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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2007

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2007

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2007

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 17,910,918 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 83,702,755 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,829 products were exported to 232 countries and 4,972 products were imported from 235 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2007

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2007 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 8,891,233 million, with a partner share of 49.64 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Switzerland worth US$ 1,341,977 million, with a partner share of 7.49 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Zambia worth US$ 778,099 million, with a partner share of 4.34 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Germany worth US$ 655,280 million, with a partner share of 3.66 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Belgium worth US$ 652,287 million, with a partner share of 3.64 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2007 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 40,812,393 million, with a partner share of 48.76 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 8,532,605 million, with a partner share of 10.19 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Zambia worth US$ 4,565,829 million, with a partner share of 5.45 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Botswana worth US$ 3,983,570 million, with a partner share of 4.76 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Kuwait worth US$ 3,516,971 million, with a partner share of 4.20 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2007

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 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 2,957,013,323.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Nickel ores and concentrates , worth 2,148,701,769.15 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Nickel mattes , worth 2,003,256,945.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Nickel unwrought, not alloyed , worth 1,593,816,059.95 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 1,427,428,953.37 (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, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 14,266,842,688.07 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Maize seed , worth 4,370,170,433.21 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 3,789,110,550.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Wheeled tractors nes , worth 3,450,039,802.09 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 2,031,146,132.40 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2007

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2007 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2007

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.28 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.01 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 77,163,541.51 and duty free tariff line items share was 28.98 percent.

Development Indicators 2007

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,127,369 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,228.00 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.45.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 5,105.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 58.62 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.13 .

Trade Indicators 2007

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007 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 .