Rwanda Imports 2023
Complete list of Rwanda's 91 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$2.20B
Total imports (2023)
#161
Global import rank
91
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Rwanda imported $2.20 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #161 largest importer. Goods came from 91 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 80.6% of total import value. The leading import was Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, valued at $85.62 million — 3.9% 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
91 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $420.37M | 19.10% |
| 2 | Kenya | $301.88M | 13.72% |
| 3 | Uganda | $280.22M | 12.73% |
| 4 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $188.08M | 8.55% |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | $159.12M | 7.23% |
| 6 | India | $149.64M | 6.80% |
| 7 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $79.75M | 3.62% |
| 8 | Türkiye | $69.61M | 3.16% |
| 9 | Egypt | $67.31M | 3.06% |
| 10 | Germany | $57.94M | 2.63% |
| 11 | Belgium | $56.33M | 2.56% |
| 12 | South Africa | $38.74M | 1.76% |
| 13 | France | $38.51M | 1.75% |
| 14 | USA | $34.58M | 1.57% |
| 15 | Italy | $32.84M | 1.49% |
| 16 | Netherlands | $28.47M | 1.29% |
| 17 | Portugal | $23.30M | 1.06% |
| 18 | Zambia | $20.08M | 0.91% |
| 19 | Malawi | $18.83M | 0.86% |
| 20 | United Kingdom | $16.33M | 0.74% |
| 21 | Ireland | $8.70M | 0.40% |
| 22 | Spain | $8.03M | 0.36% |
| 23 | Switzerland | $7.31M | 0.33% |
| 24 | Malta | $5.42M | 0.25% |
| 25 | Israel | $5.39M | 0.24% |
| 26 | Japan | $5.07M | 0.23% |
| 27 | Canada | $4.99M | 0.23% |
| 28 | Eswatini | $4.96M | 0.23% |
| 29 | Poland | $4.89M | 0.22% |
| 30 | Morocco | $4.80M | 0.22% |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | $4.53M | 0.21% |
| 32 | Sweden | $4.38M | 0.20% |
| 33 | Austria | $4.02M | 0.18% |
| 34 | Czechia | $3.52M | 0.16% |
| 35 | Jordan | $3.41M | 0.16% |
| 36 | Luxembourg | $2.96M | 0.13% |
| 37 | Denmark | $2.68M | 0.12% |
| 38 | Estonia | $2.66M | 0.12% |
| 39 | Slovakia | $2.53M | 0.12% |
| 40 | Thailand | $2.42M | 0.11% |
| 41 | Lithuania | $2.35M | 0.11% |
| 42 | Gabon | $1.71M | 0.08% |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | $1.71M | 0.08% |
| 44 | Finland | $1.69M | 0.08% |
| 45 | Latvia | $1.65M | 0.08% |
| 46 | Brazil | $1.56M | 0.07% |
| 47 | Malaysia | $1.56M | 0.07% |
| 48 | Indonesia | $1.35M | 0.06% |
| 49 | Côte d'Ivoire | $1.30M | 0.06% |
| 50 | Singapore | $1.28M | 0.06% |
| 51 | Bulgaria | $1.10M | 0.05% |
| 52 | Croatia | $833,198 | 0.04% |
| 53 | Tunisia | $829,548 | 0.04% |
| 54 | Mozambique | $706,000 | 0.03% |
| 55 | Hungary | $683,862 | 0.03% |
| 56 | Greece | $552,568 | 0.03% |
| 57 | Norway | $515,962 | 0.02% |
| 58 | Australia | $497,760 | 0.02% |
| 59 | Pakistan | $456,112 | 0.02% |
| 60 | Ukraine | $423,967 | 0.02% |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | $408,936 | 0.02% |
| 62 | Namibia | $359,752 | 0.02% |
| 63 | Other Asia, nes | $313,324 | 0.01% |
| 64 | Oman | $229,646 | 0.01% |
| 65 | Lebanon | $222,660 | 0.01% |
| 66 | Senegal | $200,011 | 0.01% |
| 67 | Philippines | $195,099 | 0.01% |
| 68 | Lesotho | $161,632 | 0.01% |
| 69 | Mauritius | $160,279 | 0.01% |
| 70 | Slovenia | $137,120 | 0.01% |
| 71 | Ghana | $123,767 | 0.01% |
| 72 | Ethiopia | $121,229 | 0.01% |
| 73 | Romania | $118,850 | 0.01% |
| 74 | Madagascar | $104,400 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Cyprus | $95,615 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $85,735 | 0.00% |
| 77 | New Zealand | $66,303 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Serbia | $65,599 | 0.00% |
| 79 | North Macedonia | $55,922 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Central African Rep. | $46,984 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | $22,880 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Bahrain | $16,137 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Nigeria | $12,745 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Angola | $12,446 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Nicaragua | $10,000 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Colombia | $6,085 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Benin | $1,631 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Botswana | $1,088 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Togo | $637 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Kuwait | $488 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Mauritania | $139 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $85.62M | 3.89% |
| 2 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $58.87M | 2.68% |
| 3 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $54.15M | 2.46% |
| 4 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $37.57M | 1.71% |
| 5 | 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $35.53M | 1.61% |
| 6 | 690740 | Finishing ceramics | $33.19M | 1.51% |
| 7 | 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 | $30.54M | 1.39% |
| 8 | 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 | $26.22M | 1.19% |
| 9 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $25.46M | 1.16% |
| 10 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $23.95M | 1.09% |
| 11 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $23.06M | 1.05% |
| 12 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $22.26M | 1.01% |
| 13 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $20.25M | 0.92% |
| 14 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $20.05M | 0.91% |
| 15 | 030354 | Fish: 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 | $19.96M | 0.91% |
| 16 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $19.75M | 0.90% |
| 17 | 120242 | Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | $18.95M | 0.86% |
| 18 | 220299 | Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | $18.94M | 0.86% |
| 19 | 100710 | Cereals: grain sorghum, seed | $18.16M | 0.83% |
| 20 | 380861 | Insecticides and the like: containing goods specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter: in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300g: for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $16.90M | 0.77% |
| 21 | 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 | $15.90M | 0.72% |
| 22 | 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $14.95M | 0.68% |
| 23 | 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 | $14.76M | 0.67% |
| 24 | 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $14.76M | 0.67% |
| 25 | 071339 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in item no. 0713.3, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $14.22M | 0.65% |
| 26 | 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) | $13.90M | 0.63% |
| 27 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $13.75M | 0.62% |
| 28 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $13.74M | 0.62% |
| 29 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $13.51M | 0.61% |
| 30 | 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 | $13.12M | 0.60% |
| 31 | 030559 | Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5 | $12.79M | 0.58% |
| 32 | 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | $12.41M | 0.56% |
| 33 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $12.15M | 0.55% |
| 34 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $12.06M | 0.55% |
| 35 | 842230 | Machinery: for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, bags or other containers, machinery for aerating beverages | $11.50M | 0.52% |
| 36 | 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 | $11.35M | 0.52% |
| 37 | 210320 | Sauces: tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | $11.32M | 0.51% |
| 38 | 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 | $11.13M | 0.51% |
| 39 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $11.12M | 0.51% |
| 40 | 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 | $10.88M | 0.49% |
| 41 | 030323 | Fish: frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $10.85M | 0.49% |
| 42 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $10.42M | 0.47% |
| 43 | 100510 | Cereals: maize (corn), seed | $10.16M | 0.46% |
| 44 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $9.55M | 0.43% |
| 45 | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $9.16M | 0.42% |
| 46 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $9.03M | 0.41% |
| 47 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $9.01M | 0.41% |
| 48 | 210210 | Yeasts: active | $8.86M | 0.40% |
| 49 | 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 | $8.86M | 0.40% |
| 50 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $8.40M | 0.38% |
| 51 | 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $8.35M | 0.38% |
| 52 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $8.27M | 0.38% |
| 53 | 902830 | Meters: electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | $8.24M | 0.37% |
| 54 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $8.12M | 0.37% |
| 55 | 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $7.81M | 0.35% |
| 56 | 391721 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene | $7.80M | 0.35% |
| 57 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $7.79M | 0.35% |
| 58 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $7.75M | 0.35% |
| 59 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $7.73M | 0.35% |
| 60 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $7.53M | 0.34% |
| 61 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $7.46M | 0.34% |
| 62 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $7.37M | 0.33% |
| 63 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $7.36M | 0.33% |
| 64 | 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 | $7.34M | 0.33% |
| 65 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $7.21M | 0.33% |
| 66 | 482020 | Paper and paperboard: exercise books | $7.17M | 0.33% |
| 67 | 690723 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 10% | $7.03M | 0.32% |
| 68 | 732119 | Cooking appliances and plate warmers: for solid fuel and fuels other than gas or liquid, of iron or steel | $7.02M | 0.32% |
| 69 | 110220 | Cereal flour: of maize (corn) | $6.96M | 0.32% |
| 70 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $6.94M | 0.32% |
| 71 | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $6.93M | 0.31% |
| 72 | 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $6.82M | 0.31% |
| 73 | 940370 | Furniture: plastic | $6.75M | 0.31% |
| 74 | 071410 | Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | $6.74M | 0.31% |
| 75 | 380892 | Fungicides: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $6.64M | 0.30% |
| 76 | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $6.49M | 0.29% |
| 77 | 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 | $6.46M | 0.29% |
| 78 | 310590 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: n.e.c. in heading no. 3105 | $6.45M | 0.29% |
| 79 | 490199 | Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $6.33M | 0.29% |
| 80 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $6.31M | 0.29% |
| 81 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $6.24M | 0.28% |
| 82 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $6.16M | 0.28% |
| 83 | 070820 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans (vigna spp., phaseolus spp.), shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | $6.11M | 0.28% |
| 84 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $6.10M | 0.28% |
| 85 | 441114 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness exceeding 9 mm | $5.95M | 0.27% |
| 86 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $5.93M | 0.27% |
| 87 | 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 | $5.73M | 0.26% |
| 88 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $5.72M | 0.26% |
| 89 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $5.69M | 0.26% |
| 90 | 640220 | Footwear: with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by plugs | $5.68M | 0.26% |
| 91 | 491199 | Printed matter: n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | $5.64M | 0.26% |
| 92 | 070190 | Vegetables: potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | $5.60M | 0.25% |
| 93 | 441299 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (other than blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, other than of bamboo, and other than plywood consisting only of sheets of wood each ply 6mm or thinner) | $5.42M | 0.25% |
| 94 | 842240 | Machinery: for packing or wrapping | $5.41M | 0.25% |
| 95 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $5.35M | 0.24% |
| 96 | 540710 | Fabrics, woven: from high tenacity yarn, of nylon, other polyamides or of polyesters | $5.35M | 0.24% |
| 97 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $5.19M | 0.24% |
| 98 | 740811 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | $5.09M | 0.23% |
| 99 | 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 | $5.09M | 0.23% |
| 100 | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $5.00M | 0.23% |