Brunei – Export Import
Brunei is the 96th largest export economy in the world. In
2015, Brunei exported $6.35B and imported $3.89B, resulting in a positive trade
balance of $2.46B. In 2015 the GDP of Brunei was $12.9B and its GDP per capita
was $78.4k.
The top exports of Brunei are Petroleum
Gas ($3.46B), Crude Petroleum ($2.41B), Acyclic
Alcohols ($118M), Diamonds ($45.8M) and Planes,
Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($28.1M), using the 1992 revision of the HS
(Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Passenger and
Cargo Ships ($245M), Cars ($205M), Planes, Helicopters,
and/or Spacecraft ($197M), Refined Petroleum ($173M)
and Gold ($145M).
The top export destinations of Brunei
are Japan($2.34B), South
Korea ($940M), Thailand ($641M), India ($605M)
and Other Asia ($355M). The top import origins
are Malaysia ($733M), China ($580M), Singapore ($472M), the
United States ($332M) and South Korea ($305M).
Exports, Imports,
Total Trade and Trade Balance, August 2017
|
|
Value (BND Million)
|
Jan-Aug
|
Change (%)
|
|
|
Aug-16
|
Jul-17
|
Aug-17p
|
y-o-y
|
m-o-m
|
YTD
|
|
|
2016
|
2017
|
|
|
Total Trade
|
809.1
|
920.2
|
1,010.6
|
7,361.3
|
8,078.6
|
24.9
|
9.8
|
9.7
|
|
|
Exports
|
491.1
|
633.6
|
579.1
|
4,836.2
|
5,309.7
|
17.9
|
-8.6
|
9.8
|
|
|
Imports
|
318.0
|
286.6
|
431.5
|
2,525.1
|
2,768.9
|
35.7
|
50.6
|
9.7
|
|
|
Trade Balance
|
173.1
|
347.0
|
147.6
|
2,311.1
|
2,540.8
|
-14.7
|
-57.5
|
9.9
|
|
Exports by Commodity Sections, August 2017
|
|
Value (BND Million)
|
Jan-Aug
|
Change (%)
|
|
|
Aug-16
|
Jul-17
|
Aug-17p
|
y-o-y
|
m-o-m
|
YTD
|
|
|
2016
|
2017
|
|
|
Food
|
0.6
|
1.0
|
0.5
|
4.4
|
5.3
|
-16.7
|
-50.0
|
20.5
|
|
|
Beverages & Tobacco
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
0.2
|
1.4
|
2.8
|
-33.3
|
0.0
|
100.0
|
|
|
Crude Materials Inedible
|
2.2
|
1.2
|
2.1
|
15.3
|
16.0
|
-4.5
|
75.0
|
4.6
|
|
|
Mineral Fuels
|
417.3
|
581.4
|
523.6
|
4,203.7
|
4,855.6
|
25.5
|
-9.9
|
15.5
|
|
|
Animal And Vegetable Oils and Fats
|
0.0
|
-
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-100.0
|
|
|
Chemicals
|
21.7
|
19.6
|
22.5
|
293.9
|
224.3
|
3.7
|
14.8
|
-23.7
|
|
|
Manufactured Goods
|
2.9
|
2.2
|
4.0
|
34.8
|
20.4
|
37.9
|
81.8
|
-41.4
|
|
|
Machinery and Transport Equipment
|
40.9
|
21.1
|
19.3
|
235.4
|
135.3
|
-52.8
|
-8.5
|
-42.5
|
|
|
Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
6.0
|
39.1
|
38.5
|
50.0
|
20.0
|
-1.5
|
|
|
Miscellaneous Transactions
|
1.3
|
2.1
|
1.0
|
8.0
|
11.5
|
-23.1
|
-52.4
|
43.8
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
491.1
|
633.6
|
579.1
|
4,836.2
|
5,309.7
|
17.9
|
-8.6
|
9.8
|
|
Imports by Commodity Sections, August 2017
|
|
Value (BND Million)
|
Jan-Aug
|
Change (%)
|
|
|
Aug-16
|
Jul-17
|
Aug-17p
|
y-o-y
|
m-o-m
|
YTD
|
|
|
2016
|
2017
|
|
|
Food
|
45.7
|
47.9
|
45.5
|
400.2
|
388.1
|
-0.4
|
-5.0
|
-3.0
|
|
|
Beverages & Tobacco
|
4.5
|
2.7
|
3.1
|
52.0
|
36.2
|
-31.1
|
14.8
|
-30.4
|
|
|
Crude Materials Inedible
|
2.9
|
4.2
|
3.9
|
32.1
|
44.2
|
34.5
|
-7.1
|
37.7
|
|
|
Mineral Fuels
|
21.7
|
27.5
|
47.4
|
200.2
|
251.6
|
118.4
|
72.4
|
25.7
|
|
|
Animal And Vegetable Oils and Fats
|
1.6
|
1.7
|
2.6
|
11.5
|
15.0
|
62.5
|
52.9
|
30.4
|
|
|
Chemicals
|
35.8
|
23.4
|
28.2
|
227.3
|
192.3
|
-21.2
|
20.5
|
-15.4
|
|
|
Manufactured Goods
|
46.6
|
61.1
|
159.3
|
526.9
|
635.0
|
241.8
|
160.7
|
20.5
|
|
|
Machinery and Transport Equipment
|
129.1
|
93.6
|
117.3
|
839.6
|
951.9
|
-9.1
|
25.3
|
13.4
|
|
|
Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
|
28.2
|
22.4
|
22.5
|
227.3
|
240.4
|
-20.2
|
0.4
|
5.8
|
|
|
Miscellaneous Transactions
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
1.7
|
8.0
|
14.2
|
-15.0
|
-26.1
|
77.5
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
318.0
|
286.6
|
431.5
|
2525.1
|
2768.9
|
35.7
|
50.6
|
9.7
|
|