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Central African Republic

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2024
18.1 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2024
15.3 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2024
0.7 %

Source of data: World Tariff Profiles, UN Comtrade

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
35.7 %
Binding coverage
61.4 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 779.5 million USD in 2024

Imports by partner

Cameroon
26.4 % 205.9 million USD
China
24.6 % 192.0 million USD
European Union
17.3 % 134.5 million USD
Japan
5.0 % 38.9 million USD
India
4.5 % 34.7 million USD
United Arab Emirates
3.5 % 27.5 million USD
United States of America
3.3 % 25.7 million USD
Other Countries, n.e.s.
1.7 % 13.1 million USD
Mali
1.7 % 12.9 million USD
Equatorial Guinea
1.4 % 10.9 million USD
Rest of the World
10.7 % 83.4 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Imports by products HS 2022

271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
15.3 % 119.0 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)
11.0 % 86.0 million USD
040120 Milk and cream of a fat content by weight of > 1% but <= 6%, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
5.2 % 40.7 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)
5.1 % 39.6 million USD
870899 Parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor vehicles, n.e.s.
3.2 % 24.6 million USD
853641 Relays for a voltage <= 60 V
2.6 % 20.2 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)
1.7 % 13.0 million USD
870422 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight > 5 t but <= 20 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705)
1.4 % 10.9 million USD
300420 Medicaments containing antibiotics, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. medicaments containing penicillins or derivatives thereof with a penicillanic structure, or streptomycines or derivatives thereof)
1.3 % 10.4 million USD
851762 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks)
1.3 % 10.3 million USD
Rest of the products
51.9 % 404.8 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports

Total exports: 204.5 million USD in 2024

Exports by destination

Pakistan
30.4 % 62.2 million USD
Other Countries, n.e.s.
25.4 % 51.9 million USD
Tunisia
19.6 % 40.1 million USD
Sri Lanka
7.4 % 15.2 million USD
Egypt
5.7 % 11.7 million USD
European Union
3.6 % 7.3 million USD
United Arab Emirates
2.9 % 5.9 million USD
Mauritania
2.5 % 5.1 million USD
United States of America
2.3 % 4.7 million USD
Lebanese Republic
0.1 % 0.2 million USD
Rest of the World
0.1 % 0.2 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports by products HS 2022

880790 Parts of aircraft and spacecraft, n.e.s.
50.0 % 102.3 million USD
710812 Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought, for non-monetary purposes (excl. gold in powder form)
15.7 % 32.1 million USD
830621 Statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal, plated with precious metal (excl. works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques)
10.0 % 20.5 million USD
710221 Industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
6.3 % 12.9 million USD
851762 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks)
3.5 % 7.1 million USD
440349 Tropical wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. teak, dark red meranti, light red meranti, meranti bakau; rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives)
3.2 % 6.6 million USD
871000 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles, n.e.s.
2.5 % 5.1 million USD
440729 Tropical wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm (excl. virola, mahogany "Swietenia spp.", imbuia, balsa, teak, dark red meranti, light red meranti, meranti bakau, white lauan, white meranti, white seraya, yellow meranti, alan, sapelli and iroko)
2.1 % 4.2 million USD
870422 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight > 5 t but <= 20 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705)
1.5 % 3.2 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)
0.8 % 1.6 million USD
Rest of the products
4.4 % 9.0 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Central African Republic

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Central African Republic as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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