Botswana | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2011 - 2022

Exports structure from Botswana in 2022 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 87% (7.24 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 3.89% (322 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 2.01% (166 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 1.15% (95 million US$): 01 - Live animals
• 0.708% (58 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 0.678% (56 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
• 0.545% (45 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 0.406% (33 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 0.351% (29 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 0.307% (25 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

What did Botswana export in 2022?

Botswana's Top Exports in 2022:

• 87% ($7.21 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
• 3.87% ($320 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 1.75% ($145 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
• 1.15% ($95 million): 0102 - Live bovine animals
• 0.675% ($55 million): 2836 - Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate.
• 0.63% ($52 million): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
• 0.307% ($25 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
• 0.301% ($24 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 0.212% ($17.6 million): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
• 0.2% ($16.6 million): 3917 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics

Imports structure to Botswana in 2022 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 27% (2.2 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 18.5% (1.48 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 7.25% (581 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.64% (451 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 4.68% (374 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 2.45% (196 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.15% (172 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.04% (163 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
• 2.03% (163 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 2.01% (161 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Botswana import in 2022?

Botswana's Top Imports in 2022:

• 27% ($2.2 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
• 16.7% ($1.34 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
• 1.75% ($140 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
• 1.74% ($139 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 1.66% ($133 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.26% ($101 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
• 1.21% ($97 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 1.09% ($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
• 0.984% ($78 million): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
• 0.949% ($75 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