Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Summary

2020 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): 205,741
No. Of products: 4,520
No. Of partners: 226
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 249,728
No. Of products: 4,616
No. Of partners: 237

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...29,857,860.62
Gold in oth semi-man ...14,262,412.10
Copper cathodes and ...8,601,261.02
Copper unrefined, co ...6,311,770.85
Diamonds non-industr ...5,377,678.13
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...25,722,889.23
Other medicaments of ...6,068,514.02
Petroleum oils and o ...5,772,058.13
Transmission apparat ...3,431,354.70
New stamps; stamp-im ...2,956,376.39

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China26,094 12.68
India11,621 5.65
South Africa10,730 5.22
United States10,486 5.10
Switzerland10,469 5.09
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China51,200 20.50
South Africa18,391 7.36
India17,432 6.98
United States14,397 5.76
Germany10,434 4.18

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials78,252 38.03 24,053 9.63 3.74
Intermediate goods78,416 38.11 62,850 25.17 6.23
Consumer goods34,206 16.63 93,340 37.38 11.58
Capital goods14,376 6.99 63,985 25.62 4.69

Trade Indicators

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Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 773
Maximum Rate (%): 200
Simple Average (%): 10.18
Weighted Average (%): 7.50
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 101,963,238.54
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 38.15

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,685,632
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,478.57
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.72
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -68,254.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): ...
Trade (% of GDP): 45.41