Benin Trade Summary

2020 Data

Benin exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Benin

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 846
No. Of products: 596
No. Of partners: 95
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 2,654
No. Of products: 2,930
No. Of partners: 133

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Cotton, not carded o ...451,293.80
Cashew nuts, fresh o ...57,053.74
Petroleum oils, etc, ...37,242.21
Other oil seeds and ...32,874.81
Oil-cake and other s ...30,248.02
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Semi-milled or wholl ...370,756.03
Petroleum oils, etc, ...346,476.13
Other medicaments of ...85,684.56
Frozen fish, nes74,425.67
Electrical energy72,629.35

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Bangladesh326 38.51
India101 11.89
China56 6.64
Malaysia40 4.72
Ukraine40 4.70
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China306 11.53
India304 11.47
France278 10.49
Belgium166 6.24
Togo134 5.03

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials578 68.33 226 8.50 26.46
Intermediate goods131 15.52 601 22.63 5.99
Consumer goods87 10.25 1,447 54.51 10.42
Capital goods41 4.89 375 14.12 7.75

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.34
Index of export market penetration: 1.52
World Growth: -3.77
Country Growth: -16.90

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 2
Maximum Rate (%): 35
Simple Average (%): 11.67
Weighted Average (%): 9.86
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 596,357.27
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 19.91

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 15,652
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,230.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -5.09
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -796.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.31
Trade (% of GDP): 44.83