Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Congo | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2010 - 2021

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESCongoWorldExportsValue (US$)6,917,584,947.0013,823,647,482.007,437,932,502.0010,453,101,909.008,673,371,011.978,622,950,445.597,900,592,412.458,251,984,388.3311,155,029,324.835,575,942,320.194,893,092,486.752,362,230,161.01
Value Growth, YoY (%)-15.6599.83-46.1940.53-17.02-0.58-8.374.4435.17-50.01-12.24-51.72
ImportsValue (US$)4,369,417,122.007,012,525,239.007,348,554,335.008,371,623,127.0010,098,856,064.8010,549,678,920.4211,270,348,869.064,560,299,566.523,485,609,079.512,242,427,608.611,908,347,758.092,351,503,115.33
Value Growth, YoY (%)-1.7460.494.7913.9220.634.466.83-59.53-23.56-35.66-14.8923.22

The value of merchandise exports from Congo totalled $ 2.36 billion in 2021. Overall commodity exports from Congo decreased by 51% compared to 2020. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 2.53 billion (the value of merchandise exports from Congo amounted to $4.89 billion in 2020)

Congo's exports 2021 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Congo in 2021:

  • China with a share of 45% (1.08 billion US$)
  • Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 8.55% (202 million US$)
  • Togo with a share of 7.52% (177 million US$)
  • Cameroon with a share of 5.37% (127 million US$)
  • Gabon with a share of 3.98% (94 million US$)
  • India with a share of 3.13% (74 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 3.12% (73 million US$)
  • Australia with a share of 2.91% (68 million US$)
  • Singapore with a share of 2.29% (54 million US$)
  • Angola with a share of 2.15% (50 million US$)

Exports structure from Congo in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 55% (1.3 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 14.5% (343 million US$): 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
  • 14.2% (337 million US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
  • 4.87% (115 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 3.25% (76 million US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
  • 2.49% (58 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 1.29% (30 million US$): 79 - Zinc and articles thereof
  • 0.867% (20 million US$): 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
  • 0.687% (16.2 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
  • 0.438% (10.3 million US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

What did Congo export in 2021?

Congo's Top Exports in 2021:

  • 45% ($1.07 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 9.16% ($216 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
  • 7.2% ($170 million): 8905 - Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
  • 7.12% ($168 million): 4403 - Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
  • 6.92% ($163 million): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
  • 6.22% ($147 million): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
  • 4.69% ($110 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
  • 3.25% ($76 million): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
  • 1.28% ($30 million): 7901 - Unwrought zinc
  • 0.838% ($19.8 million): 8904 - Tugs and pusher craft

The value of merchandise imports to Congo totalled $ 2.35 billion in 2021. Merchandise imports to Congo increased by 23% compared to 2020. Goods imports grew up by $ 443 million in 2021 (the value of merchandise imports to Congo was equal to $1.9 billion in 2020)

Congo's imports 2021 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Congo in 2021:

  • China with a share of 19.5% (460 million US$)
  • France with a share of 12.4% (293 million US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 8.98% (211 million US$)
  • Russia with a share of 4.44% (104 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 4.15% (97 million US$)
  • Namibia with a share of 3.68% (86 million US$)
  • India with a share of 3.27% (77 million US$)
  • Brazil with a share of 3.24% (76 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 2.84% (66 million US$)
  • Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 2.54% (59 million US$)

Imports structure to Congo in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 10.8% (254 million US$): 02 - Meat and edible meat offal
  • 9.75% (229 million US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
  • 8.48% (199 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.89% (138 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 4.83% (113 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 4.26% (100 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 4.11% (96 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 4% (94 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  • 3.64% (85 million US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
  • 3.43% (80 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products

What did Congo import in 2021?

Congo's Top Imports in 2021:

  • 6.89% ($162 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
  • 5.04% ($118 million): 8905 - Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
  • 4.05% ($95 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
  • 4.02% ($94 million): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
  • 3.87% ($91 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
  • 3.16% ($74 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
  • 2.87% ($67 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
  • 2.41% ($56 million): 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01. (Cleaning Products)
  • 2.4% ($56 million): 1511 - Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 2.21% ($52 million): 0303 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.

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Congo | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2010 - 2021