Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2011 Data

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sub-Saharan Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 420,026
No. Of products: 4,715
No. Of partners: 233
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 338,613
No. Of products: 4,856
No. Of partners: 234

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...180,473,432.22
Petroleum oils, etc, ...21,729,761.39
Gold in oth semi-man ...17,972,781.03
Technically specifie ...8,625,820.55
Bituminous coal, not ...7,249,711.85
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...34,869,117.65
Petroleum oils and o ...17,604,027.80
Spelt, common wheat ...5,940,617.16
Automobiles with rec ...5,876,566.30
Other medicaments of ...4,098,385.42

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States61,053 14.54
China54,781 13.04
India25,306 6.02
United Kingdom19,298 4.59
South Africa18,745 4.46
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China41,064 12.13
South Africa30,481 9.00
United States26,821 7.92
Germany17,081 5.04
India14,907 4.40

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials250,927 59.74 45,197 13.35 3.18
Intermediate goods81,684 19.45 67,462 19.92 5.74
Consumer goods61,777 14.71 123,689 36.53 11.23
Capital goods22,500 5.36 95,443 28.19 4.85

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 685
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 11.39
Weighted Average (%): 7.20
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 114,114,222.86
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 29.22

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,649,496
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,582.74
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 1.96
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 32,322.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.89
Trade (% of GDP): 62.78