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Botswana

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2023
* 7.7 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2023
* 7.2 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2023
60.6 %
Best preference trade-weighted average 2023
* 0.7 %

Source of data: WTO IDB, UN Comtrade, WTO RTA, World Tariff Profiles

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
18.7 %
Binding coverage
93.8 %
Share of bound duty-free
15.0 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 6,417.5 million USD in 2023

Imports by partner

South Africa
65.0 % 4,173.1 million USD
Namibia
7.7 % 496.0 million USD
Canada
4.9 % 312.0 million USD
European Union
4.7 % 303.3 million USD
China
3.3 % 210.1 million USD
India
2.7 % 174.4 million USD
Zambia
2.1 % 132.8 million USD
Armenia
1.8 % 114.2 million USD
Mozambique
1.5 % 98.7 million USD
United States of America
1.3 % 85.2 million USD
Rest of the World
4.9 % 317.6 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Imports by products HS 2022

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)
17.5 % 1,123.8 million USD
710231 Non-industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted (excl. industrial diamonds)
6.2 % 396.0 million USD
710239 Diamonds, worked, but not mounted or set (excl. industrial diamonds)
4.7 % 299.5 million USD
710210 Diamonds, unsorted
3.9 % 252.6 million USD
271600 Electrical energy
2.4 % 155.8 million USD
220210 Waters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverage
2.1 % 133.7 million USD
870323 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm³ but <= 3.000 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
1.7 % 107.4 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)
1.3 % 82.3 million USD
843149 Parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s.
1.1 % 67.7 million USD
100590 Maize (excl. seed for sowing)
1.0 % 61.6 million USD
Rest of the products
58.2 % 3,737.1 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports

Total exports: 5,502.7 million USD in 2023

Exports by destination

United Arab Emirates
29.8 % 1,637.7 million USD
European Union
18.0 % 989.2 million USD
India
12.3 % 674.2 million USD
South Africa
11.9 % 653.0 million USD
China
6.4 % 351.7 million USD
Hong Kong, China
5.9 % 322.9 million USD
Israel
3.9 % 215.1 million USD
Australia
2.2 % 121.2 million USD
United States of America
2.0 % 111.9 million USD
Singapore
1.8 % 97.8 million USD
Rest of the World
6.0 % 328.1 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports by products HS 2022

710231 Non-industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted (excl. industrial diamonds)
57.7 % 3,174.4 million USD
710239 Diamonds, worked, but not mounted or set (excl. industrial diamonds)
20.0 % 1,101.5 million USD
260300 Copper ores and concentrates
9.2 % 506.8 million USD
854430 Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for vehicles, aircraft or ships
2.2 % 122.7 million USD
283620 Disodium carbonate
1.0 % 56.3 million USD
010221 Pure-bred cattle for breeding
0.6 % 30.8 million USD
710221 Industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
0.5 % 30.2 million USD
710210 Diamonds, unsorted
0.5 % 27.4 million USD
250100 Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
0.5 % 24.9 million USD
854442 Electric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 V, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s.
0.4 % 24.3 million USD
Rest of the products
7.3 % 403.2 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Botswana

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Botswana as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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