Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2018 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): 343,669
No. Of products: 4,571
No. Of partners: 231
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 333,979
No. Of products: 4,639
No. Of partners: 235

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...108,914,629.52
Gold in oth semi-man ...15,124,466.90
Cobalt oxides and hy ...10,329,483.45
Diamonds non-industr ...8,104,117.43
Natural gas, liquefi ...7,844,821.71
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...42,932,272.19
Petroleum oils and o ...13,941,666.87
Other medicaments of ...5,779,180.23
Floating or submersi ...5,766,973.77
Transmission apparat ...4,474,866.02

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China54,305 15.80
India27,689 8.06
South Africa27,186 7.91
United States16,667 4.85
Netherlands15,716 4.57
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China56,121 16.80
South Africa24,428 7.31
India18,739 5.61
United States18,725 5.61
Germany14,185 4.25

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials173,488 50.48 37,091 11.11 2.62
Intermediate goods95,498 27.79 71,282 21.34 5.18
Consumer goods51,068 14.86 129,426 38.75 10.98
Capital goods22,767 6.62 87,432 26.18 4.56

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 788
Maximum Rate (%): 1,482.37
Simple Average (%): 9.66
Weighted Average (%): 6.74
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 109,264,899.20
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 42.33

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,774,222
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,517.41
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -2.84
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -50,360.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 11.07
Trade (% of GDP): 50.51