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 * __ Imports and Exports of Ghana __**

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 ||  ||   ||  Ghana owes a large chunk of its income to its national exports, the largest of which are gold, timber, cocoa, diamond, bauxite, manganese and oil. The major industries of Ghana are mining, lumber, light manufacturing, aluminium smelting and food processing. All these industries provide Ghanaian locals with job opportunities which, along with the agriculture and service labor forces, lowers the poverty rate of Ghana. The major non-oil consumers of Ghana’s exports are the UK and Italy, followed by other European states and the USA

Surface Mines, like the one here, are a quick way to mine the various ores of Ghana, but are pushing small-scale farmers and landowners off of their land. This is a problem in parts of Ghana because the government would like to gain profit from the mine, but does not want to take people’s land in order to do so. This is one of several issues the government faces against exporting goods.

 Ghana’s main imports are largely hardware – little food is imported because Ghana is agriculturally wealthy. Road vehicles, electrical machinery and power generating equipment are high on the list of Ghana’s imports. It supplies much of its own produce as well as its own oil.
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