Ghana top 20 products at 2 Digit

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Ghana's Top 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level

The top 20 product groups contributed to 83.75% of total imports of Ghana in 2008. Major supplier countries to Ghana were China, Nigeria, India, USA, Belgium, Japan, UK, South Africa, Italy and Germany in the year 2008. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 62.6% share in Ghana’s Total Imports in 2008.

Rank in Global Imports of Ghana's in 2008	HS Code	Description	Ghana's Global Imports Value in 2008 (USD Million)	% Share of Product Group in Ghana's Global Imports Year 2008	%age Change in Global Imports of Ghana 2008/ 2007	Major Supplier Countries (Top 3 suppliers in 2008)	Supplier Country's %age Share in Ghana's Global Imports of Product Group	%age Change in Imports from Major Supplier 2008/ 2007	India
									Rank (2008)	%age Share in Ghana's Global Imports of Product Group	%age Change in Imports from India 2008/ 2007
-	TOTAL	All products	9057.687	100	24	China	11.71	31.59	-	-	-
						Nigeria	8.73	57.3
						India	8.7	23
1	87	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	1272.7	14.05	13	USA	21.19	44.29	7th	5.3	54.92
						Germany	10.44	-22.96
						South Korea	10.22	27.08
2	27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	1252.53	13.83	38	Nigeria	60.68	56.3	14th	0.07	114.52
						Congo	21.42	39.43
						Côte dIvoire	11.45	26.89
3	84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	1121.74	12.38	28	China	13.88	98.29	8th	3.2	-9.04
						USA	13.12	22.08
						Belgium	11.41	24.06
4	85	Electrical, electronic equipment	906.66	10.01	35	Sweden	21.74	110.08	5th	5.31	29.99
						China	16.96	49.71
						UK	7.64	-7.33
5	10	Cereals	464.29	5.13	71	Canada	38.14	133.79	11th	0.46	-41.85
						Thailand	28.45	89.77
						USA	9.09	11.97
6	25	Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	319.09	3.52	33	Indonesia	24.36	-14.93	18th	0.21	-68.06
						Togo	20.57	22.31
						Spain	9.1	153.41
7	73	Articles of iron or steel	317.22	3.5	45	China	28.91	71.48	4th	6.38	113.79
						South Africa	18.27	123.17
						USA	7.37	22.94
8	72	Iron and steel	282.46	3.12	31	China	31.21	63.92	3rd	9.29	10.25
						Ukraine	19.3	46.51
						India	9.29	10.25
9	39	Plastics and articles thereof	270.51	2.99	-2	Republic of Korea	15.2	18.64	7th	4.78	7.04
						USA	10.23	-14.93
						China	10.22	-6.81
10	38	Miscellaneous chemical products	195.19	2.15	36	Netherlands	23.37	317.08	12th	1.32	-10.48
						China	20.44	55.27
						France	8.23	132.34
11	40	Rubber and articles thereof	139.26	1.54	9	China	21.35	-11.98	4th	6.35	-1.18
						Japan	16.18	28.63
						Belgium	6.7	5.02
12	48	Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	127.1	1.4	21	China	10.95	8.45	3rd	8.98	30.06
						Morocco	9.02	53.32
						India	8.98	30.06
13	2	Meat and edible meat offal	125.31	1.38	31	Brazil	29.45	107	4th	11.51	77.77
						USA	15.74	2.23
						Netherlands	12.18	92.44
14	31	Fertilizers	119.07	1.31	49	Russian Federation	18.77	73.68	22nd	0.03	48
						Norway	18.73	596.66
						USA	11.39	228.33
15	15	Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc	119.03	1.31	39	Malaysia	52.55	61.98	16th	0.135	-93.6
						Indonesia	26.07	47.2
						Singapore	7.57	8.59
16	4	Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes	113.73	1.26	46	New Zealand	41.46	76.55	24th	0.16	3.51
						Netherlands	13.21	172.1
						Belgium	11.9	5.55
17	30	Pharmaceutical products	112.69	1.24	42	India	36	36.31	1st	36	36.31
						Belgium	12.03	97.7
						USA	9.17	149
18	90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	110.86	1.22	-3	Egypt	21.28	83.67	11th	2.21	-34.7
						China	16.7	-42.9
						Germany	12.89	-53.89
19	17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	110.39	1.22	-14	Brazil	71.27	-12.78	5th	3.2	40.92
						China	6.89	31.58
						South Africa	6.8	19.01
20	28	Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotopes	106.03	1.17	26	Australia	33.83	11.06	12th	1.28	-45.66
						Belgium	13.28	40.73
						USA	9.65	111.82

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