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Benin Trade Summary

2015

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BENIN 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Benin 2015

Exports and imports of Benin in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 625 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,547 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 587 products were exported to 97 countries and 2,694 products were imported from 153 countries.

Benin top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Benin exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Benin exports to India worth US$ 82 million, with a partner share of 13.11 percent.
  2. Benin exports to Niger worth US$ 60 million, with a partner share of 9.54 percent.
  3. Benin exports to Malaysia worth US$ 55 million, with a partner share of 8.79 percent.
  4. Benin exports to Singapore worth US$ 49 million, with a partner share of 7.85 percent.
  5. Benin exports to Vietnam worth US$ 47 million, with a partner share of 7.46 percent.

Top five countries from which Benin imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Benin imports from France worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 11.61 percent.
  2. Benin imports from China worth US$ 277 million, with a partner share of 10.86 percent.
  3. Benin imports from India worth US$ 244 million, with a partner share of 9.60 percent.
  4. Benin imports from Togo worth US$ 220 million, with a partner share of 8.65 percent.
  5. Benin imports from Thailand worth US$ 193 million, with a partner share of 7.57 percent.

Benin Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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$ 262,346.64 million.
  2. Benin exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth US$ 70,318.67 million.
  3. Benin exported Floating docks and vessels which perform specia , worth US$ 42,091.13 million.
  4. Benin exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 20,515.73 million.
  5. Benin exported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth US$ 18,183.37 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$ 288,638.39 million.
  2. Benin imported Broken rice , worth US$ 282,505.75 million.
  3. Benin imported Electrical energy , worth US$ 120,601.79 million.
  4. Benin imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth US$ 115,745.84 million.
  5. Benin imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 94,859.51 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Benin in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.91 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.81 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 481,594.60 and duty free tariff line items share was 22.76 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Benin in 2015 are below

  • Benin GDP in current US dollar was 11,388 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,140.00 .
  • Benin Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.32.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -833.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.76 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.09 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Benin in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.44.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and Benin Country Growth was -22.76 .