Burkina Faso Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Burkina Faso

2020

Overall Exports and Imports

Exports
Exports (in US$ Mil) 4,375
No. Of products 782
No. Of partners 97
Imports
Imports (in US$ Mil) 4,179
No. Of products 3,010
No. Of partners 160

Trade Indicator

HH Market concentration index0.64
Index of export market penetration1.52
World Growth-3.91
Country Growth13.82

Service Indicators 2020

Service imports (BoP, current US$)...
Service exports (BoP, current US$)...
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)...
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)...

Burkina Faso top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Switzerland3,338 76.30
India296 6.77
Cote d'Ivoire125 2.86
Singapore120 2.74
Ghana59 1.35
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China520 12.44
Cote d'Ivoire342 8.17
France306 7.33
United States298 7.14
Russian Federation289 6.92

Burkina Faso Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials614 14.03 112 2.67 8.86
Intermediate goods3,636 83.11 954 22.83 5.24
Consumer goods77 1.76 2,151 51.48 8.75
Capital goods48 1.10 962 23.02 7.27

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports
Gold in oth semi-man ...3,559,185.50
Cotton, not carded o ...261,776.64
Zinc ores and concen ...105,499.26
Cashew nuts, fresh o ...67,829.29
Sesamum seeds64,096.11
Imports
Petroleum oils, etc, ...871,006.10
Other medicaments of ...188,526.54
Cement clinkers167,447.46
Electrical energy141,904.83
Butanes, liquefied88,953.68

Tariff and Trade Barriers for Burkina Faso

Tariffs 2020

No. Of Tariff Agreement 2
Simple Average (%) 11
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand) 886,183.39
Maximum Rate (%) 35
Weighted Average (%) 7.15
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%) 15.49

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

OTRI »
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff (2009)0.14
Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff (2009)0.12

Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

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

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) 2012

No Of NTM Measures (2012)33
No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) (2012)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)

2020 WDI »
Population19,751,535
GDP (current US$ Mil)17,369
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)790.00
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil)...
Trade Balance (% of GDP)...

Doing Business

2019 Doing Business »
Ease of Doing Business Rank151
Trading Across Borders Rank122

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)

2018 CPIA »
CPIA Trade Ratings4

Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

2016 LPI »
LPI Score2.73
LPI Rank81