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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2006

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2006

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2006

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 178,386 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 172,228 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,844 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,978 products were imported from 235 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2006

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2006 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 39,094 million, with a partner share of 21.92 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 11,426 million, with a partner share of 6.41 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to France worth US$ 8,674 million, with a partner share of 4.86 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 8,120 million, with a partner share of 4.55 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Spain worth US$ 8,108 million, with a partner share of 4.54 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2006 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 15,542 million, with a partner share of 9.02 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 13,770 million, with a partner share of 8.00 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 12,365 million, with a partner share of 7.18 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 11,528 million, with a partner share of 6.69 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 10,049 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2006

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 and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 64,727,892.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 11,563,826.74 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 5,945,574.26 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 3,210,959.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 2,831,288.57 (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 14,061,132.00 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 12,363,712.28 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 3,249,135.55 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 2,805,614.69 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 2,290,876.53 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2006

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2006 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2006

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.91 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.45 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 72,081,973.23 and duty free tariff line items share was 28.08 percent.

Development Indicators 2006

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 973,527 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,094.05 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 4.40.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 42,875.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.17 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.56 .

Trade Indicators 2006

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 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 .