Sao Tome and Principe Imports

Imports to Sao Tome and Principe advanced 7.2 percent from a year ago to USD 34.3 million in Q1 2019, mainly driven by purchases of consumption goods (15%), including food (12.2%); books, teaching materials (1501%); medicines (116.7%); and petroleum products (2.5%), namely gasoline (3.1%). In contrast, imports fell for capital goods (-6.5%). Major import partners were the EU (55.7%), of which Portugal (43.5%), Belgium (8.4%); and Angola (23.3%). Imports in Sao Tome and Principe averaged 21.99 USD Million from 1999 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 42.28 USD Million in the third quarter of 2014 and a record low of 3.23 USD Million in the second quarter of 1999.

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Sao Tome and Principe Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-30.40	-32.70	-1.55	-40.65	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-62.67	-78.60	8.70	-103.94	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-24.70	-31.70	-14.10	-43.00	percent	[+]
Imports	32.92	34.35	42.28	3.23	USD Million	[+]
Exports	2.56	1.62	6.43	0.10	USD Million	[+]

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Sao Tome and Principe main imports are: food (22 percent of total imports), capital equipment (21 percent) and fuel (15 percent). Others include: construction materials and beverages. Main import partner is Portugal (54 percent of total imports). Others include: Angola (22 percent), China (5 percent) and Nigeria (2 percent). This page provides - Sao Tome and Principe Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sao Tome and Principe Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.