Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2020
10.9 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2020
8.4 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2020
0.9 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
96.0 %
Binding coverage
100.0 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %
Imports
Total imports: 25,529.2 million USD in 2023
Imports by partner
China
26.5 %
6,770.2
million USD
United Arab Emirates
11.8 %
3,012.8
million USD
European Union
11.3 %
2,879.5
million USD
South Africa
8.2 %
2,088.5
million USD
India
6.5 %
1,662.6
million USD
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
4.1 %
1,036.8
million USD
Tanzania
3.5 %
889.9
million USD
Bahrain, Kingdom of
3.2 %
823.4
million USD
United States of America
2.4 %
621.2
million USD
Zambia
2.1 %
531.2
million USD
Rest of the World
20.4 %
5,213.1
million USD
Imports by products HS 2012
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
20.4 %
5,198.5
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)
15.0 %
3,838.3
million USD
250300
Sulphur of all kinds (excl. sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur)
6.3 %
1,605.5
million USD
730890
Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping)
2.5 %
628.3
million USD
847490
Parts of machinery for working mineral substances of heading 8474, n.e.s.
1.9 %
495.8
million USD
870410
Dumpers for off-highway use
1.6 %
398.9
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")
1.4 %
346.8
million USD
843149
Parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s.
1.1 %
277.1
million USD
490700
Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title
0.9 %
219.0
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)
0.8 %
203.7
million USD
Rest of the products
48.2 %
12,317.3
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 27,726.8 million USD in 2023
Exports by destination
China
57.6 %
15,965.8
million USD
South Africa
8.6 %
2,397.2
million USD
Hong Kong, China
8.4 %
2,341.5
million USD
Mozambique
5.7 %
1,575.5
million USD
Singapore
4.9 %
1,366.2
million USD
Tanzania
4.3 %
1,200.1
million USD
United Arab Emirates
3.7 %
1,029.7
million USD
Switzerland
2.1 %
584.8
million USD
Viet Nam
1.4 %
392.6
million USD
Zambia
1.2 %
325.1
million USD
Rest of the World
2.0 %
548.3
million USD
Exports by products HS 2012
740311
Copper, refined, in the form of cathodes and sections of cathodes
60.2 %
16,691.7
million USD
282200
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
17.2 %
4,778.9
million USD
260300
Copper ores and concentrates
7.8 %
2,158.1
million USD
740200
Copper, unrefined; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
5.1 %
1,410.6
million USD
710812
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought, for non-monetary purposes (excl. gold in powder form)
4.8 %
1,323.0
million USD
740319
Copper, refined, unwrought (excl. copper in the form of billets, wire-bars, cathodes and sections of cathodes)
1.2 %
329.1
million USD
260900
Tin ores and concentrates
0.7 %
191.6
million USD
180100
Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
0.5 %
144.5
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)
0.5 %
132.9
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)
0.4 %
105.4
million USD
Rest of the products
1.7 %
461.0
million USD
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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