Trade & Tariff Profile Ghana

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	INDIA : India’s Trade with the African Region notched US$ 38.96 Billion in the year 2009-10 (DGCI&S provisional figures) constituting 8.37% share in India’s total trade. Trade with the region has grown at a CAGR of 18.10% from US$ 4.48 Billion in 1996-97.	AFRICA : 54 Countries, 1 billion people, US$ 1.01 Billion of trade. Imports worth US$ 468 billion include Mineral Fuels, Oils, Machinery, Vehicles including Boats, Ships, Aircrafts, Electronics & Electricals, Iron & Steel & Articles thereof, Cereals, Plastics, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Top 20 product groups imported by select African countries ............. [More].

Trade & Tariff Profile of Ghana

Tariffs applied by Ghana, based on the data from 2009, to products originating from India.

HS Code	Description	Tariff lines at the 8 digit HS Code level	Total applied ad valorem equivalent tariff (estimated)
1	Live animals	23	17.26%
2	Meat and edible meat offal	59	20.00%
3	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	94	5.75%
4	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	37	19.52%
5	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	18	20.00%
6	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	12	20.00%
7	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	64	19.08%
8	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons	63	20.00%
9	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	56	20.00%
10	Cereals	18	15.23%
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	36	16.47%
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	52	8.60%
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	12	10.00%
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	9	18.05%
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	56	19.11%
16	Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates	29	20.00%
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	18	12.36%
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	17	20.00%
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	20	17.10%
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	56	20.00%
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	21	20.00%
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	29	19.89%
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	26	7.28%
24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	9	20.00%
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	75	13.34%
26	Ores, slag and ash	42	11.74%
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	61	5.17%
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	183	10.00%
29	Organic chemicals	355	10.12%
30	Pharmaceutical products	34	5.91%
31	Fertilisers	26	0.00%
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	57	13.94%
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	38	16.72%
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis	26	19.93%
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	15	20.00%
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	9	17.59%
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	37	18.84%
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	89	9.06%
39	Plastics and articles thereof	133	13.91%
40	Rubber and articles thereof	91	10.86%
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	38	10.00%
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)	24	19.97%
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	14	20.00%
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	72	14.74%
45	Cork and articles of cork	8	9.95%
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	6	20.00%
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	20	11.86%
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	112	17.49%
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	21	1.08%
50	Silk	10	19.62%
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	38	20.00%
52	Cotton	143	17.48%
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	29	15.36%
54	Man-made filaments	66	17.57%
55	Man-made staple fibres	118	17.66%
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	35	13.48%
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	23	20.00%
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	42	19.91%
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	24	19.50%
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	44	20.00%
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	114	20.00%
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	119	20.00%
63	Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	59	18.26%
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	32	20.00%
65	Headgear and parts thereof	11	17.98%
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	7	20.00%
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	8	20.00%
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	50	13.53%
69	Ceramic products	30	11.94%
70	Glass and glassware	76	12.24%
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	53	20.00%
72	Iron and steel	171	13.05%
73	Articles of iron or steel	150	11.82%
74	Copper and articles thereof	60	10.30%
75	Nickel and articles thereof	17	12.21%
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	41	12.30%
78	Lead and articles thereof	11	10.00%
79	Zinc and articles thereof	10	10.45%
80	Tin and articles thereof	8	11.81%
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	51	12.21%
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	67	8.55%
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	37	12.57%
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	517	3.36%
85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	299	8.39%
86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds	24	0.00%
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	387	6.91%
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	16	17.76%
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	28	15.24%
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	166	10.33%
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	53	20.00%
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	23	0.00%
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	21	20.00%
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	38	18.90%
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	44	17.24%
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	50	18.18%
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	7	20.00%

Source : UN Database

For Further Reference

National Customs

Tariff Profiles 2009, WTO

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