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1. Summary

3. UAE Capability

4. Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies Operating in UAE-

Dubai Foreign Trade of Phar

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Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries,

Established in 1980, is the largest domestic manufacturer of medicines in the UAE. ts located at the Ras al-Khaimah site –

Products :oral and topical products, antibiotics (including penicillins and cephalosporins), injectable products, topical antiseptics, surgical rubbing solutions, syrups, suspensions and over-the-counter medicines (OTCs), ,s consumer products, such as household disinfectants. The majority of revenue is generated from the Middle East and North America.

It has a wide prescription portfolio of both prescription and OTC drugs. These include anti-

infectives oral cavity gastrointestinal tract drugs, nutrition, blood products and skin products

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AED

2016 2017

EXPORT 1,279,583,164 721,828,439 RE-

EXPORT 2,456,062,152 2,610,245,540

Grand Total 3,735,645,316 3,332,073,979

Top exports of Pharmaceuticals from Dubai 2017

AED

EXPORT 721,828,439

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Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera & other blood fractions & modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) & similar products. 1,094,853

Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packing for retail sale. 719,413,566

Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter. 372,764 Wadding, gauze, bandages & similar articles, (for example, dressings, adhesive

plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packing for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes. 947,256

Grand Total 721,828,439

Africa market stood in the second market position sharing 28% of pharma exports from Dubai For re-export through Dubai, Africa was the second market also but with a share of 8% only.

Africa28%

Amercas2%

Asia68%

Europe1% Oceania

1%

Others0%

Pharma Exports from Dubai2017

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Africa8%

Amercas1%

Asia79%

Europe7%

Oceania0%

Others5%

Pharma Re-exports from Dubai 2017

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Sub-Saharan Africa: Risks Skewed To The Downside

Sub-Saharan Africa Innovative Pharmaceuticals Risk/Reward Index

Sub-Saharan Africa Innovative Pharmaceuticals Risks/Reward Index

Rewards & Risks Scores

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Note: Scores out of 100; higher score = lower risk. Source: BMI's Innovative Pharmaceuticals Risk/Reward Index

List of importers for the selected product

Product: 30 Pharmaceutical products

Sources: ITC calculations based on UN COMTRADE and ITC statistics.

Unit : US Dollar thousand

Importers Imported

value in 2013

Imported

value in 2014

Imported

value in 2015

Imported

value in 2016

Imported

value in 2017

World 504,239,060 534,375,139 518,544,849 536,677,722 566,387,237

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Africa Aggregation 13,827,262 14,231,278 13,907,769 13,759,246 14,080,634

South Africa 2,274,896 2,069,625 1,890,225 1,887,972 2,234,654

Egypt 1,806,406 1,889,132 2,274,253 1,915,990 2,187,903

Algeria 2,287,565 2,523,523 1,977,650 2,022,700 1,892,867

Morocco 560,436 582,690 518,293 556,909 592,441

Ethiopia 526,089 372,580 600,024 660,751 536,110

List of products imported by Africa

detailed products in the following category: 30 Pharmaceutical products

When a group has members that did not report, the group value is shown in red

The data aggregated are mirror and direct data: the values are shown in purple.

Unit : US Dollar thousand

Code Product label

Imported

value in

2013

Imported

value in

2014

Imported

value in

2015

Imported

value in

2016

Imported

value in

2017

3004

Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed

products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses,

put . . .

10,804,667 11,103,335 10,871,512 10,625,155 10,775,858

3002

Human blood; animal blood prepared for

therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses;

antisera . . .

1,749,499 1,889,553 1,895,468 2,073,487 2,378,149

3006 Pharmaceutical preparations and products of

subheadings 3006.10.10 to 3006.60.90 406,013 449,033 404,306 373,278 382,403

3003

Medicaments consisting of two or more

constituents mixed together for therapeutic or

prophylactic . . .

681,636 595,552 547,430 508,145 356,790

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3005

Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g.

dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices,

impregnated . . .

169,341 180,317 171,088 161,440 168,712

3001

Dried glands and other organs for organo-

therapeutic uses, whether or not powdered;

extracts . . .

16,094 13,487 16,305 16,991 18,528

List of supplying markets for a product imported by Africa

Product: 30 Pharmaceutical products

The data aggregated are mirror and direct data: the values are shown in purple.

Unit : US Dollar thousand

Exporters Imported

value in 2013

Imported

value in 2014

Imported

value in 2015

Imported

value in 2016

Imported

value in 2017

India 2,160,797 2,621,012 2,880,917 2,865,805 2,766,117

France 2,724,967 2,704,962 2,463,706 2,364,386 2,568,214

Germany 1,684,656 1,734,289 1,735,491 1,699,215 1,545,371

Belgium 578,720 691,012 655,972 719,318 926,791

Switzerland 904,940 880,744 806,806 745,078 912,647

United States of America 825,258 818,932 882,709 772,529 597,914

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List of importing markets for the product exported by South Africa in 2017

Product: 30 Pharmaceutical products

Sources: ITC calculations based on UN COMTRADE statistics.

The quantities shown in light green are estimated by UNSD. For further information, please refer to the

UNSD explanatory note.

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faced

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South

Africa

(%)

World 450,41

2

-

1,784,2

42

100 1 7 100 3

Namibia 114,81

9

114,66

4 25.5 -2 11 127 0.03 -1 2,676 0.65 0

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Botswan

a 61,742 60,909 13.7 -2 55 122 0.03 10 5,407 0.4 0

United

States of

America

32,798

-

200,61

2

7.3 1 19 1 17.1 12 7,819 0.11 0

Hong

Kong,

China

27,843 27,474 6.2 16 -38 30 0.5 8 7,471 0.06 0

Zimbabw

e 20,847 20,138 4.6 -4 17 124 0.03 -3 6,671 0.38 0.3

Zambia 19,576 19,572 4.3 -4 59 120 0.03 1 6,405 0.18 0

China 19,555 -10,204 4.3 63 468 6 4.5 13 8,258 0.12 4.1

Swazilan

d 18,876 18,862 4.2 -4 14 153 0 5 5,001 0.35 0

Kenya 17,101 17,099 3.8 -2 -11 76 0.09 3 6,156 0.23 0

Mauritius 13,579 13,569 3 4 17 129 0.02 4 7,603 0.12 0

Lesotho 13,527 13,519 3 3 41 158 0 3 4,984 0.32 0

Australia 9,493 -67 2.1 -4 -14 15 1.4 -4 14,983 0.09 0.7

Nigeria 6,509 6,508 1.4 10 105 88 0.07 0 7,873 0.28 0

Uganda 5,745 5,742 1.3 9 56 96 0.05 -6 5,649 0.3 0

United

Kingdom 5,032 -95,765 1.1 -5 -9 4 5.9 3 1,400 0.12 0

Ghana 4,719 4,599 1 5 31 102 0.04 -10 7,067 0.25 0

Netherla

nds 4,707 -39,019 1 33 15 9 4 8 2,851 0.12 0

Singapor

e 3,839 2,322 0.9 55 109 32 0.4 3 10,523 0.09 0

Malawi 3,358 3,357 0.7 -1 52 119 0.03 -5 7,001 0.39 0

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India 3,285

-

489,55

8

0.7 -1 95 45 0.3 2 7,926 0.08 9.9

France 3,128

-

272,22

0

0.7 -1 13 8 4.1 -5 2,600 0.09 0

Tanzania,

United

Republic

of

3,079 3,078 0.7 1 -2 85 0.07 1 5,741 0.37 0

Mozambi

que 2,672 2,672 0.6 -20 -52 108 0.04 7 6,976 0.21 0

Germany 2,532

-

258,02

0

0.6 -16 -71 2 9.6 4 2,224 0.11 0

Saudi

Arabia 2,393 2,250 0.5 -5 37 20 0.9 -1 5,288 0.09 0

Angola 2,174 2,174 0.5 7 -39 117 0.03 -7 7,138 0.35 2

Taipei,

Chinese 2,054 963 0.5 -4 57 27 0.6 5 9,451 0.11 0.3

Croatia 1,513 1,446 0.3 346 3,189 56 0.2 11 2,058 0.1 0

Indonesia 1,406 -5,557 0.3 0 184 62 0.2 8 9,957 0.07 3.2

Canada 1,337 -18,835 0.3 -12 -24 12 2.1 -2 4,911 0.16 0

Seychelle

s 1,130 1,130 0.3 -4 41 182 0 2 5,350 0.17 0

Serbia 1,018 1,005 0.2 -39 66 0.1 -1 1,395 0.08 2.8

Congo,

Democra

tic

Republic

of the

1,016 1,016 0.2 11 -38 83 0.07 14 6,933 0.23 14.6

Côte

d'Ivoire 867 867 0.2 14 239 91 0.06 14 5,656 0.41 0

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Kuwait 783 783 0.2 2 44 49 0.2 9 5,183 0.09 0

Austria 753 -48,564 0.2 126 4,083 18 1.1 1 1,970 0.17 0

United

Arab

Emirates

673 163 0.1 -13 -18 34 0.4 -1 5,411 0.09 0

Cameroo

n 638 638 0.1 7 40 110 0.04 -8 6,503 0.26 0.3

Italy 624

-

110,12

4

0.1 12 170 7 4.1 2 2,243 0.11 0

Brazil 622 -31,159 0.1 11 -72 16 1.2 -4 9,281 0.1 7.7

Mexico 612 -11,493 0.1 477 -78 24 0.8 -5 7,004 0.14 3.2

Special

categorie

s

610 386 0.1

Malaysia 599 158 0.1 4 37 52 0.2 -3 8,838 0.06 0

Madagas

car 595 595 0.1 -7 24 132 0.02 8 8,200 0.16 0

Ethiopia 594 592 0.1 -2 -84 73 0.09 5 5,616 0.15 4.4

Rwanda 467 467 0.1 12 -29 135 0.02 -2 5,348 0.19 0

Sudan 431 431 0.1 11 -19 80 0.08 2 0.1

Senegal 406 406 0.1 -1 20 107 0.04 2 4,537 0.68 0

Armenia 374 374 0.1 115 0.03 7 5,045 0.11 0.5

Turkey 353 -7,009 0.1 63 606 22 0.8 1 3,942 0.09 0

Hungary 353 -7,511 0.1 97 1,161 25 0.7 4 2,145 0.09 0

Argentin

a 314 -1,389 0.1 -16 97 33 0.4 2 10,441 0.11 8.3

Portugal 298 -1,549 0.1 9 6 31 0.5 0 1,792 0.11 0

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Bulgaria 291 -423 0.1 13 -68 48 0.3 3 1,420 0.08 0

Thailand 280 -537 0.1 37 -53 36 0.4 5 8,806 0.08 7.1

Belgium 271 -63,809 0.1 -29 -40 3 6.1 -4 2,532 0.13 0

Czech

Republic 265 -5,183 0.1 107 1,793 21 0.8 3 1,623 0.07 0

Benin 262 262 0.1 45 -22 141 0.02 0 4,827 0.57 0

Chad 262 262 0.1 92 259 156 0 -9 6,256 0.22 5

Pakistan 217 164 0 55 1,708 64 0.1 3 6,080 0.08 12

Peru 209 89 0 4 14 65 0.1 3 8,366 0.06 4

Korea,

Republic

of

203 -1,628 0 -34 19 19 1 7 8,361 0.11 6

Israel 202 -3,377 0 -54 100 39 0.4 5 4,779 0.12 0.5

Spain 197 -68,608 0 -39 153 11 2.5 -2 2,914 0.1 0

Ukraine 180 178 0 5 -69 46 0.3 -15 2,703 0.07 0

Bosnia

and

Herzegov

ina

179 155 0 93 0.06 -3 1,078 0.09 4

Iran,

Islamic

Republic

of

159 -528 0 51 0.2 0 4,063 0.11 20.3

Jordan 158 -1,941 0 -24 26 72 0.10 4 4,267 0.08 0

Kazakhst

an 156 156 0 0 -56 59 0.2 -11 4,149 0.08 3.6

Saint

Helena 155 155 0 9 17 211 0 0 6,900 0.59

Qatar 150 150 0 9 124 86 0.07 11 4,789 0.1 0

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Mauritan

ia 150 150 0 3 -22 163 0 8 4,160 0.34 0

Lebanon 146 146 0 16 -40 54 0.2 2 4,194 0.08 5

Bahrain 146 146 0 -1 -24 126 0.03 0 4,337 0.11 0

Congo 144 144 0 11 118 134 0.02 -8 6,503 0.44 0

Chile 131 130 0 9 -89 50 0.2 3 10,335 0.06 6

Slovakia 130 4 0 -17 -60 43 0.3 -1 1,326 0.08 0

Iraq 121 121 0 30 -85 57 0.2 1 3,340 0.09

Philippin

es 119 116 0 -28 -91 47 0.3 12 7,882 0.06 3.9

Liberia 116 116 0 13 190 171 0 -6 8,809 0.29 2.5

Myanmar 114 114 0 -22 -88 75 0.09 18 3,999 0.15 1.3

Denmark 109 -43,999 0 -14 445 26 0.7 -3 1,184 0.08 0

Norway 107 -5,189 0 -9 35 0.4 3 2,032 0.09 0

Oman 101 -10 0 -27 -1 90 0.06 0 4,197 0.12 0

Djibouti 97 97 0 33 -40 165 0 4 4,784 0.18 9.9

Poland 88 -10,334 0 42 87 17 1.1 1 1,816 0.08 0

Ireland 82

-

139,80

5

0 -10 -51 14 1.7 16 4,255 0.34 0

Switzerla

nd 81 -75,531 0 10 -26 5 5.1 6 2,418 0.14 0

Honduras 75 75 0 -47 84 0.07 2 5,431 0.06 0

Greece 73 -14,476 0 57 -89 29 0.6 -3 2,067 0.13 0

Sri Lanka 67 67 0 250 8 82 0.08 9 4,176 0.25 0.3

Somalia 64 64 0 111 42 145 0.01 14 4,324 0.13

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Guinea 59 59 0 7 -75 131 0.02 4 8,942 0.34 0

Papua

New

Guinea

59 59 0 11 1,375 155 0 -7 7,645 0.21 0

Haiti 56 56 0 -33 -14 118 0.03 28 8,605 0.41 0

New

Caledoni

a

56 56 0 17 -5 140 0.02 -3 16,498 0.92

New

Zealand 49 -5,449 0 -21 -22 61 0.2 1 13,746 0.09 0.5

Banglade

sh 42 -1,379 0 22 282 101 0.04 6 6,241 0.12 5.8

Togo 40 40 0 67 -25 130 0.02 7 5,295 0.52 0

Romania 40 -1,398 0 -26 28 0.6 -3 1,426 0.09 0

Colombia 30 30 0 -16 -58 40 0.4 -2 7,653 0.1 7.5

Mali 30 30 0 -28 -95 116 0.03 5 6,056 0.24 0

Sweden 29 -36,636 0 -4 7 23 0.8 -1 1,652 0.11 0

Viet Nam 27 23 0 -42 -68 38 0.4 10 7,129 0.06 1.8

Ship

stores

and

bunkers

26 26 0 -24 37 209 0 7 0.22

Yemen 24 24 0 -64 95 0.05 -4 4,061 0.12 4.3

Egypt 24 -279 0 -46 -70 41 0.4 4 3,777 0.14 2.6

Burkina

Faso 22 22 0 -51 -86 128 0.02 -6 6,055 0.24 0

Comoros 22 22 0 60 -44 193 0 -9 6,714 0.42 5

Area Nes 22 -152 0 82 -100

Malta 19 -6,372 0 31 19 111 0.04 5 3,780 0.2 0

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Ecuador 18 18 0 -18 -28 60 0.2 -2 6,642 0.06 4.7

Burundi 18 18 0 -38 100 147 0.01 2 6,218 0.2 0

Russian

Federatio

n

17 17 0 -91 13 1.9 -9 3,258 0.08 3.6

Nepal 17 17 0 -14 750 103 0.04 13 2,020 0.64 10.5

Lao

People's

Democra

tic

Republic

17 17 0 68 70 160 0 1 2,534 0.43 7.7

Fiji 17 17 0 -15 -29 161 0 2 7,119 0.18 0

Tajikistan 16 16 0 -9 23 149 0.01 -3 3,215 0.14 4.9

Gabon 14 14 0 -45 100 148 0.01 -5 5,385 0.81 0

Georgia 13 12 0 -25 -57 87 0.07 3 2,586 0.07 0

Sierra

Leone 12 12 0 -39 -95 154 0 -3 8,993 0.27 11.9

Eritrea 12 12 0 -17 -80 181 0 -7 4,672 0.21 2

Gambia 11 11 0 4 -8 188 0 -7 7,750 0.25 5.3

Libya,

State of 10 10 0 -57 -29 92 0.06 -12 2,544 0.1 0

Kyrgyzsta

n 10 10 0 -17 233 121 0.03 -7 4,448 0.06 1.2

Guatema

la 10 9 0 -9 -90 69 0.1 3 4,094 0.18 3.1

Tunisia 9 9 0 -59 81 0.08 -7 1,821 0.22 4.8

Jamaica 9 9 0 50 114 0.03 8 5,059 0.18 8.4

South

Sudan 9 9 0 177 0 -7 0.26

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Lithuania 9 -24 0 -44 55 0.2 4 1,114 0.07 0

Cyprus 9 -1,426 0 -95 104 0.04 -4 2,313 0.17 0

Venezuel

a,

Bolivaria

n

Republic

of

8 8 0 -57 -65 100 0.04 -42 7,759 0.13 7.6

Azerbaija

n 7 7 0 -29 0 99 0.04 -1 2,805 0.08 0.1

Mongolia 6 6 0 200 143 0.01 5 5,072 0.08 5

Guyana 5 5 0 150 152 0.01 1 8,125 0.25 9.8

Equatoria

l Guinea 5 5 0 -44 183 0 -6 5,541 0.36 5

French

Southern

and

Antarctic

Territorie

s

5 5 0 25 221 0 82 0.49

Barbados 3 3 0 -86 151 0.01 -5 6,409 0.1 9.8

Morocco 2 2 0 -99 70 0.1 -5 2,968 0.13 6.9

Albania 2 2 0 -93 112 0.04 3 1,645 0.08 0.3

Niger 2 2 0 -71 -85 133 0.02 -14 5,154 0.29 0

Montene

gro 2 2 0 -99 144 0.01 1 1,218 0.1 0

Central

African

Republic

2 2 0 -49 -67 164 0 1 6,022 0.25 5

Moldova,

Republic

of

1 1 0 -26 106 0.04 -6 1,928 0.06 0

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Antigua

and

Barbuda

1 1 0 180 0 5 5,059 0.15 9.8

Tonga 1 1 0 204 0 1 7,982 0.21 0

Sao

Tome

and

Principe

1 1 0 206 0 -2 7,214 0.31 5

Luxembo

urg -1 78 0.08 0 411 0.58 0

Cabo

Verde -6 179 0 0 3,402 0.81 0

Cayman

Islands -7 176 0 -1 6,183 0.23 11.2

Latvia -10 67 0.1 1 1,123 0.11 0

Algeria -40 44 0.3 -6 2,487 0.14 5

Cuba -559 139 0.02 4 7,832 0.12 1.6

Iceland -600 125 0.03 3 2,496 0.14 0

Dominica

n

Republic

-1,293 68 0.1 5 6,137 0.07 0.2

Finland -3,398 42 0.4 -4 2,403 0.09 0

South

Africa -3,929 37 0.4 -1 9,379 0.1

Uruguay -6,098 97 0.05 1 7,370 0.09 7.6

Slovenia -10,287 53 0.2 1 1,821 0.1 0

Japan -14,589 10 4 4 9,091 0.11 0.1

Panama 58 0.2 -2 0.2

Costa

Rica 63 0.1 8 1.4

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Uzbekista

n 71 0.1 -2 10.5

Belarus 74 0.09 -6 3.6

Estonia 77 0.09 3 0

Nicaragu

a 79 0.08 9 0.2

El

Salvador 89 0.06 4 3

Macao,

China 94 0.05 9 0

Afghanist

an 98 0.04 7 2.5

Cambodi

a 105 0.04 4 0

Paraguay 109 0.04 5 7.4

Bolivia,

Plurinatio

nal State

of

113 0.03 5 7

Macedon

ia, The

Former

Yugoslav

Republic

of

123 0.03 -1 2.9

Turkmeni

stan 136 0.02 -4

Syrian

Arab

Republic

137 0.02 -8 4.1

Free

Zones 138 0.02 -20

French

Polynesia 142 0.01 -1 15

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Brunei

Darussala

m

146 0.01 -1 0

Trinidad

and

Tobago

150 0.01 -7 10.3

Palestine,

State of 157 0 -1 0.8

Andorra 159 0 -4

Aruba 162 0 1 6

Curaçao 166 0 -5

Bermuda 167 0 -3 4.1

Korea,

Democra

tic

People's

Republic

of

168 0 -7

Faroe

Islands 169 0 -3

Maldives 170 0 19 0

Bahamas 172 0 2 2.7

Gibraltar 173 0 5

Suriname 174 0 2 11.2

Belize 175 0 6 8.3

Guinea-

Bissau 178 0 5 0

Timor-

Leste 184 0 -12 2.5

Saint

Lucia 185 0 0 4.9

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Vanuatu 186 0 -15 0

Bonaire,

Sint

Eustatius

and Saba

187 0 42

Samoa 189 0 3 0

Grenada 190 0 2 6.9

Solomon

Islands 191 0 5.9

Sint

Maarten

(Dutch

part)

192 0 7

Saint

Kitts and

Nevis

194 0 12 5.6

Saint

Vincent

and the

Grenadin

es

195 0 3 6.9

Greenlan

d 196 0 -27

British

Virgin

Islands

197 0 -1

Dominica 198 0 -1 0.1

Bhutan 199 0 -3 0

St. Pierre

and

Miquelon

200 0 -3 3.1

Palau 201 0 13 0

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Turks and

Caicos

Islands

202 0 11

Norfolk

Island 203 0 159

Falkland

Islands

(Malvinas

)

205 0 23

Cook

Islands 207 0 9 0

Wallis

and

Futuna

Islands

208 0 -23 4

Kiribati 210 0 -2 0

Anguilla 212 0 6 12.9

Nauru 213 0 -23 0.2

Tokelau 214 0 -22

United

States

Minor

Outlying

Islands

215 0 -47

Marshall

Islands 216 0 -44

Christma

s Island 217 0 -40

Micrones

ia,

Federate

d States

of

218 0 -3 4

Montserr

at 219 0 -3 9.7

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Niue 220 0 -3

British

Indian

Ocean

Territory

222 0 43

Tuvalu 223 0 -17 0

Northern

Mariana

Islands

224 0 8

Cocos

(Keeling)

Islands

225 0 -43

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