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Burundi Trade Summary

2008

Burundi exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BURUNDI 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Burundi 2008

Exports and imports of Burundi in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 142 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 315 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 258 products were exported to 53 countries and 2,278 products were imported from 89 countries.

Burundi top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Burundi exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Burundi exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 62 million, with a partner share of 43.55 percent.
  2. Burundi exports to Switzerland worth US$ 22 million, with a partner share of 15.33 percent.
  3. Burundi exports to Belgium worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 6.06 percent.
  4. Burundi exports to Kenya worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 5.33 percent.
  5. Burundi exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 6 million, with a partner share of 4.18 percent.

Top five countries from which Burundi imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Burundi imports from Belgium worth US$ 55 million, with a partner share of 17.33 percent.
  2. Burundi imports from Uganda worth US$ 30 million, with a partner share of 9.60 percent.
  3. Burundi imports from France worth US$ 29 million, with a partner share of 9.14 percent.
  4. Burundi imports from Kenya worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 8.76 percent.
  5. Burundi imports from China worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 7.35 percent.

Burundi Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Burundi exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 60,997.67 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Burundi exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 39,418.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Burundi exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 6,779.72 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Burundi exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 3,656.92 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Burundi exported Tungsten ores and concentrates , worth 3,364.13 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Burundi imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 20,995.51 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Burundi imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 19,869.11 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Burundi imported Malt not roasted , worth 7,887.63 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Burundi imported Vaccines for human medicine , worth 7,416.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Burundi imported Flat rolled prod, i/nas, pltd or ctd w zinc, co , worth 6,703.69 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Burundi in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 10.72 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 44,840.70 and duty free tariff line items share was 11.24 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Burundi in 2008 are below

  • Burundi GDP in current US dollar was 1,612 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 180.00 .
  • Burundi Trade balance: as % of GDP was -26.20.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -422.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 47.20 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 21.22 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Burundi in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.23.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Burundi Country Growth was -16.11 .