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

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

• 27% (243 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 19.1% (172 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 16.6% (149 million US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 9.52% (85 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 5.38% (48 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 5.28% (47 million US$): 51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
• 4.35% (39 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 2.64% (23 million US$): 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
• 2.11% (19 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
• 1.41% (12.7 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

What did Lesotho export in 2022?

Lesotho's Top Exports in 2022:

• 19.1% ($172 million): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
• 10.7% ($96 million): 6203 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
• 10.1% ($91 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.
• 9.51% ($85 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.
• 6.75% ($60 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 4.01% ($36 million): 5101 - Wool, not carded or combed
• 3.96% ($35 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
• 3.66% ($33 million): 6105 - Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted
• 3% ($27 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)
• 2.6% ($23 million): 6304 - Other furnishing articles, excluding those of heading 94.04

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

• 16.7% (313 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 7.03% (131 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 5.48% (102 million US$): 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 5.46% (102 million US$): 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
• 4.9% (91 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 4.38% (81 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 3.41% (63 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 3.23% (60 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
• 2.84% (53 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• 2.63% (49 million US$): 54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials

What did Lesotho import in 2022?

Lesotho's Top Imports in 2022:

• 12.4% ($233 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
• 5.05% ($94 million): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
• 2.79% ($52 million): 6003 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01 or 60.02.
• 2.29% ($42 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 2.11% ($39 million): 5407 - Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading 54.04
• 2.01% ($37 million): 1102 - Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin
• 1.86% ($34 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
• 1.78% ($33 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 1.77% ($33 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 1.69% ($31 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