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WTO Tariff & Trade Data

Cabo Verde

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2024
11.9 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2024
12.7 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2024
11.1 %

Source of data: World Tariff Profiles, UN Comtrade

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
15.9 %
Binding coverage
100.0 %
Share of bound duty-free
4.5 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 915.7 million USD in 2024

Imports by partner

European Union
71.5 % 655.1 million USD
China
5.2 % 47.7 million USD
Brazil
4.7 % 42.8 million USD
Other Countries, n.e.s.
3.6 % 32.7 million USD
Morocco
2.2 % 20.2 million USD
Togo
2.0 % 18.0 million USD
United States of America
1.7 % 15.2 million USD
Senegal
1.5 % 13.5 million USD
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
1.3 % 11.6 million USD
Angola
1.1 % 9.6 million USD
Rest of the World
5.4 % 49.3 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Imports by products HS 2017

271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
11.8 % 108.4 million USD
252329 Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured)
2.8 % 25.7 million USD
100630 Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed
2.0 % 18.6 million USD
020714 Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
2.0 % 18.1 million USD
870333 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only diesel engine of a cylinder capacity > 2.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
1.9 % 17.0 million USD
300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.6 % 14.5 million USD
271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
1.5 % 13.4 million USD
721420 Bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, with indentations, ribs, groves or other deformations produced during the rolling process
1.3 % 11.7 million USD
170199 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar)
1.3 % 11.6 million USD
210690 Food preparations, n.e.s.
1.2 % 11.1 million USD
Rest of the products
72.7 % 665.5 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports

Total exports: 68.2 million USD in 2024

Exports by destination

European Union
97.6 % 66.6 million USD
United States of America
2.1 % 1.4 million USD
Peru
0.2 % 0.1 million USD
Israel
0.1 % 0.1 million USD
Rest of the World
0.0 % 0.0 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports by products HS 2017

160414 Prepared or preserved tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)
35.4 % 24.1 million USD
160415 Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)
28.2 % 19.3 million USD
160419 Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins)
10.9 % 7.5 million USD
160420 Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces)
9.9 % 6.7 million USD
640610 Uppers and parts thereof (excl. stiffeners and general parts made of asbestos)
4.0 % 2.7 million USD
610711 Men's or boys' underpants and briefs of cotton, knitted or crocheted
1.6 % 1.1 million USD
610910 T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted
1.5 % 1.0 million USD
610990 T-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton)
1.2 % 0.8 million USD
230120 Flours, meals and pellets of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption
1.2 % 0.8 million USD
610712 Men's or boys' underpants and briefs of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted
1.1 % 0.8 million USD
Rest of the products
5.0 % 3.4 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes