Import of iron or non-alloy steel bar and rod indented or twisted to Botswana increases in 2016

Metal products import sharply climbed by 51.8% in 2016, according to revised data presented by United Nations Statistical Office. The variable rose greatly by 3 529 698 kilogram, as it follows the tendency of the prior year when it grew by 3.18%. Botswana saw a raise of 15 188.14% in metal products import during the last 17 years. Likewise, it has had a 0.35 percent compound annual growth rate over the five years with a marginal overall increase since the start of observations. It averaged 5 075 759.24 kilogram from 2000 to 2016 and it reached its all-time high of 15 808 441 kilogram in 2010 and record low of 67 662 kilogram in 2000.