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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2021

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2021

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 351,664 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 354,852 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,543 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,627 products were imported from 237 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 57,699 million, with a partner share of 16.41 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 22,857 million, with a partner share of 6.50 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 20,154 million, with a partner share of 5.73 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to South Africa worth US$ 15,662 million, with a partner share of 4.45 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Switzerland worth US$ 14,430 million, with a partner share of 4.10 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 66,531 million, with a partner share of 18.75 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 26,670 million, with a partner share of 7.52 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 24,249 million, with a partner share of 6.83 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 17,930 million, with a partner share of 5.05 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 13,784 million, with a partner share of 3.88 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 76,070,112.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 19,153,438.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 13,047,969.24 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Rhodium unwrought or in powder form , worth 8,778,861.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 8,640,419.83 (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 50,264,606.08 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 7,448,272.42 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 7,372,825.28 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 4,868,420.58 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 4,620,897.62 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 762.69 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.83 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.88 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 110,193,838.27 and duty free tariff line items share was 37.10 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 1,926,458 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,569.16 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.89.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -17,166.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 45.84 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.65 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021 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 .