Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2025
12.2 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2025
8.2 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2025
33.2 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
73.2 %
Binding coverage
35.1 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %
Imports
Total imports: 3,628.1 million USD in 2025
Imports by partner
China
20.5 %
745.0
million USD
Tanzania
14.3 %
519.0
million USD
South Africa
12.9 %
468.5
million USD
United Arab Emirates
6.9 %
251.3
million USD
India
5.5 %
199.5
million USD
European Union
4.8 %
175.9
million USD
Zambia
4.8 %
172.7
million USD
Mozambique
3.6 %
130.6
million USD
Japan
2.9 %
104.2
million USD
Kuwait, the State of
2.5 %
91.1
million USD
Rest of the World
21.2 %
770.3
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
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)
20.2 %
734.4
million USD
310520
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (excl. those in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
2.9 %
106.0
million USD
630900
Worn clothing and clothing accessories, blankets and travelling rugs, household linen and articles for interior furnishing, of all types of textile materials, incl. all types of footwear and headgear, showing signs of appreciable wear and presented in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar packings (excl. carpets, other floor coverings and tapestries)
2.8 %
102.0
million USD
310210
Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution (excl. that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
2.6 %
93.8
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)
2.1 %
75.9
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
1.5 %
55.8
million USD
300241
Vaccines for human medicine
1.3 %
47.3
million USD
870323
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm³ but <= 3.000 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
1.3 %
45.9
million USD
151190
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
1.2 %
42.1
million USD
240120
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
1.1 %
41.5
million USD
Rest of the products
62.9 %
2,283.4
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 958.5 million USD in 2024
Exports by destination
European Union
35.0 %
335.8
million USD
South Africa
6.5 %
62.1
million USD
India
6.3 %
60.6
million USD
Tanzania
6.0 %
57.1
million USD
Egypt
4.9 %
47.3
million USD
Zimbabwe
4.4 %
42.4
million USD
United Kingdom
3.8 %
36.2
million USD
United States of America
3.5 %
33.5
million USD
United Arab Emirates
2.7 %
25.5
million USD
Kenya
2.7 %
25.5
million USD
Rest of the World
24.3 %
232.5
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
240120
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
57.8 %
554.1
million USD
090240
Black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of > 3 kg
7.2 %
69.2
million USD
071360
Dried, shelled pigeon peas "Cajanus cajan", whether or not skinned or split
5.4 %
51.8
million USD
230400
Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
3.7 %
35.3
million USD
120242
Groundnuts, shelled, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing, roasted or otherwise cooked)
3.0 %
29.1
million USD
441114
Medium density fibreboard "MDF" of wood, of a thickness > 9 mm
2.6 %
24.6
million USD
071390
Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excl. peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas)
1.5 %
14.0
million USD
020714
Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
1.4 %
13.2
million USD
071310
Dried, shelled peas "Pisum sativum", whether or not skinned or split
1.2 %
11.2
million USD
080262
Fresh or dried macadamia nuts, shelled
1.1 %
10.5
million USD
Rest of the products
15.2 %
145.5
million USD