Benin Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Benin

2021

Overall Exports and Imports

Exports
Exports (in US$ Mil) 1,024
No. Of products 678
No. Of partners 92
Imports
Imports (in US$ Mil) 3,186
No. Of products 2,990
No. Of partners 144

Trade Indicator

HH Market concentration index0.32
Index of export market penetration1.55
World Growth12.59
Country Growth21.74

Service Indicators 2021

Service imports (BoP, current US$)930,930,237.65
Service exports (BoP, current US$)511,584,205.24
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)27.14
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)20.92

Benin top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Bangladesh427 41.73
India102 9.96
China101 9.83
Vietnam51 5.01
Chad37 3.57
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
India547 17.17
China374 11.74
France350 10.98
Belgium178 5.58
Togo133 4.18

Benin Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials735 71.78 299 9.39 24.85
Intermediate goods147 14.35 603 18.92 9.17
Consumer goods89 8.71 1,741 54.63 11.22
Capital goods33 3.26 537 16.86 8.07

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports
Cotton, not carded o ...624,822.42
Cashew nuts, fresh o ...48,574.68
Petroleum oils, etc, ...37,047.36
Oil-cake and other s ...30,729.32
Other oil seeds and ...24,281.51
Imports
Semi-milled or wholl ...619,757.49
Petroleum oils, etc, ...333,855.77
Other medicaments of ...95,127.93
Frozen fish, nes79,597.69
Motorcycles with rec ...79,179.32

Tariff and Trade Barriers for Benin

Tariffs 2021

No. Of Tariff Agreement 2
Simple Average (%) 11.32
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand) 439,634.81
Maximum Rate (%) 35
Weighted Average (%) 10.89
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%) 21.32

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

OTRI »
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff (2009)0.12
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff (2009)0.11

Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

SPRD »
Services Trade Restrictions Index - Over All...

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) 2014

No Of NTM Measures (2014)62
No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) (2014)5,052

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB)

TTDB »
Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average...
Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average...

World Development Indicators (WDI)

2021 WDI »
Population11,485,048
GDP (current US$ Mil)17,690
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)1,330.00
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil)-1,100.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP)-6.22

Doing Business

2019 Doing Business »
Ease of Doing Business Rank149
Trading Across Borders Rank110

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)

2018 CPIA »
CPIA Trade Ratings4

Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

2016 LPI »
LPI Score2.43
LPI Rank115