Cabo Verde Exports 2023
Complete list of Cabo Verde's 100 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$168.74M
Total exports (2023)
#189
Global export rank
100
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Cabo Verde exported $168.74 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #189 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 100 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 90.2% of total export value. The leading export was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $38.11 million — 22.6% 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
100 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | $78.94M | 46.78% |
| 2 | Portugal | $15.77M | 9.35% |
| 3 | Togo | $11.63M | 6.89% |
| 4 | Italy | $11.21M | 6.64% |
| 5 | India | $10.86M | 6.44% |
| 6 | USA | $7.28M | 4.31% |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | $6.75M | 4.00% |
| 8 | Ghana | $3.53M | 2.09% |
| 9 | Malaysia | $3.22M | 1.91% |
| 10 | China | $3.04M | 1.80% |
| 11 | Gibraltar | $2.69M | 1.59% |
| 12 | Netherlands | $2.25M | 1.33% |
| 13 | France | $1.67M | 0.99% |
| 14 | Belgium | $1.64M | 0.97% |
| 15 | Denmark | $1.02M | 0.60% |
| 16 | Singapore | $952,716 | 0.56% |
| 17 | Germany | $720,413 | 0.43% |
| 18 | Chile | $616,714 | 0.37% |
| 19 | South Africa | $520,139 | 0.31% |
| 20 | United Kingdom | $508,429 | 0.30% |
| 21 | Morocco | $448,616 | 0.27% |
| 22 | Rep. of Korea | $426,961 | 0.25% |
| 23 | Guatemala | $348,111 | 0.21% |
| 24 | Canada | $337,664 | 0.20% |
| 25 | Cyprus | $313,255 | 0.19% |
| 26 | Greece | $248,692 | 0.15% |
| 27 | Angola | $223,447 | 0.13% |
| 28 | Cuba | $157,667 | 0.09% |
| 29 | Senegal | $155,316 | 0.09% |
| 30 | Nigeria | $145,104 | 0.09% |
| 31 | Brazil | $143,043 | 0.08% |
| 32 | Thailand | $105,585 | 0.06% |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | $73,120 | 0.04% |
| 34 | Austria | $57,566 | 0.03% |
| 35 | Poland | $51,548 | 0.03% |
| 36 | Ecuador | $48,600 | 0.03% |
| 37 | Kenya | $46,464 | 0.03% |
| 38 | Libya | $41,017 | 0.02% |
| 39 | New Zealand | $39,290 | 0.02% |
| 40 | Cambodia | $34,505 | 0.02% |
| 41 | Slovakia | $28,533 | 0.02% |
| 42 | Peru | $27,627 | 0.02% |
| 43 | Sweden | $27,468 | 0.02% |
| 44 | Barbados | $23,853 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Liberia | $22,472 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Egypt | $20,530 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | $20,175 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Luxembourg | $19,381 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Indonesia | $19,286 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Finland | $18,998 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Norway | $18,136 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Algeria | $16,962 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Lithuania | $14,145 | 0.01% |
| 54 | Gabon | $11,865 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Iceland | $11,731 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Mauritius | $11,444 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Japan | $10,110 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Czechia | $9,998 | 0.01% |
| 59 | China, Macao SAR | $9,573 | 0.01% |
| 60 | El Salvador | $9,491 | 0.01% |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | $9,371 | 0.01% |
| 62 | Dominican Rep. | $8,734 | 0.01% |
| 63 | Colombia | $7,548 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Kuwait | $6,674 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | $5,286 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Australia | $5,191 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Türkiye | $4,232 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Ireland | $4,227 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Lebanon | $4,055 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Uruguay | $3,923 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Gambia | $3,916 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Serbia | $3,361 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Slovenia | $3,097 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Zambia | $2,448 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Bahrain | $2,228 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Viet Nam | $1,961 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | $1,955 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | $1,843 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Pakistan | $1,727 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Panama | $1,712 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Ukraine | $1,571 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Hungary | $1,544 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Costa Rica | $1,462 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Croatia | $1,315 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $1,179 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Israel | $1,001 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Turks and Caicos Isds | $955 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Philippines | $882 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Switzerland | $784 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Namibia | $626 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Argentina | $468 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | $405 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Honduras | $383 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Bahamas | $313 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $274 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Romania | $211 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Niger | $141 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Armenia | $62 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Botswana | $27 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Nicaragua | $15 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | $38.11M | 22.58% |
| 2 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $28.91M | 17.13% |
| 3 | 160419 | Fish preparations: fish prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced), n.e.c. in heading no. 1604 | $17.32M | 10.27% |
| 4 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $13.09M | 7.76% |
| 5 | 160415 | Fish preparations: mackerel, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $10.32M | 6.12% |
| 6 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen | $7.39M | 4.38% |
| 7 | 030487 | Fish fillets: frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) | $4.84M | 2.87% |
| 8 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $3.70M | 2.19% |
| 9 | 640610 | Footwear: parts, uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners | $3.15M | 1.87% |
| 10 | 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $2.71M | 1.61% |
| 11 | 950790 | Fishing tackle n.e.c., butterfly nets, decoy birds (other than those of heading no. 9208 or 9705) and similar hunting or shooting requisites | $2.08M | 1.23% |
| 12 | 230120 | Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $1.88M | 1.11% |
| 13 | 030357 | Fish: frozen, swordfish (Xiphias gladius), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $1.87M | 1.11% |
| 14 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $1.50M | 0.89% |
| 15 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $1.38M | 0.82% |
| 16 | 890790 | Floating structures: tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons | $1.27M | 0.75% |
| 17 | 030749 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, dried, salted, in brine, or smoked, cooked or not before or during the smoking process | $1.22M | 0.72% |
| 18 | 610712 | Underpants and briefs: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $1.09M | 0.65% |
| 19 | 610711 | Underpants and briefs: men's or boys', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $1.01M | 0.60% |
| 20 | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $964,271 | 0.57% |
| 21 | 220840 | Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products | $936,137 | 0.55% |
| 22 | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $850,110 | 0.50% |
| 23 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $822,031 | 0.49% |
| 24 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $817,950 | 0.48% |
| 25 | 610910 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $777,601 | 0.46% |
| 26 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $729,610 | 0.43% |
| 27 | 160420 | Fish preparations: fish minced or in forms n.e.c. in heading no. 1604, prepared or preserved | $636,759 | 0.38% |
| 28 | 380892 | Fungicides: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $582,739 | 0.35% |
| 29 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $566,298 | 0.34% |
| 30 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $531,079 | 0.31% |
| 31 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $506,910 | 0.30% |
| 32 | 030499 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 | $467,421 | 0.28% |
| 33 | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $456,247 | 0.27% |
| 34 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $446,901 | 0.26% |
| 35 | 030354 | Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $382,920 | 0.23% |
| 36 | 330300 | Perfumes and toilet waters | $368,445 | 0.22% |
| 37 | 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.c. in heading no. 8430 | $368,079 | 0.22% |
| 38 | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $365,137 | 0.22% |
| 39 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $364,197 | 0.22% |
| 40 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $324,791 | 0.19% |
| 41 | 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $312,202 | 0.19% |
| 42 | 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 | $293,421 | 0.17% |
| 43 | 620339 | Jackets and blazers: men's or boys', of textile materials n.e.c. in item no. 6203.3 (not knitted or crocheted) | $263,554 | 0.16% |
| 44 | 620331 | Jackets and blazers: men's or boys', of wool or fine animal hair (not knitted or crocheted) | $259,438 | 0.15% |
| 45 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $254,404 | 0.15% |
| 46 | 901590 | Surveying equipment: parts and accessories for articles of heading no. 9015 | $248,859 | 0.15% |
| 47 | 220870 | Liqueurs and cordials | $245,802 | 0.15% |
| 48 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $245,715 | 0.15% |
| 49 | 620332 | Jackets and blazers: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $240,713 | 0.14% |
| 50 | 852560 | Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus, incorporating reception apparatus | $240,469 | 0.14% |
| 51 | 220860 | Vodka | $229,967 | 0.14% |
| 52 | 320417 | Dyes: pigments and preparations based thereon | $209,396 | 0.12% |
| 53 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $197,110 | 0.12% |
| 54 | 871640 | Trailers and semi-trailers: n.e.c. in item no. 8716.3 | $195,403 | 0.12% |
| 55 | 620341 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of wool or fine animal hair (not knitted or crocheted) | $183,492 | 0.11% |
| 56 | 880310 | Aircraft and spacecraft: propellers and rotors and parts thereof | $179,236 | 0.11% |
| 57 | 030345 | Fish: frozen, Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $178,153 | 0.11% |
| 58 | 950720 | Fish-hooks: whether or not snelled | $162,154 | 0.10% |
| 59 | 150420 | Fats and oils and their fractions: of fish, (excluding liver-oils) | $157,846 | 0.09% |
| 60 | 271390 | Residues: of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $153,744 | 0.09% |
| 61 | 853590 | Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8535, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $145,469 | 0.09% |
| 62 | 030399 | Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal | $141,219 | 0.08% |
| 63 | 850422 | Electrical transformers: liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 650kVA but not exceeding 10,000kVA | $140,579 | 0.08% |
| 64 | 880220 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | $135,172 | 0.08% |
| 65 | 560749 | Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of polyethylene or polypropylene (excluding binder or baler twine), whether or not plaited, braided or rubber or plastic impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed | $126,227 | 0.07% |
| 66 | 291830 | Acids: carboxylic acids, (with aldehyde or ketone function but without other oxygen function), their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | $124,932 | 0.07% |
| 67 | 030349 | Fish: frozen, tuna, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $122,448 | 0.07% |
| 68 | 940340 | Furniture: wooden, for kitchen use | $119,738 | 0.07% |
| 69 | 560811 | Twine, cordage or rope: fishing nets, made up, of man made textile materials | $118,615 | 0.07% |
| 70 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $117,157 | 0.07% |
| 71 | 390230 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: propylene copolymers in primary forms | $111,870 | 0.07% |
| 72 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $103,728 | 0.06% |
| 73 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $102,275 | 0.06% |
| 74 | 620431 | Jackets and blazers: women's or girls', of wool or fine animal hair (not knitted or crocheted) | $101,036 | 0.06% |
| 75 | 611430 | Garments: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted, n.e.c. in chapter 61 | $99,314 | 0.06% |
| 76 | 030631 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $89,917 | 0.05% |
| 77 | 030615 | Crustaceans: frozen, Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $88,930 | 0.05% |
| 78 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $85,285 | 0.05% |
| 79 | 030381 | Fish: frozen, dogfish and other sharks, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $83,079 | 0.05% |
| 80 | 841440 | Compressors: air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing | $82,194 | 0.05% |
| 81 | 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used | $81,752 | 0.05% |
| 82 | 030344 | Fish: frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $80,780 | 0.05% |
| 83 | 852862 | Projectors: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71 | $79,501 | 0.05% |
| 84 | 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $79,386 | 0.05% |
| 85 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $79,317 | 0.05% |
| 86 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $78,347 | 0.05% |
| 87 | 900659 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic): n.e.c. in heading no 9006 | $76,900 | 0.05% |
| 88 | 843010 | Pile-drivers and pile-extractors | $75,667 | 0.04% |
| 89 | 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 | $74,229 | 0.04% |
| 90 | 820730 | Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for pressing, stamping or punching | $73,932 | 0.04% |
| 91 | 841590 | Air conditioning machines: with motor driven fan and elements for temperature control, parts thereof | $72,483 | 0.04% |
| 92 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $71,033 | 0.04% |
| 93 | 611420 | Garments: of cotton, knitted or crocheted, n.e.c. in chapter 61 | $69,037 | 0.04% |
| 94 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $68,586 | 0.04% |
| 95 | 620349 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of textile materials (other than wool, fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), (not knitted or crocheted) | $67,075 | 0.04% |
| 96 | 180690 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $66,349 | 0.04% |
| 97 | 846721 | Tools: for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor: drills of all kinds | $65,708 | 0.04% |
| 98 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $65,697 | 0.04% |
| 99 | 780200 | Lead: waste and scrap | $64,929 | 0.04% |
| 100 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $63,697 | 0.04% |