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Rwanda Trade Summary

2008

Rwanda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR RWANDA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Rwanda 2008

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 398 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,070 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 683 products were exported to 85 countries and 3,767 products were imported from 136 countries.

Rwanda top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. Rwanda exports to Kenya worth US$ 126 million, with a partner share of 31.71 percent.
  2. Rwanda exports to Belgium worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 16.53 percent.
  3. Rwanda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 52 million, with a partner share of 12.97 percent.
  4. Rwanda exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 6.50 percent.
  5. Rwanda exports to Eswatini worth US$ 20 million, with a partner share of 5.09 percent.

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

  1. Rwanda imports from Uganda worth US$ 176 million, with a partner share of 16.48 percent.
  2. Rwanda imports from Kenya worth US$ 146 million, with a partner share of 13.68 percent.
  3. Rwanda imports from China worth US$ 95 million, with a partner share of 8.89 percent.
  4. Rwanda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 92 million, with a partner share of 8.57 percent.
  5. Rwanda imports from Belgium worth US$ 65 million, with a partner share of 6.07 percent.

Rwanda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Rwanda exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 117,891.01 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda exported Tin ores and concentrates , worth 79,912.65 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 54,478.88 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda exported Niobium, tantalum and vanadium ores and concent , worth 37,448.08 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda exported Beer made from malt , worth 16,522.96 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Rwanda imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 34,564.77 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 33,211.07 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 28,791.56 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda imported Worn clothing and other worn articles , worth 21,340.10 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 21,127.39 (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 Rwanda in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 30 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.66 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.91 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 411,722.06 and duty free tariff line items share was 17.84 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Rwanda in 2008 are below

  • Rwanda GDP in current US dollar was 5,180 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 480.00 .
  • Rwanda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -15.06.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -780.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 37.60 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Rwanda in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.28.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Rwanda Country Growth was 20.37 .