Benin Tariff Guide '22

World Tariff Profiles

2022

SPECIAL TOPICS 1. Preferential rules of origin in international trade 2. Non-tariff measures on “green” and “brown” energy products

Benin Benin

Part A.1

Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges

Summary

Total

Simple average final bound

Ag

29.2

Simple average MFN applied

Non-Ag

61.4

2021 2020

12.1

15.8

11.5

Trade weighted average

12.1

16.5

10.2

Imports in billion US$

2020

2.6

0.8

1.8

5 <= 10

10 <= 15

Duty-free

Frequency distribution

0 <= 5

WTO member since

1996

Binding coverage:

11.2

Total

38.7

Non-Ag

28.9

Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)

0

Ag: Special safeguards (in % )

0

15 <= 25

25 <= 50

50 <= 100

> 100

NAV

Tariff lines and import values (in %)

in %

Agricultural products 0

0.7

1.3

0

0.1

0

97.7

0

0

MFN applied

Final bound 2021

0

27.1

19.1

0

41.9

12.0

0

0

0

Imports

2020

0

4.2

52.7

0

20.9

22.2

0

0

0 0

Non-agricultural products 0.9

11.5

6.4

5.0

3.8

1.2

0.1

0

MFN applied

Final bound 2021

2.0

40.4

21.4

0

35.8

0.4

0

0

0

Imports

2020

9.6

31.3

32.8

0

24.8

1.5

0

0

0

Part A.2

Tariffs and imports by product groups Final bound duties

Product groups

AVG

Duty-free

Max

Binding

in %

MFN applied duties

AVG

in %

Duty-free

Imports Max

in %

Share

Duty-free

in %

in %

Animal products

60.0

0

60

100

24.5

0

35

3.2

0

Dairy products

37.3

0

60

100

17.2

0

35

0.3

0

Fruit, vegetables, plants

60.0

0

60

100

17.8

0

35

0.7

0

Coffee, tea

60.0

0

60

100

18.5

0

35

0.2

0

Cereals & preparations

59.7

0

100

100

13.6

0

35

20.0

0

Oilseeds, fats & oils

78.5

0

100

98.8

11.1

0

35

2.7

0

Sugars and confectionery

60.0

0

60

100

12.6

0

35

1.4

0

Beverages & tobacco

60.1

0

75

100

17.4

0

35

0.9

0

Cotton

60.0

0

60

100

5.0

0

5

0.0

0

Other agricultural products

60.3

0

100

100

9.6

0

20

0.4

0

8.6

41.4

60

11.2

16.0

0

20

4.4

0

28.4

5.7

50

11.7

11.6

2.0

20

14.0

8.3

Fish & fish products Minerals & metals Petroleum

7.5

0

10

83.3

7.7

19.0

10

13.2

0.0

Chemicals

24.6

0

60

1.5

7.2

4.8

35

10.4

47.6

Wood, paper, etc.

Textiles

5.8

0

15

4.3

11.2

4.6

20

1.8

6.6

18.4

0

25

26.3

16.1

0.3

35

3.4

0.8

Clothing

15.0

0

15

70.6

20.0

0

20

0.1

0

Leather, footwear, etc.

16.5

0

25

25.3

12.3

1.3

20

1.0

2.6

Non-electrical machinery

5.3

4.3

25

90.9

6.8

0

20

4.7

0

Electrical machinery

6.9

0.4

7

93.6

11.2

0.4

20

4.0

10.6

Transport equipment

13.2

0.8

25

75.0

8.3

2.3

20

8.3

0.0

Manufactures, n.e.s.

7.2

0

15

2.9

14.2

2.1

20

4.9

0.1

Part B

Exports to major trading partners and duties faced Bilateral imports Major markets

in million US$

Diversification

MFN AVG of

Pref.

95% trade in no. of

traded TL

margin

HS 2-digit

HS 6-digit

Simple

Weighted

Weighted

Duty-free imports TL

Value

in %

in %

Agricultural products 1. India

2020

293

3

3

19.5

12.9

12.3

87.5

98.0

2. China

2020

63

3

3

11.6

17.5

17.5

100.0

100.0

3. European Union

2020

15

6

10

8.2

1.5

1.5

100.0

100.0

4. Niger

2020

12

6

8

17.4

13.3

13.3

100.0

100.0

5. Türkiye

2020

5

4

5

4.4

3.4

0.0

66.7

65.8

2020

543

1

1

4.6

0.0

0.0

7.1

100.0

104

1

2

15.4

7.3

7.3

100.0

100.0

Non-agricultural products 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Mali

56

3. India

2020

33

1

2

6.5

8.3

8.3

91.7

99.8

4. Niger

2020

27

9

17

15.1

18.5

18.5

100.0

100.0

5. Burkina Faso

2020

20

2

4

14.7

9.2

9.2

100.0

100.0

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WTO ITC UNCTAD World Tariff Profiles 2022