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Benin Trade Summary

2011

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BENIN 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for Benin 2011

Exports and imports of Benin in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 389 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,070 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 465 products were exported to 78 countries and 2,537 products were imported from 138 countries.

Benin top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which Benin exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Benin exports to China worth US$ 61 million, with a partner share of 15.60 percent.
  2. Benin exports to Nigeria worth US$ 46 million, with a partner share of 11.86 percent.
  3. Benin exports to Chad worth US$ 41 million, with a partner share of 10.44 percent.
  4. Benin exports to India worth US$ 38 million, with a partner share of 9.81 percent.
  5. Benin exports to Indonesia worth US$ 28 million, with a partner share of 7.12 percent.

Top five countries from which Benin imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Benin imports from France worth US$ 324 million, with a partner share of 15.67 percent.
  2. Benin imports from Togo worth US$ 248 million, with a partner share of 11.96 percent.
  3. Benin imports from China worth US$ 192 million, with a partner share of 9.30 percent.
  4. Benin imports from Belgium worth US$ 95 million, with a partner share of 4.60 percent.
  5. Benin imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 94 million, with a partner share of 4.56 percent.

Benin Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

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 109,212.59 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Benin exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 42,908.78 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Benin exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 37,783.92 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Benin exported Bars & rods, i/nas, nes , worth 25,277.70 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Benin exported Bars/rods,i/nas,hr,in irreg wnd coils of circ c , worth 15,424.32 (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 204,858.74 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Benin imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 149,511.78 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Benin imported Electrical energy , worth 124,985.16 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Benin imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 103,159.32 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Benin imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 92,783.85 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by Benin in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.09 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.15 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 191,462.55 and duty free tariff line items share was 6.09 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of Benin in 2011 are below

  • Benin GDP in current US dollar was 10,693 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,060.00 .
  • Benin Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.52.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -590.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 47.22 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.57 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for Benin in 2011 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.45.
  • World Growth in percentage was 9.23 and Benin Country Growth was 2.05 .