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Botswana Trade Summary

2021

Botswana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BOTSWANA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Botswana 2021

Exports and imports of Botswana in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,473 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,459 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,239 products were exported to 124 countries and 3,968 products were imported from 153 countries.

Botswana top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Botswana exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Botswana exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,914 million, with a partner share of 25.61 percent.
  2. Botswana exports to Belgium worth US$ 1,755 million, with a partner share of 23.48 percent.
  3. Botswana exports to India worth US$ 1,291 million, with a partner share of 17.27 percent.
  4. Botswana exports to South Africa worth US$ 681 million, with a partner share of 9.12 percent.
  5. Botswana exports to Israel worth US$ 451 million, with a partner share of 6.03 percent.

Top five countries from which Botswana imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Botswana imports from South Africa worth US$ 4,639 million, with a partner share of 54.83 percent.
  2. Botswana imports from Belgium worth US$ 1,204 million, with a partner share of 14.23 percent.
  3. Botswana imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 406 million, with a partner share of 4.80 percent.
  4. Botswana imports from India worth US$ 404 million, with a partner share of 4.77 percent.
  5. Botswana imports from Namibia worth US$ 400 million, with a partner share of 4.73 percent.

Botswana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 US$ 5,862,836.35 million.
  2. Botswana exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth US$ 851,254.03 million.
  3. Botswana exported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 109,013.01 million.
  4. Botswana exported Ignition wiring sets&oth wiring sets of a kind , worth US$ 95,402.18 million.
  5. Botswana exported Live pure-bred breeding bovine animals , worth US$ 48,934.05 million.

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 US$ 2,325,488.64 million.
  2. Botswana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 824,652.28 million.
  3. Botswana imported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth US$ 444,599.93 million.
  4. Botswana imported Diamonds unsorted whether or not worked , worth US$ 191,575.43 million.
  5. Botswana imported Electrical energy , worth US$ 143,277.80 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Botswana in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 294.84 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 0.95 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,135,900.69 and duty free tariff line items share was 65.36 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Botswana in 2021 are below

  • Botswana GDP in current US dollar was 18,737 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,610.00 .
  • Botswana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.94.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -925.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 88.82 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.94 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Botswana in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.19.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.60.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.59 and Botswana Country Growth was 20.54 .