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Botswana Trade Summary

2008

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2008

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,951 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 5,211 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,750 products were exported to 120 countries and 4,480 products were imported from 129 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,750 million, with a partner share of 55.54 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 906 million, with a partner share of 18.30 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to China worth US$ 236 million, with a partner share of 4.77 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to Zimbabwe worth US$ 219 million, with a partner share of 4.43 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Norway worth US$ 196 million, with a partner share of 3.97 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 4,029 million, with a partner share of 77.31 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 315 million, with a partner share of 6.05 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from China worth US$ 151 million, with a partner share of 2.89 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from Belgium worth US$ 98 million, with a partner share of 1.87 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from Israel worth US$ 86 million, with a partner share of 1.65 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 2,812,611.78 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana exported Nickel mattes , worth 678,758.89 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 307,356.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 148,105.24 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 100,974.72 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Botswana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 785,351.19 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 454,626.68 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 125,731.16 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana imported Gas powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding fiv , worth 92,998.47 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana imported Nickel ores and concentrates , worth 78,943.83 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 692.60 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.24 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 0.84 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,795,284.32 and duty free tariff line items share was 61.43 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2008 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 10,731 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,310.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.11.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -549.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 99.01 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.22 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.66.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Botswana Country Growth was -97.59 .