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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

1997

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1997

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 1997

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1997 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 54,382 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 64,652 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,855 products were exported to 211 countries and 5,020 products were imported from 220 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1997

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 1997 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 9,481 million, with a partner share of 17.43 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Special Categories worth US$ 4,104 million, with a partner share of 7.55 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 3,112 million, with a partner share of 5.72 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 3,081 million, with a partner share of 5.67 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to France worth US$ 2,942 million, with a partner share of 5.41 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 1997 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Special Categories worth US$ 6,627 million, with a partner share of 10.25 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 6,129 million, with a partner share of 9.48 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 5,844 million, with a partner share of 9.04 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 5,398 million, with a partner share of 8.35 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 5,154 million, with a partner share of 7.97 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1997

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 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 13,297,821.73 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 3,337,214.47 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 1,837,140.12 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 1,518,052.23 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 1,487,415.81 (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 and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 4,720,277.43 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,440,139.25 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 761,792.57 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 719,156.79 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 692,640.23 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1997

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1997 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1997

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 1997 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 499.82 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 18.88 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 10.20 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 17,518,016.66 and duty free tariff line items share was 18.62 percent.

Development Indicators 1997

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1997 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 409,665 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 628.80 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.21.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -856.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 51.43 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.88 .

Trade Indicators 1997

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 1997 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 .