Botswana 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

Botswana Botswana Part A.1

Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges

Summary

Total

Simple average final bound

Ag

18.7

Simple average MFN applied

Non-Ag

36.5

15.6

WTO member since

1995

Binding coverage:

2021 2020

7.7

8.8

7.6

Trade weighted average

5.7

13.4

4.6

Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)

Imports in billion US$

2020

6.5

0.8

5.6

Ag: Special safeguards (in % )

5 <= 10

10 <= 15

Duty-free

Frequency distribution

0 <= 5

15 <= 25

25 <= 50

Total

93.8

Non-Ag

92.9 0 37.3

50 <= 100

> 100

NAV

Tariff lines and import values (in %)

in %

Agricultural products 21.9

2.5

1.6

1.5

14.4

36.0

19.0

2.9

0

MFN applied

Final bound 2021

46.1

11.1

13.6

6.5

15.6

6.0

0.9

0.2

13.7

Imports

2020

22.5

16.3

10.1

10.5

29.1

11.4

0.0

0.1

21.5

12.8

5.0

22.1

20.0

19.1

13.8

0

0.0

0

MFN applied

2021

62.5

2.3

6.8

8.1

13.0

7.3

0

0.0

0.9

Imports

2020

65.2

11.8

2.9

5.0

12.7

2.4

0

0.0

11.2

Non-agricultural products Final bound

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

37.4

30.6

160

100

11.2

60.4

82

0.4

46.4

Dairy products

20.4

0

37

100

9.4

23.8

30

0.8

71.0

Fruit, vegetables, plants

27.7

21.0

99

100

9.0

35.3

99

1.4

7.7

Coffee, tea

65.4

20.8

170

100

7.4

45.8

25

0.4

5.7 34.4

Cereals & preparations

44.2

0.3

597

100

8.7

39.8

103

4.4

Oilseeds, fats & oils

44.9

5.7

81

98.8

7.5

21.1

20

0.9

0.5

Sugars and confectionery

75.2

0

105

100

20.2

58.8

70

1.0

5.0

Beverages & tobacco

87.9

3.9

597

100

20.0

8.4

113

2.5

0.8

Cotton

52.0

0

60

100

4.4

66.7

15

0.1

0.1

Other agricultural products

12.0

54.4

72

100

2.2

85.5

25

0.8

50.7

Fish & fish products

18.5

50.0

37

1.5

6.4

64.0

30

0.3

81.2

Minerals & metals

90.8

11.7

16.1

30

96.0

5.0

62.1

30

37.7

Petroleum

-

-

-

0

0.7

55.6

15

9.6

1.5

Chemicals

12.3

5.8

30

99.7

2.1

84.5

30

7.9

53.8

Wood, paper, etc.

11.4

16.7

45

100

6.1

62.4

45

3.0

33.6

Textiles

22.2

3.2

30

99.2

16.8

18.7

160

1.0

18.3

Clothing

45.0

0

45

100

41.1

1.9

45

0.7

6.5

Leather, footwear, etc.

20.7

0

30

96.1

13.3

35.7

43

1.5

15.2

9.3

38.5

30

100

1.5

90.6

30

6.0

89.5

17.2

6.6

30

99.6

4.5

68.2

25

5.1

56.8

Non-electrical machinery Electrical machinery Transport equipment

20.0

15.9

50

100

6.6

64.9

30

6.3

11.7

Manufactures, n.e.s.

12.5

25.9

30

95.2

3.8

78.3

30

8.1

93.4

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. South Africa

2020

61

6

9

10.2

4.6

4.6

100.0

2. Norway

2020

13

1

2

274.9

260.2

39.3

0.0

100.0 0.0

3. European Union

2020

4

3

5

30.9

47.5

47.5

100.0

100.0

4. Namibia

2020

2

9

14

11.7

8.8

8.8

100.0

100.0

5. Zimbabwe

2020

1

3

4

19.5

24.8

24.8

100.0

100.0

Non-agricultural products

60

1. European Union

2020

1,115

1

2

3.6

0.0

0.0

100.0

100.0

2. United Arab Emirates

2020

1,065

1

2

3.0

0.3

0.0

40.0

93.2

3. India

2020

462

1

2

6.9

10.0

0.0

7.7

0.0

4. Singapore

2020

376

1

1

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

100.0

5. South Africa

2020

344

20

43

10.3

4.5

4.5

100.0

100.0

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WTO ITC UNCTAD World Tariff Profiles 2022