Burkina Faso Exports 2023
Complete list of Burkina Faso's 125 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$8.38B
Total exports (2023)
#110
Global export rank
125
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Burkina Faso exported $8.38 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #110 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 125 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 95.0% of total export value. The leading export was gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder), valued at $3.66 billion — 43.6% 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
125 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | $6.00B | 71.54% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $851.27M | 10.15% |
| 3 | India | $272.17M | 3.25% |
| 4 | Mali | $268.30M | 3.20% |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | $136.53M | 1.63% |
| 6 | Togo | $114.97M | 1.37% |
| 7 | Uganda | $109.48M | 1.31% |
| 8 | Ghana | $93.18M | 1.11% |
| 9 | Singapore | $66.04M | 0.79% |
| 10 | China | $55.82M | 0.67% |
| 11 | Japan | $48.04M | 0.57% |
| 12 | Denmark | $37.05M | 0.44% |
| 13 | USA | $30.62M | 0.37% |
| 14 | Netherlands | $28.76M | 0.34% |
| 15 | Türkiye | $28.07M | 0.33% |
| 16 | France | $26.78M | 0.32% |
| 17 | Senegal | $25.65M | 0.31% |
| 18 | Germany | $25.43M | 0.30% |
| 19 | Niger | $24.53M | 0.29% |
| 20 | Italy | $23.43M | 0.28% |
| 21 | Guinea | $18.36M | 0.22% |
| 22 | United Kingdom | $12.58M | 0.15% |
| 23 | Belgium | $12.09M | 0.14% |
| 24 | Benin | $9.52M | 0.11% |
| 25 | Ethiopia | $7.30M | 0.09% |
| 26 | Viet Nam | $6.39M | 0.08% |
| 27 | Greece | $6.14M | 0.07% |
| 28 | Canada | $4.26M | 0.05% |
| 29 | Pakistan | $4.21M | 0.05% |
| 30 | Austria | $3.81M | 0.05% |
| 31 | Morocco | $2.87M | 0.03% |
| 32 | Spain | $2.83M | 0.03% |
| 33 | Mauritania | $2.76M | 0.03% |
| 34 | Israel | $2.42M | 0.03% |
| 35 | Egypt | $2.24M | 0.03% |
| 36 | Eswatini | $2.00M | 0.02% |
| 37 | Brazil | $1.54M | 0.02% |
| 38 | Mauritius | $1.26M | 0.02% |
| 39 | Australia | $1.26M | 0.01% |
| 40 | South Africa | $1.04M | 0.01% |
| 41 | Portugal | $1.01M | 0.01% |
| 42 | Czechia | $968,682 | 0.01% |
| 43 | Ukraine | $839,501 | 0.01% |
| 44 | Tunisia | $814,596 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Sweden | $785,563 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | $777,484 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Indonesia | $774,829 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Slovakia | $727,512 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Slovenia | $714,497 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Guyana | $623,367 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Chile | $561,030 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Poland | $543,802 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Chad | $413,692 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Rwanda | $408,936 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Liberia | $375,642 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Ireland | $331,183 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Malaysia | $324,614 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Russian Federation | $306,179 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Libya | $296,750 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Finland | $281,747 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Hungary | $275,466 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Cameroon | $246,313 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Iceland | $227,048 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Algeria | $186,223 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Aruba | $185,593 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | $179,682 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Estonia | $165,175 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Philippines | $157,807 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | $146,297 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Gabon | $127,424 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Bulgaria | $107,589 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Lebanon | $98,434 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Norway | $91,661 | 0.00% |
| 74 | New Zealand | $86,629 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Belarus | $84,537 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Kenya | $72,203 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Nigeria | $65,846 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Zambia | $54,203 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Luxembourg | $52,265 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | $47,493 | 0.00% |
| 81 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $46,064 | 0.00% |
| 82 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $38,366 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Burundi | $38,259 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | $33,696 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Angola | $30,215 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Serbia | $22,480 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Iran | $22,240 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Lithuania | $20,885 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Central African Rep. | $20,064 | 0.00% |
| 90 | San Marino | $18,385 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Kuwait | $18,241 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Malta | $18,219 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Gambia | $16,986 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Cabo Verde | $14,870 | 0.00% |
| 95 | El Salvador | $14,200 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Romania | $13,836 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Argentina | $11,683 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Uruguay | $10,261 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Madagascar | $9,769 | 0.00% |
| 100 | North Macedonia | $8,264 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Thailand | $7,940 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Myanmar | $7,900 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Other Asia, nes | $4,572 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $3,851 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Albania | $3,801 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Rep. of Moldova | $3,684 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Paraguay | $3,316 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Jordan | $2,125 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Colombia | $2,027 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Sudan | $2,016 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Ecuador | $1,848 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Montenegro | $1,663 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Croatia | $1,608 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $788 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Qatar | $518 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Suriname | $472 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Peru | $256 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Namibia | $156 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Armenia | $108 | 0.00% |
| 120 | Botswana | $88 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Cyprus | $37 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Bahrain | $30 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | $19 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | $14 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Latvia | $8 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $3.66B | 43.64% |
| 2 | 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $3.52B | 42.02% |
| 3 | 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $262.38M | 3.13% |
| 4 | 080131 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, in shell | $160.30M | 1.91% |
| 5 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $105.46M | 1.26% |
| 6 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $97.52M | 1.16% |
| 7 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $80.68M | 0.96% |
| 8 | 120799 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: n.e.c. in heading no. 1207, whether or not broken | $80.30M | 0.96% |
| 9 | 080450 | Fruit, edible: guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried | $47.60M | 0.57% |
| 10 | 080132 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, shelled | $26.89M | 0.32% |
| 11 | 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 | $22.12M | 0.26% |
| 12 | 151590 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $21.96M | 0.26% |
| 13 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $19.19M | 0.23% |
| 14 | 260200 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight | $12.32M | 0.15% |
| 15 | 721410 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | $11.87M | 0.14% |
| 16 | 230610 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of cotton seed oils | $11.76M | 0.14% |
| 17 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $10.62M | 0.13% |
| 18 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $9.63M | 0.11% |
| 19 | 360200 | Explosives, prepared: other than propellent powders | $9.12M | 0.11% |
| 20 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $8.97M | 0.11% |
| 21 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $7.26M | 0.09% |
| 22 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $6.42M | 0.08% |
| 23 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $5.82M | 0.07% |
| 24 | 710692 | Metals: silver, semi-manufactured | $5.40M | 0.06% |
| 25 | 880212 | Helicopters: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg | $4.95M | 0.06% |
| 26 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $4.77M | 0.06% |
| 27 | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | $4.62M | 0.06% |
| 28 | 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.c. in heading no. 8430 | $3.53M | 0.04% |
| 29 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $3.22M | 0.04% |
| 30 | 843049 | Boring and sinking machinery: not self-propelled | $2.97M | 0.04% |
| 31 | 251810 | Dolomite, not calcined or sintered: including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape | $2.75M | 0.03% |
| 32 | 871690 | Trailers, semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled: parts thereof for heading no. 8716 | $2.66M | 0.03% |
| 33 | 842920 | Graders and levellers | $2.62M | 0.03% |
| 34 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $2.58M | 0.03% |
| 35 | 120110 | Soya beans: seed, whether or not broken | $2.51M | 0.03% |
| 36 | 842911 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, track laying | $2.50M | 0.03% |
| 37 | 151550 | Vegetable oils: sesame oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $2.46M | 0.03% |
| 38 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $2.42M | 0.03% |
| 39 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $2.38M | 0.03% |
| 40 | 520532 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), multiple or cabled, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, 714.28 to 232.56 decitex (15 to 43 metric number) per single yarn, not for retail sale | $2.35M | 0.03% |
| 41 | 010229 | Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $2.27M | 0.03% |
| 42 | 190110 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale | $2.19M | 0.03% |
| 43 | 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 | $2.14M | 0.03% |
| 44 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $2.06M | 0.02% |
| 45 | 845949 | Machine-tools: for boring by removing metal, not numerically controlled boring machines, n.e.c. in heading 8459 | $1.97M | 0.02% |
| 46 | 870422 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $1.90M | 0.02% |
| 47 | 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 | $1.87M | 0.02% |
| 48 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $1.84M | 0.02% |
| 49 | 151229 | Vegetable oils: cotton-seed oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.84M | 0.02% |
| 50 | 847420 | Machines: for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $1.73M | 0.02% |
| 51 | 842919 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, other than track laying | $1.53M | 0.02% |
| 52 | 820790 | Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for screw-driving or uses n.e.c. in heading no. 8207 | $1.51M | 0.02% |
| 53 | 010410 | Sheep: live | $1.48M | 0.02% |
| 54 | 842940 | Tamping machines and road rollers: self-propelled | $1.48M | 0.02% |
| 55 | 870590 | Vehicles: break-down lorries, road-sweepers, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units, and other special purpose vehicles n.e.c. in heading no. 8705 | $1.46M | 0.02% |
| 56 | 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 | $1.45M | 0.02% |
| 57 | 152190 | Waxes, other than vegetable, n.e.c. in heading no. 1521: whether or not refined or coloured | $1.45M | 0.02% |
| 58 | 200819 | Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | $1.44M | 0.02% |
| 59 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $1.42M | 0.02% |
| 60 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $1.41M | 0.02% |
| 61 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $1.39M | 0.02% |
| 62 | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $1.38M | 0.02% |
| 63 | 070960 | Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, fresh or chilled | $1.37M | 0.02% |
| 64 | 360300 | Fuses and detonators: safety or detonating fuses, percussion or detonating caps, igniters, electric detonators | $1.36M | 0.02% |
| 65 | 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $1.30M | 0.02% |
| 66 | 871631 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | $1.24M | 0.01% |
| 67 | 711292 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | $1.21M | 0.01% |
| 68 | 110290 | Cereal flours: other than wheat, meslin, and maize (corn) | $1.17M | 0.01% |
| 69 | 843031 | Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery: self-propelled | $1.12M | 0.01% |
| 70 | 220830 | Whiskies | $1.06M | 0.01% |
| 71 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $1.03M | 0.01% |
| 72 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $985,797 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 870520 | Vehicles: mobile drilling derricks | $914,171 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $913,571 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 070930 | Vegetables: aubergines, (e.g. plants), fresh or chilled | $908,580 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 320910 | Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $905,786 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 081340 | Fruit, edible: fruit n.e.c. in heading no. 0812, dried | $891,446 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 070200 | Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $870,004 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $864,707 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 010221 | Cattle: live, pure-bred breeding animals | $861,472 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 121299 | Vegetable products: fit for human consumption, n.e.c. in heading no. 1212, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $833,479 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $825,879 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 200939 | Juice: of single citrus fruit (excluding orange or grapefruit), of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $810,604 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $777,633 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 721669 | Iron or non-alloy steel: angles, shapes and sections, cold-formed or cold-finished, (not obtained from flat-rolled products) | $767,463 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | $765,081 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 120242 | Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | $757,973 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $755,204 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 230240 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of other cereals, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $747,061 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 410510 | Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, in the wet state (including wet-blue) | $743,422 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 840890 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of chapter 87 | $707,951 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 841480 | Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.c. in heading no. 8414 | $705,234 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 820719 | Tools, interchangeable: rock drilling or earth boring tools, with working part (other than of cermets), whether or not power operated, including parts | $705,226 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 100610 | Cereals: rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | $686,413 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 200989 | Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $677,304 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 842641 | Cranes: self-propelled derricks and cranes, on tyres, n.e.c. in heading no. 8426 | $670,077 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 441300 | Wood: densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes | $663,566 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 848310 | Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks | $654,056 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 841582 | Air conditioning machines: containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, incorporating a refrigerating unit | $634,672 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $627,739 | 0.01% |