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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

1991

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1991

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 1991

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1991 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 778 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,054 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,766 products were exported to 102 countries and 3,901 products were imported from 102 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1991

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 1991 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 114 million, with a partner share of 14.61 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 102 million, with a partner share of 13.09 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to France worth US$ 94 million, with a partner share of 12.05 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 83 million, with a partner share of 10.62 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 63 million, with a partner share of 8.15 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 1991 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 247 million, with a partner share of 23.44 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 153 million, with a partner share of 14.55 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 144 million, with a partner share of 13.69 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Japan worth US$ 76 million, with a partner share of 7.24 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 64 million, with a partner share of 6.08 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1991

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Sub-Saharan Africa along with trade value are:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped , worth 200,924.87 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 162,005.78 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Vanilla , worth 46,354.71 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth 40,764.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 37,572.27 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Sub-Saharan Africa along with trade value are

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 86,126.82 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 27,004.72 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 26,468.86 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing nitr , worth 15,509.17 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Urea , worth 13,716.96 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1991

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1991 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1991

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 1991 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 300.72 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.33 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.32 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,459,724.82 and duty free tariff line items share was 24.87 percent.

Development Indicators 1991

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1991 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 393,457 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 669.41 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.82.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 3,239.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 41.15 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.13 .

Trade Indicators 1991

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 1991 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was not available.
  • Index of export market penetration was not available.
  • World Growth in percentage was not available and Sub-Saharan Africa Country Growth was not available .