Sao Tome and Principe Trade

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Sao Tome and Principe

2022

Overall Exports and Imports

Exports
Exports (in US$ Mil) 23
No. Of products 347
No. Of partners 24
Imports
Imports (in US$ Mil) 196
No. Of products 2,447
No. Of partners 70

Trade Indicator

HH Market concentration index0.09
Index of export market penetration1.26
World Growth5.18
Country Growth-12.09

Service Indicators 2022

Service imports (BoP, current US$)...
Service exports (BoP, current US$)...
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)...
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Sao Tome and Principe top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Netherlands9 38.63
Unspecified5 22.08
Belgium3 13.93
Portugal2 9.60
Cameroon1 3.55
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Portugal79 40.33
Angola32 16.05
Togo30 15.43
Italy11 5.37
China8 4.28

Sao Tome and Principe Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials8 36.56 6 3.03 14.92
Intermediate goods8 37.11 27 13.99 5.63
Consumer goods6 25.13 126 64.18 10.15
Capital goods0 1.20 30 15.43 11.22

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports
Crude palm oil8,173.91
Cocoa beans, whole o ...8,091.32
Petroleum oils, etc, ...4,987.20
Coconut copra oil (e ...262.88
Fruits of genus Capi ...133.17
Imports
Petroleum oils, etc, ...55,727.45
Semi-milled or wholl ...7,011.62
Generating sets,dies ...6,777.47
Wheat or meslin flou ...5,495.72
Parts of electric mo ...3,875.38

Tariff and Trade Barriers for Sao Tome and Principe

Tariffs 2019

No. Of Tariff Agreement 1
Simple Average (%) 10
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand) 3,402.78
Maximum Rate (%) 20
Weighted Average (%) 9.97
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%) 1.67

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI)

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Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

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Services Trade Restrictions Index - Over All...

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM)

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No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit)...

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB)

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World Development Indicators (WDI)

2022 WDI »
Population211,028
GDP (current US$ Mil)547
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)2,410.00
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil)...
Trade Balance (% of GDP)...

Doing Business

2019 Doing Business »
Ease of Doing Business Rank170
Trading Across Borders Rank124

Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)

2018 CPIA »
CPIA Trade Ratings4

Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

2016 LPI »
LPI Score2.33
LPI Rank133