (SITC section 7) were the
largest commodity groups for exports in 2012 representing respectively
95.7, 1.9 and 1.2 percent of exported goods (see table 2). In 2012, the
largest export commodity was "petroleum oils and oils obtained from
bituminous minerals, crude" (HS code 2709) (see table 1). The top three
destinations for merchandise exports were Japan, the Republic of Korea
and India, accounting for respectively 44.1, 15.7 and 8.9 percent of total
exports. "Transportation" (EBOPS code 205) accounted for the largest
share of exports of services in 2009 at 451.7 mln US$, followed by
"Travel" (EBOPS code 236) at 254.4 mln US$ and "Other business
services" (EBOPS code 268) at 174.0 mln US$ (see graph 3).

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Graph 3: Exports of services by EBOPS category

(% share in 2009)

Transportation
( 49.4 %)
Travel ( 27.8 %)

Remaining ( 3.8 %)

Other business
( 19.0 %)

Table 1: Top 10 export commodities 2010 to 2012

HS
code

4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2007

All Commodities............................................................................................................
2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.............................
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons......................................................
2905 Acyclic alcohols and their derivatives...........................................................................
8803 Parts of goods of heading 88.01 or 88.02.....................................................................
8517 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy............................................
9999 Commodities not specified according to kind...............................................................
8207 Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated.......................
8479 Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions..............................
7204 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel................................
8411 Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines.....................................................

2010

Value (million US$)

2011
2012

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Source: UN Comtrade and UN ServiceTrade

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13 000.8
6 271.3
6 176.4
243.4
24.1
21.4
18.5
12.6
11.6
11.1
8.6

Unit value
2010 2011 2012
Unit

0.7

US$/kg

0.4

US$/kg

SITC
code
333
343
512
792
764
931
695
728
282
714

Brunei Darussalam
Services Imports and Exports: EBOPS 2002 categories

Table 2: Merchandise exports by SITC

Table 3: Merchandise imports by SITC

(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)

(Value in million US$, growth and shares in percentage)

Avg. Growth rates

2008-2012 2011-2012

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SITC
Total
0+1
2+4
3
5
6
7
8
9

100.0
0.0
0.1
95.7
1.9
0.4
1.2
0.4
0.1

3 572.2
486.5
59.0
344.2
241.7
801.2
1 038.8
528.1
72.8

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(Bln US$ by MDG Regions in 2012)

Trade balance

100.0
13.6
1.7
9.6
6.8
22.4
29.1
14.8
2.0

Imports
(Herfindahl Index = 0.127)

Graph 6: Imports of services by EBOPS category

(% share in 2009)
Transportation
( 31.0 %)

Travel ( 33.3 %)
Other business
( 17.4 %)
Remaining ( 3.1 %)

Exports
(Herfindahl Index = 0.241)

Top
partner

25 th

10

80

60

40

20

20

80

0%

25 th

20 th

20 th

15 th

15 th

0%

10 th

10 th

5 th

0%

5 th

10

Top
partner

Developed AsiaPacific
Developed Europe
Developed N. America
Southeastern Europe
CIS
Northern Africa
SubSaharan Africa
Latin Am, Caribbean
Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Southeastern Asia
Western Asia
Oceania

Exports

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(Cumulative share by ranked partners in 2012)

Imports

SITC
Code
Description
Total All commodities
0+1 Food, animals + beverages, tobacco
2+4 Crude materials + anim. & veg. oils
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants
5 Chemicals
6 Goods classified chiefly by material
7 Machinery and transport equipment
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
9 Not classified elsewhere in the SITC

2012
share

Graph 5: Partner concentration of merchandise trade

Graph 4: Merchandise trade balance

Avg. Growth rates

2008-2012 2011-2012

2012

40

13 000.8
6.0
15.2
12 447.9
249.7
56.0
153.1
54.1
18.7

2012
share

60

2012

SITC
Total
0+1
2+4
3
5
6
7
8
9

SITC Legend

Imports Profile:
"Machinery and transport equipment" (SITC section 7), "goods classified
chiefly by material" (SITC section 6) and "miscellaneous manufactured
articles" (SITC section 8) were the largest commodity groups for imports
in 2012 representing respectively 29.1, 22.4 and 14.8 percent of imported
goods (see table 3). In 2012, the largest import commodity was "petroleum
oils, other than crude" (HS code 2710) (see table 4). The top three partners
for merchandise imports were Singapore, Malaysia and China, accounting
for respectively 23.5, 19.9 and 11.4 percent of total imports. "Travel"
(EBOPS code 236) accounted for the largest share of imports of services in
2009 at 477.1 mln US$, followed by "Transportation" (EBOPS code 205) at
444.7 mln US$ and "Other business services" (EBOPS code 268) at 248.8
mln US$ (see graph 6).

Gov. services,
n.i.e. ( 15.3 %)

Table 4: Top 10 import commodities 2010 to 2012

HS
code

4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2007

All Commodities............................................................................................................
2710 Petroleum oils, other than crude...................................................................................
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport...............
7304 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron)..................
7326 Other articles of iron or steel........................................................................................
7306 Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles.........................................................................
9999 Commodities not specified according to kind...............................................................
8481 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells..............................
1006 Rice................................................................................................................................
8517 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy............................................
2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding..............................................................

2010

Value (million US$)

2011
2012

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Source: UN Comtrade and UN ServiceTrade

3 572.2
342.7
303.6
89.0
75.4
70.8
68.8
63.5
59.6
54.8
54.4

Unit value
2010 2011 2012
Unit

SITC
code
334

17.5 thsd US$/unit 781

1.0

US$/kg

1.7

US$/kg

679
699
679
931
747
042
764
081