| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 611 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Gabon as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 0of 11 | Ports catalogued for Gabon with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
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How concentrated Gabon's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Gabon's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 195 more tracked partners not shown above.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2016–2023) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goods exports | FCFA 5492.9B | 2023 | |
| Goods imports | FCFA 2354.5B | 2023 | |
| Goods trade balance | FCFA 3138.4B | 2023 |
| Metric | Value | Unit | Period | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargo Tonnes Export | 12,296,773 | tonnes | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | |
| Cargo Tonnes Import | 2,213,853 | tonnes | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | |
| Container Teu Export | 85,015 | TEU | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | |
| Container Teu Import | 88,264 | TEU | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | |
| Vessel Calls | 1,534 | vessel calls | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | |
| Cargo Bulk Liquid Tonnes | 634,346 | tonnes | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | — |
| Cargo Bulk Solid Tonnes | 11,618,097 | tonnes | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | — |
| Cargo General Tonnes | 2,258,183 | tonnes | 2023 | OPRAG Gabon port traffic statistics | — |
Every one of Gabon's 131 real trading partners reported for 2023 under UN Comtrade (GA) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Gabon's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Gabon against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2002–2008) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 217 | 2008 | |
| Incumbent exporting firms | 131 | 2008 | |
| New entrant exporting firms | 86 | 2008 | |
| Exiting exporting firms | 87 | 2008 | |
| Firm entry rate | 39.6% | 2008 | |
| Firm exit rate | 39.9% | 2008 | |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.088 | 2008 | |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 77 | 2008 | |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $4.5M | 2008 | |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $59.5K | 2008 | |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 4.1 | 2009 | |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 2.0 | 2009 |
The 2008 mean is 76x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Gabon's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2008 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Wood and articles of wood HS 44 | 129 |
| Iron and steel HS 72 | 33 |
| Rubber and articles thereof HS 40 | 25 |
| Salt, sulphur, earths, stone HS 25 | 24 |
| Aluminium and articles thereof HS 76 | 16 |
| Beverages, spirits, vinegar HS 22 | 14 |
| Fish and crustaceans HS 03 | 12 |
| Sugars and sugar confectionery HS 17 | 6 |
Top manufacturing industries among Gabon's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2008 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Sawmilling and planing of wood ISIC 201 | 74 |
| Wood, cork, straw and plaiting products ISIC 202 | 40 |
| Rubber products ISIC 251 | 22 |
| Meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, oils and fats ISIC 151 | 16 |
| Beverages ISIC 155 | 14 |
| Other food products ISIC 154 | 6 |
| Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289 | 5 |
| Other non-metallic mineral products ISIC 269 | 5 |