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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2018

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2018

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 343,669 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 333,979 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,571 products were exported to 231 countries and 4,639 products were imported from 235 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 54,305 million, with a partner share of 15.80 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 27,689 million, with a partner share of 8.06 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 27,186 million, with a partner share of 7.91 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 16,667 million, with a partner share of 4.85 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 15,716 million, with a partner share of 4.57 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 56,121 million, with a partner share of 16.80 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 24,428 million, with a partner share of 7.31 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 18,739 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 18,725 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 14,185 million, with a partner share of 4.25 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 108,914,629.52 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 15,124,466.90 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt , worth 10,329,483.45 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 8,104,117.43 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 7,844,821.71 (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 42,932,272.19 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 13,941,666.87 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 5,779,180.23 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Floating or submersible drilling or production , worth 5,766,973.77 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 4,474,866.02 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,482.37 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.66 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.74 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 109,264,899.20 and duty free tariff line items share was 42.33 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,774,222 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,517.41 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.84.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -50,360.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 50.51 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.07 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 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 .