Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2017 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): 287,807
No. Of products: 4,578
No. Of partners: 233
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 297,672
No. Of products: 4,641
No. Of partners: 235

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...78,879,846.65
Gold in oth semi-man ...14,513,625.75
Diamonds non-industr ...7,436,686.61
Natural gas, liquefi ...6,588,778.11
Cocoa beans, whole o ...6,301,158.40
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...33,762,166.70
Petroleum oils and o ...8,636,089.16
Other medicaments of ...5,526,354.43
Transmission apparat ...3,742,885.02
Automobiles with rec ...3,208,421.94

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China40,743 14.16
India23,354 8.11
South Africa20,012 6.95
United States17,869 6.21
Netherlands11,323 3.93
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China49,771 16.72
South Africa22,125 7.43
India17,016 5.72
United States16,794 5.64
Germany14,870 5.00

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials140,013 48.65 31,495 10.58 2.31
Intermediate goods80,788 28.07 65,026 21.84 4.16
Consumer goods46,363 16.11 114,108 38.33 9.98
Capital goods19,714 6.85 77,475 26.03 2.94

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 572
Maximum Rate (%): 366.24
Simple Average (%): 7.74
Weighted Average (%): 5.70
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 71,339,518.73
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 51.41

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,642,690
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,489.40
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.99
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -43,153.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 10.43
Trade (% of GDP): 49.63