Main Export Commodities of 15 West African States

Republic of Benin

Main Export Commodities: Cotton, Cashews, Shea butter, textiles, palm commodity, seafood.

 

Burkina Faso

Main Export Commodities: Livestock, gold, cotton.

 

Republic of Cape Verde

Main Export Commodities: Fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides.

 

Republic of Cote d’Ivoire

Main Export Commodities: Cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, banana, pineapples, palm oil, fish.

 

Republic of the Gambia

Main Export Commodities: Peanut commodities, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports.

 

Republic of Ghana

Main Export Commodities: Cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, cashews, gold, crude oil, bananas, Yam, timber, and bauxite.

 

Republic of Guinea

Main Export Commodities: Bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products.

 

Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Main Export Commodities: Cashew nuts, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber.

 

Republic of Liberia

Main Export Commodities: Rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee.

 

Republic of Mali

Main Export Commodities: Cotton, gold, livestock.

 

Republic of Niger

Main Export Commodities: Uranium ore, livestock, onions, cowpeas.

 

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Main Export Commodities: Petroleum & petroleum commodities, cocoa, rubber.

 

Republic of Senegal

Main Export Commodities: Fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum commodities, phosphates, cotton.

 

Republic of Sierra Leone

Main Export Commodities: Diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish.

 

Republic of Togo

Main Export Commodities: Re-exports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa.

 

 

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