Sea · 40ft container
$5,180–6,335- Route
- Shanghai to Tema
- Load
- 15,000 kg
- Transit
- 35–78 days
Freightos · Oct 12, 2026
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China 
Ghana
Machinery, Iron and steel and Vehicles and parts lead the goods shipped from Shanghai to Tema, with sea transit of 35–78 days on today's estimate.
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- Freight · 40ft container$5,180–6,335Shanghai to Tema, 15,000 kgFreightos · Oct 12, 2026
- USD – GHS11.726▲ 2.3%Frankfurter · Oct 11, 2026
- Imports from China, 2024$3.97bnReported by GhanaUN Comtrade
- Top product groupMachineryHS 84UN Comtrade
What's traded
The largest product groups Ghana reported importing from China in 2024, by HS chapter.
| # | Product group | HS | Value, 2024 | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machinery | 84 | $846m | 21.3% |
| 2 | Iron and steel | 72 | $501m | 12.6% |
| 3 | Vehicles and parts | 87 | $435m | 11.0% |
| 4 | Electrical equipment | 85 | $339m | 8.5% |
| 5 | Plastics | 39 | $268m | 6.8% |
| 6 | Chemical products | 38 | $245m | 6.2% |
| 7 | Iron and steel articles | 73 | $189m | 4.8% |
| 8 | Optical and medical instruments | 90 | $121m | 3.0% |
Shipping this route
Market estimates for one shipment from Shanghai to Tema, by how you ship.
Sea · 20ft container
$4,080–5,411- Route
- Shanghai to Tema
- Load
- 10,000 kg
- Transit
- 32–78 days
Freightos · Oct 10, 2026
Sea · shared container
$601- Route
- Shanghai to Tema
- Load
- 2 pallets, 1,000 kg
- Transit
- 40–50 days
Freightos · Oct 10, 2026
Air freight
$4,455–4,580- Route
- Pudong to Accra
- Load
- 5 boxes, 500 kg
- Transit
- 4–7 days
Freightos · Oct 10, 2026
Estimates by Freightos (freightos.com). Prices in US dollars.
Duties and paperwork
Ghana applies the ECOWAS CET to goods from China, plus national VAT and levies.
ECOWAS CET
Every product code sits in one of five import duty bands.
VAT and levies are shown on the official site. Search the official tariff
- 0%Essential social goods
- 5%Raw materials and capital goods
- 10%Intermediate goods
- 20%Final consumer goods
- 35%Specific goods for development
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Coming up
- 15 Oct – 4 Nov2026
In 2 days Guangzhou, China - 2–5Dec 2026
In 50 days Shanghai, China
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- Refreshed daily. Where a source returns nothing for a route, the figure is left out rather than guessed.
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