As of 2020, Northern Africa was the region with the highest value of merchandise imports in the whole continent, reaching roughly 180.6 billion U.S. dollars. By contrast, Central Africa imported approximately 31 billion U.S. dollars in goods. Merchandise imports in Africa amounted to 509.8 billion U.S. dollars in the same period.
Value of merchandise imports in Africa as of 2020, by region
(in million U.S. dollars)
According to the source, international merchandise trade measures the value of goods which add or subtract from the stock of material resources of an economy by entering or leaving its territory (United Nations, 2011).
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UNCTAD. (June 8, 2021). Value of merchandise imports in Africa as of 2020, by region (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181477/value-of-merchandise-imports-by-region-in-africa/
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