Togo remains Gabon’s top goods supplier in Africa for the second consecutive year

Economic governance
Thursday, 21 April 2022 18:27
Togo remains Gabon’s top goods supplier in Africa for the second consecutive year

(Togo First) - Just like in 2020, Togo was Gabon’s first African supplier of goods last year. It sold the Central African country CFA41.6 billion worth of goods over the period, according to Le Nouveau Gabon, a local media, quoting data from Gabon’s Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGDI).

The figure–which includes petroleum products sales–was down 35% compared to 2020’s CFA65 billion. Globally, Togo was Gabon’s fifth-largest supplier in 2021. Togo provided 3.4% of all goods purchased by Libreville, behind France (1st with 25.4%), Belgium (11.9%), China (11%), and the U.S. (3,7%).

The goods came from the Port of Lomé whose performance has been steadily increasing in recent years, and which serves as a relay and re-export point for many products from outside the country, for the benefit of countries in the sub-region and the continent. 

The Port of Lomé has two terminals for handling containers, including LCT (Lomé Container Terminal), a key transshipment platform owned by MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), and Togo Terminal of Bolloré Africa Logistics.

Besides Gabon, Togo was also Cameroon’s first African supplier. 

In 2020, Lomé became the second-largest transshipment port in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ayi Renaud Dossavi

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