Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2019 Data

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

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Imports/Exports

Products

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Animal
Vegetable
Food Products
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Textiles and Clothing
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Stone and Glass
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Transportation
Miscellaneous

TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sub-Saharan Africa

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 309,151
No. Of products: 4,565
No. Of partners: 229
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 327,633
No. Of products: 4,639
No. Of partners: 237

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...88,884,850.65
Gold in oth semi-man ...15,392,020.92
Gold in unwrought fo ...7,716,425.24
Petroleum oils, etc, ...7,628,361.11
Natural gas, liquefi ...6,954,622.70
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...38,607,174.36
Petroleum oils and o ...11,688,049.19
Other medicaments of ...6,423,859.16
New stamps; stamp-im ...4,470,980.52
Transmission apparat ...4,294,036.66

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China51,611 16.69
India24,310 7.86
South Africa18,942 6.13
United States14,559 4.71
Netherlands12,966 4.19
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China59,291 18.10
India22,288 6.80
South Africa22,087 6.74
United States19,601 5.98
Germany13,856 4.23

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials152,237 49.24 32,762 10.00 2.78
Intermediate goods89,573 28.97 69,141 21.10 4.77
Consumer goods47,223 15.28 128,089 39.10 12.07
Capital goods19,594 6.34 89,437 27.30 3.66

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 739
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 10.44
Weighted Average (%): 6.81
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 104,207,584.66
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 42.03

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,823,372
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,570.43
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -3.66
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -66,789.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 11.33
Trade (% of GDP): 49.53