Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2020 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): 250,694
No. Of products: 4,531
No. Of partners: 227
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 282,274
No. Of products: 4,617
No. Of partners: 237

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...53,481,922.39
Gold in oth semi-man ...13,716,102.90
Copper cathodes and ...8,427,457.01
Gold in unwrought fo ...6,675,300.94
Diamonds non-industr ...5,492,333.05
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...29,004,384.33
Petroleum oils and o ...7,199,459.00
Other medicaments of ...6,833,651.08
Transmission apparat ...3,701,502.63
Semi-milled or wholl ...3,607,015.99

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China41,866 16.70
India13,869 5.53
South Africa12,436 4.96
United States11,950 4.77
Switzerland11,377 4.54
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China56,234 19.92
South Africa19,094 6.76
India19,063 6.75
United States16,198 5.74
Germany11,185 3.96

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials111,175 44.35 28,311 10.03 3.74
Intermediate goods82,528 32.92 69,006 24.45 6.23
Consumer goods38,773 15.47 107,020 37.91 11.58
Capital goods17,708 7.06 72,484 25.68 4.69

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 884
Maximum Rate (%): 200
Simple Average (%): 10.18
Weighted Average (%): 7.50
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 101,963,238.54
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 38.15

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,714,053
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,500.38
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.70
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -29,173.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.80
Trade (% of GDP): 40.20