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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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Table 4.29 shows that the share of the non-OIC countries of The Gambia’s top 5 agricultural

import products have declined while the share of the Asian group increased. The share of the

African group increased as well but with fluctuations.

Table 4. 29 Distribution of Gambia’s Top 5 Import Products, by Origin, %

African group

Asian group

Arab group

Non-OIC

Countries

Total

2008

18.9

6.7

4.6

69.8

100

2009

15.7

30.8

2.9

50.6

100

2010

13.1

36.1

4.4

46.4

100

2011

13.7

43.9

2.5

39.9

100

2012

10.5

49.1

2.8

37.6

100

2013

17.9

40.5

2.8

38.9

100

2014

13.1

48.4

1.6

36.9

100

2015

25.5

28.1

4.0

42.4

100

2016

8.5

43.3

2.9

45.3

100

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

The top 5 countries for which The Gambia’s top 5 export products are sold are, Guine-Bissau,

followed by Senegal and Mali. These three countries are geographically located very close to The

Gambia, creating a favorable condition for transportation of export products. Similarly, the other

top export partners, Tunisia and Mauritania are geographically located in the close

neighborhood of The Gambia.

Table 4. 30 Top 5 OIC Destination Countries for Gambia’s Top 5 Export Products

Importer OIC country

Value of agricultural exports

to the country, million USD,

last 3-year average

% share in total agricultural

exports to the OIC countries,

last 3-year average

Guinea-Bissau

6.2

53.6

Senegal

3.5

30.1

Mali

1.0

9.0

Tunisia

0.3

2.3

Mauritania

0.3

2.2

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

Table 4. 31 Top 5 OIC Origin Countries for Gambia’s Top 5 Import Products

Exporter OIC country

Value of agricultural imports

from the country, million

USD, last 3-year average

% share in total agricultural

imports from the OIC

countries, last 3-year average

Malaysia

38.3

33.9

Indonesia

24.5

21.7

Senegal

23.4

20.7

Pakistan

11.8

10.5

Turkey

6.1

5.4

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

With regards to imports of top 5 agricultural products, Malaysia and Indonesia are importers

from far-away countries (Asian group). With the exception of Senegal, the other 4 countries of

The Gambia’s imports are located outside the African group.