Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2019
*
9.9 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2019
*
10.1 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2019
2.1 %
Bound tariffs
This economy is not a WTO member; therefore, no bound tariff indicators are applicable.
Imports
Total imports: 183.6 million USD in 2023
Imports by partner
European Union
40.7 %
74.7
million USD
Togo
15.6 %
28.7
million USD
Angola
13.7 %
25.2
million USD
Japan
5.6 %
10.2
million USD
Türkiye
5.2 %
9.6
million USD
China
4.5 %
8.3
million USD
United States of America
2.5 %
4.6
million USD
Gabon
2.3 %
4.2
million USD
Brazil
1.9 %
3.5
million USD
India
1.3 %
2.4
million USD
Rest of the World
6.6 %
12.1
million USD
Imports by products HS 2017
999999
Unspecified products
26.6 %
48.8
million USD
100630
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed
8.2 %
15.0
million USD
850213
Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine" of an output > 375 kVA
3.0 %
5.5
million USD
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
2.7 %
5.0
million USD
110100
Wheat or meslin flour
2.4 %
4.3
million USD
252329
Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured)
2.0 %
3.7
million USD
020714
Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
1.7 %
3.2
million USD
340119
Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (excl. those for toilet use, incl. medicated products)
1.2 %
2.2
million USD
870332
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 > 1.500 cm³ but <= 2.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
1.2 %
2.2
million USD
220422
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of > 2 l but <= 10 l (excl. sparkling wine)
1.2 %
2.2
million USD
Rest of the products
49.8 %
91.5
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 16.6 million USD in 2023
Exports by destination
European Union
96.2 %
15.9
million USD
Cameroon
1.9 %
0.3
million USD
United States of America
0.5 %
0.1
million USD
Angola
0.4 %
0.1
million USD
Equatorial Guinea
0.3 %
0.0
million USD
Nigeria
0.3 %
0.0
million USD
Brazil
0.2 %
0.0
million USD
Gabon
0.2 %
0.0
million USD
India
0.0 %
0.0
million USD
Mauritius
0.0 %
0.0
million USD
Rest of the World
0.1 %
0.0
million USD
Exports by products HS 2017
180100
Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
60.7 %
10.1
million USD
151110
Crude palm oil
33.1 %
5.5
million USD
999999
Unspecified products
1.1 %
0.2
million USD
090421
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground
0.7 %
0.1
million USD
180632
Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in blocks, slabs or bars of <= 2 kg (excl. filled)
0.7 %
0.1
million USD
151311
Crude coconut oil
0.6 %
0.1
million USD
040299
Milk and cream, concentrated and sweetened (excl. in solid forms)
0.3 %
0.0
million USD
080111
Desiccated coconuts
0.2 %
0.0
million USD
720410
Waste and scrap, of cast iron (excl. radioactive)
0.2 %
0.0
million USD
120799
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds, sunflower seeds, palm nuts and kernels, cotton, castor oil, sesamum, mustard, safflower, melon and poppy seeds)
0.1 %
0.0
million USD
Rest of the products
2.4 %
0.4
million USD
Preferential regimes provided by Sao Tomé and Principe
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Sao Tomé and Principe as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes
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