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Ghana Trade Summary

2019

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 2019

Exports and imports of Ghana in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 16,768 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 10,440 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,147 products were exported to 150 countries and 4,093 products were imported from 178 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to China worth US$ 2,809 million, with a partner share of 16.75 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 2,466 million, with a partner share of 14.71 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to India worth US$ 2,380 million, with a partner share of 14.19 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to South Africa worth US$ 1,971 million, with a partner share of 11.75 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to Netherlands worth US$ 966 million, with a partner share of 5.76 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from China worth US$ 1,896 million, with a partner share of 18.16 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 976 million, with a partner share of 9.35 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 686 million, with a partner share of 6.57 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from India worth US$ 582 million, with a partner share of 5.58 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from Belgium worth US$ 533 million, with a partner share of 5.10 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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$ 5,928,795.04 million.
  2. Ghana exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 5,251,688.77 million.
  3. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 1,851,960.39 million.
  4. Ghana exported Manganese ores and concentrates, with a mangane , worth US$ 349,539.03 million.
  5. Ghana exported Cocoa butter, fat and oil , worth US$ 337,275.68 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$ 442,924.58 million.
  2. Ghana imported Cement clinkers , worth US$ 244,606.98 million.
  3. Ghana imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 236,090.60 million.
  4. Ghana imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth US$ 214,942.75 million.
  5. Ghana imported Broken rice , worth US$ 210,464.68 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.44 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 10.02 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 930,406.69 and duty free tariff line items share was 11.31 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 2019 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 68,338 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,150.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,316.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 76.82 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 34.27 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.85.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.73 and Ghana Country Growth was -1.90 .