Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2023-05-14
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Botswana | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESBotswanaWorldExportsValue (US$)3,455,712,288.004,693,238,100.005,881,918,175.005,971,245,090.007,932,996,865.728,538,068,878.346,329,746,618.457,320,705,826.005,954,788,785.726,122,376,817.865,254,253,928.474,287,224,372.44
Value Growth, YoY (%)35.8125.321.5132.857.62-25.8615.65-18.652.81-14.17-18.40
ImportsValue (US$)4,728,028,513.005,656,806,368.007,272,011,432.008,025,287,848.009,479,211,325.019,150,154,629.908,048,007,054.686,102,721,575.005,329,441,519.435,921,256,033.196,569,687,034.166,508,412,467.39
Value Growth, YoY (%)19.6428.5510.3518.11-3.47-12.04-24.17-12.6711.1010.95-0.93

The value of merchandise exports from Botswana totalled $ 4.28 billion in 2020. Overall commodity exports from Botswana decreased by 18.4% compared to 2019. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 967 million (the value of merchandise exports from Botswana amounted to $5.25 billion in 2019)

Botswana's exports 2020 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Botswana in 2020:

  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 21% (935 million US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 21% (909 million US$)
  • India with a share of 20% (891 million US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 13.3% (571 million US$)
  • Singapore with a share of 6.37% (273 million US$)
  • Israel with a share of 4.87% (208 million US$)
  • Hong Kong with a share of 4.32% (185 million US$)
  • Namibia with a share of 1.54% (66 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 1.36% (58 million US$)
  • Zambia - 36 million US$

Exports structure from Botswana in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 89% (3.83 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 2.3% (98 million US$): 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% (44 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 0.932% (39 million US$): 01 - Live animals
  • 0.923% (39 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  • 0.608% (26 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
  • 0.588% (25 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 0.568% (24 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 0.566% (24 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
  • 0.453% (19.4 million US$): 02 - Meat and edible meat offal

What did Botswana export in 2020?

Botswana's Top Exports in 2020:

  • 88% ($3.77 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 1.89% ($81 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
  • 1.16% ($49 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 0.93% ($39 million): 0102 - Live bovine animals
  • 0.923% ($39 million): 2836 - Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate.
  • 0.608% ($26 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
  • 0.562% ($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
  • 0.406% ($17.4 million): 3917 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics
  • 0.366% ($15.6 million): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
  • 0.328% ($14 million): 0202 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen

The value of merchandise imports to Botswana totalled $ 6.5 billion in 2020. Overall commodity imports to Botswana decreased by 0.932% compared to 2019. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 61 million (the value of merchandise imports to Botswana was equal to $6.56 billion in 2019)

Botswana's imports 2020 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Botswana in 2020:

  • South Africa with a share of 58% (3.79 billion US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 7.81% (508 million US$)
  • Namibia with a share of 7.58% (493 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 4.34% (282 million US$)
  • Canada with a share of 3.16% (206 million US$)
  • India with a share of 2.68% (174 million US$)
  • China with a share of 2.47% (160 million US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 1.91% (124 million US$)
  • Russia with a share of 1.69% (110 million US$)
  • France with a share of 1.34% (87 million US$)

Imports structure to Botswana in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 30% (2.01 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 12.9% (844 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 8.38% (545 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 5.98% (389 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.14% (335 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 2.2% (143 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 2.01% (131 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 1.83% (119 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 1.81% (117 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
  • 1.69% (110 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar

What did Botswana import in 2020?

Botswana's Top Imports in 2020:

  • 30% ($2.01 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 9.5% ($618 million): 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
  • 3.01% ($196 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
  • 2.33% ($151 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
  • 2.31% ($150 million): 8710 - Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
  • 1.8% ($117 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
  • 1.59% ($103 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
  • 1.53% ($100 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
  • 0.968% ($63 million): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
  • 0.909% ($59 million): 1005 - Maize (corn)

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Botswana | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020