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Seychelles Trade Summary

2016

Seychelles exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR SEYCHELLES 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Seychelles 2016

Exports and imports of Seychelles in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 484 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,533 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 282 products were exported to 89 countries and 3,419 products were imported from 173 countries.

Seychelles top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Seychelles exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Seychelles exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 128 million, with a partner share of 26.35 percent.
  2. Seychelles exports to France worth US$ 110 million, with a partner share of 22.80 percent.
  3. Seychelles exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 74 million, with a partner share of 15.37 percent.
  4. Seychelles exports to Italy worth US$ 51 million, with a partner share of 10.57 percent.
  5. Seychelles exports to Germany worth US$ 19 million, with a partner share of 3.92 percent.

Top five countries from which Seychelles imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Seychelles imports from Cayman Islands worth US$ 512 million, with a partner share of 33.41 percent.
  2. Seychelles imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 250 million, with a partner share of 16.28 percent.
  3. Seychelles imports from South Africa worth US$ 89 million, with a partner share of 5.83 percent.
  4. Seychelles imports from France worth US$ 89 million, with a partner share of 5.77 percent.
  5. Seychelles imports from Spain worth US$ 85 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.

Seychelles Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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

  1. Seychelles exported Prepared or preserved tuna, skipjack and bonito , worth US$ 256,759.24 million.
  2. Seychelles exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 126,630.34 million.
  3. Seychelles exported Cigarettes containing tobacco , worth US$ 15,813.80 million.
  4. Seychelles exported Frozen yellowfin tunas , worth US$ 15,121.31 million.
  5. Seychelles exported Rowing boats, canoes, sculls and other pleasure , worth US$ 13,950.90 million.

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

  1. Seychelles imported Motorboats, other than outboard motorboats , worth US$ 523,627.85 million.
  2. Seychelles imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 162,324.32 million.
  3. Seychelles imported Frozen tunas, nes , worth US$ 107,074.67 million.
  4. Seychelles imported Rowing boats, canoes, sculls and other pleasure , worth US$ 25,132.31 million.
  5. Seychelles imported Natural gas, liquefied , worth US$ 14,754.62 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Seychelles in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 200 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.85 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.32 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,310,362.30 and duty free tariff line items share was 81.66 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Seychelles in 2016 are below

  • Seychelles GDP in current US dollar was 1,459 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 13,920.00 .
  • Seychelles Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -159.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 194.45 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 121.21 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Seychelles in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.49.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.38 and Seychelles Country Growth was 9.78 .