Loading..

Burkina Faso Trade Summary

2012

Burkina Faso exports, imports, tariff by year.

Country and Region
Year
For at a glance i.e. latest available trade, tariff, trade barriers and other trade related data Click Here.
Please note the exports, imports and tariff data are based on reported data and not gap filled. Please check the Data Availability for coverage.

Imports/Exports


Products

TRADE SUMMARY FOR BURKINA FASO 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Burkina Faso 2012

Exports and imports of Burkina Faso in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,270 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,554 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 752 products were exported to 95 countries and 2,983 products were imported from 142 countries.

Burkina Faso top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Burkina Faso exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Burkina Faso exports to Switzerland worth US$ 1,412 million, with a partner share of 62.19 percent.
  2. Burkina Faso exports to South Africa worth US$ 220 million, with a partner share of 9.67 percent.
  3. Burkina Faso exports to Singapore worth US$ 107 million, with a partner share of 4.73 percent.
  4. Burkina Faso exports to China worth US$ 73 million, with a partner share of 3.22 percent.
  5. Burkina Faso exports to France worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 2.90 percent.

Top five countries from which Burkina Faso imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Burkina Faso imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 336 million, with a partner share of 9.45 percent.
  2. Burkina Faso imports from China worth US$ 316 million, with a partner share of 8.88 percent.
  3. Burkina Faso imports from France worth US$ 299 million, with a partner share of 8.42 percent.
  4. Burkina Faso imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 284 million, with a partner share of 7.99 percent.
  5. Burkina Faso imports from United States worth US$ 247 million, with a partner share of 6.96 percent.

Burkina Faso Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 US$ 1,572,240.08 million.
  2. Burkina Faso exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth US$ 299,356.10 million.
  3. Burkina Faso exported Sesamum seeds , worth US$ 86,626.74 million.
  4. Burkina Faso exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 70,866.37 million.
  5. Burkina Faso exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth US$ 32,630.12 million.

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 US$ 868,005.43 million.
  2. Burkina Faso imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 98,616.57 million.
  3. Burkina Faso imported Mineral or chemical fertilizers with nitrogen, , worth US$ 81,262.93 million.
  4. Burkina Faso imported Motorcycles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 70,032.64 million.
  5. Burkina Faso imported Bars/rods,i/nas,hr,in irreg wnd coils of circ c , worth US$ 64,616.19 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Burkina Faso in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.33 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.42 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 622,110.76 and duty free tariff line items share was 6.46 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Burkina Faso in 2012 are below

  • Burkina Faso GDP in current US dollar was 12,561 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 710.00 .
  • Burkina Faso Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.04.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,010.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 61.24 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.05 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Burkina Faso in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.40.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.02 and Burkina Faso Country Growth was 68.34 .