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Ghana Trade Summary

2022

Ghana exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GHANA 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for Ghana 2022

Exports and imports of Ghana in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 17,379 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 17,963 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,533 products were exported to 159 countries and 4,184 products were imported from 200 countries.

Ghana top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which Ghana exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Ghana exports to Switzerland worth US$ 3,152 million, with a partner share of 18.14 percent.
  2. Ghana exports to China worth US$ 2,201 million, with a partner share of 12.67 percent.
  3. Ghana exports to Canada worth US$ 1,829 million, with a partner share of 10.53 percent.
  4. Ghana exports to South Africa worth US$ 1,802 million, with a partner share of 10.37 percent.
  5. Ghana exports to India worth US$ 1,688 million, with a partner share of 9.71 percent.

Top five countries from which Ghana imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Ghana imports from China worth US$ 3,187 million, with a partner share of 17.74 percent.
  2. Ghana imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 2,410 million, with a partner share of 13.42 percent.
  3. Ghana imports from Netherlands worth US$ 1,351 million, with a partner share of 7.52 percent.
  4. Ghana imports from United States worth US$ 1,073 million, with a partner share of 5.97 percent.
  5. Ghana imports from India worth US$ 959 million, with a partner share of 5.34 percent.

Ghana Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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 6,484,541.86 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Ghana exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 5,188,804.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Ghana exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 1,261,449.74 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Ghana exported Cocoa paste, not defatted , worth 414,306.61 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Ghana exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 289,948.04 (US$ Thousands).

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 4,572,987.44 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Ghana imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 380,017.25 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Ghana imported Cement clinkers , worth 373,542.07 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Ghana imported Other worked grains of other cereals, nes , worth 257,291.31 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Ghana imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth 198,100.78 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by Ghana in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.97 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.65 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 819,526.07 and duty free tariff line items share was 3.33 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of Ghana in 2022 are below

  • Ghana GDP in current US dollar was 72,839 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,350.00 .
  • Ghana Trade balance: as % of GDP was 2.50.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 1,821.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 52.55 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 27.40 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for Ghana in 2022 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.12.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.06.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and Ghana Country Growth was 17.24 .