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Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2022

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for Sub-Saharan Africa 2022

Exports and imports of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 371,237 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 399,125 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,556 products were exported to 231 countries and 4,629 products were imported from 237 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which Sub-Saharan Africa exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to China worth US$ 51,592 million, with a partner share of 13.90 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to India worth US$ 26,813 million, with a partner share of 7.22 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to United States worth US$ 20,248 million, with a partner share of 5.45 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Netherlands worth US$ 19,795 million, with a partner share of 5.33 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exports to Switzerland worth US$ 14,919 million, with a partner share of 4.02 percent.

Top five countries from which Sub-Saharan Africa imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from China worth US$ 73,081 million, with a partner share of 18.31 percent.
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from India worth US$ 30,193 million, with a partner share of 7.56 percent.
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from South Africa worth US$ 24,306 million, with a partner share of 6.09 percent.
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 21,721 million, with a partner share of 5.44 percent.
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imports from United States worth US$ 19,387 million, with a partner share of 4.86 percent.

Sub-Saharan Africa Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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 96,295,576.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 17,925,616.59 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 13,815,822.53 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 13,089,303.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa exported Bituminous coal, not agglomerated , worth 12,228,734.29 (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 84,236,742.89 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 7,259,803.91 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 5,982,389.37 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 5,503,638.12 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sub-Saharan Africa imported Floating docks and vessels which perform specia , worth 5,145,575.21 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,064.06 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.26 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.43 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 112,254,069.42 and duty free tariff line items share was 34.60 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 are below

  • Sub-Saharan Africa GDP in current US dollar was 2,047,347 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,638.28 .
  • Sub-Saharan Africa Trade balance: as % of GDP was -2.45.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -50,057.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.47 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 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 .