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Botswana Trade Summary

2019

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2019

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,313 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,657 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,261 products were exported to 106 countries and 3,997 products were imported from 144 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to India worth US$ 1,141 million, with a partner share of 21.48 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to Belgium worth US$ 1,041 million, with a partner share of 19.59 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 966 million, with a partner share of 18.19 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 518 million, with a partner share of 9.75 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Israel worth US$ 381 million, with a partner share of 7.17 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 3,854 million, with a partner share of 57.89 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from Namibia worth US$ 527 million, with a partner share of 7.92 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from Canada worth US$ 462 million, with a partner share of 6.94 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from India worth US$ 245 million, with a partner share of 3.69 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from Belgium worth US$ 222 million, with a partner share of 3.33 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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 3,963,439.27 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 833,821.52 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana exported Ignition wiring sets&oth wiring sets of a kind , worth 85,315.44 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 41,150.82 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana exported Disodium carbonate , worth 33,616.77 (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 988,732.37 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 713,457.39 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 453,902.37 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 448,370.45 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 157,455.66 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.19 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 0.96 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,430,350.39 and duty free tariff line items share was 67.34 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2019 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 16,726 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,630.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.92.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,492.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 83.09 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.98 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.63.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.34 and Botswana Country Growth was -10.01 .