Lesotho | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2006 - 2017

Exports structure from Lesotho in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 40% (269 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 26% (178 million US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 7.5% (50 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 5.63% (37 million US$): 51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
• 4.58% (30 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 3.07% (20 million US$): 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.s.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
• 2.43% (16.3 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 1.84% (12.3 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
• 1.68% (11.3 million US$): 64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
• 1.11% (7.51 million US$): 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

What did Lesotho export in 2017?

Lesotho's Top Exports in 2017:

• 15.8% ($106 million): 6203 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
• 14.7% ($99 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.
• 7.56% ($50 million): 6109 - T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted.
• 7.11% ($47 million): 6105 - Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted
• 6.39% ($43 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)
• 5.24% ($35 million): 6110 - Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waist-coats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted
• 3.94% ($26 million): 6103 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted
• 3.75% ($25 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
• 3.06% ($20 million): 9401 - Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof
• 2.58% ($17.4 million): 8528 - Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus

Imports structure to Lesotho in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 17.7% (367 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 12.7% (262 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 5.49% (113 million US$): 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 5.43% (112 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 5.26% (108 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 4.6% (95 million US$): 52 - Cotton
• 4.43% (91 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 2.31% (47 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 2.29% (47 million US$): 54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials
• 2.28% (47 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

What did Lesotho import in 2017?

Lesotho's Top Imports in 2017:

• 11.4% ($236 million): 7326 - Other articles of iron or steel
• 9.29% ($192 million): 2712 - Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
• 7.39% ($152 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
• 3.03% ($62 million): 6006 - Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
• 2.85% ($59 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
• 2.04% ($42 million): 6003 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01 or 60.02.
• 1.88% ($38 million): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
• 1.75% ($36 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
• 1.72% ($35 million): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
• 1.64% ($33 million): 5407 - Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading 54.04