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Botswana Trade Summary

2009

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2009

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,456 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,728 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,644 products were exported to 120 countries and 4,387 products were imported from 144 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

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

  1. Botswana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 1,836 million, with a partner share of 53.14 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 507 million, with a partner share of 14.67 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to Norway worth US$ 337 million, with a partner share of 9.77 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to Zimbabwe worth US$ 154 million, with a partner share of 4.46 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Israel worth US$ 111 million, with a partner share of 3.21 percent.

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

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 3,596 million, with a partner share of 76.06 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 288 million, with a partner share of 6.09 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from China worth US$ 155 million, with a partner share of 3.27 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from United States worth US$ 102 million, with a partner share of 2.17 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from France worth US$ 67 million, with a partner share of 1.41 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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 US$ 1,944,683.57 million.
  2. Botswana exported Nickel mattes , worth US$ 425,023.32 million.
  3. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth US$ 217,506.52 million.
  4. Botswana exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 75,606.73 million.
  5. Botswana exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 75,268.31 million.

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 US$ 513,463.09 million.
  2. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 358,984.21 million.
  3. Botswana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 107,678.33 million.
  4. Botswana imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 73,616.17 million.
  5. Botswana imported Electrical energy , worth US$ 73,071.71 million.

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 Botswana in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 652.95 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.04 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 0.82 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,432,789.69 and duty free tariff line items share was 62.07 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2009 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 10,118 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,750.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -16.81.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,701.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 88.48 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 16.18 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.16.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.68.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.19 and Botswana Country Growth was -7.41 .