Congo Exports 2023
Complete list of Congo's 107 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$11.85B
Total exports (2023)
#96
Global export rank
107
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Congo exported $11.85 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #96 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 107 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 92.4% of total export value. The leading export was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $6.71 billion — 56.6% 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
107 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.45B | 46.02% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $2.70B | 22.82% |
| 3 | India | $658.20M | 5.56% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | $643.97M | 5.44% |
| 5 | Portugal | $338.49M | 2.86% |
| 6 | USA | $297.95M | 2.51% |
| 7 | Greece | $250.94M | 2.12% |
| 8 | Brazil | $230.40M | 1.94% |
| 9 | Malaysia | $192.41M | 1.62% |
| 10 | United Kingdom | $176.98M | 1.49% |
| 11 | Thailand | $147.65M | 1.25% |
| 12 | Netherlands | $130.83M | 1.10% |
| 13 | Germany | $91.64M | 0.77% |
| 14 | Italy | $88.37M | 0.75% |
| 15 | Romania | $79.18M | 0.67% |
| 16 | Croatia | $78.73M | 0.66% |
| 17 | Mauritius | $38.71M | 0.33% |
| 18 | France | $37.93M | 0.32% |
| 19 | Singapore | $24.67M | 0.21% |
| 20 | Belgium | $23.46M | 0.20% |
| 21 | South Africa | $18.46M | 0.16% |
| 22 | Other Asia, nes | $17.65M | 0.15% |
| 23 | Zambia | $16.53M | 0.14% |
| 24 | Poland | $14.82M | 0.13% |
| 25 | Türkiye | $14.56M | 0.12% |
| 26 | Gabon | $10.12M | 0.09% |
| 27 | Angola | $8.00M | 0.07% |
| 28 | Spain | $5.64M | 0.05% |
| 29 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $5.64M | 0.05% |
| 30 | Indonesia | $5.42M | 0.05% |
| 31 | Central African Rep. | $5.07M | 0.04% |
| 32 | Japan | $3.88M | 0.03% |
| 33 | Pakistan | $3.81M | 0.03% |
| 34 | Finland | $3.58M | 0.03% |
| 35 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $3.57M | 0.03% |
| 36 | Switzerland | $3.54M | 0.03% |
| 37 | Denmark | $3.03M | 0.03% |
| 38 | Morocco | $2.59M | 0.02% |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | $2.10M | 0.02% |
| 40 | Ireland | $2.03M | 0.02% |
| 41 | Canada | $1.28M | 0.01% |
| 42 | New Zealand | $1.16M | 0.01% |
| 43 | Senegal | $1.02M | 0.01% |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | $964,949 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Israel | $727,006 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Dominican Rep. | $640,453 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Norway | $564,588 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Austria | $508,798 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Benin | $501,071 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Lebanon | $480,650 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Mozambique | $461,000 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Czechia | $385,642 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Lithuania | $270,669 | 0.00% |
| 54 | China, Macao SAR | $228,804 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Kenya | $176,853 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | $171,190 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Slovenia | $169,015 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Ukraine | $162,685 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Armenia | $143,092 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Kuwait | $138,828 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Nigeria | $125,823 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Chile | $119,855 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Sao Tome and Principe | $101,259 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Australia | $97,230 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Oman | $88,318 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Sweden | $82,561 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Liberia | $44,472 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Tunisia | $38,952 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Ghana | $37,999 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Botswana | $36,283 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Jordan | $34,656 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Egypt | $29,958 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Iceland | $29,649 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Hungary | $23,170 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $21,935 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Mauritania | $18,251 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Slovakia | $18,177 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Madagascar | $16,174 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Uruguay | $14,542 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Namibia | $13,541 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Ethiopia | $12,714 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Seychelles | $11,588 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Gambia | $8,280 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Malawi | $8,187 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Serbia | $7,599 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Luxembourg | $7,592 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Eswatini | $7,354 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Uganda | $4,938 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Estonia | $4,892 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Philippines | $4,818 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,000 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Cyprus | $959 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Guatemala | $841 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Georgia | $800 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Togo | $765 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Ecuador | $483 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | $467 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Colombia | $398 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Paraguay | $376 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Argentina | $270 | 0.00% |
| 101 | El Salvador | $227 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Costa Rica | $136 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Bulgaria | $108 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Andorra | $96 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Peru | $86 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Niger | $22 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Latvia | $1 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $6.71B | 56.64% |
| 2 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $3.67B | 30.97% |
| 3 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $621.97M | 5.25% |
| 4 | 440349 | Wood, tropical: other than dark red meranti, light red meranti and meranti bakau, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $159.48M | 1.35% |
| 5 | 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 | $137.33M | 1.16% |
| 6 | 440727 | Wood, tropical: sapelli, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $83.57M | 0.71% |
| 7 | 440729 | Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $66.48M | 0.56% |
| 8 | 260900 | Tin ores and concentrates | $64.54M | 0.54% |
| 9 | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $39.45M | 0.33% |
| 10 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $31.96M | 0.27% |
| 11 | 261590 | Niobium, tantalum, vanadium ores and concentrates | $25.90M | 0.22% |
| 12 | 282200 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides: commercial cobalt oxides | $16.87M | 0.14% |
| 13 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $16.27M | 0.14% |
| 14 | 790111 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | $15.75M | 0.13% |
| 15 | 790112 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc | $15.22M | 0.13% |
| 16 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $12.74M | 0.11% |
| 17 | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $12.73M | 0.11% |
| 18 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $10.83M | 0.09% |
| 19 | 441899 | Wood: builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo | $9.37M | 0.08% |
| 20 | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | $9.14M | 0.08% |
| 21 | 740200 | Copper: unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining | $8.33M | 0.07% |
| 22 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $7.21M | 0.06% |
| 23 | 440839 | Wood, of tropical wood: as in Subheading note 2 to this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mm | $7.06M | 0.06% |
| 24 | 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 | $5.60M | 0.05% |
| 25 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $5.40M | 0.05% |
| 26 | 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $5.25M | 0.04% |
| 27 | 440728 | Wood, tropical: iroko, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $4.53M | 0.04% |
| 28 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $4.29M | 0.04% |
| 29 | 710221 | Diamonds: industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $4.29M | 0.04% |
| 30 | 170191 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $2.83M | 0.02% |
| 31 | 800110 | Tin: unwrought, not alloyed | $2.76M | 0.02% |
| 32 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $2.73M | 0.02% |
| 33 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $2.62M | 0.02% |
| 34 | 440922 | Wood: tropical (including unassembled strips and friezes for parquet flooring), continuously shaped along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | $2.40M | 0.02% |
| 35 | 810520 | Cobalt: mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders | $2.38M | 0.02% |
| 36 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $2.26M | 0.02% |
| 37 | 780110 | Lead: unwrought, refined | $2.22M | 0.02% |
| 38 | 440799 | Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407 | $2.11M | 0.02% |
| 39 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $1.82M | 0.02% |
| 40 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $1.70M | 0.01% |
| 41 | 442199 | Wood: not of bamboo, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420 (excluding clothes hangers) | $1.59M | 0.01% |
| 42 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $1.28M | 0.01% |
| 43 | 260700 | Lead ores and concentrates | $1.25M | 0.01% |
| 44 | 850780 | Electric accumulators: other than lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $1.14M | 0.01% |
| 45 | 030571 | Fish: edible offal, shark fins | $1.12M | 0.01% |
| 46 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $1.12M | 0.01% |
| 47 | 740319 | Copper: refined, unwrought, n.e.c. in item no. 7403.1 | $1.03M | 0.01% |
| 48 | 110313 | Cereal groats and meal: of maize (corn) | $1.01M | 0.01% |
| 49 | 130219 | Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $969,174 | 0.01% |
| 50 | 810390 | Tantalum: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 8103 | $949,857 | 0.01% |
| 51 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $864,282 | 0.01% |
| 52 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $812,770 | 0.01% |
| 53 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $694,352 | 0.01% |
| 54 | 560122 | Wadding: other articles thereof, of man-made fibres | $681,741 | 0.01% |
| 55 | 400129 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $680,895 | 0.01% |
| 56 | 081090 | Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $650,414 | 0.01% |
| 57 | 740620 | Copper: powders of lamellar structure, flakes | $627,653 | 0.01% |
| 58 | 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 | $560,664 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $538,298 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $506,622 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $438,777 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 970110 | Paintings, drawings and pastels: executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading no. 4906 | $420,982 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 730490 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): seamless, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, n.e.c. in heading no. 7304 | $370,590 | 0.00% |
| 64 | 840734 | Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000cc | $363,023 | 0.00% |
| 65 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $343,686 | 0.00% |
| 66 | 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 | $339,932 | 0.00% |
| 67 | 293920 | Alkaloids: of cinchona and their derivatives: salts thereof | $337,165 | 0.00% |
| 68 | 330290 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: used as raw materials in industries other than the food or drink industries | $319,987 | 0.00% |
| 69 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $313,724 | 0.00% |
| 70 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $309,005 | 0.00% |
| 71 | 847432 | Machines: for mixing mineral substances with bitumen | $308,416 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | $291,999 | 0.00% |
| 73 | 901590 | Surveying equipment: parts and accessories for articles of heading no. 9015 | $283,506 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 070999 | Vegetables: edible, n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled | $272,966 | 0.00% |
| 75 | 261610 | Silver ores and concentrates | $272,185 | 0.00% |
| 76 | 440929 | Wood: non-coniferous, other than bamboo or tropical wood, (including unassembled strips and friezes for parquet flooring), continuously shaped along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | $264,783 | 0.00% |
| 77 | 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 | $262,354 | 0.00% |
| 78 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $260,532 | 0.00% |
| 79 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $258,122 | 0.00% |
| 80 | 871110 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine not exceeding 50cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $247,797 | 0.00% |
| 81 | 261100 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | $245,861 | 0.00% |
| 82 | 740811 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | $226,074 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 440721 | Wood, tropical: as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, mahogany (Swietenia spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $217,246 | 0.00% |
| 84 | 842919 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, other than track laying | $217,000 | 0.00% |
| 85 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $216,474 | 0.00% |
| 86 | 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $216,156 | 0.00% |
| 87 | 847990 | Machines and mechanical appliances: parts, of those having individual functions | $212,038 | 0.00% |
| 88 | 030111 | Fish: live, ornamental, freshwater | $205,312 | 0.00% |
| 89 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $202,956 | 0.00% |
| 90 | 200899 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.c. in heading no. 2008 | $200,500 | 0.00% |
| 91 | 760320 | Aluminium: powders of lamellar structure, flakes | $193,165 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 840810 | Engines: for marine propulsion, compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines) | $190,452 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 020322 | Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen | $185,407 | 0.00% |
| 94 | 740313 | Copper: refined, unwrought, billets | $181,156 | 0.00% |
| 95 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $179,986 | 0.00% |
| 96 | 240110 | Tobacco, (not stemmed or stripped) | $177,740 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 871499 | Cycles: parts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 8714.9 | $164,782 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 140120 | Rattans used primarily for plaiting | $164,484 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $163,923 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 400122 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets) | $163,643 | 0.00% |