Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2012 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): 425,553
No. Of products: 4,718
No. Of partners: 235
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 324,913
No. Of products: 4,854
No. Of partners: 236

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...189,004,854.70
Petroleum oils, etc, ...20,637,129.64
Gold in oth semi-man ...18,341,286.32
Technically specifie ...10,296,522.72
Cocoa beans, whole o ...7,804,004.16
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...29,946,125.95
Petroleum oils and o ...21,571,561.30
Automobiles with rec ...6,514,888.25
Semi-milled or wholl ...4,415,905.06
Other medicaments of ...4,202,181.30

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China60,754 14.28
United States43,470 10.22
India29,807 7.00
South Africa23,604 5.55
United Kingdom20,685 4.86
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China41,020 12.62
South Africa29,464 9.07
United States20,955 6.45
India16,826 5.18
Germany14,558 4.48

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials263,671 61.96 43,727 13.46 2.44
Intermediate goods77,288 18.16 63,800 19.64 5.25
Consumer goods58,166 13.67 115,826 35.65 11.40
Capital goods24,780 5.82 93,861 28.89 5.33

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 578
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 11.42
Weighted Average (%): 6.92
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 111,320,685.14
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 30.24

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,712,724
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,717.39
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 2.79
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 47,848.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.53
Trade (% of GDP): 59.21