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Rwanda Trade Summary

2012

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR RWANDA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Rwanda 2012

Exports and imports of Rwanda in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 387 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,518 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 503 products were exported to 92 countries and 3,289 products were imported from 153 countries.

Rwanda top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Rwanda exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Rwanda exports to Kenya worth US$ 106 million, with a partner share of 27.39 percent.
  2. Rwanda exports to Switzerland worth US$ 75 million, with a partner share of 19.32 percent.
  3. Rwanda exports to Belgium worth US$ 38 million, with a partner share of 9.85 percent.
  4. Rwanda exports to France worth US$ 31 million, with a partner share of 7.93 percent.
  5. Rwanda exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 19 million, with a partner share of 4.85 percent.

Top five countries from which Rwanda imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Rwanda imports from China worth US$ 211 million, with a partner share of 13.93 percent.
  2. Rwanda imports from Uganda worth US$ 180 million, with a partner share of 11.88 percent.
  3. Rwanda imports from India worth US$ 139 million, with a partner share of 9.13 percent.
  4. Rwanda imports from Kenya worth US$ 127 million, with a partner share of 8.37 percent.
  5. Rwanda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 87 million, with a partner share of 5.74 percent.

Rwanda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 80,611.91 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 70,441.50 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda exported Niobium, tantalum and vanadium ores and concent , worth 56,692.03 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda exported Tin ores and concentrates , worth 52,905.99 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 23,387.58 (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 58,124.57 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 55,639.71 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 51,449.00 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 49,084.09 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 32,984.24 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Rwanda in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.77 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.41 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 938,963.34 and duty free tariff line items share was 47.41 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Rwanda in 2012 are below

  • Rwanda GDP in current US dollar was 7,655 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 690.00 .
  • Rwanda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -16.55.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,267.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 40.54 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.58 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Rwanda in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.30.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and Rwanda Country Growth was -1.49 .