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Sierra Leone Trade Summary

2016

Sierra Leone exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SIERRA LEONE 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Sierra Leone 2016

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 466 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 958 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 363 products were exported to 57 countries and 2,290 products were imported from 123 countries.

Sierra Leone top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

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

  1. Sierra Leone exports to Cote d'Ivoire worth US$ 161 million, with a partner share of 34.69 percent.
  2. Sierra Leone exports to United States worth US$ 144 million, with a partner share of 31.01 percent.
  3. Sierra Leone exports to Belgium worth US$ 90 million, with a partner share of 19.34 percent.
  4. Sierra Leone exports to China worth US$ 33 million, with a partner share of 7.18 percent.
  5. Sierra Leone exports to Netherlands worth US$ 17 million, with a partner share of 3.65 percent.

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

  1. Sierra Leone imports from China worth US$ 120 million, with a partner share of 12.57 percent.
  2. Sierra Leone imports from United States worth US$ 93 million, with a partner share of 9.75 percent.
  3. Sierra Leone imports from India worth US$ 75 million, with a partner share of 7.84 percent.
  4. Sierra Leone imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 70 million, with a partner share of 7.27 percent.
  5. Sierra Leone imports from Senegal worth US$ 60 million, with a partner share of 6.22 percent.

Sierra Leone Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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

  1. Sierra Leone exported Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved , worth 158,932.07 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sierra Leone exported Natural honey , worth 142,437.66 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sierra Leone exported Other starches, nes , worth 87,781.20 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sierra Leone exported Frozen flat fish (excl. halibut, plaice and sol , worth 27,033.12 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sierra Leone exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 17,448.38 (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 Broken rice , worth 107,315.62 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sierra Leone imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 55,966.33 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sierra Leone imported Worn clothing and other worn articles , worth 40,077.47 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sierra Leone imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 36,718.03 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sierra Leone imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 27,470.98 (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 Sierra Leone in 2016 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 2016

Key Development Indicators of Sierra Leone in 2016 are below

  • Sierra Leone GDP in current US dollar was 3,863 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 540.00 .
  • Sierra Leone Trade balance: as % of GDP was -28.15.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,087.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 75.55 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.62 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Sierra Leone in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.17.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.99.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Sierra Leone Country Growth was 2.15 .