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Sao Tome and Principe Trade Summary

2008

Sao Tome and Principe exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Sao Tome and Principe 2008

Exports and imports of Sao Tome and Principe in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 11 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 114 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 126 products were exported to 15 countries and 1,990 products were imported from 44 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Sao Tome and Principe exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Angola worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 47.02 percent.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Portugal worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 26.58 percent.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Netherlands worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 14.91 percent.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Belgium worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 4.19 percent.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe exports to France worth US$ 0 million, with a partner share of 3.62 percent.

Top five countries from which Sao Tome and Principe imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Portugal worth US$ 70 million, with a partner share of 61.29 percent.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Angola worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 22.90 percent.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Gabon worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 2.95 percent.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Nigeria worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 2.24 percent.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Thailand worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 1.93 percent.

Sao Tome and Principe Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Sao Tome and Principe along with trade value are:

  1. Sao Tome and Principe exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 5,040.76 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sao Tome and Principe exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 4,945.46 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sao Tome and Principe exported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 109.00 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sao Tome and Principe exported Chocolate, etc, containing cocoa, not in blocks , worth 90.73 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sao Tome and Principe exported Mowers, powered, lawn, nes , worth 32.51 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Sao Tome and Principe along with trade value are

  1. Sao Tome and Principe imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 26,136.44 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sao Tome and Principe imported Husked (brown) rice , worth 3,938.36 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sao Tome and Principe imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 3,542.19 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sao Tome and Principe imported Soya-bean oil (excl. crude) and fractions , worth 3,520.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sao Tome and Principe imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 3,374.99 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Sao Tome and Principe in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Sao Tome and Principe in 2008 are below

  • Sao Tome and Principe GDP in current US dollar was 188 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 990.00 .
  • Sao Tome and Principe Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 16.55 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Sao Tome and Principe in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.15.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Sao Tome and Principe Country Growth was -22.86 .