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Figure 3. Volumes of Vegetable Oil Imports to Ghana, 2000-2010

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Source: United Nations Statistics Division. International Commodity Trade Statistics Database (COMTRADE)

Figure 4 shows the prominence of specific palm oil products relative to other specific vegetable oil

imports to Ghana in 2000-2010.

Figure 4. Average (2000-2010) Volumes of Vegetable Oil Imports (MT)

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Source: United Nations Statistics Division. International Commodity Trade Statistics Database (COMTRADE)