Namibia

Namibia Exports 2023

Complete list of Namibia's 178 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$6.18B
Total exports (2023)
#124
Global export rank
178
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Namibia exported $6.18 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #124 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 178 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 81.1% of total export value. The leading export was natural uranium and its compounds, alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds, valued at $844.27 million 13.7% 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

178 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.

#Destination2023 export value% of total
1South Africa$1.71B27.71%
2China$726.34M11.75%
3Botswana$503.01M8.14%
4Belgium$432.82M7.00%
5France$336.48M5.44%
6Zambia$333.13M5.39%
7Spain$290.85M4.71%
8United Arab Emirates$283.88M4.59%
9Canada$202.56M3.28%
10Netherlands$187.60M3.04%
11Dem. Rep. of the Congo$150.28M2.43%
12India$136.28M2.21%
13Germany$83.99M1.36%
14United Kingdom$83.10M1.34%
15China, Hong Kong SAR$76.85M1.24%
16USA$66.53M1.08%
17Italy$62.64M1.01%
18Angola$53.95M0.87%
19Singapore$51.38M0.83%
20Zimbabwe$48.84M0.79%
21Mozambique$48.77M0.79%
22Norway$30.67M0.50%
23Portugal$29.26M0.47%
24Israel$28.96M0.47%
25Thailand$21.46M0.35%
26Malta$12.33M0.20%
27Poland$12.32M0.20%
28Nigeria$11.52M0.19%
29Finland$10.34M0.17%
30Australia$9.99M0.16%
31Greece$9.64M0.16%
32United Rep. of Tanzania$7.90M0.13%
33Switzerland$6.94M0.11%
34Malaysia$6.93M0.11%
35Côte d'Ivoire$6.65M0.11%
36Japan$6.39M0.10%
37Austria$5.29M0.09%
38Cyprus$5.05M0.08%
39Bulgaria$4.75M0.08%
40Ireland$4.43M0.07%
41Mauritius$4.07M0.07%
42Saudi Arabia$4.02M0.07%
43Viet Nam$3.99M0.06%
44Brazil$3.96M0.06%
45Russian Federation$3.94M0.06%
46Denmark$3.34M0.05%
47Luxembourg$3.08M0.05%
48Cameroon$3.01M0.05%
49Malawi$2.93M0.05%
50Ghana$2.26M0.04%
51Kuwait$2.08M0.03%
52Pakistan$2.00M0.03%
53Niger$1.74M0.03%
54Vanuatu$1.73M0.03%
55Slovakia$1.71M0.03%
56Egypt$1.62M0.03%
57Marshall Isds$1.62M0.03%
58Bahamas$1.58M0.03%
59Saint Helena$1.56M0.03%
60Kenya$1.55M0.03%
61Other Asia, nes$1.49M0.02%
62Romania$1.46M0.02%
63Cayman Isds$1.43M0.02%
64Türkiye$1.41M0.02%
65Sweden$1.35M0.02%
66Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1.31M0.02%
67Senegal$1.09M0.02%
68Indonesia$991,8210.02%
69Rep. of Korea$935,3340.02%
70Jordan$796,1510.01%
71Panama$648,9310.01%
72Morocco$631,5380.01%
73Slovenia$628,0240.01%
74Bahrain$607,2890.01%
75Eswatini$564,2620.01%
76Congo$548,8540.01%
77Benin$546,7110.01%
78Libya$543,0420.01%
79Fiji$482,9740.01%
80Liberia$433,5110.01%
81Sri Lanka$428,6090.01%
82Qatar$428,3280.01%
83Rwanda$359,7520.01%
84Iceland$338,4860.01%
85Curaçao$317,7220.01%
86Mauritania$283,3550.00%
87Nicaragua$269,1740.00%
88Togo$258,6840.00%
89Oman$226,3050.00%
90Uganda$224,0450.00%
91Peru$223,3090.00%
92Tuvalu$221,4050.00%
93Hungary$210,6670.00%
94Latvia$205,1110.00%
95Czechia$194,1360.00%
96Albania$193,0610.00%
97Central African Rep.$181,4140.00%
98Seychelles$180,6780.00%
99Croatia$175,9970.00%
100Nepal$159,5270.00%
101Ukraine$159,4840.00%
102Ethiopia$156,8480.00%
103Lesotho$144,1130.00%
104Cook Isds$130,5720.00%
105Serbia$121,3820.00%
106Lithuania$103,1510.00%
107Montenegro$103,1000.00%
108Cambodia$99,4890.00%
109Guinea$97,1260.00%
110Guyana$94,2110.00%
111Dominican Rep.$79,1760.00%
112Lebanon$78,8820.00%
113Norfolk Isds$76,8260.00%
114Chile$75,9730.00%
115Mexico$74,8290.00%
116New Zealand$70,6550.00%
117Bangladesh$61,8220.00%
118Guinea-Bissau$56,4210.00%
119Dominica$55,1650.00%
120Palau$50,9170.00%
121Gabon$47,0010.00%
122Chad$45,2800.00%
123Maldives$43,6560.00%
124Bosnia Herzegovina$43,2370.00%
125Argentina$42,8140.00%
126El Salvador$38,6900.00%
127Azerbaijan$38,5680.00%
128Mali$30,8450.00%
129Saint Kitts and Nevis$28,1000.00%
130Estonia$26,0460.00%
131Rep. of Moldova$25,4030.00%
132Equatorial Guinea$25,2610.00%
133Sudan$22,4710.00%
134Armenia$22,2270.00%
135Antigua and Barbuda$20,6670.00%
136Andorra$19,0440.00%
137Kazakhstan$18,2720.00%
138Costa Rica$17,6820.00%
139Colombia$17,0820.00%
140Madagascar$15,7790.00%
141Cabo Verde$14,5790.00%
142Uruguay$13,3180.00%
143Sao Tome and Principe$10,7330.00%
144Gibraltar$9,5920.00%
145Trinidad and Tobago$9,3590.00%
146Ecuador$8,6990.00%
147Wallis and Futuna Isds$8,1770.00%
148North Macedonia$7,4280.00%
149Belize$6,2560.00%
150Montserrat$5,6620.00%
151Samoa$4,8050.00%
152Bermuda$4,5180.00%
153China, Macao SAR$2,4060.00%
154Paraguay$2,3140.00%
155Barbados$2,2170.00%
156Guatemala$1,8930.00%
157Burundi$1,8380.00%
158Gambia$1,8260.00%
159Br. Indian Ocean Terr.$1,5300.00%
160Br. Virgin Isds$9370.00%
161French Polynesia$8700.00%
162Eritrea$6000.00%
163Brunei Darussalam$5730.00%
164Philippines$4970.00%
165Kyrgyzstan$4610.00%
166Burkina Faso$4200.00%
167Sierra Leone$3330.00%
168Lao People's Dem. Rep.$3000.00%
169Christmas Isds$1780.00%
170Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$820.00%
171Algeria$540.00%
172Georgia$490.00%
173Honduras$340.00%
174Djibouti$300.00%
175Tunisia$300.00%
176Mongolia$150.00%
177Somalia$30.00%
178Syria$30.00%

Top export products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1284410Uranium: natural uranium and its compounds, alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds$844.27M13.66%
2710813Metals: gold, semi-manufactured$628.24M10.17%
3710812Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)$627.59M10.15%
4710231Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set$519.54M8.41%
5710239Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set$371.60M6.01%
6030474Fish fillets: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)$306.93M4.97%
7271000Petroleum 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$300.37M4.86%
8030355Fish: frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$261.45M4.23%
9740319Copper: refined, unwrought, n.e.c. in item no. 7403.1$247.09M4.00%
10261210Uranium ores and concentrates$176.66M2.86%
11740200Copper: unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining$151.28M2.45%
12080610Fruit, edible: grapes, fresh$83.91M1.36%
13440290Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated$82.28M1.33%
14490700Unused 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$74.78M1.21%
15010229Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals$53.65M0.87%
16260800Zinc ores and concentrates$52.52M0.85%
17030495Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)$51.86M0.84%
18220300Beer: made from malt$46.26M0.75%
19010410Sheep: live$38.67M0.63%
20401180Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines$38.11M0.62%
21250100Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water$37.95M0.61%
22030389Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$36.63M0.59%
23260300Copper ores and concentrates$33.33M0.54%
24720449Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204$31.39M0.51%
25020130Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled$28.87M0.47%
26030614Crustaceans: frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water$27.50M0.45%
27020230Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen$25.92M0.42%
28030366Fish: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$24.49M0.40%
29260700Lead ores and concentrates$24.31M0.39%
30250300Sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur$22.82M0.37%
31253090Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25$21.12M0.34%
32740311Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes$20.49M0.33%
33382499Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824$19.88M0.32%
34260900Tin ores and concentrates$19.83M0.32%
35030743Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen$19.79M0.32%
36251512Marble and travertine: merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more$18.89M0.31%
37260400Nickel ores and concentrates$18.07M0.29%
38190219Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared$17.92M0.29%
39854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED)$17.08M0.28%
40030354Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$16.83M0.27%
41890510Dredgers$16.73M0.27%
42030254Fish: fresh or chilled, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99$16.46M0.27%
43030392Fish: frozen, shark fins$15.76M0.25%
44870410Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods$13.13M0.21%
45260200Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight$12.49M0.20%
46252329Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured$12.33M0.20%
47020714Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen$12.05M0.20%
48680291Marble, travertine and alabaster: articles thereof, (other than simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface)$11.73M0.19%
49251511Marble and travertine: having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more, crude or roughly trimmed by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape$11.51M0.19%
50282200Cobalt oxides and hydroxides: commercial cobalt oxides$11.09M0.18%
51880212Helicopters: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg$9.61M0.16%
52847420Machines: for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances$9.42M0.15%
53271600Electrical energy$9.26M0.15%
54230120Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates$8.62M0.14%
55080410Fruit, edible: dates, fresh or dried$7.73M0.13%
56070610Vegetables, root: carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled$7.73M0.12%
57030444Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, and Muraenolepididae$7.72M0.12%
58070310Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled$7.67M0.12%
59070200Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled$7.63M0.12%
60010420Goats: live$7.26M0.12%
61030381Fish: frozen, dogfish and other sharks, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$7.07M0.11%
62271311Petroleum coke: (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals$7.00M0.11%
63880230Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg$6.86M0.11%
64030483Fish fillets: frozen, flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)$6.73M0.11%
65843041Boring or sinking machinery: self-propelled, n.e.c. in heading no. 8430$6.46M0.10%
66190230Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared$6.40M0.10%
67870422Vehicles: 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$6.32M0.10%
68842951Front-end shovel loaders$6.28M0.10%
69020712Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen$6.25M0.10%
70030489Fish fillets: frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8$6.18M0.10%
71071290Vegetables: mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 0712, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder but not further prepared, dried$6.14M0.10%
72190410Food preparations: obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products$5.89M0.10%
73410799Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, incl. parchment-dressed, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, no hair, excluding leather of heading 41.14, and whole hides and skins, and sides, (full grains, unsplit and grain splits)$5.73M0.09%
74790111Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc$5.17M0.08%
75251990Magnesia, fused or dead-burned (sintered): whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering, other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, (not natural magnesium carbonate)$5.09M0.08%
76630900Clothing: worn, and other worn articles$5.06M0.08%
77870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$4.84M0.08%
78382491Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate$4.83M0.08%
79270120Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels: manufactured from coal$4.76M0.08%
80722830Steel, alloy: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded$4.67M0.08%
81890590Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks$4.63M0.07%
82121190Plants 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$4.36M0.07%
83843143Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41$4.33M0.07%
84390690Acrylic polymers: (other than polymethyl methacrylate), in primary forms$4.26M0.07%
85030292Fish: fresh or chilled, shark fins$4.23M0.07%
86030353Fish: frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99$4.15M0.07%
87030749Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, 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$4.13M0.07%
88840710Engines: for aircraft, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines$4.02M0.07%
89030631Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not$3.95M0.06%
90854810Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators$3.86M0.06%
91970500Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest$3.77M0.06%
92440112Wood: for fuel, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or similar forms, whether or not agglomerated, non-coniferous$3.75M0.06%
93020443Meat: of sheep (including lamb), boneless cuts, frozen$3.72M0.06%
94340219Organic surface-active agents: whether or not put up for retail sale, n.e.c. in heading no. 3402$3.60M0.06%
95843840Machinery: industrial, brewery machinery$3.52M0.06%
96160413Fish preparations: sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced)$3.38M0.05%
97251810Dolomite, not calcined or sintered: including dolomite roughly trimmed, or merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape$3.37M0.05%
98030633Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not$3.29M0.05%
99220830Whiskies$3.25M0.05%
100340290Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale$3.22M0.05%