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Sierra Leone Trade Summary

2014

Sierra Leone exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SIERRA LEONE 2014

Overall Exports and Imports for Sierra Leone 2014

Exports and imports of Sierra Leone in 2014 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 279 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,057 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 711 products were exported to 54 countries and 1,722 products were imported from 84 countries.

Sierra Leone top 5 Export and Import partners 2014

Top five countries to which Sierra Leone exported in 2014 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sierra Leone exports to China worth US$ 241 million, with a partner share of 86.40 percent.
  2. Sierra Leone exports to Guinea worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 2.98 percent.
  3. Sierra Leone exports to Netherlands worth US$ 8 million, with a partner share of 2.84 percent.
  4. Sierra Leone exports to Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 1.55 percent.
  5. Sierra Leone exports to Nigeria worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 1.47 percent.

Top five countries from which Sierra Leone imported goods in 2014 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sierra Leone imports from Benin worth US$ 733 million, with a partner share of 35.64 percent.
  2. Sierra Leone imports from Belgium worth US$ 292 million, with a partner share of 14.19 percent.
  3. Sierra Leone imports from China worth US$ 169 million, with a partner share of 8.23 percent.
  4. Sierra Leone imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 162 million, with a partner share of 7.88 percent.
  5. Sierra Leone imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 131 million, with a partner share of 6.39 percent.

Sierra Leone Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2014

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

  1. Sierra Leone exported Tin ores and concentrates , worth 236,592.01 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sierra Leone exported Articles for the packing of goods, of plastics, , worth 6,302.24 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sierra Leone exported Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa wast , worth 5,382.48 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sierra Leone exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 4,850.69 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sierra Leone exported Waste and scrap, cast iron , worth 4,054.64 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Sierra Leone imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 786,774.77 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sierra Leone imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 98,276.26 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sierra Leone imported Gas powered trucks with a GVW exceeding five to , worth 32,185.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sierra Leone imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 23,347.22 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sierra Leone imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 22,324.45 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2014

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2014 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2014

Tariffs imposed by Sierra Leone in 2014 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2014

Key Development Indicators of Sierra Leone in 2014 are below

  • Sierra Leone GDP in current US dollar was 5,015 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 680.00 .
  • Sierra Leone Trade balance: as % of GDP was -21.67.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,087.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 83.19 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 28.76 .

Trade Indicators 2014

Trade Indicators for Sierra Leone in 2014 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.57.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.90.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.08 and Sierra Leone Country Growth was 8.26 .