Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2023
Timeseries: 194 million
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Burkina Faso | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2007 - 2018

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The value of merchandise exports from Burkina Faso totalled $ 3.26 billion in 2018. Merchandise exports from Burkina Faso increased by 12.3% compared to 2017. Goods exports grew up by $ 358 million in 2018 (the value of merchandise exports from Burkina Faso amounted to $2.9 billion in 2017)

Burkina Faso's exports 2018 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Burkina Faso in 2018:

  • Switzerland with a share of 52% (1.72 billion US$)
  • India with a share of 15.3% (501 million US$)
  • Singapore with a share of 7.69% (251 million US$)
  • Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 6.34% (207 million US$)
  • France with a share of 4.18% (136 million US$)
  • Ghana with a share of 3.07% (100 million US$)
  • Togo with a share of 1.87% (61 million US$)
  • Vietnam with a share of 1.26% (41 million US$)
  • United Kingdom - 31 million US$
  • Netherlands - 28 million US$

Exports structure from Burkina Faso in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 65% (2.14 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 9.89% (323 million US$): 52 - Cotton
  • 7.21% (235 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
  • 5.71% (186 million US$): 79 - Zinc and articles thereof
  • 5.25% (171 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • 1.02% (33 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 0.828% (27 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 0.772% (25 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
  • 0.599% (19.5 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
  • 0.476% (15.5 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel

What did Burkina Faso export in 2018?

Burkina Faso's Top Exports in 2018:

  • 65% ($2.14 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 9.74% ($318 million): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
  • 6.46% ($211 million): 0801 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
  • 5.71% ($186 million): 7901 - Unwrought zinc
  • 5.19% ($169 million): 1207 - Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken, n.e.s. in chapter 12
  • 0.828% ($27 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
  • 0.733% ($23 million): 0804 - Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
  • 0.684% ($22 million): 1515 - Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils n.e.s. in chapter 15 (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 0.518% ($16.9 million): 0702 - Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
  • 0.395% ($12.9 million): 3802 - Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black

The value of merchandise imports to Burkina Faso totalled $ 4.39 billion in 2018. Merchandise imports to Burkina Faso increased by 11.4% compared to 2017. Goods imports grew up by $ 453 million in 2018 (the value of merchandise imports to Burkina Faso was equal to $3.94 billion in 2017)

Burkina Faso's imports 2018 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Burkina Faso in 2018:

  • China with a share of 12.6% (556 million US$)
  • Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 11.2% (495 million US$)
  • France with a share of 7.23% (318 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 5.84% (256 million US$)
  • India with a share of 5.4% (237 million US$)
  • Russia with a share of 5.39% (237 million US$)
  • Ghana with a share of 4.77% (209 million US$)
  • Korea with a share of 4.21% (185 million US$)
  • Germany with a share of 3.39% (149 million US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 3.11% (136 million US$)

Imports structure to Burkina Faso in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 26% (1.17 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 10.9% (480 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 8.17% (359 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 6.57% (289 million US$): 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
  • 5.59% (246 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 4.34% (191 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 3.74% (164 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
  • 3.52% (155 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
  • 3.43% (151 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
  • 2.54% (111 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof

What did Burkina Faso import in 2018?

Burkina Faso's Top Imports in 2018:

  • 22% ($998 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
  • 4.22% ($185 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
  • 3.32% ($146 million): 1006 - Rice
  • 2.9% ($127 million): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
  • 2.32% ($102 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
  • 2.02% ($89 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
  • 1.89% ($83 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
  • 1.77% ($77 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
  • 1.65% ($72 million): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 1.43% ($63 million): 7210 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated

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Burkina Faso | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2007 - 2018