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Benin Trade Summary

1999

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BENIN 1999

Overall Exports and Imports for Benin 1999

Exports and imports of Benin in 1999 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 226 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 691 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 386 products were exported to 68 countries and 2,789 products were imported from 125 countries.

Benin top 5 Export and Import partners 1999

Top five countries to which Benin exported in 1999 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Benin exports to Brazil worth US$ 41 million, with a partner share of 18.18 percent.
  2. Benin exports to India worth US$ 32 million, with a partner share of 14.35 percent.
  3. Benin exports to Indonesia worth US$ 21 million, with a partner share of 9.19 percent.
  4. Benin exports to Nigeria worth US$ 13 million, with a partner share of 5.69 percent.
  5. Benin exports to Thailand worth US$ 11 million, with a partner share of 4.87 percent.

Top five countries from which Benin imported goods in 1999 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Benin imports from France worth US$ 182 million, with a partner share of 26.33 percent.
  2. Benin imports from China worth US$ 43 million, with a partner share of 6.19 percent.
  3. Benin imports from United States worth US$ 40 million, with a partner share of 5.84 percent.
  4. Benin imports from Netherlands worth US$ 40 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  5. Benin imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 37 million, with a partner share of 5.39 percent.

Benin Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1999

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

  1. Benin exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth US$ 168,929.63 million.
  2. Benin exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth US$ 15,146.04 million.
  3. Benin exported Cotton seeds , worth US$ 11,650.52 million.
  4. Benin exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 3,858.53 million.
  5. Benin exported Cigars, cigarillos, cigarettes, etc, not contai , worth US$ 2,309.73 million.

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

  1. Benin imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 51,923.40 million.
  2. Benin imported Worn clothing and other worn articles , worth US$ 44,229.13 million.
  3. Benin imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 22,016.17 million.
  4. Benin imported Electrical energy , worth US$ 20,045.34 million.
  5. Benin imported Insecticides, put up for retail sale , worth US$ 17,986.42 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1999

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1999 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1999

Tariffs imposed by Benin in 1999 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1999

Key Development Indicators of Benin in 1999 are below

  • Benin GDP in current US dollar was 3,677 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 410.00 .
  • Benin Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.37.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -308.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 54.39 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.73 .

Trade Indicators 1999

Trade Indicators for Benin in 1999 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was 2.52 and Benin Country Growth was 1.63 .