Ghana spent $2.6bn to import 14 products including wigs, brooms and palm oil in 2021.

Ghana’s import bill on 14 items reached approximately $2.6 billion in 2021._ These items include fake hair (wigs), rice, brooms, use clothing, brooms and other 10 products. JoyNews’ checks from the OEC trade data repository reveal the country in 2021 spent more than half a billion dollar on rice importation, more than $400 on poultry meat and close to $290 million on palm oil.