Dem. Rep. of the Congo Exports 2023
Complete list of Dem. Rep. of the Congo's 100 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$20.69B
Total exports (2023)
#79
Global export rank
100
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Dem. Rep. of the Congo exported $20.69 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #79 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 100 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 93.0% of total export value. The leading export was refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes, valued at $11.74 billion — 56.8% 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 | China | $14.25B | 68.89% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $1.45B | 7.02% |
| 3 | India | $683.62M | 3.30% |
| 4 | Spain | $672.18M | 3.25% |
| 5 | Egypt | $532.15M | 2.57% |
| 6 | Italy | $514.55M | 2.49% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | $358.06M | 1.73% |
| 8 | USA | $277.14M | 1.34% |
| 9 | Thailand | $245.54M | 1.19% |
| 10 | Indonesia | $245.04M | 1.18% |
| 11 | Germany | $211.65M | 1.02% |
| 12 | Zambia | $181.60M | 0.88% |
| 13 | Malaysia | $152.90M | 0.74% |
| 14 | Canada | $123.84M | 0.60% |
| 15 | South Africa | $115.45M | 0.56% |
| 16 | Belgium | $97.54M | 0.47% |
| 17 | France | $72.19M | 0.35% |
| 18 | Namibia | $60.21M | 0.29% |
| 19 | Netherlands | $54.12M | 0.26% |
| 20 | Singapore | $53.37M | 0.26% |
| 21 | Bahrain | $44.96M | 0.22% |
| 22 | Other Asia, nes | $43.96M | 0.21% |
| 23 | Poland | $36.99M | 0.18% |
| 24 | Japan | $36.21M | 0.18% |
| 25 | Kenya | $22.15M | 0.11% |
| 26 | Central African Rep. | $20.66M | 0.10% |
| 27 | Uganda | $17.22M | 0.08% |
| 28 | United Kingdom | $16.97M | 0.08% |
| 29 | Morocco | $16.67M | 0.08% |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | $15.62M | 0.08% |
| 31 | Türkiye | $13.02M | 0.06% |
| 32 | Brazil | $8.72M | 0.04% |
| 33 | Portugal | $8.61M | 0.04% |
| 34 | Botswana | $4.87M | 0.02% |
| 35 | Ukraine | $4.30M | 0.02% |
| 36 | Angola | $3.16M | 0.02% |
| 37 | Pakistan | $2.98M | 0.01% |
| 38 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $2.91M | 0.01% |
| 39 | Switzerland | $1.69M | 0.01% |
| 40 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $1.44M | 0.01% |
| 41 | Greece | $1.24M | 0.01% |
| 42 | Czechia | $1.07M | 0.01% |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | $782,459 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Israel | $734,036 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Slovenia | $685,386 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Austria | $650,176 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Ireland | $616,962 | 0.00% |
| 48 | China, Macao SAR | $605,770 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Sweden | $447,964 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Denmark | $291,960 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Romania | $244,630 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire | $187,826 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Finland | $137,172 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Cabo Verde | $130,834 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Australia | $125,372 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Ghana | $106,615 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Senegal | $100,063 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Benin | $94,162 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Togo | $74,230 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Mozambique | $73,000 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Slovakia | $52,779 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Hungary | $52,528 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Cyprus | $50,522 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Mauritius | $46,657 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Ethiopia | $44,249 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Norway | $41,536 | 0.00% |
| 67 | New Zealand | $25,418 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Luxembourg | $24,720 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Nigeria | $23,835 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Lithuania | $23,776 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Estonia | $22,543 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Mauritania | $21,179 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Costa Rica | $18,804 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Gabon | $13,895 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Serbia | $13,654 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Malawi | $13,074 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Liberia | $7,140 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Madagascar | $4,761 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Malta | $2,758 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Bulgaria | $2,576 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Armenia | $2,569 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Argentina | $2,122 | 0.00% |
| 83 | El Salvador | $2,045 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Niger | $1,523 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | $1,445 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Paraguay | $1,360 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Guatemala | $1,196 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Uruguay | $901 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $872 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Eswatini | $667 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Oman | $658 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Croatia | $324 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $280 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | $230 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Nicaragua | $111 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $81 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | $65 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Lesotho | $37 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Montenegro | $36 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | $12 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $11.74B | 56.77% |
| 2 | 810520 | Cobalt: mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders | $2.40B | 11.59% |
| 3 | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $2.32B | 11.20% |
| 4 | 740200 | Copper: unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining | $1.41B | 6.82% |
| 5 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $792.21M | 3.83% |
| 6 | 260900 | Tin ores and concentrates | $457.88M | 2.21% |
| 7 | 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 | $222.62M | 1.08% |
| 8 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $217.63M | 1.05% |
| 9 | 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $190.97M | 0.92% |
| 10 | 282200 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides: commercial cobalt oxides | $131.47M | 0.64% |
| 11 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $108.79M | 0.53% |
| 12 | 740500 | Copper: master alloys of copper | $106.71M | 0.52% |
| 13 | 261590 | Niobium, tantalum, vanadium ores and concentrates | $83.12M | 0.40% |
| 14 | 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 | $70.02M | 0.34% |
| 15 | 260500 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | $67.07M | 0.32% |
| 16 | 710221 | Diamonds: industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $55.47M | 0.27% |
| 17 | 790310 | Zinc dust | $32.05M | 0.15% |
| 18 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $29.16M | 0.14% |
| 19 | 440727 | Wood, tropical: sapelli, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $23.72M | 0.11% |
| 20 | 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 | $23.06M | 0.11% |
| 21 | 740100 | Copper mattes: cement copper (precipitated copper) | $19.21M | 0.09% |
| 22 | 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 | $16.40M | 0.08% |
| 23 | 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 | $13.11M | 0.06% |
| 24 | 740319 | Copper: refined, unwrought, n.e.c. in item no. 7403.1 | $12.81M | 0.06% |
| 25 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $11.32M | 0.05% |
| 26 | 800110 | Tin: unwrought, not alloyed | $11.25M | 0.05% |
| 27 | 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 | $8.91M | 0.04% |
| 28 | 261220 | Thorium ores and concentrates | $8.64M | 0.04% |
| 29 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $6.77M | 0.03% |
| 30 | 400122 | Rubber: technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excluding latex and smoked sheets) | $6.36M | 0.03% |
| 31 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $6.05M | 0.03% |
| 32 | 740919 | Copper: plates and sheets, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm, of refined copper, not in coils | $4.57M | 0.02% |
| 33 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $4.52M | 0.02% |
| 34 | 720430 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of tinned iron or steel | $3.97M | 0.02% |
| 35 | 711299 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: waste and scrap of precious metals including metal clad with precious metals, other than that of gold and platinum and excluding ash which contains precious metal or precious metal compounds | $3.11M | 0.02% |
| 36 | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $2.42M | 0.01% |
| 37 | 740811 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | $2.06M | 0.01% |
| 38 | 790111 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | $1.93M | 0.01% |
| 39 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $1.93M | 0.01% |
| 40 | 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 | $1.84M | 0.01% |
| 41 | 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 | $1.77M | 0.01% |
| 42 | 440728 | Wood, tropical: iroko, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $1.64M | 0.01% |
| 43 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $1.53M | 0.01% |
| 44 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $1.52M | 0.01% |
| 45 | 441899 | Wood: builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo | $1.44M | 0.01% |
| 46 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $1.40M | 0.01% |
| 47 | 841122 | Turbo-propellers: of a power exceeding 1100kW | $1.38M | 0.01% |
| 48 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $1.23M | 0.01% |
| 49 | 400129 | Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $1.16M | 0.01% |
| 50 | 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 | $1.13M | 0.01% |
| 51 | 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 | $1.12M | 0.01% |
| 52 | 720429 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of alloy steel (excluding stainless) | $1.02M | 0.00% |
| 53 | 970600 | Antiques: of an age exceeding one hundred years | $992,906 | 0.00% |
| 54 | 130219 | Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $942,193 | 0.00% |
| 55 | 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 | $928,740 | 0.00% |
| 56 | 400110 | Rubber: natural rubber latex, whether or not pre-vulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $894,324 | 0.00% |
| 57 | 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 | $878,813 | 0.00% |
| 58 | 880310 | Aircraft and spacecraft: propellers and rotors and parts thereof | $847,322 | 0.00% |
| 59 | 710399 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, (other than rubies, sapphires and emeralds), worked other than simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $818,798 | 0.00% |
| 60 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $773,705 | 0.00% |
| 61 | 740620 | Copper: powders of lamellar structure, flakes | $754,569 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $749,317 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $730,422 | 0.00% |
| 64 | 253090 | Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25 | $696,801 | 0.00% |
| 65 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $687,498 | 0.00% |
| 66 | 930690 | Ammunition: n.e.c. in chapter 93 | $603,497 | 0.00% |
| 67 | 070999 | Vegetables: edible, n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled | $579,599 | 0.00% |
| 68 | 902820 | Meters: liquid supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | $533,185 | 0.00% |
| 69 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $532,927 | 0.00% |
| 70 | 442199 | Wood: not of bamboo, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420 (excluding clothes hangers) | $532,382 | 0.00% |
| 71 | 261100 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | $506,403 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 440112 | Wood: for fuel, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or similar forms, whether or not agglomerated, non-coniferous | $487,680 | 0.00% |
| 73 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $482,583 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 080132 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, shelled | $468,723 | 0.00% |
| 75 | 250300 | Sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | $457,778 | 0.00% |
| 76 | 293930 | Alkaloids: caffeine and its salts | $452,598 | 0.00% |
| 77 | 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $450,216 | 0.00% |
| 78 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $417,428 | 0.00% |
| 79 | 030111 | Fish: live, ornamental, freshwater | $408,887 | 0.00% |
| 80 | 330590 | Hair preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3305 | $381,532 | 0.00% |
| 81 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $378,579 | 0.00% |
| 82 | 071080 | Vegetables: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, n.e.c. in heading no. 0710, frozen | $376,714 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 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 | $364,797 | 0.00% |
| 84 | 810390 | Tantalum: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 8103 | $364,227 | 0.00% |
| 85 | 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 | $334,121 | 0.00% |
| 86 | 630491 | Furnishing articles: excluding those of heading no. 9404, n.e.c. in heading 6304, knitted or crocheted | $318,758 | 0.00% |
| 87 | 780191 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $309,646 | 0.00% |
| 88 | 293920 | Alkaloids: of cinchona and their derivatives: salts thereof | $301,683 | 0.00% |
| 89 | 711620 | Stones: precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) articles of | $298,309 | 0.00% |
| 90 | 220410 | Wine: sparkling | $297,897 | 0.00% |
| 91 | 010620 | Reptiles: live (including snakes and turtles) | $278,742 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $276,032 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 010639 | Birds: live, other than birds of prey, Psittaciformes, ostriches and emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) | $270,640 | 0.00% |
| 94 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $266,165 | 0.00% |
| 95 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | $260,097 | 0.00% |
| 96 | 520851 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, plain weave, weighing not more than 100g/m2 | $257,855 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $228,121 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 820713 | Tools, interchangeable: rock drilling or earth boring tools, with working part of cermets, whether or not power operated | $228,026 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 843850 | Machinery: industrial, for the preparation of meat or poultry | $225,993 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 741300 | Copper: stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | $225,228 | 0.00% |