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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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stable with around 1/3 of total agricultural imports originating from the OIC countries (Table

4.27). Although with fluctuations between 2008 and 2016, the share of OIC countries in

Gambia’s agricultural imports increased to 33.3% in 2016, from 26% in 2008.

Table 4. 27 Value & Share of OIC in the Gambia’s Agricultural Trade

Year

Value (exports)

million USD

Share in Gambia’s

total agricultural

exports, %

Value (imports)

million USD

Share in Gambia’s

total agricultural

imports, %

2008

0.5

4.1

51.4

26.0

2009

0.1

0.3

66.5

27.7

2010

5.3

9.0

102.5

34.2

2011

48.8

31.2

157.3

37.8

2012

22.9

16.1

150.2

40.4

2013

14.5

11.3

165.1

42.0

2014

14.0

11.8

159.4

36.4

2015

0.5

0.5

107.0

33.3

2016

48.4

24.4

119.3

33.3

Source: CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’ calculations

Looking at the distribution of the OIC groups, the African group countries are the major export

partner of Gambia, far surpassing the share of the Asian and Arab group countries (Figure 4.29).

The import share of the African group has been unstable within the total value of Gambian

agricultural product imports. As seen in Figure 4.30, the share of the Asian group is largest

among total exports of Gambian agricultural products, followed by the African group and the

Arab group.

Figure 4. 29 Share of OIC Groups in Gambia’s Agricultural Exports

Source: CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’ calculations

0

7

14

21

28

35

42

49

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

million USD

African Group (million USD)

Asian Group (million USD)

Arab Group (million USD)

African share in total agricultural exp. (%)

Asian share in total agricultural exp. (%)

Arab share in total agricultural exp. (%)

%