Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2002 Data

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sub-Saharan Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 187,616
No. Of products: 4,869
No. Of partners: 229
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 195,466
No. Of products: 5,003
No. Of partners: 236

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...19,524,111.73
Nickel unwrought, no ...18,999,335.79
Tobacco, partly or w ...14,574,656.81
Ferro-chromium conta ...6,915,512.97
Gold in oth semi-man ...6,575,860.07
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...20,430,740.06
Maize (excl. seed)7,359,850.34
Mixtures of odorifer ...7,303,580.84
Diesel powered truck ...6,620,083.51
Electrical energy6,002,376.48

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa54,222 28.90
United States14,554 7.76
United Kingdom11,325 6.04
Switzerland10,171 5.42
Mozambique7,999 4.26
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa67,421 34.49
Mozambique12,586 6.44
United States10,043 5.14
Germany9,966 5.10
United Kingdom9,051 4.63

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials74,104 39.50 18,848 9.64 4.28
Intermediate goods68,993 36.77 58,895 30.13 8.81
Consumer goods34,218 18.24 62,198 31.82 15.81
Capital goods8,879 4.73 49,120 25.13 7.69

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 219
Maximum Rate (%): 2,051.09
Simple Average (%): 14.46
Weighted Average (%): 10.11
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 26,483,546.91
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 19.56

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 443,194
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 577.97
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.10
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 4,856.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 11.17
Trade (% of GDP): 55.27