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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2020

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2020

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 250,694 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 282,274 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,531 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,617 products were imported from 237 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 41,866 million, with a partner share of 16.70 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 13,869 million, with a partner share of 5.53 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 12,436 million, with a partner share of 4.96 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 11,950 million, with a partner share of 4.77 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Switzerland worth US$ 11,377 million, with a partner share of 4.54 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 56,234 million, with a partner share of 19.92 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 19,094 million, with a partner share of 6.76 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 19,063 million, with a partner share of 6.75 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 16,198 million, with a partner share of 5.74 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from Germany worth US$ 11,185 million, with a partner share of 3.96 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 53,481,922.39 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 13,716,102.90 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 8,427,457.01 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 6,675,300.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 5,492,333.05 (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 29,004,384.33 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 7,199,459.00 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 6,833,651.08 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 3,701,502.63 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 3,607,015.99 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 200 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.18 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.50 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 101,963,238.54 and duty free tariff line items share was 38.15 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,714,053 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,500.38 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.70.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -29,173.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 40.20 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.80 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 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 .