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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

1998

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 1998

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 45,550 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 61,584 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,840 products were exported to 218 countries and 5,015 products were imported from 221 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 8,223 million, with a partner share of 18.05 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 3,378 million, with a partner share of 7.42 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to France worth US$ 2,913 million, with a partner share of 6.39 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 2,749 million, with a partner share of 6.03 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 2,248 million, with a partner share of 4.94 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 5,812 million, with a partner share of 9.44 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 5,698 million, with a partner share of 9.25 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 5,443 million, with a partner share of 8.84 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 5,288 million, with a partner share of 8.59 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Special Categories worth US$ 3,876 million, with a partner share of 6.29 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

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 8,846,741.99 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 1,822,343.99 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 1,398,554.97 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 1,332,433.28 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 1,278,012.13 (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 3,082,894.81 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 1,909,605.94 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,134,610.80 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 836,712.98 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 726,650.32 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 600 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 20.33 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 16.52 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,887,193.27 and duty free tariff line items share was 11.14 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1998 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 396,137 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 591.23 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.76.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,933.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 47.36 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.54 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 1998 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 .