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Ghana Trade Summary

2001

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 2001

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 2001

Exports and imports of Ghana in 2001 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,038 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,154 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 868 products were exported to 112 countries and 3,984 products were imported from 151 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 2001

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 2001 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 214 million, with a partner share of 20.63 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 201 million, with a partner share of 19.37 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to United States worth US$ 76 million, with a partner share of 7.34 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to Netherlands worth US$ 71 million, with a partner share of 6.87 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to Italy worth US$ 50 million, with a partner share of 4.79 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 2001 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from Nigeria worth US$ 350 million, with a partner share of 11.09 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 316 million, with a partner share of 10.02 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 216 million, with a partner share of 6.86 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from Germany worth US$ 211 million, with a partner share of 6.68 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from Netherlands worth US$ 192 million, with a partner share of 6.08 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2001

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$ 326,484.78 million.
  2. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 222,211.21 million.
  3. Ghana exported Aluminium unwrought, alloyed , worth US$ 73,127.97 million.
  4. Ghana exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 69,963.17 million.
  5. Ghana exported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth US$ 39,816.72 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$ 364,804.16 million.
  2. Ghana imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 285,844.72 million.
  3. Ghana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 164,397.73 million.
  4. Ghana imported Cigarettes containing tobacco , worth US$ 115,976.38 million.
  5. Ghana imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW exc five tonne , worth US$ 67,858.66 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2001

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2001 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2001

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 2001 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 233.14 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.52 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.05 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 958,219.31 and duty free tariff line items share was 14.19 percent.

Development Indicators 2001

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 2001 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 5,315 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 290.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -19.58.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,041.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 110.05 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 21.41 .

Trade Indicators 2001

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 2001 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.22.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.76 and Ghana Country Growth was -0.60 .