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Seychelles Trade Summary

2008

Seychelles exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SEYCHELLES 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Seychelles 2008

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

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 702 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,596 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 492 products were exported to 79 countries and 3,567 products were imported from 217 countries.

Seychelles top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

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

  1. Seychelles exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 259 million, with a partner share of 36.90 percent.
  2. Seychelles exports to France worth US$ 156 million, with a partner share of 22.28 percent.
  3. Seychelles exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 130 million, with a partner share of 18.45 percent.
  4. Seychelles exports to Italy worth US$ 46 million, with a partner share of 6.59 percent.
  5. Seychelles exports to Germany worth US$ 45 million, with a partner share of 6.43 percent.

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

  1. Seychelles imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 407 million, with a partner share of 15.70 percent.
  2. Seychelles imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 328 million, with a partner share of 12.65 percent.
  3. Seychelles imports from Singapore worth US$ 233 million, with a partner share of 8.97 percent.
  4. Seychelles imports from Germany worth US$ 190 million, with a partner share of 7.34 percent.
  5. Seychelles imports from South Africa worth US$ 172 million, with a partner share of 6.61 percent.

Seychelles Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Seychelles exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 260,460.34 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Seychelles exported Prepared or preserved tuna, skipjack and bonito , worth 257,400.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Seychelles exported Other fish salted or in brine but not dried or , worth 122,387.82 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Seychelles exported Aircraft parts nes , worth 9,426.56 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Seychelles exported Fish fats, oils and fractions (excl. fish liver , worth 9,028.87 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Seychelles imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 633,773.19 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Seychelles imported Frozen tunas, nes , worth 165,153.84 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Seychelles imported Tankers , worth 163,659.86 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Seychelles imported Coniferous wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sli , worth 43,261.67 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Seychelles imported Furniture, wooden, nes , worth 35,171.06 (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 Seychelles 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 Seychelles in 2008 are below

  • Seychelles GDP in current US dollar was 980 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 11,520.00 .
  • Seychelles Trade balance: as % of GDP was -12.57.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -123.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 208.84 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 72.25 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Seychelles in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.43.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Seychelles Country Growth was -86.59 .