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Democratic Republic of the Congo

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2020
10.9 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2020
8.4 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2020
0.9 %

Source of data: WTO IDB, UN Comtrade

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
96.0 %
Binding coverage
100.0 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 11,406.5 million USD in 2022

Imports by partner

China
26.5 % 3,026.8 million USD
South Africa
11.5 % 1,306.7 million USD
European Union
10.1 % 1,154.8 million USD
United Arab Emirates
10.0 % 1,140.6 million USD
India
5.7 % 654.3 million USD
Tanzania
4.5 % 507.9 million USD
Zambia
3.6 % 408.7 million USD
United States of America
2.9 % 327.5 million USD
Bahrain, Kingdom of
2.5 % 286.4 million USD
Qatar
2.3 % 266.7 million USD
Rest of the World
20.4 % 2,326.1 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Imports by products HS 2012

271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
15.3 % 1,749.7 million USD
250300 Sulphur of all kinds (excl. sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur)
8.0 % 908.3 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)
7.6 % 869.2 million USD
280700 Sulphuric acid; oleum
2.2 % 254.9 million USD
251990 Fused magnesia; dead-burned "sintered" magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide (excl. natural magnesium carbonate "magnesite")
2.0 % 228.5 million USD
100119 Durum wheat (excl. seed for sowing)
1.6 % 187.8 million USD
847490 Parts of machinery for working mineral substances of heading 8474, n.e.s.
1.6 % 177.4 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)
1.5 % 174.5 million USD
842952 Self-propelled mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, with a 360° revolving superstructure
1.3 % 153.7 million USD
283210 Sodium sulphites
1.3 % 151.9 million USD
Rest of the products
57.4 % 6,550.5 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports

Total exports: 15,771.3 million USD in 2022

Exports by destination

China
46.8 % 7,387.7 million USD
Singapore
8.7 % 1,364.6 million USD
Hong Kong, China
7.9 % 1,243.6 million USD
Tanzania
7.4 % 1,170.8 million USD
South Africa
7.4 % 1,164.0 million USD
Mozambique
6.7 % 1,058.6 million USD
United Arab Emirates
5.5 % 860.7 million USD
Switzerland
3.5 % 545.9 million USD
Viet Nam
2.4 % 385.2 million USD
European Union
0.9 % 140.4 million USD
Rest of the World
2.9 % 449.7 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports by products HS 2012

740311 Copper, refined, in the form of cathodes and sections of cathodes
75.0 % 11,831.2 million USD
282200 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
13.6 % 2,151.9 million USD
740319 Copper, refined, unwrought (excl. copper in the form of billets, wire-bars, cathodes and sections of cathodes)
4.4 % 696.5 million USD
740200 Copper, unrefined; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
1.2 % 190.2 million USD
810590 Articles of cobalt, n.e.s.
1.0 % 163.0 million USD
271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
0.6 % 96.9 million USD
180100 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
0.6 % 93.7 million USD
261790 Ores and concentrates (excl. iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, chromium, tungsten, uranium, thorium, molybdenum, titanium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, zirconium, precious-metal or antimony ores and concentrates)
0.6 % 89.3 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)
0.5 % 82.8 million USD
710231 Non-industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted (excl. industrial diamonds)
0.5 % 71.8 million USD
Rest of the products
1.9 % 304.0 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Democratic Republic of the Congo as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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