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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2009

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2009

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 222,739 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 235,880 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,705 products were exported to 232 countries and 4,916 products were imported from 234 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 32,710 million, with a partner share of 14.69 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 32,633 million, with a partner share of 14.65 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 11,957 million, with a partner share of 5.37 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to France worth US$ 11,069 million, with a partner share of 4.97 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 11,006 million, with a partner share of 4.94 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 27,600 million, with a partner share of 11.70 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 23,682 million, with a partner share of 10.04 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 13,309 million, with a partner share of 5.64 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from France worth US$ 12,047 million, with a partner share of 5.11 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 11,145 million, with a partner share of 4.73 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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 99,588,851.40 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 5,593,302.78 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 4,059,824.35 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 4,053,961.20 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 3,861,106.03 (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 17,080,093.09 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 13,574,179.17 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 4,111,386.94 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 3,215,748.24 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Medicaments of other hormones, for retail sale, , worth 2,856,083.34 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 652.95 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.61 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.84 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 81,766,936.64 and duty free tariff line items share was 26.73 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2009 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,230,006 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,419.07 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.96.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -36,434.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 55.84 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.13 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2009 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 .