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Botswana Trade Summary

2015

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2015

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,330 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,048 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,478 products were exported to 101 countries and 4,054 products were imported from 145 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to Belgium worth US$ 1,253 million, with a partner share of 19.79 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 980 million, with a partner share of 15.48 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to India worth US$ 786 million, with a partner share of 12.42 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to Namibia worth US$ 746 million, with a partner share of 11.79 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Canada worth US$ 397 million, with a partner share of 6.27 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 5,259 million, with a partner share of 65.34 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from Namibia worth US$ 1,171 million, with a partner share of 14.55 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from Canada worth US$ 510 million, with a partner share of 6.33 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from Belgium worth US$ 211 million, with a partner share of 2.62 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from China worth US$ 107 million, with a partner share of 1.33 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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 4,761,209.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 442,613.89 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana exported Nickel mattes , worth 320,456.29 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana exported Ignition wiring sets&oth wiring sets of a kind , worth 104,303.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana exported Fresh or chilled boneless bovine meat , worth 62,482.45 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 1,939,869.11 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,552,050.14 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 356,098.94 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 131,003.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana imported Diamonds industrial unworked or simply sawn, cl , worth 119,359.90 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 395.80 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.61 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 0.56 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,260,562.68 and duty free tariff line items share was 60.59 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2015 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 13,531 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 5,890.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.72.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -909.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 112.90 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.01 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.16.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.77.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.31 and Botswana Country Growth was -15.17 .