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Ghana Trade Summary

2009

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 2009

Exports and imports of Ghana in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,071 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,465 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,415 products were exported to 127 countries and 4,154 products were imported from 161 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to South Africa worth US$ 2,364 million, with a partner share of 46.62 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 515 million, with a partner share of 10.17 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to Netherlands worth US$ 439 million, with a partner share of 8.66 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to Burkina Faso worth US$ 208 million, with a partner share of 4.09 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 162 million, with a partner share of 3.20 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from China worth US$ 836 million, with a partner share of 12.93 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 523 million, with a partner share of 8.09 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from Belgium worth US$ 342 million, with a partner share of 5.29 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 323 million, with a partner share of 5.00 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from France worth US$ 295 million, with a partner share of 4.56 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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 2,805,659.84 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 1,088,777.32 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Ghana exported Gold powder non-monetary , worth 120,003.65 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Ghana exported Electrical energy , worth 87,238.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Ghana exported Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper o , worth 60,355.00 (US$ Thousands).

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 284,610.35 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Ghana imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 174,206.22 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Ghana imported Cement clinkers , worth 165,411.58 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Ghana imported Broken rice , worth 157,174.77 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Ghana imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 115,569.07 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.96 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.92 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,233,956.97 and duty free tariff line items share was 12.81 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 2009 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 26,049 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,150.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -13.01.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -3,389.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 71.59 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.09 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.36.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Ghana Country Growth was -7.22 .