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Rwanda Trade Summary

2021

Rwanda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR RWANDA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Rwanda 2021

Exports and imports of Rwanda in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,563 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,737 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,242 products were exported to 109 countries and 3,544 products were imported from 174 countries.

Rwanda top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Rwanda exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Rwanda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 587 million, with a partner share of 37.59 percent.
  2. Rwanda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 437 million, with a partner share of 27.97 percent.
  3. Rwanda exports to Tanzania worth US$ 97 million, with a partner share of 6.18 percent.
  4. Rwanda exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 45 million, with a partner share of 2.86 percent.
  5. Rwanda exports to Pakistan worth US$ 37 million, with a partner share of 2.38 percent.

Top five countries from which Rwanda imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Rwanda imports from China worth US$ 716 million, with a partner share of 19.15 percent.
  2. Rwanda imports from Tanzania worth US$ 496 million, with a partner share of 13.28 percent.
  3. Rwanda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 306 million, with a partner share of 8.18 percent.
  4. Rwanda imports from India worth US$ 296 million, with a partner share of 7.92 percent.
  5. Rwanda imports from Kenya worth US$ 281 million, with a partner share of 7.52 percent.

Rwanda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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

  1. Rwanda exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 360,946.44 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 109,307.74 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 100,245.93 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth 87,628.66 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 80,616.21 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Rwanda imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 368,262.26 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Rwanda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 357,074.91 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Rwanda imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 119,736.52 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Rwanda imported Electric generating sets, nes , worth 104,945.65 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Rwanda imported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 98,291.33 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Rwanda in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 653.79 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.90 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.97 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,373,082.99 and duty free tariff line items share was 43.76 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Rwanda in 2021 are below

  • Rwanda GDP in current US dollar was 11,055 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 840.00 .
  • Rwanda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -15.62.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,727.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 54.71 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.26 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Rwanda in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.24.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.69.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.50 and Rwanda Country Growth was -8.53 .