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Ghana’s trade: exports, imports and the trade balance

Ghana’s goods trade from official statistics: exports, imports and the balance.

Updated November 5, 2026

The container terminal at Tema port at night, in 2008
The container terminal at Tema port at night, in 2008. Photo: SteKrueBe / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

This page gathers the latest figures on this topic, each checked against its official source, and every Alama Report story on it. It is updated as new data comes out.

Latest figures

Goods exports, January to August
$22.4bn · January–August 2026
+25.1% from January–August 2025
Source: Bank of Ghana, Summary of Economic and Financial Data, September 2026
Goods imports, January to August
$13.6bn · January–August 2026
+20.8% from January–August 2025
Source: Bank of Ghana, Summary of Economic and Financial Data, September 2026
Trade balance (goods), January to August
$8,855.1mn · January–August 2026
Source: Bank of Ghana, Summary of Economic and Financial Data, September 2026

Figures checked against their source.

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