Togo

Foreign trade

Togo's export earnings in 2000 fell to nearly half their 1999 level due to sharp declines in coffee, cotton, and gold output. Togo's main export commodities are crude fertilizers (25%), cotton (22%), and cement (15%). Other exports include coffee (6%) and cocoa (4.9%).

In 2000 Togo's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Togo

Consumer goods 12.1%
Food 16.3%
Fuels 18.8%
Industrial supplies 34.9%
Machinery 8.6%
Transportation 9.2%
Other 0.7%

Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

Togo

COUNTRY EXPORTS IMPORTS BALANCE
Ghana 32 8 24
Benin 19 2 17
India 9 5 4
France 9 76 -67
Nigeria 8 5 3
Netherlands 5 21 -16
Belgium 3 16 -13
Germany 2 14 -12
Côte d'Ivoire 1 38 -37
China (inc. Hong Kong) n.a. 15 n.a.

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Jun 23, 2007 @ 7:07 am
Dear Sir,

We are interested to open a branch office in Lome Togo for Exporting Cotton Seed. We require Import Export Code of Togo.

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