Gabon | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2004 - 2023

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

• 53% (6.85 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 23% (2.95 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 12.7% (1.62 billion US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• 6.59% (837 million US$): 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
• 0.823% (104 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
• 0.555% (70 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 0.373% (47 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 0.31% (39 million US$): 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
• 0.305% (38 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 0.169% (21 million US$): 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

What did Gabon export in 2023?

Gabon's Top Exports in 2023:

• 51% ($6.57 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 23% ($2.95 billion): 2602 - Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20 % or more, calculated on the dry weight
• 10.3% ($1.31 billion): 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
• 3.4% ($432 million): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
• 2.31% ($294 million): 4408 - Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
• 2.07% ($263 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
• 1.37% ($174 million): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
• 1.05% ($134 million): 8904 - Tugs and pusher craft
• 0.762% ($96 million): 1511 - Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
• 0.471% ($59 million): 4412 - Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

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

• 23% (982 million US$): 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• 13.6% (577 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 6.89% (290 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 5.58% (235 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 5.5% (232 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.21% (219 million US$): 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
• 3.9% (164 million US$): 02 - Meat and edible meat offal
• 3.15% (133 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.66% (112 million US$): 86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds
• 2.63% (110 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products

What did Gabon import in 2023?

Gabon's Top Imports in 2023:

• 21% ($908 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
• 5.36% ($226 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
• 2.61% ($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
• 2.54% ($107 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
• 2.41% ($101 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
• 2.07% ($87 million): 1006 - Rice
• 1.93% ($81 million): 7304 - Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel.
• 1.42% ($59 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.35% ($57 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
• 1.31% ($55 million): 8901 - Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods