Sierra Leone Exports 2023
Complete list of Sierra Leone's 121 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$1.52B
Total exports (2023)
#150
Global export rank
121
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Sierra Leone exported $1.52 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #150 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 121 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 94.7% of total export value. The leading export was non-agglomerated, valued at $897.11 million — 59.0% 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
121 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $1.03B | 67.49% |
| 2 | India | $96.46M | 6.35% |
| 3 | Belgium | $72.50M | 4.77% |
| 4 | Netherlands | $53.58M | 3.53% |
| 5 | Ireland | $48.03M | 3.16% |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | $47.76M | 3.14% |
| 7 | Japan | $34.79M | 2.29% |
| 8 | Germany | $23.77M | 1.56% |
| 9 | USA | $22.14M | 1.46% |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | $14.47M | 0.95% |
| 11 | United Kingdom | $10.44M | 0.69% |
| 12 | France | $9.22M | 0.61% |
| 13 | Czechia | $6.58M | 0.43% |
| 14 | Austria | $4.84M | 0.32% |
| 15 | Senegal | $4.80M | 0.32% |
| 16 | Greece | $4.00M | 0.26% |
| 17 | Australia | $3.64M | 0.24% |
| 18 | Ghana | $3.36M | 0.22% |
| 19 | South Africa | $2.97M | 0.20% |
| 20 | Spain | $2.72M | 0.18% |
| 21 | Indonesia | $2.11M | 0.14% |
| 22 | Türkiye | $1.98M | 0.13% |
| 23 | Malaysia | $1.94M | 0.13% |
| 24 | Thailand | $1.67M | 0.11% |
| 25 | Poland | $1.48M | 0.10% |
| 26 | Canada | $1.48M | 0.10% |
| 27 | Switzerland | $1.18M | 0.08% |
| 28 | Nigeria | $1.11M | 0.07% |
| 29 | Morocco | $910,165 | 0.06% |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | $867,628 | 0.06% |
| 31 | Lebanon | $846,235 | 0.06% |
| 32 | Luxembourg | $826,711 | 0.05% |
| 33 | Liberia | $682,739 | 0.04% |
| 34 | Slovakia | $652,445 | 0.04% |
| 35 | Finland | $648,628 | 0.04% |
| 36 | Italy | $607,640 | 0.04% |
| 37 | Estonia | $518,451 | 0.03% |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | $498,065 | 0.03% |
| 39 | Gambia | $475,259 | 0.03% |
| 40 | Ukraine | $428,842 | 0.03% |
| 41 | Singapore | $409,768 | 0.03% |
| 42 | Brazil | $374,573 | 0.02% |
| 43 | Israel | $368,307 | 0.02% |
| 44 | Portugal | $362,848 | 0.02% |
| 45 | New Zealand | $342,845 | 0.02% |
| 46 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $291,751 | 0.02% |
| 47 | Egypt | $282,232 | 0.02% |
| 48 | Angola | $277,521 | 0.02% |
| 49 | Slovenia | $257,313 | 0.02% |
| 50 | French Polynesia | $239,410 | 0.02% |
| 51 | Uganda | $235,878 | 0.02% |
| 52 | Philippines | $225,053 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | $217,990 | 0.01% |
| 54 | China, Macao SAR | $183,788 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Armenia | $170,755 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Other Asia, nes | $168,132 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Ethiopia | $156,741 | 0.01% |
| 58 | Denmark | $156,231 | 0.01% |
| 59 | Bahrain | $153,676 | 0.01% |
| 60 | Tunisia | $122,241 | 0.01% |
| 61 | Mauritius | $116,515 | 0.01% |
| 62 | Gabon | $107,916 | 0.01% |
| 63 | Central African Rep. | $96,879 | 0.01% |
| 64 | Romania | $89,745 | 0.01% |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | $88,205 | 0.01% |
| 66 | Serbia | $81,970 | 0.01% |
| 67 | Hungary | $80,150 | 0.01% |
| 68 | Montenegro | $77,446 | 0.01% |
| 69 | Zambia | $77,305 | 0.01% |
| 70 | Sweden | $73,694 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Maldives | $69,224 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Peru | $68,574 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Chile | $59,754 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Kuwait | $56,878 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Guyana | $56,815 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Kenya | $51,348 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Cambodia | $50,301 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Oman | $49,877 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $46,673 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Togo | $45,485 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Niger | $38,075 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Namibia | $36,078 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Benin | $30,901 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | $29,440 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Iceland | $28,482 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Rep. of Moldova | $23,190 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $22,676 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Ecuador | $20,841 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Malawi | $20,587 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Guatemala | $19,677 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Eswatini | $17,011 | 0.00% |
| 92 | El Salvador | $16,551 | 0.00% |
| 93 | North Macedonia | $15,690 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Latvia | $15,079 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Fiji | $13,445 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Botswana | $12,711 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Argentina | $12,435 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Colombia | $12,104 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Norway | $11,776 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | $10,318 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Brunei Darussalam | $7,992 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | $5,139 | 0.00% |
| 103 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $4,704 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Andorra | $3,971 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Nicaragua | $1,919 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Mexico | $1,568 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Costa Rica | $1,444 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Pakistan | $1,037 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Mauritania | $938 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Jordan | $850 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Lithuania | $804 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $772 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Cyprus | $560 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Honduras | $393 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Paraguay | $378 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Uruguay | $232 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Georgia | $200 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Dominican Rep. | $168 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Malta | $116 | 0.00% |
| 120 | Croatia | $86 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Bulgaria | $65 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $897.11M | 59.05% |
| 2 | 261400 | Titanium ores and concentrates | $188.91M | 12.43% |
| 3 | 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $126.75M | 8.34% |
| 4 | 260600 | Aluminium ores and concentrates | $64.82M | 4.27% |
| 5 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $50.08M | 3.30% |
| 6 | 261510 | Zirconium ores and concentrates | $41.06M | 2.70% |
| 7 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $25.27M | 1.66% |
| 8 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $8.98M | 0.59% |
| 9 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $8.54M | 0.56% |
| 10 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $6.34M | 0.42% |
| 11 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $6.28M | 0.41% |
| 12 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $5.76M | 0.38% |
| 13 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $4.70M | 0.31% |
| 14 | 261590 | Niobium, tantalum, vanadium ores and concentrates | $4.32M | 0.28% |
| 15 | 721720 | Iron or non-alloy steel: wire, plated or coated with zinc | $2.76M | 0.18% |
| 16 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $2.55M | 0.17% |
| 17 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $2.48M | 0.16% |
| 18 | 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 | $2.42M | 0.16% |
| 19 | 200949 | Juice: pineapple, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $2.37M | 0.16% |
| 20 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $2.36M | 0.16% |
| 21 | 761699 | Aluminium: articles n.e.c. in heading 7616 | $1.91M | 0.13% |
| 22 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $1.67M | 0.11% |
| 23 | 540245 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), of nylon or other polymides (not high tenacity or textured), single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $1.58M | 0.10% |
| 24 | 902830 | Meters: electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | $1.51M | 0.10% |
| 25 | 890392 | Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $1.43M | 0.09% |
| 26 | 710221 | Diamonds: industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $1.34M | 0.09% |
| 27 | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: acid oils from refining: (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | $1.33M | 0.09% |
| 28 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $1.25M | 0.08% |
| 29 | 890800 | Vessels and other floating structures: for breaking up | $1.17M | 0.08% |
| 30 | 540220 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), of high tenacity yarn of polyesters, whether or not textured, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $1.10M | 0.07% |
| 31 | 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $1.01M | 0.07% |
| 32 | 151321 | Vegetable oils: palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $852,618 | 0.06% |
| 33 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen | $829,837 | 0.05% |
| 34 | 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $759,861 | 0.05% |
| 35 | 890190 | Vessels: n.e.c. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $648,761 | 0.04% |
| 36 | 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $633,530 | 0.04% |
| 37 | 030544 | Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal | $624,419 | 0.04% |
| 38 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $616,625 | 0.04% |
| 39 | 842123 | Machinery: filtering or purifying machinery, oil or petrol filters for internal combustion engines | $603,387 | 0.04% |
| 40 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $597,318 | 0.04% |
| 41 | 731210 | Iron or steel: stranded wire, ropes and cables, not electrically insulated | $590,557 | 0.04% |
| 42 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $572,086 | 0.04% |
| 43 | 030829 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking process | $571,507 | 0.04% |
| 44 | 870880 | Vehicle parts: suspension systems and parts thereof (including shock-absorbers) | $569,082 | 0.04% |
| 45 | 841490 | Pumps and compressors: parts, of air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans, ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan | $556,085 | 0.04% |
| 46 | 090121 | Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $517,768 | 0.03% |
| 47 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $511,273 | 0.03% |
| 48 | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $500,075 | 0.03% |
| 49 | 843850 | Machinery: industrial, for the preparation of meat or poultry | $493,228 | 0.03% |
| 50 | 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) | $476,469 | 0.03% |
| 51 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $457,669 | 0.03% |
| 52 | 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 | $451,012 | 0.03% |
| 53 | 851140 | Ignition or starting equipment: starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators, of a kind used for spark or compression-ignition internal combustion engines | $434,725 | 0.03% |
| 54 | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $432,893 | 0.03% |
| 55 | 721990 | Steel, stainless: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7219 | $431,688 | 0.03% |
| 56 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $401,597 | 0.03% |
| 57 | 848390 | Transmission components: toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately: parts | $371,827 | 0.02% |
| 58 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $360,295 | 0.02% |
| 59 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $348,904 | 0.02% |
| 60 | 721921 | Steel, stainless: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, (not in coils), of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $343,840 | 0.02% |
| 61 | 480100 | Newsprint: made of fibres obtained essentially by a chemi-mechanical process or of a weight, per m2, of more than 57g but not more than 65g, in rolls or sheets | $341,944 | 0.02% |
| 62 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $340,337 | 0.02% |
| 63 | 230660 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of palm nuts or kernels oils | $336,472 | 0.02% |
| 64 | 842139 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters for internal combustion engines | $331,785 | 0.02% |
| 65 | 851671 | Electro-thermic appliances: coffee or tea makers, of a kind used for domestic purposes | $300,443 | 0.02% |
| 66 | 870830 | Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereof | $299,211 | 0.02% |
| 67 | 491199 | Printed matter: n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | $297,479 | 0.02% |
| 68 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $293,848 | 0.02% |
| 69 | 841861 | Heat pumps: other than air conditioning machines of heading no. 8415 | $289,906 | 0.02% |
| 70 | 847420 | Machines: for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $285,340 | 0.02% |
| 71 | 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $283,833 | 0.02% |
| 72 | 080430 | Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried | $276,542 | 0.02% |
| 73 | 870194 | Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 75kW but not exceeding 130kW | $275,271 | 0.02% |
| 74 | 340119 | 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, not for toilet use | $263,503 | 0.02% |
| 75 | 903180 | Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $254,887 | 0.02% |
| 76 | 180500 | Cocoa: powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $249,997 | 0.02% |
| 77 | 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 | $248,763 | 0.02% |
| 78 | 903082 | Instruments and apparatus: for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices | $244,239 | 0.02% |
| 79 | 853321 | Electrical resistors: fixed, for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20W (including rheostats and potentiometers but excluding heating resistors and carbon resistors) | $242,679 | 0.02% |
| 80 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $242,628 | 0.02% |
| 81 | 850490 | Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors: parts thereof | $241,893 | 0.02% |
| 82 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $237,933 | 0.02% |
| 83 | 853669 | Electrical apparatus: plugs and sockets, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $234,443 | 0.02% |
| 84 | 870870 | Vehicle parts: road wheels and parts and accessories thereof | $233,103 | 0.02% |
| 85 | 030339 | Fish: frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $232,754 | 0.02% |
| 86 | 330129 | Oils, essential: n.e.c. in heading no. 3301 (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes | $228,420 | 0.02% |
| 87 | 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 | $227,914 | 0.02% |
| 88 | 890399 | Yachts and other vessels: for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes, n.e.c. in heading no. 8903, other than inflatable | $219,185 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 851150 | Ignition or starting equipment: generators n.e.c. in heading no. 8511, of a kind used for spark or compression-ignition internal combustion engines | $215,605 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 140490 | Vegetable products: n.e.c. in chapter 14 | $214,410 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 320820 | Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | $210,967 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 850153 | Electric motors: AC motors, multi-phase, of an output exceeding 75kW | $207,855 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $200,666 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 853650 | Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $200,382 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $198,328 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 442199 | Wood: not of bamboo, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420 (excluding clothes hangers) | $196,379 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 842129 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2 | $194,067 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $189,129 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 850940 | Electro-mechanical domestic appliances: food grinders and mixers, fruit or vegetable juice extractors, with self-contained electric motor | $186,379 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 440420 | Wood: non-coniferous, split poles, piles, pickets, stakes, pointed but not sawn lengthwise: sticks for umbrellas, tool handles etc, roughly trimmed but not turned or bent: chipwood etc, hoopwood | $184,436 | 0.01% |