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Ghana Trade Summary

2013

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 2013

Exports and imports of Ghana in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 12,644 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 12,787 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,282 products were exported to 145 countries and 4,078 products were imported from 171 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to South Africa worth US$ 2,833 million, with a partner share of 22.41 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,660 million, with a partner share of 13.13 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 1,172 million, with a partner share of 9.27 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to Italy worth US$ 1,097 million, with a partner share of 8.68 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to France worth US$ 942 million, with a partner share of 7.45 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from China worth US$ 2,280 million, with a partner share of 17.83 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 1,259 million, with a partner share of 9.85 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from Belgium worth US$ 918 million, with a partner share of 7.18 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from India worth US$ 609 million, with a partner share of 4.76 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 542 million, with a partner share of 4.24 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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 4,276,719.46 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Ghana exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 3,015,354.82 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 1,380,501.32 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Ghana exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 1,079,319.73 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Ghana exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 416,862.63 (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 576,221.58 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Ghana imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 308,723.37 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Ghana imported Broken rice , worth 261,328.22 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Ghana imported Cement clinkers , worth 218,990.46 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Ghana imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 206,870.97 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.49 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.96 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,868,612.95 and duty free tariff line items share was 15.50 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 2013 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 62,825 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,780.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -9.88.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -6,206.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 60.76 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.70 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.62.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.19 and Ghana Country Growth was 8.83 .