Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2009 Data

Sub-Saharan Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sub-Saharan Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 222,888
No. Of products: 4,692
No. Of partners: 232
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 236,506
No. Of products: 4,916
No. Of partners: 235

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...99,588,851.63
Cocoa beans, whole o ...5,593,859.36
Petroleum oils, etc, ...4,059,935.39
Bituminous coal, not ...4,053,969.18
Gold in oth semi-man ...3,862,185.34
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...17,137,957.82
Petroleum oils and o ...13,577,338.03
Automobiles with rec ...4,113,470.29
Other medicaments of ...3,217,442.26
Medicaments of other ...2,856,096.83

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States32,727 14.68
China32,646 14.65
India11,957 5.36
France11,065 4.96
South Africa11,031 4.95
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China27,603 11.67
South Africa24,233 10.25
United States13,327 5.64
France12,043 5.09
Germany11,147 4.71

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials138,582 62.18 27,520 11.64 4.40
Intermediate goods41,135 18.46 47,770 20.20 7.21
Consumer goods27,878 12.51 83,542 35.32 11.67
Capital goods13,379 6.00 72,691 30.74 5.08

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 522
Maximum Rate (%): 652.95
Simple Average (%): 11.61
Weighted Average (%): 7.84
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 81,766,936.64
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 26.73

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,230,006
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,419.07
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -2.96
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -36,434.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 11.13
Trade (% of GDP): 55.84