Cuba Exports 2023
Complete list of Cuba's 119 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$1.05B
Total exports (2023)
#159
Global export rank
119
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Cuba exported $1.05 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #159 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 119 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 75.3% of total export value. The leading export was containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto, valued at $364.18 million — 34.5% 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
119 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $358.42M | 34.00% |
| 2 | Spain | $128.92M | 12.23% |
| 3 | Germany | $68.12M | 6.46% |
| 4 | Switzerland | $48.22M | 4.57% |
| 5 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $43.74M | 4.15% |
| 6 | Cyprus | $42.51M | 4.03% |
| 7 | China, Macao SAR | $29.24M | 2.77% |
| 8 | Canada | $28.66M | 2.72% |
| 9 | Belgium | $25.15M | 2.39% |
| 10 | Italy | $21.03M | 2.00% |
| 11 | Türkiye | $19.57M | 1.86% |
| 12 | Portugal | $17.08M | 1.62% |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $16.60M | 1.57% |
| 14 | Greece | $14.08M | 1.34% |
| 15 | Netherlands | $12.93M | 1.23% |
| 16 | France | $10.50M | 1.00% |
| 17 | Singapore | $10.36M | 0.98% |
| 18 | Malaysia | $9.58M | 0.91% |
| 19 | Japan | $8.60M | 0.82% |
| 20 | Czechia | $8.23M | 0.78% |
| 21 | Australia | $8.01M | 0.76% |
| 22 | Luxembourg | $7.92M | 0.75% |
| 23 | Serbia | $7.11M | 0.67% |
| 24 | Slovenia | $7.05M | 0.67% |
| 25 | Dominican Rep. | $6.77M | 0.64% |
| 26 | Other Asia, nes | $6.65M | 0.63% |
| 27 | Poland | $6.21M | 0.59% |
| 28 | Honduras | $6.08M | 0.58% |
| 29 | India | $4.51M | 0.43% |
| 30 | Philippines | $4.32M | 0.41% |
| 31 | Argentina | $4.29M | 0.41% |
| 32 | USA | $3.98M | 0.38% |
| 33 | Chile | $3.80M | 0.36% |
| 34 | Andorra | $3.77M | 0.36% |
| 35 | Bulgaria | $3.53M | 0.33% |
| 36 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $3.50M | 0.33% |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | $3.42M | 0.32% |
| 38 | Sweden | $3.07M | 0.29% |
| 39 | Thailand | $2.75M | 0.26% |
| 40 | Brazil | $2.32M | 0.22% |
| 41 | Colombia | $2.10M | 0.20% |
| 42 | South Africa | $1.88M | 0.18% |
| 43 | Lebanon | $1.81M | 0.17% |
| 44 | Panama | $1.79M | 0.17% |
| 45 | Norway | $1.46M | 0.14% |
| 46 | Guatemala | $1.44M | 0.14% |
| 47 | Slovakia | $1.43M | 0.14% |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | $1.38M | 0.13% |
| 49 | Ukraine | $1.25M | 0.12% |
| 50 | Indonesia | $1.15M | 0.11% |
| 51 | Egypt | $1.13M | 0.11% |
| 52 | Peru | $992,144 | 0.09% |
| 53 | Austria | $919,874 | 0.09% |
| 54 | Costa Rica | $887,544 | 0.08% |
| 55 | Ecuador | $868,534 | 0.08% |
| 56 | New Zealand | $751,118 | 0.07% |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | $739,120 | 0.07% |
| 58 | Nicaragua | $738,605 | 0.07% |
| 59 | Ireland | $656,231 | 0.06% |
| 60 | Tunisia | $583,588 | 0.06% |
| 61 | Montenegro | $574,728 | 0.05% |
| 62 | Cambodia | $540,899 | 0.05% |
| 63 | Cabo Verde | $499,203 | 0.05% |
| 64 | North Macedonia | $481,814 | 0.05% |
| 65 | Armenia | $444,202 | 0.04% |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | $432,222 | 0.04% |
| 67 | Romania | $394,614 | 0.04% |
| 68 | Angola | $391,189 | 0.04% |
| 69 | Uruguay | $387,525 | 0.04% |
| 70 | Georgia | $386,634 | 0.04% |
| 71 | Kuwait | $385,487 | 0.04% |
| 72 | Morocco | $364,104 | 0.03% |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | $335,839 | 0.03% |
| 74 | Finland | $304,704 | 0.03% |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | $258,683 | 0.02% |
| 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | $248,450 | 0.02% |
| 77 | El Salvador | $231,384 | 0.02% |
| 78 | Pakistan | $211,509 | 0.02% |
| 79 | Paraguay | $207,857 | 0.02% |
| 80 | Denmark | $197,267 | 0.02% |
| 81 | Bahrain | $189,693 | 0.02% |
| 82 | Jamaica | $186,020 | 0.02% |
| 83 | Mozambique | $186,000 | 0.02% |
| 84 | Estonia | $176,429 | 0.02% |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | $172,857 | 0.02% |
| 86 | Iceland | $156,223 | 0.01% |
| 87 | Croatia | $155,562 | 0.01% |
| 88 | Hungary | $141,672 | 0.01% |
| 89 | Israel | $132,002 | 0.01% |
| 90 | Rep. of Moldova | $128,215 | 0.01% |
| 91 | Mauritius | $103,300 | 0.01% |
| 92 | Albania | $100,456 | 0.01% |
| 93 | Jordan | $67,717 | 0.01% |
| 94 | Malta | $67,000 | 0.01% |
| 95 | Uganda | $64,687 | 0.01% |
| 96 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $58,903 | 0.01% |
| 97 | Maldives | $53,273 | 0.01% |
| 98 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $50,266 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Ethiopia | $39,107 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Guyana | $32,588 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Gabon | $30,879 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Dominica | $24,734 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Kenya | $17,157 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Senegal | $15,906 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Ghana | $9,810 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Botswana | $6,797 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | $6,549 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Nigeria | $5,162 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Belize | $5,076 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $4,211 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Lithuania | $1,950 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Zambia | $1,425 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Barbados | $586 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Oman | $515 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Malawi | $383 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Liberia | $147 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Namibia | $21 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Bahamas | $20 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | $18 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 240210 | Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos: containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $364.18M | 34.54% |
| 2 | 750120 | Nickel: oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | $139.38M | 13.22% |
| 3 | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | $105.24M | 9.98% |
| 4 | 220840 | Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products | $96.58M | 9.16% |
| 5 | 261610 | Silver ores and concentrates | $62.48M | 5.93% |
| 6 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $61.80M | 5.86% |
| 7 | 030611 | Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $35.47M | 3.36% |
| 8 | 040900 | Honey: natural | $16.14M | 1.53% |
| 9 | 030192 | Fish: live, eels (Anguilla spp.) | $15.37M | 1.46% |
| 10 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $14.48M | 1.37% |
| 11 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $13.71M | 1.30% |
| 12 | 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 | $13.67M | 1.30% |
| 13 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $10.45M | 0.99% |
| 14 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $8.55M | 0.81% |
| 15 | 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | $8.32M | 0.79% |
| 16 | 220870 | Liqueurs and cordials | $7.53M | 0.71% |
| 17 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $6.80M | 0.65% |
| 18 | 750210 | Nickel: unwrought, not alloyed | $6.14M | 0.58% |
| 19 | 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | $6.00M | 0.57% |
| 20 | 970110 | Paintings, drawings and pastels: executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading no. 4906 | $5.98M | 0.57% |
| 21 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $5.45M | 0.52% |
| 22 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $3.85M | 0.37% |
| 23 | 282540 | Nickel oxides and hydroxides | $3.29M | 0.31% |
| 24 | 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 | $2.76M | 0.26% |
| 25 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $2.63M | 0.25% |
| 26 | 220890 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $1.92M | 0.18% |
| 27 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $1.77M | 0.17% |
| 28 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $1.74M | 0.17% |
| 29 | 300290 | Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | $1.47M | 0.14% |
| 30 | 260700 | Lead ores and concentrates | $1.43M | 0.14% |
| 31 | 290420 | Derivatives of hydrocarbons: containing only nitro or only nitroso groups, whether or not halogenated | $1.39M | 0.13% |
| 32 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $1.36M | 0.13% |
| 33 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $1.21M | 0.11% |
| 34 | 300212 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions | $1.18M | 0.11% |
| 35 | 780191 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $1.07M | 0.10% |
| 36 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $1.04M | 0.10% |
| 37 | 240110 | Tobacco, (not stemmed or stripped) | $983,347 | 0.09% |
| 38 | 010612 | Mammals: live, whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea): manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia): seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia) | $862,909 | 0.08% |
| 39 | 160561 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers, prepared or preserved | $841,746 | 0.08% |
| 40 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $772,411 | 0.07% |
| 41 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $682,902 | 0.06% |
| 42 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $649,640 | 0.06% |
| 43 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $547,370 | 0.05% |
| 44 | 410150 | Hides and skins: raw, whole, of bovine or equine animals, of a weight per skin exceeding 16 kg | $528,483 | 0.05% |
| 45 | 720260 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-nickel | $454,120 | 0.04% |
| 46 | 290339 | Fluorinated, brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: other than ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane) | $451,538 | 0.04% |
| 47 | 262099 | Slag, ash and residues: (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly metals or their compounds, n.e.c. in heading no. 2620 | $446,177 | 0.04% |
| 48 | 970300 | Sculptures and statuary: original, in any material | $427,588 | 0.04% |
| 49 | 740620 | Copper: powders of lamellar structure, flakes | $426,660 | 0.04% |
| 50 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $369,201 | 0.04% |
| 51 | 970190 | Artwork: collages and similar decorative plaques | $357,347 | 0.03% |
| 52 | 850720 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $347,612 | 0.03% |
| 53 | 380899 | Rodenticides and other similar products n.e.c. in heading no. 3808.9: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $327,314 | 0.03% |
| 54 | 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 | $314,649 | 0.03% |
| 55 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $261,379 | 0.02% |
| 56 | 740321 | Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought | $257,929 | 0.02% |
| 57 | 284440 | Radioactive elements, isotopes, compounds, n.e.c. in heading no. 2844 alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds: radioactive residues | $246,275 | 0.02% |
| 58 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $244,405 | 0.02% |
| 59 | 848190 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: parts thereof | $231,788 | 0.02% |
| 60 | 780200 | Lead: waste and scrap | $231,762 | 0.02% |
| 61 | 720441 | Ferrous waste and scrap: turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, fillings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles | $227,023 | 0.02% |
| 62 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $226,072 | 0.02% |
| 63 | 391310 | Polymers, natural: alginic acid, its salts and esters, in primary forms | $220,878 | 0.02% |
| 64 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $212,844 | 0.02% |
| 65 | 854620 | Electrical insulators: of ceramics | $211,239 | 0.02% |
| 66 | 840820 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87 | $209,493 | 0.02% |
| 67 | 330590 | Hair preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3305 | $204,780 | 0.02% |
| 68 | 740721 | Copper: bars, rods and profiles, of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) | $201,503 | 0.02% |
| 69 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $197,310 | 0.02% |
| 70 | 070960 | Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta, fresh or chilled | $187,811 | 0.02% |
| 71 | 848330 | Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings and plain shaft bearings | $183,368 | 0.02% |
| 72 | 170310 | Sugars: molasses, from sugar cane, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar | $182,409 | 0.02% |
| 73 | 300431 | Medicaments: containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $182,000 | 0.02% |
| 74 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $168,803 | 0.02% |
| 75 | 442090 | Wood: marquetry and inlaid wood, caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery and similar articles of wood, wooden articles of furniture not falling in chapter 94 | $167,647 | 0.02% |
| 76 | 240290 | Cigars, cigarillos and cheroots: containing tobacco substitutes including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $165,740 | 0.02% |
| 77 | 220830 | Whiskies | $157,534 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 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 | $147,211 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 030631 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $142,703 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $142,258 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 090121 | Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $137,447 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 930630 | Ammunition: cartridges and parts thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 9306 | $134,759 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 051199 | Animal products: n.e.c. in chapter 5 | $133,661 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 030799 | Molluscs: n.e.c. in heading 0307, 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 | $127,031 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 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 | $121,707 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 200929 | Juice: grapefruit (including pomelo), of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $121,592 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 300390 | Medicaments: (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | $120,918 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 081040 | Fruit, edible: cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus vaccinium, fresh | $115,517 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 240130 | Tobacco refuse | $114,289 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 200921 | Juice: grapefruit (including pomelo), of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $113,438 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 152190 | Waxes, other than vegetable, n.e.c. in heading no. 1521: whether or not refined or coloured | $112,979 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 253090 | Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25 | $107,150 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 220850 | Gin and geneva | $106,343 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 030819 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process | $104,722 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 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 | $103,413 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 390330 | Styrene polymers: acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms | $101,054 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 410390 | Hides and skins: raw, of animals n.e.c. in this chapter, fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split | $99,940 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $99,738 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 030489 | Fish fillets: frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8 | $93,693 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 841840 | Freezers: of the upright type, not exceeding 900l capacity | $92,435 | 0.01% |