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Sierra Leone Trade Summary

2015

Sierra Leone exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SIERRA LEONE 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Sierra Leone 2015

Exports and imports of Sierra Leone in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 93 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,759 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 139 products were exported to 45 countries and 1,500 products were imported from 82 countries.

Sierra Leone top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Sierra Leone exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sierra Leone exports to Belgium worth US$ 52 million, with a partner share of 56.06 percent.
  2. Sierra Leone exports to Netherlands worth US$ 16 million, with a partner share of 16.94 percent.
  3. Sierra Leone exports to Guinea worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 5.70 percent.
  4. Sierra Leone exports to Benin worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.
  5. Sierra Leone exports to Switzerland worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 2.47 percent.

Top five countries from which Sierra Leone imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sierra Leone imports from Senegal worth US$ 403 million, with a partner share of 22.90 percent.
  2. Sierra Leone imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 260 million, with a partner share of 14.77 percent.
  3. Sierra Leone imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 220 million, with a partner share of 12.52 percent.
  4. Sierra Leone imports from China worth US$ 203 million, with a partner share of 11.55 percent.
  5. Sierra Leone imports from Lebanon worth US$ 81 million, with a partner share of 4.63 percent.

Sierra Leone Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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

  1. Sierra Leone exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 61,275.22 million.
  2. Sierra Leone exported Household and toilet articles of plastics, nes , worth US$ 4,566.33 million.
  3. Sierra Leone exported Coffee substitutes containing coffee , worth US$ 3,486.97 million.
  4. Sierra Leone exported Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa wast , worth US$ 2,350.89 million.
  5. Sierra Leone exported New pneumatic tyres, of rubber, nes, of herring , worth US$ 2,130.52 million.

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 US$ 477,835.24 million.
  2. Sierra Leone imported Brazil nuts, fresh or dried , worth US$ 132,353.52 million.
  3. Sierra Leone imported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth US$ 39,810.86 million.
  4. Sierra Leone imported Telephonic apparatus, nes , worth US$ 37,511.70 million.
  5. Sierra Leone imported Automobiles nes including gas turbine powered , worth US$ 36,133.69 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Sierra Leone in 2015 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 2015

Key Development Indicators of Sierra Leone in 2015 are below

  • Sierra Leone GDP in current US dollar was 4,252 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 550.00 .
  • Sierra Leone Trade balance: as % of GDP was -27.86.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,185.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 66.28 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 25.47 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Sierra Leone in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.89.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and Sierra Leone Country Growth was -46.08 .