Central African Rep. Imports 2023
Complete list of Central African Rep.'s 118 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$816.77M
Total imports (2023)
#187
Global import rank
118
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Central African Rep. imported $816.77 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #187 largest importer. Goods came from 118 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 67.9% of total import value. The leading import was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $153.49 million — 18.8% 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
118 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | $114.96M | 14.08% |
| 2 | China | $110.91M | 13.58% |
| 3 | India | $83.82M | 10.26% |
| 4 | Belgium | $46.50M | 5.69% |
| 5 | France | $43.80M | 5.36% |
| 6 | USA | $34.18M | 4.18% |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | $33.44M | 4.09% |
| 8 | Japan | $33.33M | 4.08% |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | $33.31M | 4.08% |
| 10 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | $20.66M | 2.53% |
| 11 | Netherlands | $17.01M | 2.08% |
| 12 | Brazil | $14.23M | 1.74% |
| 13 | Morocco | $13.43M | 1.64% |
| 14 | Spain | $12.98M | 1.59% |
| 15 | Mali | $12.45M | 1.52% |
| 16 | Germany | $11.34M | 1.39% |
| 17 | Denmark | $10.60M | 1.30% |
| 18 | Italy | $10.55M | 1.29% |
| 19 | Portugal | $10.51M | 1.29% |
| 20 | Indonesia | $10.45M | 1.28% |
| 21 | Lithuania | $8.70M | 1.07% |
| 22 | Togo | $8.12M | 0.99% |
| 23 | Senegal | $7.92M | 0.97% |
| 24 | Egypt | $7.52M | 0.92% |
| 25 | Türkiye | $7.32M | 0.90% |
| 26 | Switzerland | $7.06M | 0.86% |
| 27 | Chad | $6.67M | 0.82% |
| 28 | Uganda | $5.19M | 0.64% |
| 29 | Congo | $5.07M | 0.62% |
| 30 | United Kingdom | $5.06M | 0.62% |
| 31 | Poland | $4.89M | 0.60% |
| 32 | Lebanon | $4.79M | 0.59% |
| 33 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $3.64M | 0.45% |
| 34 | Thailand | $3.46M | 0.42% |
| 35 | South Africa | $3.44M | 0.42% |
| 36 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $3.14M | 0.38% |
| 37 | Malaysia | $3.08M | 0.38% |
| 38 | Norway | $2.98M | 0.36% |
| 39 | Argentina | $2.60M | 0.32% |
| 40 | Canada | $2.53M | 0.31% |
| 41 | Nigeria | $2.31M | 0.28% |
| 42 | Ukraine | $2.12M | 0.26% |
| 43 | Other Asia, nes | $1.83M | 0.22% |
| 44 | Israel | $1.79M | 0.22% |
| 45 | Czechia | $1.70M | 0.21% |
| 46 | Australia | $1.64M | 0.20% |
| 47 | Rep. of Korea | $1.51M | 0.19% |
| 48 | Bangladesh | $1.46M | 0.18% |
| 49 | Tunisia | $1.45M | 0.18% |
| 50 | Luxembourg | $1.41M | 0.17% |
| 51 | Zambia | $1.33M | 0.16% |
| 52 | Sweden | $1.28M | 0.16% |
| 53 | Gabon | $1.16M | 0.14% |
| 54 | Ghana | $1.13M | 0.14% |
| 55 | Colombia | $1.09M | 0.13% |
| 56 | Singapore | $1.07M | 0.13% |
| 57 | Kenya | $944,800 | 0.12% |
| 58 | Viet Nam | $849,019 | 0.10% |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | $710,752 | 0.09% |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | $691,745 | 0.08% |
| 61 | Russian Federation | $661,009 | 0.08% |
| 62 | Bulgaria | $602,041 | 0.07% |
| 63 | Cyprus | $570,609 | 0.07% |
| 64 | Austria | $532,257 | 0.07% |
| 65 | Ireland | $485,610 | 0.06% |
| 66 | Malta | $413,502 | 0.05% |
| 67 | Greece | $395,123 | 0.05% |
| 68 | Croatia | $389,139 | 0.05% |
| 69 | Romania | $376,941 | 0.05% |
| 70 | Mexico | $237,628 | 0.03% |
| 71 | Pakistan | $237,219 | 0.03% |
| 72 | Hungary | $212,929 | 0.03% |
| 73 | Syria | $187,386 | 0.02% |
| 74 | Namibia | $181,414 | 0.02% |
| 75 | Mauritius | $163,726 | 0.02% |
| 76 | Qatar | $137,382 | 0.02% |
| 77 | Kuwait | $116,086 | 0.01% |
| 78 | Rwanda | $110,224 | 0.01% |
| 79 | Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | $105,089 | 0.01% |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | $103,193 | 0.01% |
| 81 | Sierra Leone | $96,879 | 0.01% |
| 82 | Mauritania | $95,002 | 0.01% |
| 83 | Uruguay | $91,460 | 0.01% |
| 84 | Costa Rica | $89,999 | 0.01% |
| 85 | Oman | $89,900 | 0.01% |
| 86 | Guatemala | $87,458 | 0.01% |
| 87 | Slovenia | $84,580 | 0.01% |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | $81,516 | 0.01% |
| 89 | Somalia | $73,794 | 0.01% |
| 90 | Paraguay | $62,801 | 0.01% |
| 91 | Peru | $54,824 | 0.01% |
| 92 | Greenland | $49,798 | 0.01% |
| 93 | Iran | $46,831 | 0.01% |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | $46,658 | 0.01% |
| 95 | Yemen | $45,881 | 0.01% |
| 96 | Ethiopia | $38,570 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Gibraltar | $37,060 | 0.00% |
| 98 | North Macedonia | $35,268 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Latvia | $35,165 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Finland | $30,980 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Chile | $30,832 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Iceland | $29,453 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | $26,262 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $24,468 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | $20,064 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Djibouti | $19,948 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Benin | $10,042 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Saint Helena | $8,845 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Iraq | $8,056 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Eswatini | $5,428 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Slovakia | $5,399 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $5,103 | 0.00% |
| 113 | New Zealand | $4,317 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Serbia | $1,991 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Jordan | $1,887 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Dominican Rep. | $1,500 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Guinea | $144 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Ecuador | $82 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import 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 | $153.49M | 18.79% |
| 2 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $27.85M | 3.41% |
| 3 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $27.29M | 3.34% |
| 4 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $26.28M | 3.22% |
| 5 | 871000 | Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles: motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles | $17.01M | 2.08% |
| 6 | 732399 | Iron or steel: table, kitchen and other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel n.e.c. in heading no. 7323 | $12.58M | 1.54% |
| 7 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $12.46M | 1.53% |
| 8 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $10.63M | 1.30% |
| 9 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $10.25M | 1.26% |
| 10 | 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 | $10.22M | 1.25% |
| 11 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $8.63M | 1.06% |
| 12 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $8.53M | 1.04% |
| 13 | 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 | $8.33M | 1.02% |
| 14 | 252390 | Cement: hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523 | $7.83M | 0.96% |
| 15 | 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 | $7.23M | 0.88% |
| 16 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $6.14M | 0.75% |
| 17 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $6.07M | 0.74% |
| 18 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $5.84M | 0.72% |
| 19 | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $5.53M | 0.68% |
| 20 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $5.53M | 0.68% |
| 21 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $5.48M | 0.67% |
| 22 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $5.12M | 0.63% |
| 23 | 930190 | Military weapons: other than revolvers, pistols, and arms of heading 9307, n.e.c. in heading 9301 | $4.77M | 0.58% |
| 24 | 630420 | Furnishing articles: excluding those of heading no. 9404, bed nets, specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter | $4.39M | 0.54% |
| 25 | 020712 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen | $4.11M | 0.50% |
| 26 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $4.10M | 0.50% |
| 27 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $3.98M | 0.49% |
| 28 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $3.93M | 0.48% |
| 29 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $3.88M | 0.48% |
| 30 | 960820 | Pens: felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers | $3.87M | 0.47% |
| 31 | 842919 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, other than track laying | $3.80M | 0.47% |
| 32 | 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 | $3.79M | 0.46% |
| 33 | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $3.71M | 0.45% |
| 34 | 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides: of sodium | $3.64M | 0.45% |
| 35 | 870510 | Vehicles: crane lorries | $3.52M | 0.43% |
| 36 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $3.51M | 0.43% |
| 37 | 842290 | Machinery: parts of machinery of heading no. 8422 | $3.49M | 0.43% |
| 38 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $3.47M | 0.43% |
| 39 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $3.37M | 0.41% |
| 40 | 880220 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | $3.35M | 0.41% |
| 41 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $3.29M | 0.40% |
| 42 | 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $3.27M | 0.40% |
| 43 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $3.27M | 0.40% |
| 44 | 930690 | Ammunition: n.e.c. in chapter 93 | $3.27M | 0.40% |
| 45 | 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 | $3.22M | 0.39% |
| 46 | 940390 | Furniture: parts | $3.20M | 0.39% |
| 47 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $3.03M | 0.37% |
| 48 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $3.00M | 0.37% |
| 49 | 844319 | Printing machinery: used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.1 | $3.00M | 0.37% |
| 50 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $2.94M | 0.36% |
| 51 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $2.87M | 0.35% |
| 52 | 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" | $2.87M | 0.35% |
| 53 | 841850 | Furniture incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment: for storage and display, n.e.c. in item no. 8418.1, 8418.2, 8418.3 or 8418.4 (chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like) | $2.84M | 0.35% |
| 54 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $2.75M | 0.34% |
| 55 | 240399 | Tobacco: other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking | $2.72M | 0.33% |
| 56 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $2.53M | 0.31% |
| 57 | 300460 | Medicaments: containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $2.39M | 0.29% |
| 58 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $2.36M | 0.29% |
| 59 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $2.28M | 0.28% |
| 60 | 870332 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | $2.28M | 0.28% |
| 61 | 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $2.26M | 0.28% |
| 62 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $2.22M | 0.27% |
| 63 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $2.17M | 0.27% |
| 64 | 850423 | Electrical transformers: liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA | $2.12M | 0.26% |
| 65 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $2.11M | 0.26% |
| 66 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $2.10M | 0.26% |
| 67 | 850239 | Electric generating sets: (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines), other than wind powered | $1.99M | 0.24% |
| 68 | 851769 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), n.e.c. in item no. 8517.6 | $1.97M | 0.24% |
| 69 | 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 | $1.93M | 0.24% |
| 70 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $1.92M | 0.24% |
| 71 | 842129 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2 | $1.91M | 0.23% |
| 72 | 842911 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, track laying | $1.82M | 0.22% |
| 73 | 901380 | Optical devices, appliances and instruments: n.e.c. in heading no. 9013 (including liquid crystal devices) | $1.72M | 0.21% |
| 74 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $1.72M | 0.21% |
| 75 | 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 | $1.68M | 0.21% |
| 76 | 842720 | Fork-lift and other works trucks: fitted with lifting or handling equipment, self-propelled by other than electric motor | $1.68M | 0.21% |
| 77 | 392310 | Plastics: boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packing of goods | $1.54M | 0.19% |
| 78 | 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 | $1.54M | 0.19% |
| 79 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $1.54M | 0.19% |
| 80 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $1.53M | 0.19% |
| 81 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $1.49M | 0.18% |
| 82 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $1.48M | 0.18% |
| 83 | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $1.46M | 0.18% |
| 84 | 220820 | Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $1.45M | 0.18% |
| 85 | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors: co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | $1.44M | 0.18% |
| 86 | 850650 | Cells and batteries: primary, lithium | $1.43M | 0.18% |
| 87 | 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 | $1.43M | 0.17% |
| 88 | 300290 | Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | $1.41M | 0.17% |
| 89 | 490199 | Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $1.40M | 0.17% |
| 90 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $1.34M | 0.16% |
| 91 | 843061 | Machinery: for tamping or compacting, not self-propelled | $1.34M | 0.16% |
| 92 | 850212 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 75kVA but not exceeding 375kVA | $1.32M | 0.16% |
| 93 | 630491 | Furnishing articles: excluding those of heading no. 9404, n.e.c. in heading 6304, knitted or crocheted | $1.32M | 0.16% |
| 94 | 720852 | Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm | $1.32M | 0.16% |
| 95 | 940389 | Furniture: of cane, osier, or similar materials (other than bamboo or rattan) | $1.28M | 0.16% |
| 96 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $1.28M | 0.16% |
| 97 | 852352 | Semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $1.27M | 0.16% |
| 98 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $1.27M | 0.16% |
| 99 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $1.26M | 0.15% |
| 100 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $1.25M | 0.15% |