Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2021 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): 310,083
No. Of products: 4,536
No. Of partners: 227
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 305,528
No. Of products: 4,624
No. Of partners: 236

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...66,051,175.12
Copper cathodes and ...14,821,054.69
Gold in oth semi-man ...12,997,006.28
Rhodium unwrought or ...8,778,861.80
Copper unrefined, co ...8,708,882.17
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...44,467,620.47
Other medicaments of ...6,296,041.35
Petroleum oils and o ...5,992,337.35
Transmission apparat ...4,321,468.55
Durum wheat4,136,324.17

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China53,688 17.31
India19,877 6.41
United States17,962 5.79
South Africa12,483 4.03
Unspecified12,479 4.02
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China57,421 18.79
South Africa23,948 7.84
India22,914 7.50
United States15,545 5.09
Germany11,698 3.83

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials133,504 43.05 29,084 9.52 3.51
Intermediate goods110,843 35.75 73,657 24.11 6.46
Consumer goods45,570 14.70 122,250 40.01 12.33
Capital goods19,782 6.38 72,656 23.78 4.97

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 603
Maximum Rate (%): 762.69
Simple Average (%): 10.83
Weighted Average (%): 7.88
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 110,193,838.27
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 37.10

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,926,458
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,569.16
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -0.89
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -17,166.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.65
Trade (% of GDP): 45.84