Eritrea Imports 2023
Complete list of Eritrea's 59 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$440.01M
Total imports (2023)
#198
Global import rank
59
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Eritrea imported $440.01 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #198 largest importer. Goods came from 59 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 90.7% of total import value. The leading import was grain sorghum, other than seed, valued at $27.33 million — 6.2% 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
59 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $138.88M | 31.56% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $119.86M | 27.24% |
| 3 | Türkiye | $39.35M | 8.94% |
| 4 | USA | $30.51M | 6.93% |
| 5 | Italy | $20.41M | 4.64% |
| 6 | India | $17.47M | 3.97% |
| 7 | Netherlands | $12.22M | 2.78% |
| 8 | South Africa | $9.96M | 2.26% |
| 9 | Belgium | $5.59M | 1.27% |
| 10 | Germany | $4.76M | 1.08% |
| 11 | United Kingdom | $4.38M | 1.00% |
| 12 | Spain | $3.81M | 0.87% |
| 13 | Malaysia | $3.77M | 0.86% |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | $3.70M | 0.84% |
| 15 | Peru | $3.59M | 0.82% |
| 16 | Canada | $3.54M | 0.80% |
| 17 | Kenya | $3.38M | 0.77% |
| 18 | France | $3.04M | 0.69% |
| 19 | Sweden | $2.60M | 0.59% |
| 20 | Japan | $1.36M | 0.31% |
| 21 | Egypt | $1.14M | 0.26% |
| 22 | Eswatini | $933,994 | 0.21% |
| 23 | Austria | $822,744 | 0.19% |
| 24 | Greece | $674,732 | 0.15% |
| 25 | Finland | $608,469 | 0.14% |
| 26 | Denmark | $523,220 | 0.12% |
| 27 | Switzerland | $366,795 | 0.08% |
| 28 | Pakistan | $327,738 | 0.07% |
| 29 | Madagascar | $313,451 | 0.07% |
| 30 | Botswana | $281,652 | 0.06% |
| 31 | Indonesia | $251,549 | 0.06% |
| 32 | Thailand | $221,118 | 0.05% |
| 33 | Luxembourg | $198,725 | 0.05% |
| 34 | Croatia | $177,696 | 0.04% |
| 35 | Australia | $166,814 | 0.04% |
| 36 | Czechia | $137,035 | 0.03% |
| 37 | Ireland | $113,540 | 0.03% |
| 38 | Portugal | $93,463 | 0.02% |
| 39 | Philippines | $89,238 | 0.02% |
| 40 | Jordan | $68,976 | 0.02% |
| 41 | Cyprus | $67,092 | 0.02% |
| 42 | Norway | $58,770 | 0.01% |
| 43 | Brazil | $55,635 | 0.01% |
| 44 | Other Asia, nes | $30,614 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Ghana | $24,046 | 0.01% |
| 46 | Ethiopia | $20,150 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | $9,850 | 0.00% |
| 48 | New Zealand | $7,786 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $7,041 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Singapore | $6,953 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Angola | $4,555 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Bahrain | $4,099 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Uganda | $3,957 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Tunisia | $2,137 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Lithuania | $1,881 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Kuwait | $1,302 | 0.00% |
| 57 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $1,031 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Namibia | $600 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Malawi | $459 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100790 | Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $27.33M | 6.21% |
| 2 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $25.60M | 5.82% |
| 3 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $22.28M | 5.06% |
| 4 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $19.39M | 4.41% |
| 5 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $13.68M | 3.11% |
| 6 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $11.40M | 2.59% |
| 7 | 691190 | Household and toilet articles: n.e.c. in heading no. 6911, of porcelain or china | $10.36M | 2.35% |
| 8 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $9.18M | 2.09% |
| 9 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $8.54M | 1.94% |
| 10 | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $7.91M | 1.80% |
| 11 | 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 | $7.55M | 1.72% |
| 12 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $7.52M | 1.71% |
| 13 | 170113 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $6.75M | 1.53% |
| 14 | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $6.28M | 1.43% |
| 15 | 732611 | Iron or steel: grinding balls and similar articles for mills, forged or stamped, but not further worked | $5.64M | 1.28% |
| 16 | 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $4.95M | 1.13% |
| 17 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $4.71M | 1.07% |
| 18 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $4.65M | 1.06% |
| 19 | 845929 | Machine-tools: for drilling by removing metal, other than numerically controlled | $4.21M | 0.96% |
| 20 | 360200 | Explosives, prepared: other than propellent powders | $4.00M | 0.91% |
| 21 | 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $3.99M | 0.91% |
| 22 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $3.90M | 0.89% |
| 23 | 283210 | Sulphites: of sodium | $3.73M | 0.85% |
| 24 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $3.60M | 0.82% |
| 25 | 401180 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | $3.59M | 0.82% |
| 26 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $3.37M | 0.77% |
| 27 | 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" | $3.32M | 0.76% |
| 28 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $3.24M | 0.74% |
| 29 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $3.13M | 0.71% |
| 30 | 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $3.12M | 0.71% |
| 31 | 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 | $3.12M | 0.71% |
| 32 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $3.08M | 0.70% |
| 33 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $3.04M | 0.69% |
| 34 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $2.95M | 0.67% |
| 35 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $2.65M | 0.60% |
| 36 | 842920 | Graders and levellers | $2.48M | 0.56% |
| 37 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $2.46M | 0.56% |
| 38 | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $2.42M | 0.55% |
| 39 | 732190 | Domestic appliances: non-electric, parts thereof, of iron or steel | $2.39M | 0.54% |
| 40 | 630420 | Furnishing articles: excluding those of heading no. 9404, bed nets, specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter | $2.36M | 0.54% |
| 41 | 283620 | Carbonates: disodium carbonate | $2.27M | 0.52% |
| 42 | 847149 | Automatic data processing machines: presented in the form of systems, n.e.c. in item no. 8471.30 or 8471.41 | $2.12M | 0.48% |
| 43 | 283325 | Sulphates: of copper | $2.03M | 0.46% |
| 44 | 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.c. in heading no. 8430 | $2.02M | 0.46% |
| 45 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $1.98M | 0.45% |
| 46 | 200990 | Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $1.82M | 0.41% |
| 47 | 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 | $1.74M | 0.39% |
| 48 | 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 | $1.71M | 0.39% |
| 49 | 530919 | Fabrics, woven: of flax, containing 85% or more flax, other than bleached or unbleached | $1.68M | 0.38% |
| 50 | 252210 | Quicklime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | $1.67M | 0.38% |
| 51 | 110290 | Cereal flours: other than wheat, meslin, and maize (corn) | $1.61M | 0.36% |
| 52 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $1.55M | 0.35% |
| 53 | 842199 | Machinery: parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases | $1.54M | 0.35% |
| 54 | 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 | $1.49M | 0.34% |
| 55 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $1.47M | 0.33% |
| 56 | 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 | $1.43M | 0.33% |
| 57 | 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 | $1.39M | 0.32% |
| 58 | 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $1.39M | 0.32% |
| 59 | 380891 | Insecticides: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Notes 1 & 2 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $1.33M | 0.30% |
| 60 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $1.32M | 0.30% |
| 61 | 360300 | Fuses and detonators: safety or detonating fuses, percussion or detonating caps, igniters, electric detonators | $1.31M | 0.30% |
| 62 | 842930 | Scrapers: self-propelled | $1.28M | 0.29% |
| 63 | 902214 | Apparatus based on the use of x-rays: including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses, not dental uses, excluding computed tomography apparatus | $1.27M | 0.29% |
| 64 | 761010 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $1.25M | 0.29% |
| 65 | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | $1.24M | 0.28% |
| 66 | 391721 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene | $1.22M | 0.28% |
| 67 | 482020 | Paper and paperboard: exercise books | $1.16M | 0.26% |
| 68 | 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $1.13M | 0.26% |
| 69 | 842490 | Mechanical appliances: parts of machines projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, whether or not hand-operated | $1.13M | 0.26% |
| 70 | 870510 | Vehicles: crane lorries | $1.12M | 0.25% |
| 71 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $1.12M | 0.25% |
| 72 | 890510 | Dredgers | $1.03M | 0.23% |
| 73 | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $978,515 | 0.22% |
| 74 | 841381 | Pumps and liquid elevators: n.e.c. in heading no. 8413 | $970,404 | 0.22% |
| 75 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $961,015 | 0.22% |
| 76 | 850231 | Electric generating sets: wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines) | $954,012 | 0.22% |
| 77 | 843031 | Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery: self-propelled | $934,483 | 0.21% |
| 78 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $915,195 | 0.21% |
| 79 | 901813 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | $898,113 | 0.20% |
| 80 | 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | $896,075 | 0.20% |
| 81 | 841221 | Engines: hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting (cylinders) | $891,628 | 0.20% |
| 82 | 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 | $874,956 | 0.20% |
| 83 | 842911 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, track laying | $867,769 | 0.20% |
| 84 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $855,420 | 0.19% |
| 85 | 842699 | Cranes and derricks: for other than mounting on road vehicles, n.e.c. in heading no. 8426 | $846,872 | 0.19% |
| 86 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $846,402 | 0.19% |
| 87 | 847420 | Machines: for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $830,897 | 0.19% |
| 88 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $824,083 | 0.19% |
| 89 | 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) | $821,207 | 0.19% |
| 90 | 320910 | Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $793,653 | 0.18% |
| 91 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $769,309 | 0.17% |
| 92 | 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 | $751,720 | 0.17% |
| 93 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $748,972 | 0.17% |
| 94 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $747,350 | 0.17% |
| 95 | 843141 | Machinery parts: buckets, shovels, grabs and grips, for the machinery of heading no. 8426 and 8430 | $746,986 | 0.17% |
| 96 | 800700 | Tin: articles n.e.c. in chapter 80 | $727,576 | 0.17% |
| 97 | 761490 | Aluminium: stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | $690,019 | 0.16% |
| 98 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $683,574 | 0.16% |
| 99 | 400911 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), tubing, piping and hoses, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | $673,532 | 0.15% |
| 100 | 850164 | Electric generators: AC generators, (alternators), of an output exceeding 750kVA | $666,114 | 0.15% |