Top 5 Imported Commodities of Africa
Machinery and equipmentChemicals
Petroleum products
Scientific instruments
Foodstuffs
Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with the largest economy, followed by South Africa and Egypt while Oil-rich countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Angola have Africa's highest GDP per capita along with Algeria, Libya and Gabon, and mineral-rich Botswana.
List of African Nations and their top imports and import partners
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Imports - commodities: capital goods,
foodstuffs, consumer goods
·
Imports - partners: France 18.7
percent, China 9 percent, Italy 8.5 percent, Spain 6 percent, US 5.5 percent,
Germany 5.3 percent, Russia 4.6 percent, Turkey 4.1 percent
Angola
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles,
military goods
·
Imports - partners: Portugal 19.3
percent, China 14.7 percent, US 12.3 percent, Brazil 8.3 percent, South Africa
5.4 percent, France 4.3 percent
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
capital goods, petroleum products
·
Imports - partners: China 39.8
percent, US 14 percent, Thailand 6.9 percent, France 6.9 percent, Malaysia 4.2
percent
Botswana
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum
products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products
Burkina
Faso
·
Imports - commodities: capital goods,
foodstuffs, petroleum
·
Imports - partners: Cote d'Ivoire
26.4 percent, France 18.2 percent, Togo 7.3 percent, Libya 4.2 percent
Burundi
·
Imports - commodities: capital goods,
petroleum products, foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 18.3
percent, Kenya 10.7 percent, Belgium 7.9 percent, France 5.8 percent, Uganda
5.1 percent, China 4.9 percent, India 4.5 percent, Germany 4.3 percent
·
Imports - commodities: machinery,
electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food
·
Imports - partners: France 21.6
percent, Nigeria 14.2 percent, China 9.2 percent, Belgium 6.2 percent
Cape
Verde
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
·
Imports - partners: Portugal 39.5
percent, Netherlands 11.4 percent, Spain 6.5 percent, UK 6.3 percent, Cote
d'Ivoire 4.4 percent, Brazil 4 percent
Central
African Republic
·
Imports - commodities: food,
textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals
·
Imports - partners: France 17.3
percent, Cameroon 9.8 percent, Netherlands 7.3 percent, US 6.7 percent
Chad
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles
·
Imports - partners: France 19.2
percent, Cameroon 16.2 percent
Comoros
·
Imports - commodities: rice and other
foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
·
Imports - partners: Brazil 13.5
percent, France 13.2 percent, China 10.5 percent, UAE 9.2 percent, South Africa
6.1 percent, Italy 5.3 percent, Pakistan 5.3 percent, Singapore 4.2 percent,
Kenya 4.2 percent
Dem
Rep of the Congo
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
· Imports - partners: South Africa 22.1
percent, Belgium 11.5 percent, Zambia 8.3 percent, Zimbabwe 7 percent, Kenya
5.9 percent, China 5.6 percent, France 5.4 percent
Cote
D’ivoire
·
Imports - commodities: fuel, capital
equipment, foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: Nigeria 32
percent, France 15.1 percent, China 7.8 percent
·
Imports - commodities: foods,
beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products
·
Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 22.1
percent, India 16.6 percent, China 9.1 percent, US 6.5 percent, Malaysia 4.5
percent, Ethiopia 4.3 percent
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels
·
Imports - partners: US 11.7 percent,
China 9.7 percent, Italy 6.4 percent, Germany 6.3 percent, Saudi Arabia 4.7
percent, Russia 4.3 percent
Equatorial
Guinea
·
Imports - commodities: petroleum
sector equipment, other equipment
·
Imports - partners: Spain 15.2
percent, US 13.4 percent, France 12.4 percent, Cote d'Ivoire 11.9 percent,
China 10.4 percent, Italy 6.3 percent, UK 5.8 percent
Eritrea
·
Imports - commodities: machinery,
petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
·
Imports - partners: Italy 16.9
percent, UAE 15.7 percent, China 13 percent, India 9.4 percent, US 6.7 percent,
Germany 6 percent, Turkey 5 percent
Ethiopia
·
Imports - commodities: food and live
animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor
vehicles, cereals, textiles
·
Imports - partners: China 19.5 percent,
Saudi Arabia 17.9 percent, India 7.2 percent, US 5 percent, Italy 4.4 percent
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials
·
Imports - partners: France 32.1
percent, US 11.1 percent, China 5.2 percent, Belgium 4.6 percent, Cameroon 4.4
percent, Netherlands 4.2 percent
The
Gambia
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
·
Imports - partners: China 22.7
percent, Senegal 11.7 percent, Cote d'Ivoire 8.4 percent, Brazil 7.4 percent,
Netherlands 4.9 percent
Ghana
·
Imports - commodities: capital
equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: China 15.9
percent, Nigeria 15.8 percent, US 5.9 percent, France 4.7 percent, UK 4.7
percent
Guinea
·
Imports - commodities: petroleum
products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other
foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: China 10.3
percent, France 7.8 percent, Netherlands 7.6 percent
Guinea-Bissau
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
·
Imports - partners: Portugal 24.6
percent, Senegal 17.3 percent, Pakistan 4.8 percent, France 4.6 percent, Cuba 4
percent
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel,
resins and plastics
·
Imports - partners: UAE 12.5 percent,
China 10.5 percent, Saudi Arabia 8.7 percent, India 8.3 percent, South Africa
6.6 percent, Japan 5.6 percent, US 4.2 percent
·
Imports - commodities: food; building
materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products
·
Imports - partners: China 31.1
percent, Taiwan 23.5 percent, Hong Kong 19.4 percent, India 13.8 percent,
Germany 5.2 percent
Liberia
·
Imports - commodities: fuels,
chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: South Korea 27.5
percent, Singapore 25.2 percent, Japan 11.6 percent, China 11.2 percent
Libya
·
Imports - commodities: machinery,
semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products
·
Imports - partners: Italy 18.9
percent, Germany 7.7 percent, China 7.3 percent, Tunisia 6.8 percent, France
5.7 percent, Turkey 5.4 percent, US 4.3 percent
·
Imports - commodities: capital goods,
petroleum, consumer goods, food
·
Imports - partners: China 16.3
percent, France 12.1 percent, Iran 8.3 percent, South Africa 6 percent, Mauritius
4.3 percent
Malawi
·
Imports - commodities: food,
petroleum products, semi manufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 35.7
percent, India 8.1 percent, China 7.2 percent, Tanzania 5.8 percent, US 4.5
percent
Mali
·
Imports - commodities: food,
petroleum products, semi manufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 35.7
percent, India 8.1 percent, China 7.2 percent, Tanzania 5.8 percent, US 4.5
percent
Mauritania
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
·
Imports - partners: France 16.3
percent, China 8.4 percent, Netherlands 6.2 percent, Spain 5.9 percent, Belgium
5.2 percent, US 4.9 percent, Brazil 4.4 percent
Mauritius
·
Imports - commodities: manufactured
goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
·
Imports - partners: India 21.2
percent, China 11.4 percent, France 10.7 percent, South Africa 7.4 percent
Morocco
·
Imports - commodities: crude
petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and
electricity, transistors, plastics
·
Imports - partners: France 16.1
percent, Spain 13.6 percent, China 7.3 percent, Italy 6.7 percent, Saudi Arabia
6.4 percent, Germany 5.9 percent, US 4.5 percent, Netherlands 4.1 percent
Mozambique
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 36.7
percent, Australia 8.5 percent, China 4.6 percent
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs;
petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 85.2
percent, US
Niger
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
·
Imports - partners: France 19.4
percent, Nigeria 8.6 percent, China 8.5 percent, French Polynesia 7.6 percent,
Belgium 5 percent, Cote d'Ivoire 4.9 percent
Nigeria
·
Imports - commodities: machinery,
chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
·
Imports - partners: China 10.6 percent,
Netherlands 7.9 percent, US 7.8 percent, South Korea 6.6 percent, UK 5.7
percent, France 4.3 percent, Brazil 4.2 percent, Germany 4.1 percent
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction
material
·
Imports - partners: Kenya 17.1
percent, China 6.2 percent, Uganda 6 percent, Belgium 5.9 percent, Germany 5.1
percent
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products
·
Imports - partners: Portugal 62.2
percent, US 11.6 percent, Gabon 4.5 percent
Senegal
·
Imports - commodities: food and
beverages, capital goods, fuels
·
Imports - partners: France 22.2
percent, Netherlands 10 percent, China 7.4 percent, UK 6.2 percent, Thailand
5.2 percent, Belgium 4.5 percent
Seychelles
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Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
·
Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 18.3
percent, Singapore 12.9 percent, France 10.8 percent, Spain 8.5 percent,
Germany 7.4 percent, South Africa 5.7 percent
Sierra
Leone
·
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals
·
Imports - partners: China 10.5
percent, Cote d'Ivoire 8.9 percent, US 7.9 percent, Belgium 6.7 percent, UK 6.7
percent, Thailand 5.2 percent, India 4.2 percent
South
Africa
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: Germany 10.9
percent, China 10 percent, Spain 8.2 percent, US 7.2 percent, Japan 6.1 percent,
UK 4.5 percent, Saudi Arabia 4.2 percent
Sudan
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Imports - commodities: foodstuffs,
manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals,
textiles, wheat
·
Imports - partners: China 24.9
percent, Saudi Arabia 8 percent, UAE 5.9 percent, India 5.8 percent, Egypt 5.3
percent
South Sudan
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Swaziland
·
Imports - commodities: motor
vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products,
chemicals
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 95.6
percent, EU 0.9 percent, Japan 0.9 percent (2006)
·
Imports - commodities: consumer
goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude
oil
·
Imports - partners: China 14.5
percent, South Africa 7.3 percent, Kenya 7.2 percent, India 6.3 percent, UAE
6.1 percent
Togo
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
·
Imports - partners: China 39.1
percent, Netherlands 7.9 percent, France 7.2 percent, Thailand 5.1 percent
Tunisia
·
Imports - commodities: textiles,
machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs
·
Imports - partners: France 23.8
percent, Italy 21.9 percent, Germany 9.7 percent, Spain 5 percent, Libya 4.4
percent
·
Imports - commodities: capital
equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
·
Imports - partners: Kenya 31.8 percent,
China 7.8 percent, UAE 7.7 percent, South Africa 5.9 percent, India 5.2 percent,
Japan 4.8 percent
·
Imports - commodities: machinery,
transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer;
foodstuffs, clothing
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 49.3
percent, China 8.2 percent, UAE 7.9 percent, India 4.4 percent
Zimbabwe
·
Imports - commodities: machinery and
transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels
·
Imports - partners: South Africa 52.2
percent, China 7 percent, Botswana 4.5 percent
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