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Sao Tome and Principe Trade Summary

2014

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

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2014

Overall Exports and Imports for Sao Tome and Principe 2014

Exports and imports of Sao Tome and Principe in 2014 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 10 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 170 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 239 products were exported to 22 countries and 2,454 products were imported from 63 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe top 5 Export and Import partners 2014

Top five countries to which Sao Tome and Principe exported in 2014 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Belgium worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 24.00 percent.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Netherlands worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 21.19 percent.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Spain worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 19.91 percent.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe exports to France worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 13.34 percent.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Germany worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 7.19 percent.

Top five countries from which Sao Tome and Principe imported goods in 2014 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Portugal worth US$ 104 million, with a partner share of 61.38 percent.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Angola worth US$ 36 million, with a partner share of 21.48 percent.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe imports from China worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 2.35 percent.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe imports from United States worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 2.30 percent.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Gabon worth US$ 4 million, with a partner share of 2.09 percent.

Sao Tome and Principe Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2014

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 US$ 9,334.86 million.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe exported Husked (brown) rice , worth US$ 198.63 million.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe exported Chocolate, etc, containing cocoa, in blocks, sl , worth US$ 190.51 million.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe exported Coconuts, fresh or dried , worth US$ 163.91 million.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe exported Dried pepper (excl. crushed or ground) , worth US$ 141.13 million.

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 US$ 37,927.98 million.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 5,792.02 million.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe imported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 5,032.09 million.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth US$ 4,011.33 million.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe imported Frozen cuts and offal of chicken (excl. livers) , worth US$ 3,458.24 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2014

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2014 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2014

Tariffs imposed by Sao Tome and Principe in 2014 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.86 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.24 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,370.19 and duty free tariff line items share was 0.53 percent.

Development Indicators 2014

Key Development Indicators of Sao Tome and Principe in 2014 are below

  • Sao Tome and Principe GDP in current US dollar was 347 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,620.00 .
  • Sao Tome and Principe Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 44.57 .

Trade Indicators 2014

Trade Indicators for Sao Tome and Principe in 2014 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.15.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.23 and Sao Tome and Principe Country Growth was 26.57 .