Diamonds Dominate Botswana’s Import and Export Statistics
The Botswana economy has continued to rely on mining sector—especially the diamond trade, new data has shown. The International Merchandise…
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Botswana’s Rail Transportation Fluctuates In Q3 2014
Statistics Botswana has revealed that imports, exports, local traffic and transit traffic of the rail transport sub-sector have fluctuated over…
Botswana mineral production rose in 3rd quarter of 2014
The Indices of Mineral Production (IMP) in the third quarter of 2014 stood at 105.7 showing a year on year…
Mining contributes 21.5 % to Botswana GDP in Q3 2014
Mining remains the largest contributor to Botswana economy, according to latest data published by Statistics Botswana. The publication on 2014…
Botswana mining production rose 16.7% in Q1, 2014
The Index of Mining Production in the first quarter of 2014 stood at 96.2 showing a year-on-year growth of 16.7…
Diamonds lead Botswana minerals production in Q1, 2014
The Index of Mining Production in the first quarter of 2014 stood at 96.2 showing a year-on-year growth of 16.7…
Water & Electricity sector drags GDP growth during Q1 2014
Botswana GDP grew by 4.7% during q4 as revealed by data from Statistics Botswana. On a q/q basis the total…
Inflation eased to 4.4% y-o-y in March…
Headline inflation for March diminished to 4.4% y/y as revealed by data from Statistics Botswana. The 0.2 percentage point decrease…
Diamonds leads value of Botswana’s exports, imports in April
Despite global recession, diamonds still play an important role as they account to higher percentage of the country’s imports and…
Botswana March inflation rate rises unexpectedly to 7.6%
Inflationary pressures continue to build up in the economy as reflected by the March inflation rate which rose unexpectedly to…