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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2002

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2002

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2002

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2002 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 187,616 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 195,466 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,869 products were exported to 229 countries and 5,003 products were imported from 236 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2002

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2002 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 54,222 million, with a partner share of 28.90 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 14,554 million, with a partner share of 7.76 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 11,325 million, with a partner share of 6.04 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Switzerland worth US$ 10,171 million, with a partner share of 5.42 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Mozambique worth US$ 7,999 million, with a partner share of 4.26 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2002 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 67,421 million, with a partner share of 34.49 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Mozambique worth US$ 12,586 million, with a partner share of 6.44 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 10,043 million, with a partner share of 5.14 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 9,966 million, with a partner share of 5.10 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 9,051 million, with a partner share of 4.63 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2002

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 19,524,111.73 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Nickel unwrought, not alloyed , worth 18,999,335.79 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 14,574,656.81 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 , worth 6,915,512.97 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 6,575,860.07 (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 20,430,740.06 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 7,359,850.34 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Mixtures of odoriferous substances, for the foo , worth 7,303,580.84 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 6,620,083.51 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Electrical energy , worth 6,002,376.48 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2002

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2002 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2002

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2002 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,051.09 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 14.46 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 10.11 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 26,483,546.91 and duty free tariff line items share was 19.56 percent.

Development Indicators 2002

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2002 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 443,194 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 577.97 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.10.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,856.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 55.27 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.17 .

Trade Indicators 2002

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2002 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 .