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Liberia Trade Summary

2017

Liberia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LIBERIA 2017

Overall Exports and Imports for Liberia 2017

Exports and imports of Liberia in 2017 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 195 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,287 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 188 products were exported to 45 countries and 2,979 products were imported from 142 countries.

Liberia top 5 Export and Import partners 2017

Top five countries to which Liberia exported in 2017 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Liberia exports to Unspecified worth US$ 157 million, with a partner share of 80.42 percent.
  2. Liberia exports to Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 13 million, with a partner share of 6.45 percent.
  3. Liberia exports to Lebanon worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 2.77 percent.
  4. Liberia exports to Sweden worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 2.15 percent.
  5. Liberia exports to United States worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 1.46 percent.

Top five countries from which Liberia imported goods in 2017 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Liberia imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 326 million, with a partner share of 25.36 percent.
  2. Liberia imports from China worth US$ 208 million, with a partner share of 16.13 percent.
  3. Liberia imports from India worth US$ 169 million, with a partner share of 13.14 percent.
  4. Liberia imports from United States worth US$ 97 million, with a partner share of 7.54 percent.
  5. Liberia imports from Turkey worth US$ 40 million, with a partner share of 3.14 percent.

Liberia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2017

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

  1. Liberia exported Technically specified natural rubber, in primar , worth 49,643.47 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Liberia exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 43,177.73 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Liberia exported Other natural rubber, in primary forms or in pl , worth 22,275.42 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Liberia exported Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, mot , worth 20,861.44 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Liberia exported Crude palm oil , worth 6,783.81 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Liberia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 329,381.06 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Liberia imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 94,852.83 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Liberia imported Broken rice , worth 79,736.42 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Liberia imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 25,233.01 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Liberia imported Worn clothing and other worn articles , worth 18,005.29 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2017

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2017 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2017

Tariffs imposed by Liberia in 2017 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 35 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 14.06 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.97 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 396,024.87 and duty free tariff line items share was 4.93 percent.

Development Indicators 2017

Key Development Indicators of Liberia in 2017 are below

  • Liberia GDP in current US dollar was 3,391 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 620.00 .
  • Liberia Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.73 .

Trade Indicators 2017

Trade Indicators for Liberia in 2017 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.35.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and Liberia Country Growth was 11.37 .