Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2005 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): 125,144
No. Of products: 4,854
No. Of partners: 229
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 137,066
No. Of products: 4,983
No. Of partners: 234

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...28,246,341.50
Petroleum oils, etc, ...8,692,963.75
Diamonds non-industr ...5,887,812.67
Bituminous coal, not ...3,180,511.72
Cocoa beans, whole o ...2,534,343.01
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...10,676,062.98
Petroleum oils, etc, ...7,608,820.39
Automobiles with rec ...2,805,471.83
Transmission apparat ...2,296,281.17
Other medicaments of ...1,902,882.56

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States18,805 15.03
China12,547 10.03
United Kingdom11,301 9.03
France6,595 5.27
Japan6,045 4.83
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa13,228 9.65
China10,240 7.47
Germany10,225 7.46
France8,799 6.42
United States8,144 5.94

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials56,900 45.47 18,558 13.54 3.90
Intermediate goods33,949 27.13 26,559 19.38 6.69
Consumer goods24,338 19.45 43,734 31.91 13.06
Capital goods9,462 7.56 40,946 29.87 4.81

Trade Indicators

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Index of export market penetration: ...
World Growth: ...
Country Growth: ...

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 283
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 12.27
Weighted Average (%): 7.66
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 55,627,394.26
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 28.02

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 823,361
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 943.44
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.73
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 14,267.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.08
Trade (% of GDP): 53.93