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Burkina Faso Trade Summary

2009

Burkina Faso exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BURKINA FASO 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Burkina Faso 2009

Exports and imports of Burkina Faso in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 983 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,224 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 686 products were exported to 93 countries and 2,851 products were imported from 137 countries.

Burkina Faso top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Burkina Faso exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Burkina Faso exports to Switzerland worth US$ 360 million, with a partner share of 36.58 percent.
  2. Burkina Faso exports to France worth US$ 104 million, with a partner share of 10.60 percent.
  3. Burkina Faso exports to Mali worth US$ 68 million, with a partner share of 6.88 percent.
  4. Burkina Faso exports to Singapore worth US$ 52 million, with a partner share of 5.29 percent.
  5. Burkina Faso exports to Belgium worth US$ 43 million, with a partner share of 4.40 percent.

Top five countries from which Burkina Faso imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Burkina Faso imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 371 million, with a partner share of 16.68 percent.
  2. Burkina Faso imports from France worth US$ 263 million, with a partner share of 11.84 percent.
  3. Burkina Faso imports from China worth US$ 214 million, with a partner share of 9.63 percent.
  4. Burkina Faso imports from United States worth US$ 142 million, with a partner share of 6.38 percent.
  5. Burkina Faso imports from Netherlands worth US$ 102 million, with a partner share of 4.57 percent.

Burkina Faso Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Burkina Faso along with trade value are:

  1. Burkina Faso exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 393,985.23 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Burkina Faso exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth 249,472.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Burkina Faso exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 97,533.69 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Burkina Faso exported Sesamum seeds , worth 47,665.62 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Burkina Faso exported Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, mot , worth 14,460.79 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Burkina Faso imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 511,351.02 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Burkina Faso imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 84,106.85 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Burkina Faso imported Cement clinkers , worth 46,493.64 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Burkina Faso imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 44,049.86 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Burkina Faso imported Dump trucks designed for off-highway use , worth 41,727.62 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Burkina Faso in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.38 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.77 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 309,106.80 and duty free tariff line items share was 8.12 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Burkina Faso in 2009 are below

  • Burkina Faso GDP in current US dollar was 9,451 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 590.00 .
  • Burkina Faso Trade balance: as % of GDP was -12.72.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,202.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 40.30 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.58 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Burkina Faso in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.27.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.40.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.19 and Burkina Faso Country Growth was 14.28 .