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Sao Tome and Principe Trade Summary

2018

Sao Tome and Principe exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Sao Tome and Principe 2018

Exports and imports of Sao Tome and Principe in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 12 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 148 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 372 products were exported to 24 countries and 2,559 products were imported from 71 countries.

Sao Tome and Principe top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Sao Tome and Principe exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Netherlands worth US$ 5 million, with a partner share of 37.75 percent.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Portugal worth US$ 3 million, with a partner share of 24.12 percent.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Belgium worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 17.67 percent.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe exports to Germany worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 9.47 percent.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe exports to France worth US$ 1 million, with a partner share of 4.94 percent.

Top five countries from which Sao Tome and Principe imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Portugal worth US$ 80 million, with a partner share of 53.75 percent.
  2. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Angola worth US$ 34 million, with a partner share of 23.20 percent.
  3. Sao Tome and Principe imports from China worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 5.82 percent.
  4. Sao Tome and Principe imports from Brazil worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 1.58 percent.
  5. Sao Tome and Principe imports from United States worth US$ 2 million, with a partner share of 1.51 percent.

Sao Tome and Principe Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 7,974.51 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sao Tome and Principe exported Parts & access nes for machines, appliances, in , worth 720.28 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sao Tome and Principe exported Aircraft parts nes , worth 522.17 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sao Tome and Principe exported Surveying,hydrographic,oceanographic,meteorolog , worth 478.89 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sao Tome and Principe exported Chocolate, etc, containing cocoa in blocks, sla , worth 396.09 (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 31,683.28 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Sao Tome and Principe imported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth 4,105.79 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Sao Tome and Principe imported Wheat or meslin flour , worth 3,658.47 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Sao Tome and Principe imported Other non-alcoholic beverages, nes , worth 2,408.15 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Sao Tome and Principe imported Wine (not sparkling); grape must with by alcoho , worth 2,187.57 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Sao Tome and Principe in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 20 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.81 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.46 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,361.83 and duty free tariff line items share was 1.74 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Sao Tome and Principe in 2018 are below

  • Sao Tome and Principe GDP in current US dollar was 412 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,860.00 .
  • Sao Tome and Principe Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 35.53 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Sao Tome and Principe in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.10.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.30.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Sao Tome and Principe Country Growth was 9.14 .