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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2004

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2004

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2004

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2004 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 88,125 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 109,004 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,861 products were exported to 230 countries and 4,984 products were imported from 230 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2004

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2004 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 10,105 million, with a partner share of 11.47 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 8,334 million, with a partner share of 9.46 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 5,155 million, with a partner share of 5.85 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 4,928 million, with a partner share of 5.59 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to France worth US$ 4,905 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2004 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 12,137 million, with a partner share of 11.13 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 8,423 million, with a partner share of 7.73 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 8,419 million, with a partner share of 7.72 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 6,765 million, with a partner share of 6.21 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 6,262 million, with a partner share of 5.74 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2004

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, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 6,119,004.70 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 4,801,579.94 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 3,437,953.03 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Platinum in other semi-manufactured forms , worth 2,563,846.68 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 2,353,755.01 (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 8,337,979.22 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 5,737,721.53 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,914,283.07 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,585,932.41 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,477,438.22 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2004

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2004 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2004

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2004 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,298.16 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.86 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 42,444,327.53 and duty free tariff line items share was 27.38 percent.

Development Indicators 2004

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2004 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 693,315 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 769.93 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.83.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 5,779.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 51.63 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.43 .

Trade Indicators 2004

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2004 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 .