Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2013 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): 377,997
No. Of products: 4,683
No. Of partners: 231
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 359,617
No. Of products: 4,858
No. Of partners: 233

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...162,499,425.85
Gold in oth semi-man ...14,327,886.20
Petroleum oils, etc, ...10,433,042.55
Diamonds non-industr ...8,200,265.92
Agglomerated iron or ...7,053,409.21
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...44,898,657.79
Petroleum oils and o ...20,247,972.28
Floating or submersi ...11,830,480.50
Automobiles with rec ...5,113,586.56
Other medicaments of ...4,791,631.07

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China56,302 14.89
India25,201 6.67
United States24,410 6.46
South Africa20,266 5.36
Netherlands19,255 5.09
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China48,407 13.46
South Africa30,331 8.43
India21,970 6.11
United States18,794 5.23
Germany16,456 4.58

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials229,808 60.80 44,833 12.47 2.42
Intermediate goods74,383 19.68 69,854 19.42 5.68
Consumer goods44,319 11.72 132,741 36.91 11.33
Capital goods28,604 7.57 104,845 29.15 4.95

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 517
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 10.83
Weighted Average (%): 6.80
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 125,125,598.80
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 32.79

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,819,935
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,801.97
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.87
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -34,067.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.04
Trade (% of GDP): 53.81