Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Namibia | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESNamibiaWorldExportsValue (US$)5,870,619,650.005,848,291,950.005,900,940,853.005,376,995,496.006,337,215,726.005,983,840,058.004,628,291,751.004,815,846,406.005,229,360,925.447,488,296,000.256,256,147,591.195,600,210,898.47
Value Growth, YoY (%)24.13-0.380.90-8.8717.85-5.57-22.654.058.5843.19-16.45-10.48
ImportsValue (US$)6,208,418,827.005,979,722,908.006,457,277,385.007,132,032,336.007,574,548,144.008,530,994,350.007,697,157,051.006,721,043,529.006,778,202,853.848,288,940,141.348,086,034,607.056,823,461,437.07
Value Growth, YoY (%)32.41-3.687.9810.446.2012.62-9.77-12.680.8522.28-2.44-15.61

The value of merchandise exports from Namibia totalled $ 5.6 billion in 2020. Overall commodity exports from Namibia decreased by 10.4% compared to 2019. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 655 million (the value of merchandise exports from Namibia amounted to $6.25 billion in 2019)

Namibia's exports 2020 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Namibia in 2020:

  • China with a share of 34% (1.91 billion US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 14.5% (813 million US$)
  • Botswana with a share of 8% (448 million US$)
  • Areas, nes with a share of 5.64% (316 million US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 5.22% (292 million US$)
  • Spain with a share of 4.61% (258 million US$)
  • Zambia with a share of 4.23% (237 million US$)
  • Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 2.62% (147 million US$)
  • Germany with a share of 2.34% (131 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 2.02% (113 million US$)

Exports structure from Namibia in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 30% (1.71 billion US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
  • 25% (1.43 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 13.2% (740 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
  • 10.4% (583 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  • 1.46% (81 million US$): 01 - Live animals
  • 1.41% (79 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 1.34% (75 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  • 1.27% (71 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 1.2% (67 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 1.11% (62 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

What did Namibia export in 2020?

Namibia's Top Exports in 2020:

  • 23% ($1.31 billion): 7402 - Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
  • 18.5% ($1.03 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 11.1% ($624 million): 2612 - Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates
  • 7% ($392 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 5.89% ($330 million): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
  • 5.13% ($287 million): 0304 - Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.
  • 4.41% ($247 million): 0303 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.
  • 1.17% ($65 million): 2822 - Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
  • 1.14% ($64 million): 0102 - Live bovine animals
  • 1.12% ($62 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

The value of merchandise imports to Namibia totalled $ 6.82 billion in 2020. Overall commodity imports to Namibia decreased by 15.6% compared to 2019. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 1.26 billion (the value of merchandise imports to Namibia was equal to $8.08 billion in 2019)

Namibia's imports 2020 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Namibia in 2020:

  • South Africa with a share of 36% (2.46 billion US$)
  • Zambia with a share of 19% (1.3 billion US$)
  • Areas, nes with a share of 6.51% (444 million US$)
  • Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 5.48% (374 million US$)
  • China with a share of 4.5% (307 million US$)
  • Bulgaria with a share of 3.76% (256 million US$)
  • India with a share of 2.54% (173 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 2.43% (166 million US$)
  • Peru with a share of 1.92% (131 million US$)
  • Chile with a share of 1.1% (75 million US$)

Imports structure to Namibia in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 22% (1.55 billion US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
  • 8.74% (596 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
  • 8.42% (575 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 6.24% (426 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.18% (353 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 5% (341 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 3.6% (246 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 2.51% (171 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 2.48% (169 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  • 2.19% (150 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar

What did Namibia import in 2020?

Namibia's Top Imports in 2020:

  • 17.3% ($1.18 billion): 7402 - Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
  • 8.36% ($570 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
  • 7.91% ($539 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
  • 5.3% ($361 million): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
  • 4.96% ($338 million): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 1.67% ($114 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
  • 1.49% ($101 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
  • 1.36% ($93 million): 2822 - Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
  • 1.04% ($71 million): 4011 - New pneumatic tyres, of rubber
  • 0.98% ($66 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones

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Namibia | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020