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Ghana Trade Summary

1996

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 1996

Exports and imports of Ghana in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,467 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,481 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,247 products were exported to 109 countries and 3,672 products were imported from 158 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 621 million, with a partner share of 25.16 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 552 million, with a partner share of 22.38 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to Germany worth US$ 307 million, with a partner share of 12.45 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to Netherlands worth US$ 208 million, with a partner share of 8.41 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to Italy worth US$ 95 million, with a partner share of 3.84 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 429 million, with a partner share of 17.30 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 324 million, with a partner share of 13.06 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from Germany worth US$ 293 million, with a partner share of 11.79 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from Japan worth US$ 159 million, with a partner share of 6.42 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from Italy worth US$ 112 million, with a partner share of 4.52 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

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

  1. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 747,989.63 million.
  2. Ghana exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 738,948.54 million.
  3. Ghana exported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth US$ 211,439.36 million.
  4. Ghana exported Specified tropical wood veneer sheets and for p , worth US$ 150,111.89 million.
  5. Ghana exported Cocoa butter, fat and oil , worth US$ 108,206.92 million.

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

  1. Ghana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 113,664.57 million.
  2. Ghana imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth US$ 103,928.04 million.
  3. Ghana imported Prefabricated buildings , worth US$ 98,355.82 million.
  4. Ghana imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 70,988.18 million.
  5. Ghana imported Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum , worth US$ 53,827.18 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 1996 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 6,933 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 370.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.98.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -553.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 72.20 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.39 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.09.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and Ghana Country Growth was 1.62 .