Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2022 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): 371,237
No. Of products: 4,556
No. Of partners: 231
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 399,125
No. Of products: 4,629
No. Of partners: 237

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...96,295,576.14
Gold in oth semi-man ...17,925,616.59
Copper cathodes and ...13,815,822.53
Natural gas, liquefi ...13,089,303.80
Bituminous coal, not ...12,228,734.29
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...84,236,742.89
Petroleum oils and o ...7,259,803.91
Other medicaments of ...5,982,389.37
Transmission apparat ...5,503,638.12
Floating docks and v ...5,145,575.21

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China51,592 13.90
India26,813 7.22
United States20,248 5.45
Netherlands19,795 5.33
Switzerland14,919 4.02
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China73,081 18.31
India30,193 7.56
South Africa24,306 6.09
United Arab Emirates21,721 5.44
United States19,387 4.86

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials180,826 48.71 34,831 8.73 4.50
Intermediate goods113,040 30.45 90,125 22.58 6.48
Consumer goods57,962 15.61 175,345 43.93 13.33
Capital goods18,924 5.10 88,571 22.19 5.58

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 1006
Maximum Rate (%): 1,064.06
Simple Average (%): 11.26
Weighted Average (%): 8.43
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 112,254,069.42
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 34.60

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,047,347
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,638.28
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -2.45
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -50,057.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 9.47
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