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Ghana Trade Summary

1997

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 1997

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 1997

Exports and imports of Ghana in 1997 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,635 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,352 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,134 products were exported to 107 countries and 3,801 products were imported from 162 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 1997

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 1997 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 436 million, with a partner share of 26.66 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 18.12 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to Netherlands worth US$ 210 million, with a partner share of 12.82 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to Germany worth US$ 120 million, with a partner share of 7.31 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to France worth US$ 80 million, with a partner share of 4.89 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 1997 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 471 million, with a partner share of 14.05 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 378 million, with a partner share of 11.27 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from Germany worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 8.84 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from Netherlands worth US$ 239 million, with a partner share of 7.14 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from France worth US$ 201 million, with a partner share of 5.98 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1997

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

  1. Ghana exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 544,535.55 million.
  2. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 366,808.06 million.
  3. Ghana exported Aluminium unwrought, alloyed , worth US$ 131,392.42 million.
  4. Ghana exported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth US$ 111,871.58 million.
  5. Ghana exported Cocoa butter, fat and oil , worth US$ 75,091.94 million.

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

  1. Ghana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 524,583.97 million.
  2. Ghana imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 165,246.34 million.
  3. Ghana imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth US$ 130,348.67 million.
  4. Ghana imported Prefabricated buildings , worth US$ 113,299.98 million.
  5. Ghana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 76,085.19 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1997

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1997 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1997

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 1997 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 1997

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 1997 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 6,891 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 380.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -20.58.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,418.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 85.40 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.19 .

Trade Indicators 1997

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 1997 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.10.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.05 and Ghana Country Growth was -1.61 .