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Ghana chemical trade

Chemicals, plastics and rubber (HS chapters 28 to 40) that Ghana exported and imported, as reported by its trade partners, with its largest HS codes and partner countries.

Suppliers in Ghana
Exports in 2024
$223M
+34.6% vs 2023
Imports in 2024
$2.66B
+6.0% vs 2023
Trade balance
−$2.44B
Net importer
World exporter rank
#93
<0.1% of world chemical exports

Ghana does not publish detailed six digit trade figures. Its figures for 2019 to 2024 are mirror data, built from what the 28 major economies reported about their trade with Ghana, so treat them as a lower bound.

Trend

Ghana's chemical exports and imports per year, 2019 to 2024, partly or fully as reported by its trade partners.

Exports$223M in 2024Imports$2.66B in 2024
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Ghana chemical exports and imports by year, US dollars
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Ghana chemical exports and imports by year, US dollars
YearExportsImports
2019$66.8M$1.74B
2020$97.3M$2.02B
2021$122M$2.45B
2022$146M$2.53B
2023$166M$2.51B
2024$223M$2.66B

By HS chapter

How Ghana's chemical trade in 2024 splits across chapters 28 to 40.

Exports Imports

Largest HS codes

The chemical HS codes Ghana exported and imported the most in 2024.

Top exports

  1. 14001.29Natural rubber in other forms, otherAt least 7 destinations$114M
  2. 24001.22Technically specified natural rubber (TSNR)At least 17 destinations$78.8M
  3. 34001.21Smoked sheetsAt least 2 destinations$15.2M
  4. 43304.99Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than…At least 21 destinations$3.07M
  5. 53915.90Waste, parings and scrapAt least 7 destinations$2.29M
  6. 63401.11Soap and organic surface-active products in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt…At least 20 destinations$2.13M
  7. 73823.19Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining, otherAt least 4 destinations$2.06M
  8. 83907.61Poly(ethylene terephthalate), having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higherAt least 3 destinations$713K
  9. 93907.69Poly(ethylene terephthalate), otherAt least 4 destinations$693K
  10. 102836.40Potassium carbonatesAt least 1 destination$626K
  11. 113811.90Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers…At least 2 destinations$461K
  12. 123401.19Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes…At least 12 destinations$389K

Top imports

  1. 13808.93Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulatorsAt least 8 supplying countries$160M
  2. 24011.20New pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorriesAt least 12 supplying countries$129M
  3. 33901.20Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0,94 or moreAt least 14 supplying countries$111M
  4. 43907.61Poly(ethylene terephthalate), having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higherAt least 3 supplying countries$103M
  5. 53002.41Vaccines for human medicineAt least 5 supplying countries$93.5M
  6. 62901.10SaturatedAt least 6 supplying countries$91.3M
  7. 73924.90Household articles and hygienic or toilet articlesAt least 21 supplying countries$86.7M
  8. 83926.90Plastics, other articles not elsewhere classified in chapter 39At least 25 supplying countries$68.2M
  9. 93924.10Tableware and kitchenwareAt least 18 supplying countries$65.3M
  10. 103808.91InsecticidesAt least 13 supplying countries$49.8M
  11. 113902.10PolypropyleneAt least 11 supplying countries$47M
  12. 123901.10Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0,94At least 14 supplying countries$45.1M

Main partner countries

Where Ghana's chemicals went and came from in 2024, among the 28 major reporting economies. Based on the top 10 partners for each HS code.

Exports to

  1. 1
    Malaysia
    $96.4M
    43.1% of exports
  2. 2
    United States
    $37.1M
    16.6% of exports
  3. 3
    Spain
    $26M
    11.6% of exports
  4. 4
    Indonesia
    $15.4M
    6.9% of exports
  5. 5
    Italy
    $9.22M
    4.1% of exports
  6. 6
    Canada
    $5.71M
    2.6% of exports
  7. 7
    Poland
    $5.57M
    2.5% of exports
  8. 8
    Germany
    $5.32M
    2.4% of exports
  9. 9
    China
    $4.66M
    2.1% of exports
  10. 10
    South Africa
    $4.02M
    1.8% of exports

Imports from

  1. 1
    China
    $1.48B
    55.5% of imports
  2. 2
    United States
    $249M
    9.3% of imports
  3. 3
    Belgium
    $110M
    4.1% of imports
  4. 4
    United Kingdom
    $105M
    4.0% of imports
  5. 5
    Saudi Arabia
    $85.3M
    3.2% of imports
  6. 6
    South Africa
    $74.5M
    2.8% of imports
  7. 7
    South Korea
    $73.8M
    2.8% of imports
  8. 8
    Italy
    $60.5M
    2.3% of imports
  9. 9
    Egypt
    $52.8M
    2.0% of imports
  10. 10
    Germany
    $52M
    2.0% of imports

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