Export and Import Statistics in Africa

Date: February 21, 2014

in: Value Add

COUNTRY	Processed goods	Raw Materials	Services	Exports ($ billions)	Imports ($ billions)	Balance of trade ($ billions)	Year
SOUTH AFRICA	*Machinery and equipment	*Gold		100.7	105	-4.3	2012
		*Diamonds
		*Platinum
		*Other metals and minerals
NIGERIA	*Petroleum & petroleum products	*Cocoa		92.16	54.6	37.56	2012
		*Rubber
ANGOLA	*Refined petroleum products	*Crude oil		69.26	22.86	46.4	2012
	*Fish products	*Diamonds
	*Timber	*Coffee
		*Sisal
		*Fish
		*Cotton
LIBYA	*Refined petroleum products	*Crude oil		52.12	18.1	34.02	2012
		*Natural gas
		*Chemicals
ALGERIA	*Petroleum products	*Petroleum		49.5	41.33	8.17	2013
		*Natural gas
EGYPT	*Petroleum products	*Crude oil		26.83	59.72	-32.89	2012
	*Textiles	*Cotton
	*Metal products	*Chemicals
MOROCCO	*Clothes and textiles	*Electric components		21.8	42.45	-20.65	2012
	*Transistors	*Inorganic chemicals
	*Petroleum products	*Crude minerals
		*Fertilizers (including phosphates)
		*Citrus fruits
		*Vegetables
		*Fish
TUNISIA	*Clothing	*Phosphates & chemicals		17.02	23.32	-6.3	2012
	*Semi-finished goods and textiles	*Hydrocarbons
	*Agricultural products
	*Mechanical goods
	*Electrical equipment
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	*Methanol	* Petroleum		14.73	7.558	7.172	2012
	*Timber	*Cocoa
GHANA	*Timber	*Diamonds		13.73	17.56	-3.83	2012
		*Horticulture
		*Aluminum
		*Cocoa
		*Gold
		*Tuna
		*Bauxite
		*Manganese ore
COTE D’IVOIRE	*Petroleum	*Coffee		12.25	8.589	3.661	2012
	*Palm oil	*Cocoa
	*Timber	*Cotton
		*Bananas
		*Pineapples
		*Fish
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO	*Lumber	*Petroleum		12.14	5.835	6.305	2012
	*Plywood	*Sugar
		*Cocoa
		*Coffee
		*Diamonds
GABON	*Manganese	*Crude oil 70%		10.2	3.638	6.562	2012
	*Timber	*Uranium
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	*Wood products	*Diamond		8.872	8.187	0.685	2012
		*Gold
		*Copper
		*Cobalt
		*Crude oil
		*Coffee
ZAMBIA		*Copper		8.589	7.361	1.228	2012
		*Cobalt
		*Electricity
		*Tobacco
		*Flowers
		*Cotton
KENYA	*Horticultural products	*Tea		6.285	15.1	-8.815	2012
	*Petroleum products	*Coffee
	*Cement	*Fish
BOTSWANA	*Textiles	*Diamonds		6.259	6.938	-0.679	2012
		*Copper
		*Nickel
		*Soda ash
		*Meat
CAMEROON	*Petroleum products	*Crude oil		6.025	6.559	-0.534	2012
	*Lumber	*Cocoa beans
		*Aluminum
		*Coffee
		*Cotton
TANZANIA		*Coffee	*Manufacturers	5.997	10.33	-4.333	2012
		*Gold
		*Cashew nuts
		*Cotton
SUDAN	*Oil and petroleum products	*Sugar		4.59	6.217	-1.627	2012
	*Gum arabic	*Ground nuts
		*Cotton
		*Sesame
		*Livestock
CHAD	*Oil	*Cattle		4.4144	2.761	1.383	2012
	*Gum arabic	*Cotton
NAMIBIA	*Processed fish	*Diamonds		4.335	5.586	-1.251	2012
		*Copper
		*Gold
		*Zinc
		*Lead
		*Uranium
		*Cattle
		*Karakul skins
MOZAMBIQUE	*Aluminum	*Prawns		3.469	6.167	-2.698	2012
	*Timbers	*Cashews
		*Cotton
		*Sugars
		*Citrus
		*Bulk electricity
ZIMBABWE	*Textile and clothing	*Gold		3.314	4.569	-1.255	2012
	*Ferroalloys	*Tobacco
		*Cotton
		*Tobacco
		*Platinum
ETHIOPIA	*Leather products	*Oil seeds		3.109	9.498	-6.389	2012
		*Live animals
		*Gold
		*Coffee
		*Qat
UGANDA	*Fish and fish products	*Coffee		2.804	5.187	-2.383	2012
	*Horticulture products	*Tea
		*Cotton
		*Flowers
		*Gold
MALI	*Wood products	*Tobacco		2.755	2.793	-0.038	2012
	*Apparel	*Tea
		*Sugar
		*Cotton
		*Coffee
		*Peanuts
MAURITIUS	*Clothing and textile	*Sugar		2.674	5.107	-2.433	2012
	*Molasses	*Cut flowers
		*Fish
MAURITANIA	*Fish products	*Fish		2.66	2.916	-0.256	2012
		*Iron ore
		*Gold
		*Copper
		*Petroleum
SENEGAL	*Petroleum products	*Fish		2.382	5.733	-3.351	2012
		*Groundnuts
		*Cotton
		*Phosphates
BURKINA FASO		*Cotton		2.177	2.694	-0.517	2012
		*Gold
		*Livestock
SWAZILAND	*Soft drink concentrate	*Sugar		2.005	2.152	-0.147	2012
	*Refrigerators
	*Citrus and canned fruit
	*wood pulp
	*Cotton yarn
BENIN	*Textiles	*Cotton		1.578	2.136	-0.558	2012
	*Palm products	*Cashews
		*Shea butter
		*Sea food
NIGER		*Uranium ore		1.389	2.328	-0.939	2012
		*livestock
		*Cowpeas
		*Onions
GUINEA	*Agricultural products	*Bauxite		1.348	2.606	-1.258	2012
		*Alumina
		*Gold
		*Diamonds
		*Coffee
		*Fish
MALAWI	*Wood products	*Tobacco		1.193	1.901	-0.708	2012
	*Apparel	*Tea
		*Sugar
		*Cotton
		*Peanuts
SIERRA LEONE		*Diamonds		1.104	1.509	1.104	2012
		*Rutile
		*Cocoa
		*Coffee
		*Fish
LESOTHO	*Clothing	*Wool and mohair		1.03	2.404	-1.374	2012
	*Footwear
	*Road vehicles
	*Food and live animals
TOGO		*Cotton	*Re-exports	0.9871	1.541	-0.5539	2012
		*Coffee
		*Cocoa
		*Phosphates
LIBERIA	*Timber	*Rubber		0.7748	2.275	-1.5002	2012
		*Iron
		*Diamonds
		*Cocoa
		*Coffee
MADAGASCAR	*Petroleum products	*Coffee		0.6407	2.755	-2.1143	2012
		*Vanilla
		*Shellfish
		*Sugar
		*Cotton cloth
		*Chromite
SOMALIA		*Livestock		0.5158	1.263	-0.7472	2010
		*Bananas
		*Hides
		*Fish
		*Charcoal
		*Scrap metal
SEYCHELLES	*Canned tuna	*Cinnamon bark	*Re-exporting	0.4933	0.8896	-0.3963	2012
	*Frozen fish	*Copra
RWANDA		*Coffee		0.4513	1.559	-1.1077	2012
		*Tea
		*Hides
		*Tin ore
ERITREA	*Textiles	*Sorghum	*Small manufacturers	0.4348	1	-0.5652	2012
	*Food	*Livestock
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	*Timber	*Diamonds		0.208	0.3324	-0.1244	2012
		*Cotton
		*Coffee
		*Tobacco
CAPE VERDE	*Fuel	*Fish		0.184	0.902	-0.718	2012
	*Shoes	*Hides
	*Garments
GUINEA-BISSAU	*Sawn lumber	*Cashew nuts		0.1398	0.237	-0.0972	2012
		*Shrimp
		*Peanuts
		*Palm kernel
BURUNDI		*Coffee		0.127	0.81	-0.683	2012
		*Tea
		*Sugar
		*Hides
		*Cotton
GAMBIA	*Peanut products	*Fish	*Re-exporting	0.1047	0.3603	-0.2556	2012
		*Cotton lint
		*Palm kernels
DJIBOUTI		*Hides and Skins	*Re-exports	0.0871	0.5795	-0.4924	2012
		*Coffee (in transit)
COMOROS		*Vanilla		0.0196	0.208	-0.1884	2012
		*Cloves
		*Copra
		*Ylang-ylang
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	*Palm oil	*Cocoa		0.0117	0.1216	-0.1099	2012
		*Copra
		*Coffee
SOUTH SUDAN		*Oil

References;

1. http://www.afrst.illinois.edu/outreach/business/imports/ (Exports and Imports)
2. http://www.andi.dz/index.php/en/statistique/bilan-du-commerce-exterieur (Algeria)
3. http://www.indexmundi.com/africa.html
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14019208 (South Sudan)