Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

1991 Data

Sub-Saharan Africa exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sub-Saharan Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 778
No. Of products: 1,766
No. Of partners: 102
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 1,054
No. Of products: 3,901
No. Of partners: 102

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Tobacco, not stemmed ...200,924.87
Tobacco, partly or w ...162,005.78
Vanilla46,354.71
Frozen shrimps and p ...40,764.85
Coffee, not roasted ...37,572.27
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...86,126.82
Diesel powered truck ...27,004.72
Petroleum oils and o ...26,468.86
Mineral or chemical ...15,509.17
Urea13,716.96

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States114 14.61
Germany102 13.09
France94 12.05
Japan83 10.62
United Kingdom63 8.15
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa247 23.44
France153 14.55
United Kingdom144 13.69
Japan76 7.24
Germany64 6.08

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials517 66.45 65 6.16 2.86
Intermediate goods92 11.82 328 31.10 7.86
Consumer goods151 19.46 320 30.36 22.91
Capital goods13 1.64 332 31.52 9.13

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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Maximum Rate (%): 300.72
Simple Average (%): 11.33
Weighted Average (%): 11.32
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 4,459,724.82
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 24.87

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 393,457
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 669.41
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 0.82
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 3,239.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.13
Trade (% of GDP): 41.15