Burkina Faso Trade Summary

2012 Data

Burkina Faso exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Burkina Faso

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 2,270
No. Of products: 752
No. Of partners: 95
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 3,554
No. Of products: 2,983
No. Of partners: 142

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Gold in oth semi-man ...1,572,240.08
Cotton, not carded o ...299,356.10
Sesamum seeds86,626.74
Petroleum oils, etc, ...70,866.37
Cashew nuts, fresh o ...32,630.12
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...868,005.43
Other medicaments of ...98,616.57
Mineral or chemical ...81,262.93
Motorcycles with rec ...70,032.64
Bars/rods,i/nas,hr,i ...64,616.19

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Switzerland1,412 62.19
South Africa220 9.67
Singapore107 4.73
China73 3.22
France66 2.90
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Cote d'Ivoire336 9.45
China316 8.88
France299 8.42
United Kingdom284 7.99
United States247 6.96

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials463 20.42 64 1.79 6.34
Intermediate goods1,630 71.81 744 20.92 7.28
Consumer goods101 4.46 1,876 52.79 9.07
Capital goods75 3.31 871 24.50 8.07

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.40
Index of export market penetration: 1.49
World Growth: 0.17
Country Growth: 68.35

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 8
Maximum Rate (%): 20
Simple Average (%): 12.33
Weighted Average (%): 8.42
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 622,110.76
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 6.46

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 12,561
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 710.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -8.04
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -1,010.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 13.05
Trade (% of GDP): 61.24