Namibia | Imports and Exports | World | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2011 - 2023
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 44. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | Namibia | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 27,691,146.00 | 27,416,144.00 | 31,969,801.00 | 34,032,450.00 | 32,614,570.00 | 29,627,299.00 | 29,995,408.09 | 38,210,150.59 | 49,293,682.84 | 62,174,382.83 | 76,500,415.14 | 65,335,055.47 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -9.76 | -0.99 | 16.60 | 6.45 | -4.16 | -9.15 | 1.24 | 27.38 | 29.00 | 26.13 | -14.59 | |||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 67,241,028.00 | 67,603,243.00 | 65,663,934.00 | 70,638,457.00 | 66,609,452.00 | 58,479,645.00 | 60,451,202.66 | 54,031,951.97 | 47,312,616.29 | 39,460,143.36 | 50,266,672.72 | 44,497,155.34 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | 8.14 | 0.53 | -2.86 | 7.57 | -5.70 | -12.20 | 3.37 | -10.61 | -12.43 | -16.59 | -11.47 |
The value of exports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" from Namibia totalled $ 65 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 44 from Namibia decreased by 14.5% in value terms compared to 2022. exports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" decreased by $ 11.1 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 44 from Namibia amounted $76 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" amounted to 1.19% of total exports from Namibia (cumulative merchandise exports from Namibia totalled $ 5.48 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 44 in total exports from Namibia decreased by 0.122 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.31% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Namibia were equal to $ 5.82 billion).
Where does Namibia export Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal?
Top export destinations of "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" from Namibia in 2023:
- South Africa with a share of 16.9% (11 million US$)
- United Kingdom with a share of 12.4% (8.1 million US$)
- Belgium with a share of 11% (7.22 million US$)
- Poland with a share of 8.88% (5.8 million US$)
- Greece with a share of 8.71% (5.69 million US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 7.98% (5.21 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 6.67% (4.35 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 5.16% (3.37 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 3.9% (2.54 million US$)
- France with a share of 3.23% (2.11 million US$)
Exports structure of 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal - from Namibia in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 85% (55 million US$): 4402 - Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated
- 5.29% (3.45 million US$): 4401 - Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
- 3.18% (2.08 million US$): 4403 - Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
- 2.22% (1.45 million US$): 4415 - Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
- 1.29% (848 thousand US$): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
- 0.692% (452 thousand US$): 4411 - Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
- 0.497% (325 thousand US$): 4409 - Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed.
- 0.495% (323 thousand US$): 4418 - Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes
- 0.318% (208 thousand US$): 4420 - Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94
- 0.123% (80 thousand US$): 4410 - Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
The value of imports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" to Namibia totalled $ 44 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 44 to Namibia decreased by 11.4% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" decreased by $ 5.76 million (the value of imports of commodity group 44 to Namibia was equal to $50 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" accounted for 0.614% of total import flow to Namibia (in 2023, total imports to Namibia amounted to $ 7.23 billion). The share of commodity group 44 in total imports to Namibia decreased by 0.03 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.644% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Namibia were equal to $ 7.79 billion).
Imports of commodity group 44 reached 99% of total imports of group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" to Namibia in 2023 (imports of commodity group 44 to Namibia totalled $44 million in 2023). The share of purchases of commodity group 44 in imports of commodity group 44 to Namibia went down by 0 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 100% in 2022, and imports of commodity group 44 to Namibia accounted for $50 million).
Where does Namibia import Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal from?
Top trading partners (import of "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal") of Namibia in 2023:
- South Africa with a share of 86% (38 million US$)
- Swaziland with a share of 6.2% (2.75 million US$)
- China with a share of 1.58% (703 thousand US$)
- Zambia with a share of 1.47% (658 thousand US$)
- Indonesia - 262 thousand US$
- Angola - 229 thousand US$
- Germany - 215 thousand US$
- Austria - 184 thousand US$
- Areas, nes - 137 thousand US$
- USA - 131 thousand US$
Imports structure of 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal - to Namibia in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 27% (12.1 million US$): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
- 18.7% (8.35 million US$): 4403 - Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
- 17.3% (7.74 million US$): 4410 - Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
- 10.6% (4.74 million US$): 4418 - Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes
- 4.23% (1.88 million US$): 4415 - Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
- 4.15% (1.85 million US$): 4411 - Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
- 3.9% (1.73 million US$): 4412 - Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
- 3.14% (1.39 million US$): 4404 - Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like
- 2.68% (1.19 million US$): 4421 - Other articles of wood.n.e.s. in heading no. 4414 to 4420
- 2.12% (946 thousand US$): 4420 - Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94
