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Gambia, The Trade Summary

2008

Gambia, The exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR GAMBIA, THE 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Gambia, The 2008

Exports and imports of Gambia, The in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 12 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 288 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 212 products were exported to 39 countries and 2,364 products were imported from 69 countries.

Gambia, The top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Gambia, The exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Gambia, The exports to India worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 20.61 percent.
  2. Gambia, The exports to Senegal worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 13.63 percent.
  3. Gambia, The exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 13.00 percent.
  4. Gambia, The exports to Netherlands worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 12.97 percent.
  5. Gambia, The exports to Spain worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 9.56 percent.

Top five countries from which Gambia, The imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Gambia, The imports from China worth US$ 35 million, with a partner share of 12.07 percent.
  2. Gambia, The imports from United States worth US$ 34 million, with a partner share of 11.71 percent.
  3. Gambia, The imports from Germany worth US$ 27 million, with a partner share of 9.46 percent.
  4. Gambia, The imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 9.08 percent.
  5. Gambia, The imports from Netherlands worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 7.90 percent.

Gambia, The Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Gambia, The along with trade value are:

  1. Gambia, The exported Cashew nuts, fresh or dried , worth 2,121.09 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Gambia, The exported Ferrous waste and scrap, iron or steel, nes , worth 1,800.36 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Gambia, The exported Frozen Pacific salmon , worth 1,510.79 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Gambia, The exported Shelled ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise c , worth 900.01 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Gambia, The exported Cuttle fish and squid (excl. live, fresh or chi , worth 456.75 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Gambia, The along with trade value are

  1. Gambia, The imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 26,753.00 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Gambia, The imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 17,914.62 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Gambia, The imported Linseed oil (excl. crude) and fractions , worth 15,585.14 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Gambia, The imported Broken rice , worth 14,185.23 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Gambia, The imported Automobiles nes including gas turbine powered , worth 12,046.97 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Gambia, The in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.73 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 14.77 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 32,069.52 and duty free tariff line items share was 2.11 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Gambia, The in 2008 are below

  • Gambia, The GDP in current US dollar was 1,562 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 750.00 .
  • Gambia, The Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.14.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -158.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 39.09 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.27 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Gambia, The in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.24.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.28.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Gambia, The Country Growth was 9.85 .