Dr. Ernest Addison<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s major exports (cocoa, gold, and crude oil), recorded impressive gains on the international commodities market in April 2024, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has said.<\/p>\n
He indicated that cocoa prices continued to increase, reaching $10,116.9 per tonne in April 2024, from $4,235.60 per tonnes in December 2023, representing a year-to-date gain of 138.9%.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrude oil prices increased by 15.2% on a year-to-date basis to $89.00 per barrel in April, compared to the $77.26 per barrel in December 2023. Gold prices also increased by 14.7% at the beginning of the year to $2,334.2 per fine ounce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Addison said this at the media engagement in Accra.<\/p>\n
According to him, the balance of trade recorded a lower surplus of $744.3 million for the first four months of the year, compared to a surplus of $1.39 billion in the corresponding period of last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cTotal exports increased by 4.9% to $5.83 billion driven mainly by significant growth in gold exports and a modest increase in crude oil exports.<\/p>\n
Dr. Addison further noted that earnings from gold exports increased by 37.0% to $2.97 billion, due to higher volumes of exports from small-scale gold production. The value of crude oil exports, in comparison, increased by 9.4% to $1.27 billion, on the back of both volume and price increases.<\/p>\n
\u201cExports of cocoa, both beans and products, dropped by 49.0% to $599.3 million. Other exports, including non-traditional exports, also decreased by 6.0% to $981.8 million,\u201d Dr. Addison added.<\/p>\n
\u201cTotal imports increased by 22.2% to $5.08 billion, driven mainly by non-oil imports which went up by 31.2% to $3.53 billion, while oil imports increased by 5.6% to $1.55 billion.<\/p>\n
\u201cProvisional data for the first quarter of the year resulted in a current account surplus of $372.12 million. This represented a 40.8% decline from the surplus of $629.01 million recorded in the first quarter of 2023. The lower surplus was driven mainly by higher imports, and increased income payments.<\/p>\n
Net income payment was $727 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared to net income payment of $508 million in 2023,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
He continued that remittances inflows increased sharply to $1.44 billion, compared with net inflows of $980 million over the same comparative period as also the capital and financial account recorded a net outflow of $113 million, lower than a net outflow of $998.40 million recorded in the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n
The reduced capital outflows were largely driven by significant inflows from the IMF and World Bank, as well as improved FDI flows to the economy.<\/p>\n
These developments resulted in an overall balance of payment surplus of $84.74 million in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a deficit of US$586.99 million in 2023.<\/p>\n
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