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Rwanda Trade Summary

2016

Rwanda exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR RWANDA 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Rwanda 2016

Exports and imports of Rwanda in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 613 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,547 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,023 products were exported to 112 countries and 3,538 products were imported from 161 countries.

Rwanda top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Rwanda exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Rwanda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 203 million, with a partner share of 33.12 percent.
  2. Rwanda exports to Kenya worth US$ 98 million, with a partner share of 15.98 percent.
  3. Rwanda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 67 million, with a partner share of 10.94 percent.
  4. Rwanda exports to Switzerland worth US$ 61 million, with a partner share of 10.02 percent.
  5. Rwanda exports to Burundi worth US$ 31 million, with a partner share of 5.01 percent.

Top five countries from which Rwanda imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Rwanda imports from China worth US$ 446 million, with a partner share of 17.50 percent.
  2. Rwanda imports from India worth US$ 309 million, with a partner share of 12.14 percent.
  3. Rwanda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 308 million, with a partner share of 12.09 percent.
  4. Rwanda imports from Uganda worth US$ 182 million, with a partner share of 7.14 percent.
  5. Rwanda imports from Kenya worth US$ 146 million, with a partner share of 5.72 percent.

Rwanda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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

  1. Rwanda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 111,310.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 79,923.43 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 57,737.00 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 55,587.01 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda exported Niobium, tantalum and vanadium ores and concent , worth 40,537.68 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Rwanda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 409,029.20 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 77,694.07 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 61,536.08 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 49,397.24 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda imported Broken rice , worth 49,060.99 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Rwanda in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.50 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.33 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,083,773.92 and duty free tariff line items share was 43.38 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Rwanda in 2016 are below

  • Rwanda GDP in current US dollar was 8,695 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 730.00 .
  • Rwanda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -18.64.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,621.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 49.48 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 20.99 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Rwanda in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.19.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.46.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Rwanda Country Growth was 9.40 .