Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2024
12.0 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2023
11.2 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2024
1.7 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
29.2 %
Binding coverage
38.7 %
Share of bound duty-free
1.9 %
Imports
Total imports: 3,904.9 million USD in 2023
Imports by partner
European Union
22.8 %
888.7
million USD
India
17.1 %
666.0
million USD
China
12.8 %
500.0
million USD
United States of America
5.2 %
204.9
million USD
Nigeria
5.2 %
201.1
million USD
United Arab Emirates
3.7 %
145.2
million USD
Togo
3.7 %
143.2
million USD
Côte d'Ivoire
2.8 %
109.7
million USD
Malaysia
2.5 %
99.5
million USD
Morocco
2.5 %
97.0
million USD
Rest of the World
21.8 %
849.7
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
100630
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed
16.3 %
637.8
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
10.3 %
403.3
million USD
151190
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
3.8 %
147.3
million USD
271600
Electrical energy
3.0 %
118.8
million USD
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
2.3 %
91.1
million USD
271012
Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
2.3 %
90.5
million USD
310319
Superphosphates (excl. such products containing by weight => 35 % of diphosphorus pentaoxide, or in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
1.7 %
64.7
million USD
020714
Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
1.5 %
59.7
million USD
310210
Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution (excl. that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
1.5 %
58.1
million USD
030355
Frozen jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp."
1.4 %
54.0
million USD
Rest of the products
55.8 %
2,179.5
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 1,052.2 million USD in 2023
Exports by destination
Bangladesh
37.2 %
391.5
million USD
India
15.4 %
162.2
million USD
Pakistan
7.2 %
75.8
million USD
Togo
5.4 %
57.3
million USD
China
5.3 %
55.5
million USD
United Arab Emirates
4.3 %
45.7
million USD
European Union
4.2 %
44.6
million USD
Chad
3.5 %
36.7
million USD
Egypt
2.5 %
26.7
million USD
Viet Nam
1.7 %
17.7
million USD
Rest of the World
13.2 %
138.6
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
520100
Cotton, neither carded nor combed
48.0 %
504.7
million USD
080131
Fresh or dried cashew nuts, in shell
8.6 %
90.2
million USD
120110
Soya bean seed, for sowing
4.9 %
51.6
million USD
120190
Soya beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing)
3.8 %
39.8
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
3.6 %
38.0
million USD
230400
Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
2.5 %
26.0
million USD
120729
Cotton seeds (excl. for sowing)
2.3 %
24.7
million USD
080132
Fresh or dried cashew nuts, shelled
2.1 %
21.8
million USD
721420
Bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, with indentations, ribs, groves or other deformations produced during the rolling process
1.9 %
20.2
million USD
721391
Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel, of circular cross-section measuring < 14 mm in diameter (excl. bars and rods of free-cutting steel, and bars and rods with indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process)
1.7 %
18.2
million USD
Rest of the products
20.6 %
216.9
million USD
Preferential regimes provided by Benin
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Benin as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes
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