Benin Trade Summary

2001 Data

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Benin

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 204
No. Of products: 337
No. Of partners: 75
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 602
No. Of products: 2,551
No. Of partners: 135

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Cotton, not carded o ...118,124.94
Cashew nuts, fresh o ...11,088.54
Gold in unwrought fo ...10,175.65
Cotton seeds4,961.35
Fresh, chilled or fr ...3,564.09
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...75,902.58
Worn clothing and ot ...30,005.95
Cement clinkers28,515.27
Electrical energy25,589.27
Other medicaments of ...24,985.77

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
India56 27.27
Unspecified23 11.06
Ghana11 5.24
Brazil10 5.10
Indonesia10 4.99
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
France139 23.04
China48 7.98
Togo37 6.22
Cote d'Ivoire33 5.42
Ghana29 4.89

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials149 73.13 53 8.79 16.83
Intermediate goods22 10.85 193 32.06 12.85
Consumer goods8 4.14 276 45.93 13.07
Capital goods2 0.85 79 13.22 7.71

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.18
Index of export market penetration: 1.45
World Growth: -1.72
Country Growth: 17.80

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 1
Maximum Rate (%): 20
Simple Average (%): 14.27
Weighted Average (%): 12.62
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 33,714.61
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 2.24

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 3,666
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 520.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -8.52
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -312.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 9.26
Trade (% of GDP): 48.26