Botswana | Imports and Exports | World | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Botswana totalled $ 5.38 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 90 from Botswana decreased by 44% in value terms compared to 2022. exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" decreased by $ 4.38 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 90 from Botswana amounted $9.76 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" amounted to 0.097% of total exports from Botswana (cumulative merchandise exports from Botswana totalled $ 5.5 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 90 in total exports from Botswana increased by 0.039 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.058% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Botswana were equal to $ 16.8 billion).
Where does Botswana export Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof?
Top export destinations of "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Botswana in 2023:
- South Africa with a share of 54% (2.95 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 27% (1.48 million US$)
- United Kingdom with a share of 9.08% (489 thousand US$)
- USA with a share of 3.2% (172 thousand US$)
- France - 50 thousand US$
- Zimbabwe - 43 thousand US$
- Canada - 27 thousand US$
- Australia - 18.3 thousand US$
- Angola - 18.3 thousand US$
- Austria - 16 thousand US$
Exports structure of 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof - from Botswana in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 63% (3.43 million US$): 9015 - Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- 13.1% (709 thousand US$): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- 4.42% (238 thousand US$): 9030 - Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.
- 3.19% (171 thousand US$): 9031 - Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- 2.66% (143 thousand US$): 9020 - Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
- 1.9% (102 thousand US$): 9026 - Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- 1.59% (86 thousand US$): 9022 - X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus; x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
- 1.34% (72 thousand US$): 9027 - Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
- 1.27% (68 thousand US$): 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability.
- 0.877% (47 thousand US$): 9013 - Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
The value of imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" to Botswana totalled $ 77 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 90 to Botswana decreased by 54% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" decreased by $ 94 million (the value of imports of commodity group 90 to Botswana was equal to $172 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" accounted for 1.21% of total import flow to Botswana (in 2023, total imports to Botswana amounted to $ 6.41 billion). The share of commodity group 90 in total imports to Botswana increased by 0.154 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.06% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Botswana were equal to $ 16.2 billion).
Where does Botswana import Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof from?
Top trading partners (import of "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof") of Botswana in 2023:
- South Africa with a share of 49% (38 million US$)
- USA with a share of 8.45% (6.59 million US$)
- Japan with a share of 6.92% (5.39 million US$)
- China with a share of 5.62% (4.38 million US$)
- India with a share of 4.75% (3.7 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 4.49% (3.5 million US$)
- Sweden with a share of 2.89% (2.25 million US$)
- France with a share of 2.05% (1.6 million US$)
- Australia with a share of 1.93% (1.5 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 1.32% (1.03 million US$)
Imports structure of 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof - to Botswana in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 24% (19.1 million US$): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- 18.8% (14.6 million US$): 9022 - X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus; x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
- 9.1% (7.09 million US$): 9031 - Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- 7.09% (5.53 million US$): 9015 - Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- 6.24% (4.86 million US$): 9026 - Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- 5.72% (4.46 million US$): 9027 - Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
- 4.06% (3.16 million US$): 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability.
- 3.87% (3.01 million US$): 9013 - Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- 2.92% (2.28 million US$): 9030 - Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.
- 2.64% (2.06 million US$): 9032 - Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
