Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2023
18.1 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2023
14.1 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2023
0.7 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
27.4 %
Binding coverage
16.8 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %
Imports
Total imports: 4,698.1 million USD in 2023
Imports by partner
European Union
27.7 %
1,303.1
million USD
China
27.6 %
1,298.4
million USD
Gabon
6.6 %
311.4
million USD
United States of America
4.8 %
223.8
million USD
Togo
3.4 %
158.5
million USD
Angola
2.5 %
118.6
million USD
Brazil
2.3 %
109.6
million USD
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.2 %
101.4
million USD
United Arab Emirates
2.0 %
96.1
million USD
India
2.0 %
95.0
million USD
Rest of the World
18.8 %
882.3
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
890590
Light-vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function (excl. dredgers, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms; fishing vessels and warships)
8.6 %
404.9
million USD
890520
Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
5.7 %
266.2
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
4.7 %
221.2
million USD
020714
Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
4.0 %
187.9
million USD
151190
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
2.4 %
114.3
million USD
730429
Casing and tubing, seamless, of iron or steel, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas (excl. products of cast iron)
2.1 %
98.7
million USD
848140
Safety or relief valves
1.9 %
89.1
million USD
380910
Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., based on starch or derivatives thereof
1.8 %
83.2
million USD
890190
Vessels for the transport of goods and vessels for the transport of both persons and goods (excl. refrigerated vessels, tankers, ferry-boats and vessels principally designed for the transport of persons)
1.5 %
70.8
million USD
382499
Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.
1.4 %
66.8
million USD
Rest of the products
65.9 %
3,095.1
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 9,465.0 million USD in 2023
Exports by destination
China
54.4 %
5,147.8
million USD
European Union
15.8 %
1,493.6
million USD
India
5.5 %
525.3
million USD
United States of America
3.6 %
337.1
million USD
Malaysia
2.7 %
251.7
million USD
Namibia
2.1 %
201.3
million USD
Switzerland
2.0 %
191.1
million USD
Canada
1.8 %
171.4
million USD
United Kingdom
1.8 %
167.8
million USD
Togo
1.6 %
153.2
million USD
Rest of the World
8.7 %
824.7
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
270900
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
84.2 %
7,967.7
million USD
890590
Light-vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function (excl. dredgers, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms; fishing vessels and warships)
4.2 %
397.2
million USD
890190
Vessels for the transport of goods and vessels for the transport of both persons and goods (excl. refrigerated vessels, tankers, ferry-boats and vessels principally designed for the transport of persons)
3.2 %
305.6
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
1.6 %
152.5
million USD
890520
Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
1.0 %
91.5
million USD
740311
Copper, refined, in the form of cathodes and sections of cathodes
0.8 %
76.1
million USD
440727
Sapelli, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness of > 6 mm
0.8 %
74.8
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)
0.7 %
69.3
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)
0.7 %
67.4
million USD
790112
Unwrought zinc, not alloyed, containing by weight < 99,99% of zinc
0.3 %
32.7
million USD
Rest of the products
2.4 %
230.2
million USD