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Gabon Trade Summary

1998

Gabon exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GABON 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Gabon 1998

Exports and imports of Gabon in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,603 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,209 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 779 products were exported to 90 countries and 3,290 products were imported from 123 countries.

Gabon top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Gabon exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Gabon exports to United States worth US$ 1,744 million, with a partner share of 67.02 percent.
  2. Gabon exports to France worth US$ 295 million, with a partner share of 11.32 percent.
  3. Gabon exports to China worth US$ 91 million, with a partner share of 3.49 percent.
  4. Gabon exports to Spain worth US$ 77 million, with a partner share of 2.96 percent.
  5. Gabon exports to Switzerland worth US$ 68 million, with a partner share of 2.60 percent.

Top five countries from which Gabon imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Gabon imports from France worth US$ 521 million, with a partner share of 43.11 percent.
  2. Gabon imports from United States worth US$ 161 million, with a partner share of 13.30 percent.
  3. Gabon imports from Japan worth US$ 71 million, with a partner share of 5.91 percent.
  4. Gabon imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 52 million, with a partner share of 4.28 percent.
  5. Gabon imports from Germany worth US$ 49 million, with a partner share of 4.02 percent.

Gabon Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Gabon along with trade value are:

  1. Gabon exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 2,132,825.81 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Gabon exported Oak (Quercus spp.) wood in the rough, (excl. tr , worth 143,058.39 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Gabon exported Wood, nes in the rough..., (excl. treated) , worth 91,039.98 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Gabon exported Manganese ores and concentrates, with a mangane , worth 68,564.40 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Gabon exported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight > 2,000 kg bu , worth 22,274.46 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Gabon along with trade value are

  1. Gabon imported Tankers , worth 67,734.80 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Gabon imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 32,528.89 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Gabon imported Floating or submersible drilling or production , worth 32,376.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Gabon imported Buoys, beacons, coffer-dams, pontoons and other , worth 29,739.29 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Gabon imported Casings,tubing&drill pipe,i/st,smls,for use in , worth 20,703.28 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Gabon in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 19.85 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 15.43 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 79,668.03 and duty free tariff line items share was 2.79 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Gabon in 1998 are below

  • Gabon GDP in current US dollar was 4,483 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,810.00 .
  • Gabon Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.16.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -52.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 95.97 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 26.96 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Gabon in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.36.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.62.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Gabon Country Growth was -17.32 .