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Botswana Trade Summary

2022

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2022

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 8,415 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,115 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,437 products were exported to 123 countries and 3,947 products were imported from 152 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 2,282 million, with a partner share of 27.12 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to Belgium worth US$ 1,596 million, with a partner share of 18.97 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to India worth US$ 1,280 million, with a partner share of 15.21 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 849 million, with a partner share of 10.09 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 550 million, with a partner share of 6.54 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 5,085 million, with a partner share of 62.66 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from Namibia worth US$ 578 million, with a partner share of 7.13 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from Belgium worth US$ 470 million, with a partner share of 5.79 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from India worth US$ 362 million, with a partner share of 4.46 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from Canada worth US$ 294 million, with a partner share of 3.62 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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 5,834,368.25 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 1,475,281.92 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 322,411.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana exported Ignition wiring sets&oth wiring sets of a kind , worth 117,086.43 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana exported Live pure-bred breeding bovine animals , worth 74,373.57 (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 1,429,083.51 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,355,142.44 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 553,719.54 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 233,312.40 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana imported Electrical energy , worth 101,021.71 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 82 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.33 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.28 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,772,445.01 and duty free tariff line items share was 57.75 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2022 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 20,352 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,350.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.47.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 300.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 85.48 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 7.52 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2022 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.18.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.62.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and Botswana Country Growth was 11.00 .