Botswana | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

Exports structure from Botswana in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 79% (4.35 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 9.23% (507 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 3.29% (181 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 1.02% (56 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
• 0.83% (45 million US$): 01 - Live animals
• 0.738% (40 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 0.667% (36 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 0.618% (34 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 0.498% (27 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 0.457% (25 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

What did Botswana export in 2023?

Botswana's Top Exports in 2023:

• 78% ($4.33 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
• 9.21% ($506 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 2.79% ($153 million): 8544 - Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
• 1.02% ($56 million): 2836 - Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate.
• 0.828% ($45 million): 0102 - Live bovine animals
• 0.621% ($34 million): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
• 0.453% ($24 million): 2501 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
• 0.412% ($22 million): 0202 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen
• 0.378% ($20 million): 3917 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics
• 0.377% ($20 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form

Imports structure to Botswana in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 20% (1.31 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 14.8% (954 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 8.43% (541 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 7.09% (455 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.36% (343 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 4.35% (279 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 2.42% (155 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.4% (154 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.15% (138 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.02% (130 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Botswana import in 2023?

Botswana's Top Imports in 2023:

• 17.5% ($1.12 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 14.7% ($948 million): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
• 2.64% ($169 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.47% ($158 million): 2202 - Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.
• 2.42% ($155 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 2.18% ($140 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.57% ($100 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
• 1.37% ($87 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 1.25% ($80 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 1.16% ($74 million): 8544 - Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors