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Benin Trade Summary

2000

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BENIN 2000

Overall Exports and Imports for Benin 2000

Exports and imports of Benin in 2000 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 190 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 547 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 302 products were exported to 71 countries and 2,371 products were imported from 130 countries.

Benin top 5 Export and Import partners 2000

Top five countries to which Benin exported in 2000 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Benin exports to India worth US$ 60 million, with a partner share of 31.74 percent.
  2. Benin exports to Brazil worth US$ 17 million, with a partner share of 8.92 percent.
  3. Benin exports to Italy worth US$ 12 million, with a partner share of 6.38 percent.
  4. Benin exports to Indonesia worth US$ 10 million, with a partner share of 5.01 percent.
  5. Benin exports to Turkey worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 4.73 percent.

Top five countries from which Benin imported goods in 2000 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Benin imports from France worth US$ 147 million, with a partner share of 26.84 percent.
  2. Benin imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 51 million, with a partner share of 9.30 percent.
  3. Benin imports from Netherlands worth US$ 32 million, with a partner share of 5.89 percent.
  4. Benin imports from China worth US$ 30 million, with a partner share of 5.42 percent.
  5. Benin imports from Ghana worth US$ 27 million, with a partner share of 4.88 percent.

Benin Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2000

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 128,754.89 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Benin exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 17,506.02 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Benin exported Cotton seeds , worth 10,299.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Benin exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 5,799.23 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Benin exported Cigars, cigarillos, cigarettes, etc, not contai , worth 2,925.32 (US$ Thousands).

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 79,769.67 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Benin imported Worn clothing and other worn articles , worth 28,612.21 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Benin imported Electrical energy , worth 23,131.98 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Benin imported Cement clinkers , worth 22,242.39 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Benin imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 19,096.32 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2000

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2000 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2000

Tariffs imposed by Benin in 2000 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 2000

Key Development Indicators of Benin in 2000 are below

  • Benin GDP in current US dollar was 3,520 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 470.00 .
  • Benin Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.14.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -216.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 47.35 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.37 .

Trade Indicators 2000

Trade Indicators for Benin in 2000 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.23 and Benin Country Growth was 9.54 .