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Benin

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2024
12.0 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2023
11.2 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2024
1.7 %

Source of data: WTO IDB, UN Comtrade

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
29.2 %
Binding coverage
38.7 %
Share of bound duty-free
1.9 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

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

Source of data: UN Comtrade

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

Source of data: UN Comtrade

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

Source of data: UN Comtrade

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

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Benin

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Benin as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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