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Liberia Trade Summary

2018

Liberia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR LIBERIA 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Liberia 2018

Exports and imports of Liberia in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 163 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,581 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 273 products were exported to 56 countries and 2,834 products were imported from 142 countries.

Liberia top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Liberia exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Liberia exports to United States worth US$ 61 million, with a partner share of 37.11 percent.
  2. Liberia exports to Papua New Guinea worth US$ 21 million, with a partner share of 12.57 percent.
  3. Liberia exports to Sierra Leone worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 5.69 percent.
  4. Liberia exports to France worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 5.66 percent.
  5. Liberia exports to Singapore worth US$ 6 million, with a partner share of 3.54 percent.

Top five countries from which Liberia imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Liberia imports from Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 499 million, with a partner share of 31.54 percent.
  2. Liberia imports from China worth US$ 249 million, with a partner share of 15.78 percent.
  3. Liberia imports from India worth US$ 202 million, with a partner share of 12.77 percent.
  4. Liberia imports from United States worth US$ 96 million, with a partner share of 6.08 percent.
  5. Liberia imports from Turkey worth US$ 65 million, with a partner share of 4.11 percent.

Liberia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 57,849.97 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Liberia exported Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of , worth 20,539.85 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Liberia exported Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates , worth 14,880.45 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Liberia exported Other natural rubber, in primary forms or in pl , worth 14,309.39 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Liberia exported Crude palm oil , worth 7,604.15 (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 506,858.48 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Liberia imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 129,997.33 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Liberia imported Towers and lattice masts, iron or steel , worth 23,733.39 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Liberia imported Other printed matter, nes , worth 20,700.45 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Liberia imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 20,241.09 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Liberia in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.58 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.54 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 52,406.66 and duty free tariff line items share was 4.33 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Liberia in 2018 are below

  • Liberia GDP in current US dollar was 3,423 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 6.27 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Liberia in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.36.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Liberia Country Growth was 4.86 .