President Donald Trump’s imposed tariffs recently announced is on the edge of significant changes between Africa and the United States as the policy targets more than 180 countries—including several African nations
The approach described as “Liberation Day,” is intended to counteract what Trump’s administration sees as unfair trade practices.
With this, any nation that does not have a formal trade agreement with the U.S. will be subjected to a baseline 10% tariff on all exports to the American market. The primary principle of reciprocal tariffs implies that if a country imposes high tariffs on U.S. goods, the U.S. will respond with equal or higher tariffs on goods imported from that country.
Full list of Trump’s tariffs for African countries
Below are the new tariff rates imposed on African countries and the existing ones each African country charges on U.S. goods:
- South Africa – 30% (charges U.S. 60%)
- Madagascar – 47% (charges U.S. 93%)
- Tunisia – 28% (charges U.S. 55%)
- Egypt – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Côte d’Ivoire – 21% (charges U.S. 41%)
- Botswana – 37% (charges U.S. 74%)
- Morocco – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Algeria – 30% (charges U.S. 59%)
- Nigeria – 14% (charges U.S. 27%)
- Namibia – 21% (charges U.S. 42%)
- Ethiopia – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Ghana – 10% (charges U.S. 17%)
- Angola – 32% (charges U.S. 63%)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo – 11% (charges U.S. 22%)
- Mozambique – 16% (charges U.S. 31%)
- Zambia – 17% (charges U.S. 33%)
- Tanzania – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Senegal – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Cameroon – 11% (charges U.S. 22%)
- Uganda – 10% (charges U.S. 20%)
- Gabon – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Togo – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Malawi – 17% (charges U.S. 34%)
- Liberia – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Zimbabwe – 18% (charges U.S. 35%)
- Benin – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Republic of the Congo – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Djibouti – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Rwanda – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Sierra Leone – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Sudan – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Niger – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Equatorial Guinea – 13% (charges U.S. 25%)
- Libya – 31% (charges U.S. 61%)
- Guinea – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Chad – 13% (charges U.S. 26%)
- Mali – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Mauritania – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Burundi – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Central African Republic – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Eritrea – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- South Sudan – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Comoros – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- São Tomé and Príncipe – 10% (charges U.S. 10%)
- Guinea-Bissau – 10% (charges U.S. 10%).
