South Africa ranked as the leading merchandise importer in Africa, as of 2019. The country imported goods in the value of roughly 107.5 billion U.S. dollars. Egypt followed with an import value of 70.9 billion U.S. dollars. In the same period, merchandise imports in Africa amounted to 579.8 billion U.S. dollars.
Leading merchandise importers in Africa as of 2019
(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. (September 23, 2020). Leading merchandise importers in Africa as of 2019 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181522/leading-merchandise-importers-in-africa/
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