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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2016

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2016

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 248,986 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 291,899 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,565 products were exported to 230 countries and 4,628 products were imported from 235 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 28,825 million, with a partner share of 11.58 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 17,030 million, with a partner share of 6.84 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 17,004 million, with a partner share of 6.83 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 14,734 million, with a partner share of 5.92 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Switzerland worth US$ 10,839 million, with a partner share of 4.35 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 48,240 million, with a partner share of 16.53 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 21,861 million, with a partner share of 7.49 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 17,374 million, with a partner share of 5.95 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 17,096 million, with a partner share of 5.86 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 14,181 million, with a partner share of 4.86 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 58,651,182.05 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 12,395,322.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 8,668,259.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 6,777,765.31 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 6,050,065.44 (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 30,510,375.36 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 8,792,220.57 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 5,502,975.53 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Floating or submersible drilling or production , worth 4,833,846.77 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Floating docks and vessels which perform specia , worth 3,899,535.38 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.83 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.75 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 106,390,377.71 and duty free tariff line items share was 38.93 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,576,540 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,588.44 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -4.85.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -76,417.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 45.15 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.86 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 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 .