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Botswana Trade Summary

2023

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2023

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2023

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2023 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,503 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,417 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,511 products were exported to 126 countries and 3,925 products were imported from 169 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2023 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,638 million, with a partner share of 29.76 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to Belgium worth US$ 986 million, with a partner share of 17.92 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to India worth US$ 674 million, with a partner share of 12.25 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 653 million, with a partner share of 11.87 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to China worth US$ 352 million, with a partner share of 6.39 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2023 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 4,173 million, with a partner share of 65.03 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from Namibia worth US$ 496 million, with a partner share of 7.73 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from Canada worth US$ 312 million, with a partner share of 4.86 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from China worth US$ 210 million, with a partner share of 3.27 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from India worth US$ 174 million, with a partner share of 2.72 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

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 3,174,419.93 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 1,101,466.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 506,812.27 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana exported Ignition wiring sets&oth wiring sets of a kind , worth 122,740.83 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana exported Disodium carbonate , worth 56,327.44 (US$ Thousands).

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 1,129,063.22 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 395,957.48 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth 299,450.86 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Botswana imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth 252,615.52 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Botswana imported Electrical energy , worth 155,804.77 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2023 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 82 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 8.12 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.77 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,397,431.79 and duty free tariff line items share was 57.77 percent.

Development Indicators 2023

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2023 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 19,411 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 8,360.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.30.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -835.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 68.80 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.33 .

Trade Indicators 2023

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2023 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.17.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.65.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.13 and Botswana Country Growth was -6.51 .