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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2005

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2005

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2005

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 101,476 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 129,157 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,854 products were exported to 229 countries and 4,983 products were imported from 234 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2005

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2005 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 11,244 million, with a partner share of 11.08 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 11,076 million, with a partner share of 10.92 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Japan worth US$ 5,986 million, with a partner share of 5.90 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 5,849 million, with a partner share of 5.76 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 5,536 million, with a partner share of 5.46 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2005 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 12,677 million, with a partner share of 9.82 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 10,106 million, with a partner share of 7.82 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 9,815 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 8,492 million, with a partner share of 6.58 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 7,335 million, with a partner share of 5.68 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2005

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 8,442,023.05 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 6,029,227.42 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 5,887,812.67 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 3,180,511.72 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 2,534,343.01 (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 10,672,723.98 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 7,224,260.26 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 2,705,681.21 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 2,213,603.70 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 1,867,153.11 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2005

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2005 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2005

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.27 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.66 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 55,627,394.26 and duty free tariff line items share was 28.02 percent.

Development Indicators 2005

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 823,361 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 943.44 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.73.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 14,267.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 53.93 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.08 .

Trade Indicators 2005

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005 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 .