Djibouti Exports 2023
Complete list of Djibouti's 81 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$528.90M
Total exports (2023)
#169
Global export rank
81
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Djibouti exported $528.90 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #169 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 81 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 94.6% of total export value. The leading export was palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, valued at $143.06 million — 27.0% 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
81 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | $205.79M | 38.91% |
| 2 | China | $119.21M | 22.54% |
| 3 | Singapore | $95.69M | 18.09% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | $38.37M | 7.26% |
| 5 | India | $11.17M | 2.11% |
| 6 | Egypt | $9.62M | 1.82% |
| 7 | Netherlands | $5.69M | 1.08% |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $5.43M | 1.03% |
| 9 | South Africa | $5.00M | 0.94% |
| 10 | Italy | $4.56M | 0.86% |
| 11 | United Kingdom | $4.40M | 0.83% |
| 12 | USA | $3.88M | 0.73% |
| 13 | Oman | $2.78M | 0.53% |
| 14 | Malaysia | $2.47M | 0.47% |
| 15 | Madagascar | $2.21M | 0.42% |
| 16 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $2.18M | 0.41% |
| 17 | Germany | $1.64M | 0.31% |
| 18 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $1.11M | 0.21% |
| 19 | Australia | $868,831 | 0.16% |
| 20 | France | $581,073 | 0.11% |
| 21 | Slovakia | $563,401 | 0.11% |
| 22 | New Zealand | $453,044 | 0.09% |
| 23 | Türkiye | $412,476 | 0.08% |
| 24 | Georgia | $400,000 | 0.08% |
| 25 | Canada | $386,906 | 0.07% |
| 26 | Lesotho | $354,178 | 0.07% |
| 27 | Qatar | $345,196 | 0.07% |
| 28 | Poland | $301,591 | 0.06% |
| 29 | Mauritania | $278,579 | 0.05% |
| 30 | Bulgaria | $268,860 | 0.05% |
| 31 | Ireland | $263,169 | 0.05% |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | $224,397 | 0.04% |
| 33 | Philippines | $210,840 | 0.04% |
| 34 | Austria | $208,743 | 0.04% |
| 35 | Togo | $208,419 | 0.04% |
| 36 | Greece | $158,889 | 0.03% |
| 37 | Paraguay | $122,102 | 0.02% |
| 38 | Switzerland | $102,095 | 0.02% |
| 39 | Nigeria | $94,433 | 0.02% |
| 40 | Hungary | $93,543 | 0.02% |
| 41 | Israel | $88,000 | 0.02% |
| 42 | Mozambique | $87,000 | 0.02% |
| 43 | Pakistan | $84,815 | 0.02% |
| 44 | Luxembourg | $80,417 | 0.02% |
| 45 | Finland | $73,555 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Gabon | $58,636 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Belgium | $53,236 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Thailand | $47,976 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Kenya | $27,778 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Ghana | $24,665 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Spain | $24,637 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Czechia | $23,677 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Portugal | $22,221 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Central African Rep. | $19,948 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Ukraine | $17,572 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Senegal | $12,469 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | $11,117 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Denmark | $7,170 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Slovenia | $5,133 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Sweden | $4,617 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Jordan | $4,591 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Brazil | $3,297 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Morocco | $3,172 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Japan | $2,819 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Uruguay | $2,311 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Côte d'Ivoire | $2,215 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Kuwait | $1,690 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Gambia | $1,685 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Namibia | $813 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Benin | $501 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Norway | $214 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Lebanon | $199 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Latvia | $143 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Zambia | $110 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Seychelles | $108 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Uganda | $75 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $73 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Bahrain | $61 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Colombia | $48 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Indonesia | $24 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Romania | $19 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $143.06M | 27.05% |
| 2 | 282751 | Bromides: of sodium or of potassium | $131.00M | 24.77% |
| 3 | 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 | $98.93M | 18.70% |
| 4 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $47.79M | 9.04% |
| 5 | 010410 | Sheep: live | $30.36M | 5.74% |
| 6 | 010290 | Bovine animals: live, other than cattle and buffalo | $8.97M | 1.70% |
| 7 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $8.66M | 1.64% |
| 8 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $6.11M | 1.16% |
| 9 | 010613 | Mammals: live, camels and other camelids (Camelidae) | $5.60M | 1.06% |
| 10 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $5.20M | 0.98% |
| 11 | 530610 | Yarn: of flax, single | $3.44M | 0.65% |
| 12 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $3.30M | 0.62% |
| 13 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $1.93M | 0.36% |
| 14 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $1.89M | 0.36% |
| 15 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $1.84M | 0.35% |
| 16 | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $1.81M | 0.34% |
| 17 | 110290 | Cereal flours: other than wheat, meslin, and maize (corn) | $1.45M | 0.28% |
| 18 | 611120 | Garments and clothing accessories: babies', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $1.36M | 0.26% |
| 19 | 291570 | Acids: saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids: palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters | $1.27M | 0.24% |
| 20 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $966,686 | 0.18% |
| 21 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $920,996 | 0.17% |
| 22 | 720429 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of alloy steel (excluding stainless) | $871,992 | 0.16% |
| 23 | 740620 | Copper: powders of lamellar structure, flakes | $838,802 | 0.16% |
| 24 | 100890 | Cereals: n.e.c. in chapter 10 | $795,823 | 0.15% |
| 25 | 611595 | Hosiery and footwear: without applied soles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excluding graduated compression hosiery, panty hose, tights, full or knee-length hosiery measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex) | $597,548 | 0.11% |
| 26 | 261900 | Slag, dross: (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel | $580,374 | 0.11% |
| 27 | 611030 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $543,608 | 0.10% |
| 28 | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $531,703 | 0.10% |
| 29 | 030119 | Fish: live, ornamental, other than freshwater | $518,495 | 0.10% |
| 30 | 740200 | Copper: unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining | $494,401 | 0.09% |
| 31 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $466,473 | 0.09% |
| 32 | 281511 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): solid | $424,841 | 0.08% |
| 33 | 151790 | Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $422,766 | 0.08% |
| 34 | 151229 | Vegetable oils: cotton-seed oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $422,037 | 0.08% |
| 35 | 880212 | Helicopters: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg | $400,000 | 0.08% |
| 36 | 740321 | Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought | $391,783 | 0.07% |
| 37 | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: acid oils from refining: (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | $378,246 | 0.07% |
| 38 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $375,199 | 0.07% |
| 39 | 381512 | Catalysts, supported: reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | $366,066 | 0.07% |
| 40 | 620293 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: women's or girls', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6204 (not knitted or crocheted) | $366,062 | 0.07% |
| 41 | 310420 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: potassic, potassium chloride | $360,000 | 0.07% |
| 42 | 020629 | Offal, edible: of bovine animals, (other than tongues and livers), frozen | $359,545 | 0.07% |
| 43 | 282759 | Bromides and bromide oxides: other than item no. 2827.51 | $293,519 | 0.06% |
| 44 | 841280 | Engines: pneumatic power engines and motors, n.e.c. in heading no. 8412 | $279,346 | 0.05% |
| 45 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $278,580 | 0.05% |
| 46 | 021020 | Meat: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, of bovine animals | $266,987 | 0.05% |
| 47 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $263,943 | 0.05% |
| 48 | 621120 | Ski suits: (not knitted or crocheted) | $243,884 | 0.05% |
| 49 | 540769 | Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $243,655 | 0.05% |
| 50 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $234,004 | 0.04% |
| 51 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $232,559 | 0.04% |
| 52 | 640510 | Footwear: with uppers of leather or composition leather, n.e.c. in chapter 64 | $228,743 | 0.04% |
| 53 | 390769 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of less than 78ml/g | $218,824 | 0.04% |
| 54 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $217,720 | 0.04% |
| 55 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $212,791 | 0.04% |
| 56 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $206,663 | 0.04% |
| 57 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $193,532 | 0.04% |
| 58 | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $185,388 | 0.04% |
| 59 | 850720 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $181,295 | 0.03% |
| 60 | 100640 | Cereals: rice, broken | $173,281 | 0.03% |
| 61 | 253090 | Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25 | $165,827 | 0.03% |
| 62 | 851590 | Welding, brazing or soldering machines: parts of the machines of heading no. 8515 | $165,561 | 0.03% |
| 63 | 902000 | Breathing appliances and gas masks: excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20 | $164,337 | 0.03% |
| 64 | 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 | $161,073 | 0.03% |
| 65 | 010229 | Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $158,606 | 0.03% |
| 66 | 620343 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $148,964 | 0.03% |
| 67 | 110319 | Cereal groats and meal: n.e.c. in heading no. 1103 | $147,672 | 0.03% |
| 68 | 853950 | Lamps: light-emitting diode (LED) lamps | $147,233 | 0.03% |
| 69 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $135,686 | 0.03% |
| 70 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $134,547 | 0.03% |
| 71 | 640399 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, (not covering the ankle), outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, uppers of leather | $128,565 | 0.02% |
| 72 | 262019 | Slag, ash and residues: (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly zinc, other than hard zinc spelter | $126,545 | 0.02% |
| 73 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $121,770 | 0.02% |
| 74 | 820790 | Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), for screw-driving or uses n.e.c. in heading no. 8207 | $118,901 | 0.02% |
| 75 | 640199 | Footwear: waterproof, n.e.c. in heading no. 6401, rubber or plastic outer soles and uppers (not assembled by stitch, rivet, nail, screw, plug or similar) | $117,606 | 0.02% |
| 76 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $113,013 | 0.02% |
| 77 | 110429 | Cereal grains: worked, other than rolled or flaked (e.g. Hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled) of cereals, excluding oats and maize, and rice of heading no.1006 | $111,972 | 0.02% |
| 78 | 250610 | Quartz: other than natural sands | $106,043 | 0.02% |
| 79 | 640391 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, covering the ankle, outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, uppers of leather | $104,323 | 0.02% |
| 80 | 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 | $103,708 | 0.02% |
| 81 | 120799 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: n.e.c. in heading no. 1207, whether or not broken | $101,453 | 0.02% |
| 82 | 392390 | Plastics: articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | $99,683 | 0.02% |
| 83 | 630221 | Bed linen: of cotton, printed, not knitted or crocheted | $97,584 | 0.02% |
| 84 | 091030 | Spices: turmeric (curcuma) | $95,471 | 0.02% |
| 85 | 391739 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 3917.30 | $93,985 | 0.02% |
| 86 | 780200 | Lead: waste and scrap | $93,344 | 0.02% |
| 87 | 851310 | Lamps: portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512) | $90,538 | 0.02% |
| 88 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $89,937 | 0.02% |
| 89 | 200110 | Vegetable preparations: cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid | $89,496 | 0.02% |
| 90 | 030819 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process | $88,120 | 0.02% |
| 91 | 620193 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6203 (not knitted or crocheted) | $83,168 | 0.02% |
| 92 | 630533 | Sacks and bags: of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers | $81,941 | 0.02% |
| 93 | 100829 | Cereals: millet, other than seed | $81,379 | 0.02% |
| 94 | 902213 | Apparatus based on the use of x-rays: including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, for dental uses, excluding computed tomography apparatus | $81,087 | 0.02% |
| 95 | 620469 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of textile materials (other than wool, fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), (not knitted or crocheted) | $80,625 | 0.02% |
| 96 | 701349 | Glassware of a kind used for table or kitchen purposes (not drinking glasses or of glass-ceramics), of glass n.e.c. in item no. 7013.4 | $80,152 | 0.02% |
| 97 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $77,090 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 110813 | Starch: potato | $75,744 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $75,628 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 210610 | Protein: concentrates and textured protein substances | $75,356 | 0.01% |