- Exports
- $912M126 partners
- Imports
- $3.27B156 partners
- Balance
- −$2.36Bdeficit
- Total trade
- $4.18B2024
Exports and imports, 1995 to 2024
In current US dollars, not adjusted for prices.
Where its exports go
The largest partners in 2024, with each one's share of the nation's exports.
| Partner | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | $87.4M | 9.6% | |
| Germany | $86.2M | 9.4% | |
| South Africa | $59.9M | 6.6% | |
| Turkey | $51.0M | 5.6% | |
| Zimbabwe | $48.8M | 5.4% | |
| Poland | $43.5M | 4.8% | |
| United States | $43.4M | 4.8% | |
| Belgium | $34.3M | 3.8% | |
| Egypt | $31.5M | 3.5% | |
| United Arab Emirates | $25.5M | 2.8% | |
| Tanzania | $24.5M | 2.7% | |
| Zambia | $21.3M | 2.3% | |
| China | $20.1M | 2.2% | |
| United Kingdom | $19.9M | 2.2% | |
| Mozambique | $18.3M | 2.0% | |
| Pakistan | $18.1M | 2.0% | |
| South Korea | $18.0M | 2.0% | |
| Portugal | $14.5M | 1.6% | |
| Rwanda | $14.3M | 1.6% | |
| Ukraine | $13.9M | 1.5% |
Where its imports come from
The largest partners in 2024, with each one's share of the nation's imports.
| Partner | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $522M | 16% | |
| South Africa | $485M | 15% | |
| Tanzania | $332M | 10% | |
| United Arab Emirates | $279M | 8.5% | |
| India | $273M | 8.4% | |
| Zambia | $122M | 3.7% | |
| Japan | $93.6M | 2.9% | |
| Mozambique | $86.8M | 2.7% | |
| Kuwait | $82.5M | 2.5% | |
| Switzerland | $82.4M | 2.5% | |
| United Kingdom | $81.4M | 2.5% | |
| Malaysia | $75.5M | 2.3% | |
| United States | $61.1M | 1.9% | |
| Netherlands | $55.0M | 1.7% | |
| Kenya | $54.9M | 1.7% | |
| Indonesia | $50.9M | 1.6% | |
| Saudi Arabia | $42.6M | 1.3% | |
| Russia | $42.1M | 1.3% | |
| Germany | $33.8M | 1.0% | |
| Belgium | $33.4M | 1.0% |
What it exports
The largest categories in 2024.
| Category | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes | $501M | 55% | |
| Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | $104M | 11% | |
| Coffee, tea, mate and spices | $70.9M | 7.8% | |
| Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder | $47.6M | 5.2% | |
| Oil seed, oleaginous fruits, grain, seed, fruits | $31.4M | 3.4% | |
| Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons | $22.5M | 2.5% | |
| Sugars and sugar confectionery | $15.1M | 1.7% | |
| Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers | $13.8M | 1.5% | |
| Meat and edible meat offal | $13.2M | 1.4% | |
| Vehicles other than railway, tramway | $12.4M | 1.4% | |
| Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal | $10.5M | 1.2% | |
| Iron and steel | $8.17M | 0.9% | |
| Plastics | $6.20M | 0.7% | |
| Copper | $5.03M | 0.6% | |
| Rubbers | $4.68M | 0.5% |
What it imports
The largest categories in 2024.
| Category | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products | $542M | 17% | |
| Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers | $271M | 8.3% | |
| Fertilizers | $255M | 7.8% | |
| Vehicles other than railway, tramway | $219M | 6.7% | |
| Electrical, electronic equipment | $184M | 5.6% | |
| Plastics | $177M | 5.4% | |
| Pharmaceutical products | $170M | 5.2% | |
| Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing | $129M | 4.0% | |
| Printed books, newspapers, pictures | $111M | 3.4% | |
| Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products | $102M | 3.1% | |
| Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes | $101M | 3.1% | |
| Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board | $87.2M | 2.7% | |
| Iron and steel | $83.6M | 2.6% | |
| Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement | $61.5M | 1.9% | |
| Articles of iron or steel | $61.2M | 1.9% |
The bar runs to the largest in its list. The line is each figure’s history from 2000, drawn to its own peak: it shows the shape of the years, and the value shows the size.
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