Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2004 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): 88,125
No. Of products: 4,861
No. Of partners: 230
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 109,004
No. Of products: 4,984
No. Of partners: 230

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils, etc, ...6,119,004.70
Diamonds non-industr ...4,801,579.94
Petroleum oils and o ...3,437,953.03
Platinum in other se ...2,563,846.68
Bituminous coal, not ...2,353,755.01
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...8,337,979.22
Petroleum oils, etc, ...5,737,721.53
Automobiles with rec ...1,914,283.07
Other medicaments of ...1,585,932.41
Transmission apparat ...1,477,438.22

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United Kingdom10,105 11.47
United States8,334 9.46
South Africa5,155 5.85
Japan4,928 5.59
France4,905 5.57
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa12,137 11.13
Germany8,423 7.73
France8,419 7.72
China6,765 6.21
United States6,262 5.74

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials27,254 30.93 14,915 13.68 2.78
Intermediate goods27,993 31.77 21,403 19.64 5.74
Consumer goods21,532 24.43 33,184 30.44 12.49
Capital goods7,495 8.50 30,376 27.87 4.55

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 140
Maximum Rate (%): 2,298.16
Simple Average (%): 12.86
Weighted Average (%): 7
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 42,444,327.53
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 27.38

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 693,315
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 769.93
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 0.83
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 5,779.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.43
Trade (% of GDP): 51.63