Lesotho | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

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

• 23% (195 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 21% (181 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 15.5% (129 million US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 9.05% (75 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 5.79% (48 million US$): 51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
• 4.7% (39 million US$): 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
• 3.98% (33 million US$): 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
• 3.26% (27 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 2.41% (20 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 2.06% (17.1 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

What did Lesotho export in 2023?

Lesotho's Top Exports in 2023:

• 23% ($195 million): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
• 8.68% ($72 million): 2201 - Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
• 8.65% ($71 million): 6203 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
• 6.19% ($51 million): 6104 - Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted.
• 5.77% ($47 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 4.65% ($38 million): 5101 - Wool, not carded or combed
• 4.36% ($36 million): 6105 - Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted
• 3.95% ($32 million): 6204 - Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear)
• 3.93% ($32 million): 6304 - Other furnishing articles, excluding those of heading 94.04
• 3.31% ($27 million): 8536 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts

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

• 16.9% (291 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 8.56% (147 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 6.72% (115 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.88% (101 million US$): 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
• 3.84% (66 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
• 3.71% (63 million US$): 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 3.1% (53 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 3.1% (53 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.44% (42 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.43% (41 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Lesotho import in 2023?

Lesotho's Top Imports in 2023:

• 12.5% ($215 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
• 2.91% ($50 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 2.56% ($44 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 2.33% ($40 million): 1102 - Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin
• 2.01% ($34 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
• 1.97% ($33 million): 8429 - Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers
• 1.49% ($25 million): 5407 - Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading 54.04
• 1.45% ($25 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
• 1.38% ($23 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 1.35% ($23 million): 6003 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01 or 60.02.