Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2024
12.0 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2024
10.5 %
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: 3,366.5 million USD in 2024
Imports by partner
European Union
21.2 %
715.3
million USD
India
18.0 %
604.4
million USD
China
12.8 %
429.3
million USD
Togo
5.3 %
178.5
million USD
United States of America
5.3 %
177.2
million USD
Russian Federation
4.7 %
158.3
million USD
Côte d'Ivoire
3.9 %
130.1
million USD
Nigeria
2.9 %
98.4
million USD
United Arab Emirates
2.7 %
89.7
million USD
Thailand
2.5 %
84.5
million USD
Rest of the World
20.8 %
700.9
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
100630
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed
19.9 %
671.5
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
8.1 %
273.1
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)
3.2 %
108.7
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)
2.7 %
91.1
million USD
310520
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (excl. those in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
2.2 %
72.5
million USD
030355
Frozen jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp."
1.6 %
53.5
million USD
170199
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar)
1.4 %
48.4
million USD
100199
Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat)
1.4 %
47.5
million USD
391721
Rigid tubes, pipes and hoses, of polymers of ethylene
1.4 %
46.2
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)
1.4 %
45.9
million USD
Rest of the products
56.7 %
1,908.1
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 1,112.8 million USD in 2024
Exports by destination
Bangladesh
43.2 %
480.8
million USD
European Union
10.1 %
112.5
million USD
India
7.8 %
86.8
million USD
Pakistan
6.8 %
76.2
million USD
United States of America
5.4 %
59.9
million USD
China
4.2 %
46.4
million USD
Chad
3.2 %
35.4
million USD
Nigeria
2.8 %
30.9
million USD
United Arab Emirates
2.7 %
29.9
million USD
Togo
2.3 %
25.8
million USD
Rest of the World
11.5 %
128.2
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
520100
Cotton, neither carded nor combed
45.0 %
500.9
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
7.4 %
82.3
million USD
120799
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds, sunflower seeds, palm nuts and kernels, cotton, castor oil, sesamum, mustard, safflower, melon and poppy seeds)
7.2 %
79.9
million USD
120110
Soya bean seed, for sowing
4.3 %
48.2
million USD
080132
Fresh or dried cashew nuts, shelled
4.0 %
44.2
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
3.5 %
38.6
million USD
721420
Bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, with indentations, ribs, groves or other deformations produced during the rolling process
2.2 %
24.4
million USD
150710
Crude soya-bean oil, whether or not degummed
2.2 %
24.0
million USD
120190
Soya beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing)
1.9 %
21.4
million USD
120729
Cotton seeds (excl. for sowing)
1.9 %
20.6
million USD
Rest of the products
20.5 %
228.4
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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