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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2008

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2008

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 248,996 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 245,907 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,760 products were exported to 232 countries and 4,925 products were imported from 234 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 52,465 million, with a partner share of 21.07 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 20,996 million, with a partner share of 8.43 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 12,277 million, with a partner share of 4.93 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 12,170 million, with a partner share of 4.89 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 11,918 million, with a partner share of 4.79 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 26,668 million, with a partner share of 10.84 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 18,907 million, with a partner share of 7.69 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 15,243 million, with a partner share of 6.20 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 13,734 million, with a partner share of 5.59 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 12,158 million, with a partner share of 4.94 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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 103,613,251.68 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 5,934,460.01 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 5,176,713.07 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 4,511,758.07 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 3,725,223.09 (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 21,163,628.35 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 21,118,020.66 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 3,907,089.56 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 3,275,907.91 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 3,248,500.46 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,464.86 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.03 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.13 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 103,910,214.12 and duty free tariff line items share was 25.23 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2008 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,278,244 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,377.85 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 2.44.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 31,125.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 63.18 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.91 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2008 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 .