Gabon | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 1998 - 2009

Exports structure from Gabon in 2009 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 83% (4.45 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 10.4% (558 million US$): 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
• 2.96% (159 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 1.2% (64 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 0.571% (30 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 0.546% (29 million US$): 40 - Rubber and articles thereof
• 0.181% (9.72 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 0.148% (7.92 million US$): 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
• 0.119% (6.41 million US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 0.097% (5.23 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Gabon export in 2009?

Gabon's Top Exports in 2009:

• 81% ($4.34 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 7.04% ($377 million): 4403 - Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
• 2.94% ($157 million): 2602 - Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20 % or more, calculated on the dry weight
• 1.96% ($105 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 1.84% ($98 million): 4408 - Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
• 1.2% ($64 million): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
• 0.839% ($44 million): 8481 - Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves
• 0.526% ($28 million): 4001 - Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
• 0.415% ($22 million): 2403 - Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences
• 0.231% ($12.3 million): 4412 - Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

Imports structure to Gabon in 2009 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 17.8% (446 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 13.3% (333 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 8% (200 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 7.38% (184 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 7.29% (182 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 3.79% (94 million US$): 02 - Meat and edible meat offal
• 3.2% (80 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.95% (73 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.47% (61 million US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 2.11% (52 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof

What did Gabon import in 2009?

Gabon's Top Imports in 2009:

• 6.34% ($158 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 5.61% ($140 million): 7304 - Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel.
• 3.83% ($95 million): 7308 - Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
• 3.35% ($83 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.73% ($68 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.62% ($65 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
• 2.46% ($61 million): 8481 - Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves
• 2.3% ($57 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
• 1.63% ($40 million): 1006 - Rice
• 1.57% ($39 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.