Africa

Côte d'Ivoire is listed here in African Union, ECOWAS and UEMOA. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.

Cargo is recorded through Abidjan.

Population, output and inflation on this page are the latest World Bank values. Exports, imports and partners are UN Comtrade merchandise figures when the public preview published a row. The currency line uses the European Central Bank reference rate, or the official peg where the currency is fixed.

• The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 7.3% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule.

  World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products

• The ECOWAS Common External Tariff has five duty bands: 0% for essential social goods, 5% for basic necessities, raw materials and capital goods, 10% for intermediate goods, 20% for finished consumer goods, and 35% for specific goods for economic development. The rate for a product is the band of its HS code, not a country average.

  ECOWAS Trade Information System, Common External Tariff

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Republic of Ghana is the official name of Ghana, in West Africa. The capital is Accra. The currency is the Ghana cedi (GHS).

Ghana is listed here in African Union and ECOWAS. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.

Cargo is recorded through Tema, Takoradi.

• The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 12.5% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule.

  World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products

• The ECOWAS Common External Tariff has five duty bands: 0% for essential social goods, 5% for basic necessities, raw materials and capital goods, 10% for intermediate goods, 20% for finished consumer goods, and 35% for specific goods for economic development. The rate for a product is the band of its HS code, not a country average.

  ECOWAS Trade Information System, Common External Tariff

• On top of the tariff band, Ghana charges an ECOWAS levy of 0.5% of the value of imports from outside the Community. The Ghana Revenue Authority also lists an African Union levy, VAT, NHIL, GETFund and other charges. ICUMS assesses the bill for the shipment. This page does not restate a rate the Authority has not published as a single figure.

  ECOWAS community levy protocol, and Ghana Revenue Authority tariffs and levies

Federal Republic of Nigeria is the official name of Nigeria, in West Africa. The capital is Abuja. The currency is the Naira (NGN).

Nigeria is listed here in African Union and ECOWAS. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.

Cargo is recorded through Lagos (Apapa), Tin Can Island.

• The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 9.3% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule.

  World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products

• The ECOWAS Common External Tariff has five duty bands: 0% for essential social goods, 5% for basic necessities, raw materials and capital goods, 10% for intermediate goods, 20% for finished consumer goods, and 35% for specific goods for economic development. The rate for a product is the band of its HS code, not a country average.

  ECOWAS Trade Information System, Common External Tariff

Republic of Kenya is the official name of Kenya, in East Africa. The capital is Nairobi. The currency is the Kenyan shilling (KES).

Kenya is listed here in African Union and EAC. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.

Cargo is recorded through Mombasa.

• The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 11.7% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule.

  World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products

• This country applies the East African Community common external tariff. Goods that qualify under the community rules of origin move between partners at the community rate. The rate on a product from outside the community is the tariff line, not a country average.

  East African Community, customs

Republic of South Africa is the official name of South Africa, in Southern Africa. The capital is Pretoria. The currency is the Rand (ZAR).

South Africa is listed here in African Union, SADC and SACU. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.

Cargo is recorded through Durban, Cape Town, Gqeberha.

• The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 4.7% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule.

  World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products

• This country applies the SACU common external tariff together with Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. The rate is the tariff line for the product code.

  Southern African Customs Union

• 6–15Nov 2026

  Lagos, Nigeria

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• 2–4Mar 2027

  Cape Town, South Africa

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• 5–11Nov 2027

  Lagos, Nigeria

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