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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2012

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2012

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 425,553 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 324,913 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,718 products were exported to 235 countries and 4,854 products were imported from 236 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 60,754 million, with a partner share of 14.28 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 43,470 million, with a partner share of 10.22 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 29,807 million, with a partner share of 7.00 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 23,604 million, with a partner share of 5.55 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 20,685 million, with a partner share of 4.86 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 41,020 million, with a partner share of 12.62 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 29,464 million, with a partner share of 9.07 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 20,955 million, with a partner share of 6.45 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 16,826 million, with a partner share of 5.18 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 14,558 million, with a partner share of 4.48 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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 189,004,854.70 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 20,637,129.64 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 18,341,286.32 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Technically specified natural rubber, in primar , worth 10,296,522.72 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 7,804,004.16 (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 29,946,125.95 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 21,571,561.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 6,514,888.25 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 4,415,905.06 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 4,202,181.30 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.42 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.92 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 111,320,685.14 and duty free tariff line items share was 30.24 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,712,724 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,717.39 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was 2.79.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 47,848.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 59.21 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.53 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012 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 .