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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2011

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2011

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 414,666 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 335,605 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,708 products were exported to 234 countries and 4,856 products were imported from 236 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 58,317 million, with a partner share of 14.06 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 54,443 million, with a partner share of 13.13 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 25,276 million, with a partner share of 6.10 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 19,277 million, with a partner share of 4.65 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 18,716 million, with a partner share of 4.51 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 40,746 million, with a partner share of 12.14 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 30,465 million, with a partner share of 9.08 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 26,599 million, with a partner share of 7.93 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 16,940 million, with a partner share of 5.05 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 14,849 million, with a partner share of 4.42 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

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 US$ 176,242,516.02 million.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 21,486,559.85 million.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 17,972,607.97 million.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Technically specified natural rubber, in primar , worth US$ 8,540,083.00 million.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth US$ 7,249,699.87 million.

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 US$ 34,817,564.29 million.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 17,602,638.89 million.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 5,894,583.36 million.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 5,854,370.28 million.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Floating or submersible drilling or production , worth US$ 4,023,738.04 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.39 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.20 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 114,114,222.86 and duty free tariff line items share was 29.22 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,649,496 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,582.74 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.96.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 32,322.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 62.78 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.89 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 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 .