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Benin Trade Summary

2013

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BENIN 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Benin 2013

Exports and imports of Benin in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 602 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,941 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 492 products were exported to 98 countries and 2,583 products were imported from 167 countries.

Benin top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Benin exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Benin exports to China worth US$ 121 million, with a partner share of 20.02 percent.
  2. Benin exports to India worth US$ 71 million, with a partner share of 11.81 percent.
  3. Benin exports to Nigeria worth US$ 70 million, with a partner share of 11.66 percent.
  4. Benin exports to Chad worth US$ 44 million, with a partner share of 7.26 percent.
  5. Benin exports to Indonesia worth US$ 39 million, with a partner share of 6.45 percent.

Top five countries from which Benin imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Benin imports from France worth US$ 344 million, with a partner share of 11.69 percent.
  2. Benin imports from India worth US$ 332 million, with a partner share of 11.29 percent.
  3. Benin imports from Togo worth US$ 302 million, with a partner share of 10.26 percent.
  4. Benin imports from China worth US$ 295 million, with a partner share of 10.03 percent.
  5. Benin imports from Thailand worth US$ 196 million, with a partner share of 6.67 percent.

Benin Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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 235,287.06 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Benin exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 62,483.83 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Benin exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 34,791.88 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Benin exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 21,317.83 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Benin exported Bars&rods,i/nas,hr,hd or he,cntg indent,ribs,et , worth 18,522.91 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Benin imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 407,148.66 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Benin imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 261,465.94 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Benin imported Electrical energy , worth 136,769.29 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Benin imported Broken rice , worth 123,079.73 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Benin imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 107,375.20 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Benin in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.10 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 2013

Key Development Indicators of Benin in 2013 are below

  • Benin GDP in current US dollar was 12,518 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,180.00 .
  • Benin Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.06.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -508.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 59.20 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.19 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Benin in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.43.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.19 and Benin Country Growth was -10.22 .