Afghanistan Imports 2023
Complete list of Afghanistan's 79 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$6.52B
Total imports (2023)
#134
Global import rank
79
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Afghanistan imported $6.52 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #134 largest importer. Goods came from 79 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 95.7% of total import value. The leading import was Wheat or meslin flour, valued at $826.02 million — 12.7% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source 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 import sources
79 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $1.84B | 28.24% |
| 2 | Pakistan | $969.03M | 14.87% |
| 3 | China | $962.35M | 14.77% |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | $765.97M | 11.76% |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | $615.51M | 9.45% |
| 6 | India | $362.20M | 5.56% |
| 7 | Malaysia | $336.70M | 5.17% |
| 8 | Türkiye | $256.22M | 3.93% |
| 9 | Belgium | $80.20M | 1.23% |
| 10 | USA | $48.19M | 0.74% |
| 11 | Germany | $42.03M | 0.65% |
| 12 | Kenya | $32.93M | 0.51% |
| 13 | France | $18.58M | 0.29% |
| 14 | Netherlands | $16.33M | 0.25% |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | $14.87M | 0.23% |
| 16 | Italy | $13.69M | 0.21% |
| 17 | Austria | $13.17M | 0.20% |
| 18 | Japan | $10.75M | 0.16% |
| 19 | Thailand | $10.54M | 0.16% |
| 20 | Canada | $10.47M | 0.16% |
| 21 | Luxembourg | $8.34M | 0.13% |
| 22 | Denmark | $7.32M | 0.11% |
| 23 | Spain | $6.67M | 0.10% |
| 24 | Poland | $6.42M | 0.10% |
| 25 | Switzerland | $5.72M | 0.09% |
| 26 | Indonesia | $5.10M | 0.08% |
| 27 | Brazil | $4.03M | 0.06% |
| 28 | United Kingdom | $3.98M | 0.06% |
| 29 | Lithuania | $3.83M | 0.06% |
| 30 | Ireland | $3.28M | 0.05% |
| 31 | Greece | $3.20M | 0.05% |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | $3.20M | 0.05% |
| 33 | Guatemala | $3.06M | 0.05% |
| 34 | Madagascar | $2.72M | 0.04% |
| 35 | Sweden | $2.34M | 0.04% |
| 36 | Cyprus | $2.34M | 0.04% |
| 37 | Hungary | $2.15M | 0.03% |
| 38 | Bulgaria | $2.09M | 0.03% |
| 39 | Finland | $2.05M | 0.03% |
| 40 | Jordan | $1.80M | 0.03% |
| 41 | Philippines | $1.71M | 0.03% |
| 42 | Morocco | $1.51M | 0.02% |
| 43 | Singapore | $1.20M | 0.02% |
| 44 | Slovenia | $1.10M | 0.02% |
| 45 | Ukraine | $1.05M | 0.02% |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | $1.00M | 0.02% |
| 47 | Egypt | $902,743 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Slovakia | $820,402 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Oman | $751,566 | 0.01% |
| 50 | South Africa | $705,897 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Romania | $571,212 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Portugal | $525,334 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Lebanon | $508,182 | 0.01% |
| 54 | Czechia | $472,976 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Serbia | $447,592 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Tunisia | $424,529 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Croatia | $394,095 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Rep. of Moldova | $319,483 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | $276,914 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Senegal | $210,763 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Latvia | $209,181 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Norway | $183,527 | 0.00% |
| 63 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $179,336 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $172,361 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Cambodia | $165,426 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Other Asia, nes | $163,008 | 0.00% |
| 67 | North Macedonia | $108,131 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Georgia | $56,003 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Kuwait | $46,877 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Mozambique | $37,000 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Australia | $35,756 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Chile | $21,896 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Eswatini | $14,318 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Uganda | $11,904 | 0.00% |
| 75 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $8,105 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Montenegro | $5,407 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Bahamas | $3,200 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Costa Rica | $1,200 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Angola | $102 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $826.02M | 12.68% |
| 2 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $592.75M | 9.10% |
| 3 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $340.41M | 5.22% |
| 4 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $294.28M | 4.52% |
| 5 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $206.27M | 3.17% |
| 6 | 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 | $161.57M | 2.48% |
| 7 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $129.15M | 1.98% |
| 8 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $120.05M | 1.84% |
| 9 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $119.89M | 1.84% |
| 10 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $119.06M | 1.83% |
| 11 | 100640 | Cereals: rice, broken | $109.45M | 1.68% |
| 12 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $104.13M | 1.60% |
| 13 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $103.06M | 1.58% |
| 14 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $88.00M | 1.35% |
| 15 | 551511 | Fabrics, woven: of polyester staple fibres n.e.c. in chapter 55, mixed mainly or solely with viscose rayon staple fibres | $86.67M | 1.33% |
| 16 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $83.24M | 1.28% |
| 17 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $83.17M | 1.28% |
| 18 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $82.85M | 1.27% |
| 19 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $70.94M | 1.09% |
| 20 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $62.23M | 0.96% |
| 21 | 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $57.94M | 0.89% |
| 22 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $55.55M | 0.85% |
| 23 | 070190 | Vegetables: potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | $45.84M | 0.70% |
| 24 | 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 | $45.32M | 0.70% |
| 25 | 300439 | Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $43.18M | 0.66% |
| 26 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $37.39M | 0.57% |
| 27 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $36.26M | 0.56% |
| 28 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $35.67M | 0.55% |
| 29 | 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $35.09M | 0.54% |
| 30 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $34.32M | 0.53% |
| 31 | 850710 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $32.85M | 0.50% |
| 32 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $31.55M | 0.48% |
| 33 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $31.36M | 0.48% |
| 34 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $31.09M | 0.48% |
| 35 | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $30.30M | 0.47% |
| 36 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $29.83M | 0.46% |
| 37 | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $25.04M | 0.38% |
| 38 | 071339 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in item no. 0713.3, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $23.78M | 0.36% |
| 39 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $23.07M | 0.35% |
| 40 | 441193 | Fibreboard (other than MDF) of a density exceeding 0.5g/cm3 but not 0.8g/cm3, of wood or other ligneous materials, bonded or not with resins or other organic substances | $23.01M | 0.35% |
| 41 | 551219 | Fabrics, woven: of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | $22.10M | 0.34% |
| 42 | 720917 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm | $21.75M | 0.33% |
| 43 | 070490 | Vegetables, brassica: edible, n.e.c. in heading no. 0704, fresh or chilled | $21.65M | 0.33% |
| 44 | 080529 | Fruit, edible: tangelos, wilkings and similar citrus hybrid, fresh or dried | $21.21M | 0.33% |
| 45 | 621143 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.: women's or girls', of man-made fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $21.08M | 0.32% |
| 46 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $20.41M | 0.31% |
| 47 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $19.28M | 0.30% |
| 48 | 630140 | Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs: of synthetic fibres | $19.22M | 0.29% |
| 49 | 620990 | Garments and clothing accessories: babies', of textile materials other than cotton or synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $17.95M | 0.28% |
| 50 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $17.91M | 0.27% |
| 51 | 570110 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings: knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up | $17.12M | 0.26% |
| 52 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $16.20M | 0.25% |
| 53 | 310559 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates | $15.95M | 0.24% |
| 54 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $15.91M | 0.24% |
| 55 | 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $15.86M | 0.24% |
| 56 | 292910 | Nitrogen-function compounds: n.e.c. in chapter 29, isocyanates | $15.84M | 0.24% |
| 57 | 870192 | Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 18kW but not exceeding 37kW | $15.77M | 0.24% |
| 58 | 521031 | Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing 200g/m2 or less, dyed, plain weave | $14.37M | 0.22% |
| 59 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $13.99M | 0.21% |
| 60 | 120400 | Oil seeds: linseed, whether or not broken | $13.88M | 0.21% |
| 61 | 870893 | Vehicle parts: clutches and parts thereof | $13.64M | 0.21% |
| 62 | 401220 | Rubber: used pneumatic tyres | $13.44M | 0.21% |
| 63 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" | $13.01M | 0.20% |
| 64 | 600632 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $12.44M | 0.19% |
| 65 | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $12.33M | 0.19% |
| 66 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $11.92M | 0.18% |
| 67 | 961700 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases: parts thereof other than glass inners | $11.61M | 0.18% |
| 68 | 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $11.35M | 0.17% |
| 69 | 170410 | Sugar confectionery: chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa | $11.17M | 0.17% |
| 70 | 540761 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $11.00M | 0.17% |
| 71 | 080212 | Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, shelled | $10.83M | 0.17% |
| 72 | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $10.78M | 0.17% |
| 73 | 620423 | Ensembles: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $10.76M | 0.17% |
| 74 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $10.66M | 0.16% |
| 75 | 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $10.47M | 0.16% |
| 76 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $10.38M | 0.16% |
| 77 | 848210 | Ball bearings | $10.33M | 0.16% |
| 78 | 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $10.31M | 0.16% |
| 79 | 300410 | Medicaments: containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $10.10M | 0.16% |
| 80 | 240399 | Tobacco: other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking | $10.10M | 0.16% |
| 81 | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $10.06M | 0.15% |
| 82 | 840991 | Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft) | $9.94M | 0.15% |
| 83 | 110313 | Cereal groats and meal: of maize (corn) | $9.87M | 0.15% |
| 84 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $9.83M | 0.15% |
| 85 | 420212 | Cases and containers: trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $9.77M | 0.15% |
| 86 | 090931 | Spices: cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground | $9.58M | 0.15% |
| 87 | 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 | $9.47M | 0.15% |
| 88 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $9.45M | 0.15% |
| 89 | 581092 | Embroidery: with visible ground, of man-made fibres, in the piece, in strips or in motifs | $9.35M | 0.14% |
| 90 | 500790 | Silk: woven fabrics n.e.c. in heading no. 5007 | $8.99M | 0.14% |
| 91 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $8.89M | 0.14% |
| 92 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $8.82M | 0.14% |
| 93 | 330300 | Perfumes and toilet waters | $8.79M | 0.13% |
| 94 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $8.66M | 0.13% |
| 95 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $8.65M | 0.13% |
| 96 | 841290 | Engines: parts, for engines and motors of heading no. 8412 | $8.59M | 0.13% |
| 97 | 551321 | Fabrics, woven: plain weave, dyed, containing less than 85% by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not exceeding 170g/m2 | $8.39M | 0.13% |
| 98 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $8.03M | 0.12% |
| 99 | 070200 | Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $8.00M | 0.12% |
| 100 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $7.95M | 0.12% |