UAE surpasses Switzerland as leading destination for Ghana’s gold exports – Government Statistician

The Government Statistician, Prof.

Samuel Annim has noted that Asia remains Ghana's leading trade partner, contributing over half of the country's imports and nearly half of its exports in second quarter  (Q2) of 2024.

At a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, September 24, he stated that between the Q2 of 2023 and Q2 2024, the share of imports from Europe dropped by 7.5 percent, while imports from Asia increased substantially by 8.5 percent.

China remained the primary source of Ghana's imports, contributing GHȼ12.3billion - 20.9 percent of total imports, followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a value of GHȼ9.1billion (15.4 percent) and the United Kingdom with an import value of GHȼ5.2billion  -8.8 percent. "More than a fifth of Ghana's import comes from China.