Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2004 Data

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

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Imports/Exports

Products

All Products
Animal
Vegetable
Food Products
Minerals
Fuels
Chemicals
Plastic or Rubber
Hides and Skins
Wood
Textiles and Clothing
Footwear
Stone and Glass
Metals
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Transportation
Miscellaneous

TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sub-Saharan Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 101,379
No. Of products: 4,861
No. Of partners: 230
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 114,076
No. Of products: 4,986
No. Of partners: 232

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...15,792,770.30
Petroleum oils, etc, ...6,119,004.70
Diamonds non-industr ...4,801,579.94
Platinum in other se ...2,563,846.68
Bituminous coal, not ...2,353,755.01
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...8,338,961.56
Petroleum oils, etc, ...5,777,708.06
Automobiles with rec ...1,989,986.00
Other medicaments of ...1,615,279.81
Transmission apparat ...1,522,036.42

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States12,317 12.15
United Kingdom10,113 9.98
China8,620 8.50
France5,604 5.53
South Africa5,321 5.25
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa12,699 11.13
France8,665 7.60
Germany8,514 7.46
China7,023 6.16
United States6,697 5.87

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials40,409 39.86 15,282 13.40 2.78
Intermediate goods28,031 27.65 22,214 19.47 5.74
Consumer goods21,540 21.25 35,120 30.79 12.49
Capital goods7,548 7.45 32,332 28.34 4.55

Trade Indicators

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Index of export market penetration: ...
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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 139
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