Afghanistan Exports 2023
Complete list of Afghanistan's 116 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$1.67B
Total exports (2023)
#148
Global export rank
116
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Afghanistan exported $1.67 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #148 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 116 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 95.4% of total export value. The leading export was figs, fresh or dried, valued at $162.74 million — 9.8% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All export destinations
116 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | $691.43M | 41.52% |
| 2 | India | $667.42M | 40.08% |
| 3 | China | $63.91M | 3.84% |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | $38.61M | 2.32% |
| 5 | Türkiye | $31.15M | 1.87% |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | $29.80M | 1.79% |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | $21.17M | 1.27% |
| 8 | USA | $20.61M | 1.24% |
| 9 | Germany | $14.55M | 0.87% |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | $10.38M | 0.62% |
| 11 | Canada | $8.38M | 0.50% |
| 12 | Jordan | $8.05M | 0.48% |
| 13 | Italy | $5.89M | 0.35% |
| 14 | Spain | $5.68M | 0.34% |
| 15 | Senegal | $5.27M | 0.32% |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | $4.25M | 0.26% |
| 17 | Malaysia | $3.80M | 0.23% |
| 18 | Netherlands | $3.03M | 0.18% |
| 19 | United Kingdom | $2.93M | 0.18% |
| 20 | Kuwait | $2.67M | 0.16% |
| 21 | Austria | $2.13M | 0.13% |
| 22 | France | $2.12M | 0.13% |
| 23 | Switzerland | $1.65M | 0.10% |
| 24 | Mozambique | $1.45M | 0.09% |
| 25 | Japan | $1.42M | 0.09% |
| 26 | Qatar | $1.17M | 0.07% |
| 27 | Ghana | $1.07M | 0.06% |
| 28 | Bahrain | $1.07M | 0.06% |
| 29 | Thailand | $999,741 | 0.06% |
| 30 | Sweden | $934,270 | 0.06% |
| 31 | Guatemala | $818,738 | 0.05% |
| 32 | Ukraine | $811,920 | 0.05% |
| 33 | Finland | $785,838 | 0.05% |
| 34 | Australia | $778,369 | 0.05% |
| 35 | Lebanon | $609,315 | 0.04% |
| 36 | Czechia | $586,938 | 0.04% |
| 37 | Mexico | $573,861 | 0.03% |
| 38 | Norway | $553,398 | 0.03% |
| 39 | Egypt | $520,486 | 0.03% |
| 40 | Rep. of Moldova | $515,322 | 0.03% |
| 41 | Belgium | $502,446 | 0.03% |
| 42 | Poland | $492,873 | 0.03% |
| 43 | Ireland | $412,471 | 0.02% |
| 44 | Singapore | $359,307 | 0.02% |
| 45 | Myanmar | $329,049 | 0.02% |
| 46 | Brazil | $318,766 | 0.02% |
| 47 | Slovakia | $247,257 | 0.01% |
| 48 | New Zealand | $227,806 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Morocco | $191,747 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Bulgaria | $181,603 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Dominican Rep. | $176,976 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Argentina | $173,005 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Indonesia | $164,668 | 0.01% |
| 54 | South Africa | $162,520 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Lithuania | $151,016 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | $123,498 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Israel | $113,000 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Romania | $105,633 | 0.01% |
| 59 | Chile | $82,214 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Armenia | $81,834 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Peru | $81,409 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Serbia | $78,355 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Latvia | $76,366 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Uruguay | $68,100 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Tunisia | $66,935 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Denmark | $65,765 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Kenya | $65,370 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Iceland | $58,190 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Bahamas | $53,092 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | $51,700 | 0.00% |
| 71 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $40,802 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Other Asia, nes | $39,350 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Portugal | $34,918 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Botswana | $30,848 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Nigeria | $29,782 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Angola | $28,618 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Greece | $28,163 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Costa Rica | $26,985 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Gabon | $26,029 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Jamaica | $23,125 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Togo | $21,677 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | $21,382 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Philippines | $19,473 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Mauritania | $15,684 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Oman | $13,939 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Slovenia | $11,360 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | $10,231 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $8,419 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Andorra | $8,013 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Colombia | $6,617 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Cambodia | $6,126 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Brunei Darussalam | $6,032 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Paraguay | $5,767 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Luxembourg | $5,620 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $5,491 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | $4,829 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Montenegro | $3,915 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Ethiopia | $3,610 | 0.00% |
| 99 | North Macedonia | $2,193 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Madagascar | $1,989 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Cyprus | $1,893 | 0.00% |
| 102 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $1,677 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Estonia | $1,602 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Namibia | $1,238 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Honduras | $1,235 | 0.00% |
| 106 | French Polynesia | $1,187 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Seychelles | $849 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Barbados | $828 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Ecuador | $721 | 0.00% |
| 110 | China, Macao SAR | $650 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Malta | $615 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Zambia | $413 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Nicaragua | $390 | 0.00% |
| 114 | El Salvador | $205 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Liberia | $31 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Lesotho | $11 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 080420 | Fruit, edible: figs, fresh or dried | $162.74M | 9.77% |
| 2 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $155.92M | 9.36% |
| 3 | 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $135.05M | 8.11% |
| 4 | 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $130.58M | 7.84% |
| 5 | 080620 | Fruit, edible: grapes, dried | $119.99M | 7.21% |
| 6 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $88.03M | 5.29% |
| 7 | 080290 | Nuts, edible: n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 and 0802, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled | $70.52M | 4.23% |
| 8 | 080610 | Fruit, edible: grapes, fresh | $58.56M | 3.52% |
| 9 | 091020 | Spices: saffron | $56.91M | 3.42% |
| 10 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $53.20M | 3.19% |
| 11 | 070200 | Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $45.52M | 2.73% |
| 12 | 080810 | Fruit, edible: apples, fresh | $40.14M | 2.41% |
| 13 | 081310 | Fruit, edible: apricots, dried | $35.99M | 2.16% |
| 14 | 080252 | Nuts, edible: pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled | $35.08M | 2.11% |
| 15 | 071339 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in item no. 0713.3, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $33.63M | 2.02% |
| 16 | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous: garlic, fresh or chilled | $32.35M | 1.94% |
| 17 | 080212 | Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, shelled | $27.46M | 1.65% |
| 18 | 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $27.24M | 1.64% |
| 19 | 090961 | Spices: seeds of anise, badian, caraway or fennel: juniper berries, neither crushed nor ground | $23.30M | 1.40% |
| 20 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $20.53M | 1.23% |
| 21 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $19.11M | 1.15% |
| 22 | 252610 | Steatite: natural, (not crushed or powdered), whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: talc | $17.06M | 1.02% |
| 23 | 070700 | Vegetables: cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled | $15.99M | 0.96% |
| 24 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $14.45M | 0.87% |
| 25 | 570110 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up | $14.01M | 0.84% |
| 26 | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | $11.22M | 0.67% |
| 27 | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous: chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $10.93M | 0.66% |
| 28 | 090931 | Spices: cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground | $9.78M | 0.59% |
| 29 | 080232 | Nuts, edible: walnuts, fresh or dried, shelled | $9.71M | 0.58% |
| 30 | 080910 | Fruit, edible: apricots, fresh | $9.25M | 0.56% |
| 31 | 071390 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in heading no. 0713, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $8.38M | 0.50% |
| 32 | 080211 | Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, in shell | $8.05M | 0.48% |
| 33 | 121299 | Vegetable products: fit for human consumption, n.e.c. in heading no. 1212, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $6.11M | 0.37% |
| 34 | 780110 | Lead: unwrought, refined | $5.98M | 0.36% |
| 35 | 761510 | Aluminium: table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof: pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like | $5.82M | 0.35% |
| 36 | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $5.73M | 0.34% |
| 37 | 251511 | Marble and travertine: having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more, crude or roughly trimmed by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | $5.31M | 0.32% |
| 38 | 261000 | Chromium ores and concentrates | $5.09M | 0.31% |
| 39 | 090411 | Spices: pepper (of the genus piper), neither crushed nor ground | $4.45M | 0.27% |
| 40 | 080929 | Fruit, edible: cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh | $4.15M | 0.25% |
| 41 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $4.03M | 0.24% |
| 42 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $4.00M | 0.24% |
| 43 | 120999 | Seeds: n.e.c. in heading 1209, of a kind used for sowing | $3.86M | 0.23% |
| 44 | 081340 | Fruit, edible: fruit n.e.c. in heading no. 0812, dried | $3.80M | 0.23% |
| 45 | 120791 | Oil seeds: poppy seeds, whether or not broken | $3.69M | 0.22% |
| 46 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $3.60M | 0.22% |
| 47 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $3.42M | 0.21% |
| 48 | 120770 | Oil seeds: melon seeds, whether or not broken | $3.29M | 0.20% |
| 49 | 271000 | 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 | $2.85M | 0.17% |
| 50 | 081320 | Fruit, edible: prunes, dried | $2.81M | 0.17% |
| 51 | 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $2.79M | 0.17% |
| 52 | 570210 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: woven, (not tufted or flocked), whether or not made up, including kelem, schumacks, karamanie and similar hand-woven rugs | $2.68M | 0.16% |
| 53 | 220299 | Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | $2.38M | 0.14% |
| 54 | 080231 | Nuts, edible: walnuts, fresh or dried, in shell | $2.31M | 0.14% |
| 55 | 410120 | Raw hides and skins: whole, unsplit, of bovine or equine animals, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8kg when simply dried, 10kg when dry-salted or 16kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved | $2.30M | 0.14% |
| 56 | 330129 | Oils, essential: n.e.c. in heading no. 3301 (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes | $2.19M | 0.13% |
| 57 | 251512 | Marble and travertine: merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more | $2.06M | 0.12% |
| 58 | 080940 | Fruit, edible: plums and sloes, fresh | $1.89M | 0.11% |
| 59 | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $1.88M | 0.11% |
| 60 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $1.79M | 0.11% |
| 61 | 051199 | Animal products: n.e.c. in chapter 5 | $1.76M | 0.11% |
| 62 | 120921 | Seeds of forage plants: lucerne (alfalfa) seeds, of a kind used for sowing | $1.75M | 0.10% |
| 63 | 410150 | Hides and skins: raw, whole, of bovine or equine animals, of a weight per skin exceeding 16 kg | $1.65M | 0.10% |
| 64 | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $1.52M | 0.09% |
| 65 | 510220 | Hair: coarse animal hair, not carded or combed | $1.47M | 0.09% |
| 66 | 510211 | Hair: fine animal hair, not carded or combed, of kashmir (cashmere) goats | $1.42M | 0.09% |
| 67 | 200819 | Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | $1.37M | 0.08% |
| 68 | 120241 | Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, in shell | $1.14M | 0.07% |
| 69 | 310420 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: potassic, potassium chloride | $1.11M | 0.07% |
| 70 | 852351 | Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $1.11M | 0.07% |
| 71 | 410221 | Skins: raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on | $1.08M | 0.06% |
| 72 | 080719 | Fruit, edible: melons, other than watermelons, fresh | $1.07M | 0.06% |
| 73 | 510610 | Yarn: of carded wool, containing 85% or more by weight of wool, not put up for retail sale | $1.04M | 0.06% |
| 74 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $1.03M | 0.06% |
| 75 | 252921 | Fluorspar: containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride | $987,206 | 0.06% |
| 76 | 100410 | Cereals: oats, seeds | $883,618 | 0.05% |
| 77 | 430130 | Furskins: raw, of Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail or paws | $791,388 | 0.05% |
| 78 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $781,127 | 0.05% |
| 79 | 410210 | Skins: raw, of sheep or lambs, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), with wool on | $764,919 | 0.05% |
| 80 | 080251 | Nuts, edible: pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell | $756,692 | 0.05% |
| 81 | 710399 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, (other than rubies, sapphires and emeralds), worked other than simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $741,181 | 0.04% |
| 82 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $708,557 | 0.04% |
| 83 | 070511 | Vegetables: cabbage (head) lettuce (lactuca sativa), fresh or chilled | $702,959 | 0.04% |
| 84 | 140490 | Vegetable products: n.e.c. in chapter 14 | $693,267 | 0.04% |
| 85 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $661,357 | 0.04% |
| 86 | 800110 | Tin: unwrought, not alloyed | $648,340 | 0.04% |
| 87 | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $636,784 | 0.04% |
| 88 | 970300 | Sculptures and statuary: original, in any material | $621,450 | 0.04% |
| 89 | 080132 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, shelled | $619,301 | 0.04% |
| 90 | 080711 | Fruit, edible: watermelons, fresh | $598,302 | 0.04% |
| 91 | 410190 | Hides and skins: other than whole, but including butts, bends and bellies, of bovine (including. buffalo) and equine animals, fresh, salted or preserved, but not tanned, parchment dressed or further prepared, whether or not dehaired or split | $568,942 | 0.03% |
| 92 | 090932 | Spices: cumin seeds, crushed or ground | $551,925 | 0.03% |
| 93 | 240130 | Tobacco refuse | $528,621 | 0.03% |
| 94 | 071430 | Vegetable roots and tubers: yams (Dioscorea spp.) with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $522,699 | 0.03% |
| 95 | 050400 | Animal products: guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked | $511,325 | 0.03% |
| 96 | 732490 | Iron or steel: sanitary ware and parts thereof, excluding sinks, wash basins and baths | $429,024 | 0.03% |
| 97 | 252620 | Steatite: natural, crushed, powdered, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: talc | $427,805 | 0.03% |
| 98 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $427,325 | 0.03% |
| 99 | 570242 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: woven, (not tufted or flocked), of man-made textile materials, of pile construction, made up, n.e.c. in item no. 5702.10 or 5702.20 | $426,641 | 0.03% |
| 100 | 200599 | Vegetable preparations: vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $371,500 | 0.02% |