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Burkina Faso Trade Summary

2016

Burkina Faso exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BURKINA FASO 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Burkina Faso 2016

Exports and imports of Burkina Faso in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,520 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,343 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 703 products were exported to 89 countries and 2,850 products were imported from 148 countries.

Burkina Faso top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Burkina Faso exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Burkina Faso exports to Switzerland worth US$ 1,496 million, with a partner share of 59.35 percent.
  2. Burkina Faso exports to Singapore worth US$ 230 million, with a partner share of 9.13 percent.
  3. Burkina Faso exports to India worth US$ 130 million, with a partner share of 5.16 percent.
  4. Burkina Faso exports to Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 108 million, with a partner share of 4.28 percent.
  5. Burkina Faso exports to South Africa worth US$ 91 million, with a partner share of 3.61 percent.

Top five countries from which Burkina Faso imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Burkina Faso imports from China worth US$ 483 million, with a partner share of 14.45 percent.
  2. Burkina Faso imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 287 million, with a partner share of 8.59 percent.
  3. Burkina Faso imports from France worth US$ 269 million, with a partner share of 8.06 percent.
  4. Burkina Faso imports from United States worth US$ 267 million, with a partner share of 7.98 percent.
  5. Burkina Faso imports from India worth US$ 173 million, with a partner share of 5.19 percent.

Burkina Faso Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 1,544,857.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Burkina Faso exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth 397,617.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Burkina Faso exported Sesamum seeds , worth 113,363.18 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Burkina Faso exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 112,570.96 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Burkina Faso exported Zinc not alloyed unwrought containing by weight , worth 89,202.30 (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 619,727.17 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Burkina Faso imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 166,287.67 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Burkina Faso imported Cement clinkers , worth 105,645.84 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Burkina Faso imported Mineral or chemical fertilizers with nitrogen, , worth 86,877.42 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Burkina Faso imported Broken rice , worth 59,246.70 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Burkina Faso in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.88 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.93 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,054,227.81 and duty free tariff line items share was 18.44 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Burkina Faso in 2016 are below

  • Burkina Faso GDP in current US dollar was 12,833 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 660.00 .
  • Burkina Faso Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.06.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -778.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 57.89 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.11 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Burkina Faso in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.45.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.53.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Burkina Faso Country Growth was 5.63 .