Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2014 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): 377,761
No. Of products: 4,604
No. Of partners: 232
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 356,731
No. Of products: 4,772
No. Of partners: 235

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...150,565,926.49
Petroleum oils, etc, ...14,122,787.17
Gold in oth semi-man ...13,642,874.42
Diamonds non-industr ...9,274,528.95
Natural gas, liquefi ...9,059,045.20
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...40,216,547.81
Petroleum oils and o ...21,686,840.24
Floating or submersi ...7,013,899.69
Other medicaments of ...4,784,148.75
Automobiles with rec ...4,622,449.45

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China47,830 12.66
India29,406 7.78
Netherlands20,737 5.49
South Africa20,064 5.31
United States17,845 4.72
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China51,560 14.45
South Africa28,060 7.87
United States21,787 6.11
India19,917 5.58
Germany15,922 4.46

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials213,663 56.56 45,296 12.70 2.66
Intermediate goods73,637 19.49 69,497 19.48 5.87
Consumer goods57,922 15.33 127,513 35.74 11.80
Capital goods31,884 8.44 103,755 29.08 5.40

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 551
Maximum Rate (%): 414.88
Simple Average (%): 10.43
Weighted Average (%): 7.20
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 119,687,295.37
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 34.31

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,900,849
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,860.51
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.18
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -22,452.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.02
Trade (% of GDP): 52.77