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Afghanistan Trade Summary

2018

Afghanistan exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR AFGHANISTAN 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Afghanistan 2018

Exports and imports of Afghanistan in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 885 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,407 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 156 products were exported to 62 countries and 331 products were imported from 104 countries.

Afghanistan top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Afghanistan exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Afghanistan exports to Pakistan worth US$ 379 million, with a partner share of 42.86 percent.
  2. Afghanistan exports to India worth US$ 359 million, with a partner share of 40.64 percent.
  3. Afghanistan exports to China worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 3.21 percent.
  4. Afghanistan exports to Turkey worth US$ 22 million, with a partner share of 2.49 percent.
  5. Afghanistan exports to Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 20 million, with a partner share of 2.29 percent.

Top five countries from which Afghanistan imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Afghanistan imports from Iran, Islamic Rep. worth US$ 1,264 million, with a partner share of 17.07 percent.
  2. Afghanistan imports from China worth US$ 1,166 million, with a partner share of 15.74 percent.
  3. Afghanistan imports from Pakistan worth US$ 1,087 million, with a partner share of 14.67 percent.
  4. Afghanistan imports from Kazakhstan worth US$ 791 million, with a partner share of 10.68 percent.
  5. Afghanistan imports from Uzbekistan worth US$ 554 million, with a partner share of 7.48 percent.

Afghanistan Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Afghanistan along with trade value are:

  1. Afghanistan exported Other vegetable saps and extracts, nes , worth 107,047.07 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Afghanistan exported Dried grapes , worth 94,153.00 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Afghanistan exported Figs, fresh or dried , worth 67,782.40 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Afghanistan exported Fresh grapes , worth 63,684.50 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Afghanistan exported Tomatoes, fresh or chilled , worth 47,290.03 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Afghanistan along with trade value are

  1. Afghanistan imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 764,474.73 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Afghanistan imported Peat (incl. peat litter) , worth 626,248.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Afghanistan imported Animal or vegetable fats and oils... chemically , worth 394,622.43 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Afghanistan imported Woven fabrics of flax, with >=85% flax, printed , worth 318,336.21 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Afghanistan imported Setts, curbstones and flagstones of natural sto , worth 303,311.11 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Afghanistan in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 50 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.38 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.63 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 30,136.17 and duty free tariff line items share was 0.52 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Afghanistan in 2018 are below

  • Afghanistan GDP in current US dollar was 18,419 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 520.00 .
  • Afghanistan Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.41 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Afghanistan in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.29.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.96.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Afghanistan Country Growth was 7.96 .