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Botswana Trade Summary

2020

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2020

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,287 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,508 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,003 products were exported to 107 countries and 3,919 products were imported from 153 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 936 million, with a partner share of 21.83 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to Belgium worth US$ 910 million, with a partner share of 21.22 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to India worth US$ 891 million, with a partner share of 20.79 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 572 million, with a partner share of 13.33 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Singapore worth US$ 273 million, with a partner share of 6.38 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 3,796 million, with a partner share of 58.32 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from Belgium worth US$ 509 million, with a partner share of 7.82 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from Namibia worth US$ 493 million, with a partner share of 7.58 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 283 million, with a partner share of 4.35 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from Canada worth US$ 206 million, with a partner share of 3.17 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 3,218,019.39 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 556,385.40 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana exported Ignition wiring sets&oth wiring sets of a kind , worth 70,562.76 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 49,963.64 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana exported Disodium carbonate , worth 39,544.86 (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 1,571,811.78 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 618,934.79 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 240,124.85 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 199,730.12 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana imported Electrical energy , worth 196,349.92 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 101.69 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.69 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 0.80 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,513,139.26 and duty free tariff line items share was 65.69 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2020 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 14,960 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,020.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -15.08.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,256.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 77.66 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.87 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2020 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.17.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.58.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.75 and Botswana Country Growth was -8.58 .