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Eswatini Trade Summary

2008

Eswatini exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ESWATINI 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Eswatini 2008

Exports and imports of Eswatini in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,129 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,316 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,703 products were exported to 98 countries and 4,032 products were imported from 94 countries.

Eswatini top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. Eswatini exports to South Africa worth US$ 742 million, with a partner share of 65.73 percent.
  2. Eswatini exports to United States worth US$ 81 million, with a partner share of 7.16 percent.
  3. Eswatini exports to Mozambique worth US$ 61 million, with a partner share of 5.44 percent.
  4. Eswatini exports to Portugal worth US$ 45 million, with a partner share of 3.95 percent.
  5. Eswatini exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 30 million, with a partner share of 2.64 percent.

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

  1. Eswatini imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,217 million, with a partner share of 92.49 percent.
  2. Eswatini imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 21 million, with a partner share of 1.58 percent.
  3. Eswatini imports from China worth US$ 15 million, with a partner share of 1.13 percent.
  4. Eswatini imports from United States worth US$ 10 million, with a partner share of 0.75 percent.
  5. Eswatini imports from Japan worth US$ 7 million, with a partner share of 0.52 percent.

Eswatini Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Eswatini along with trade value are:

  1. Eswatini exported Mixtures of odoriferous substances, for the foo , worth 325,047.15 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Eswatini exported Lactose and lactose syrup , worth 209,351.84 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Eswatini exported Benzoic acid, its salts and esters , worth 22,350.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Eswatini exported Unbleached non-coniferous chemical wood pulp, s , worth 20,173.46 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Eswatini exported Unbleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda , worth 17,994.78 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Eswatini along with trade value are

  1. Eswatini imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 192,879.36 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Eswatini imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 22,712.73 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Eswatini imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 22,577.68 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Eswatini imported Mixtures of odoriferous substances, for the foo , worth 19,355.65 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Eswatini imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth 18,461.66 (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 Eswatini in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 605.45 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.72 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.95 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 120,715.35 and duty free tariff line items share was 47.32 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Eswatini in 2008 are below

  • Eswatini GDP in current US dollar was 3,294 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 3,240.00 .
  • Eswatini Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.09.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -233.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 112.99 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 27.50 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Eswatini in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.04.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.06.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Eswatini Country Growth was -86.11 .