Somalia Exports 2023
Complete list of Somalia's 91 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$945.24M
Total exports (2023)
#162
Global export rank
91
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Somalia exported $945.24 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #162 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 91 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 96.8% of total export value. The leading export was gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder), valued at $315.19 million — 33.3% 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
91 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $359.53M | 38.04% |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | $282.55M | 29.89% |
| 3 | Oman | $180.49M | 19.09% |
| 4 | India | $30.87M | 3.27% |
| 5 | China, Macao SAR | $19.90M | 2.11% |
| 6 | Qatar | $13.19M | 1.40% |
| 7 | Bahrain | $8.60M | 0.91% |
| 8 | Japan | $7.98M | 0.84% |
| 9 | China | $6.70M | 0.71% |
| 10 | Kuwait | $4.85M | 0.51% |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | $3.12M | 0.33% |
| 12 | France | $2.80M | 0.30% |
| 13 | Egypt | $2.36M | 0.25% |
| 14 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $2.34M | 0.25% |
| 15 | Senegal | $2.12M | 0.22% |
| 16 | Germany | $2.09M | 0.22% |
| 17 | Pakistan | $2.08M | 0.22% |
| 18 | USA | $1.54M | 0.16% |
| 19 | Ethiopia | $1.09M | 0.11% |
| 20 | Jordan | $1.08M | 0.11% |
| 21 | Türkiye | $1.02M | 0.11% |
| 22 | Bulgaria | $991,779 | 0.10% |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | $960,000 | 0.10% |
| 24 | United Kingdom | $829,846 | 0.09% |
| 25 | Argentina | $812,247 | 0.09% |
| 26 | Italy | $733,790 | 0.08% |
| 27 | Thailand | $654,243 | 0.07% |
| 28 | Morocco | $586,619 | 0.06% |
| 29 | Ukraine | $544,045 | 0.06% |
| 30 | Kenya | $345,342 | 0.04% |
| 31 | Namibia | $321,989 | 0.03% |
| 32 | Canada | $289,196 | 0.03% |
| 33 | Uganda | $179,559 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Ireland | $167,881 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Spain | $140,093 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Belgium | $138,644 | 0.01% |
| 37 | Other Asia, nes | $125,474 | 0.01% |
| 38 | Lithuania | $113,723 | 0.01% |
| 39 | Singapore | $78,290 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Austria | $77,822 | 0.01% |
| 41 | Czechia | $74,768 | 0.01% |
| 42 | Central African Rep. | $73,794 | 0.01% |
| 43 | Slovenia | $71,590 | 0.01% |
| 44 | Indonesia | $68,768 | 0.01% |
| 45 | Sweden | $66,444 | 0.01% |
| 46 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $63,854 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | $62,459 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Brazil | $52,649 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Netherlands | $46,600 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Switzerland | $31,449 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Australia | $31,295 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Ecuador | $27,996 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Poland | $24,219 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Botswana | $14,006 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Liberia | $13,092 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Ghana | $12,377 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Lebanon | $10,685 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Costa Rica | $8,637 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Georgia | $7,686 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Hungary | $7,639 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Philippines | $7,613 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Estonia | $7,074 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Israel | $7,005 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $6,279 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Slovakia | $6,227 | 0.00% |
| 66 | New Zealand | $5,931 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Colombia | $5,558 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Norway | $5,532 | 0.00% |
| 69 | South Africa | $5,399 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Montenegro | $3,753 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Romania | $3,726 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Armenia | $3,255 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Luxembourg | $3,150 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Serbia | $3,147 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Chile | $3,100 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Angola | $2,653 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Denmark | $2,592 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,441 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Honduras | $2,383 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Iceland | $2,084 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Andorra | $1,408 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Malaysia | $1,332 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Brunei Darussalam | $1,319 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Zambia | $1,162 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Rep. of Moldova | $613 | 0.00% |
| 86 | Peru | $503 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Cyprus | $190 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Latvia | $117 | 0.00% |
| 89 | North Macedonia | $85 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Greece | $45 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Tunisia | $41 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $315.19M | 33.34% |
| 2 | 010410 | Sheep: live | $292.50M | 30.94% |
| 3 | 010420 | Goats: live | $84.33M | 8.92% |
| 4 | 010613 | Mammals: live, camels and other camelids (Camelidae) | $74.66M | 7.90% |
| 5 | 010229 | Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $39.54M | 4.18% |
| 6 | 030571 | Fish: edible offal, shark fins | $20.64M | 2.18% |
| 7 | 030612 | Crustaceans: frozen, lobsters (Homarus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $16.12M | 1.71% |
| 8 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $13.65M | 1.44% |
| 9 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $12.08M | 1.28% |
| 10 | 080550 | Fruit, edible: lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), limes (Citrus aurantifolia , Citrus latifolia), fresh or dried | $11.79M | 1.25% |
| 11 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $11.46M | 1.21% |
| 12 | 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 | $9.80M | 1.04% |
| 13 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen | $7.86M | 0.83% |
| 14 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $4.26M | 0.45% |
| 15 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $3.86M | 0.41% |
| 16 | 010221 | Cattle: live, pure-bred breeding animals | $2.44M | 0.26% |
| 17 | 150410 | Oils of fish: fish-liver oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $2.20M | 0.23% |
| 18 | 330129 | Oils, essential: n.e.c. in heading no. 3301 (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes | $1.33M | 0.14% |
| 19 | 030611 | Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $1.25M | 0.13% |
| 20 | 410390 | Hides and skins: raw, of animals n.e.c. in this chapter, fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split | $1.25M | 0.13% |
| 21 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $1.20M | 0.13% |
| 22 | 020450 | Meat: of goats, fresh, chilled or frozen | $1.14M | 0.12% |
| 23 | 010290 | Bovine animals: live, other than cattle and buffalo | $1.05M | 0.11% |
| 24 | 020410 | Meat: of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled | $960,000 | 0.10% |
| 25 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $943,486 | 0.10% |
| 26 | 160530 | Crustacean preparations: lobster, prepared or preserved | $942,302 | 0.10% |
| 27 | 271490 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural: asphaltites and asphaltic rock | $923,787 | 0.10% |
| 28 | 030819 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process | $677,830 | 0.07% |
| 29 | 030632 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, lobsters (Homarus spp.), whether in shell or not | $525,501 | 0.06% |
| 30 | 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 | $461,852 | 0.05% |
| 31 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $413,403 | 0.04% |
| 32 | 151550 | Vegetable oils: sesame oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $384,383 | 0.04% |
| 33 | 871000 | Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles: motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles | $360,468 | 0.04% |
| 34 | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $357,644 | 0.04% |
| 35 | 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 | $349,841 | 0.04% |
| 36 | 260900 | Tin ores and concentrates | $346,210 | 0.04% |
| 37 | 844332 | Printing, copying, and facsimile machines: single-function printing, copying or facsimile machines, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network | $314,752 | 0.03% |
| 38 | 780199 | Lead: unwrought, unrefined, not containing by weight antimony as the principal other element | $278,641 | 0.03% |
| 39 | 842919 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, other than track laying | $265,272 | 0.03% |
| 40 | 030119 | Fish: live, ornamental, other than freshwater | $259,904 | 0.03% |
| 41 | 841122 | Turbo-propellers: of a power exceeding 1100kW | $251,472 | 0.03% |
| 42 | 030631 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $219,350 | 0.02% |
| 43 | 030244 | Fish: fresh or chilled, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $206,138 | 0.02% |
| 44 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $202,635 | 0.02% |
| 45 | 100829 | Cereals: millet, other than seed | $200,864 | 0.02% |
| 46 | 030489 | Fish fillets: frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8 | $196,337 | 0.02% |
| 47 | 750220 | Nickel: unwrought, alloys | $181,541 | 0.02% |
| 48 | 410190 | Hides and skins: other than whole, but including butts, bends and bellies, of bovine (including. buffalo) and equine animals, fresh, salted or preserved, but not tanned, parchment dressed or further prepared, whether or not dehaired or split | $167,816 | 0.02% |
| 49 | 711299 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: waste and scrap of precious metals including metal clad with precious metals, other than that of gold and platinum and excluding ash which contains precious metal or precious metal compounds | $162,704 | 0.02% |
| 50 | 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 | $142,885 | 0.02% |
| 51 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $141,090 | 0.01% |
| 52 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $140,577 | 0.01% |
| 53 | 030289 | Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $136,890 | 0.01% |
| 54 | 253090 | Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25 | $135,316 | 0.01% |
| 55 | 130219 | Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $130,396 | 0.01% |
| 56 | 020210 | Meat: of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, frozen | $121,363 | 0.01% |
| 57 | 410621 | Tanned or crust hides and skins: of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, in the wet state (including wet blue) | $116,723 | 0.01% |
| 58 | 870829 | Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts | $110,952 | 0.01% |
| 59 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $106,198 | 0.01% |
| 60 | 040690 | Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $105,804 | 0.01% |
| 61 | 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 | $102,603 | 0.01% |
| 62 | 030759 | Molluscs: octopus (Octopus spp.), dried, salted, in brine, or smoked, cooked or not before or during the smoking process | $102,549 | 0.01% |
| 63 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $100,754 | 0.01% |
| 64 | 110630 | Flour, meal and powder: of the products of chapter 8 | $96,691 | 0.01% |
| 65 | 030499 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 | $83,600 | 0.01% |
| 66 | 030692 | Crustaceans: lobsters (Homarus spp.), smoked, cooked or not, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking | $73,958 | 0.01% |
| 67 | 040120 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% | $72,450 | 0.01% |
| 68 | 848340 | Gears and gearing: (not toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately): ball or roller screws: gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters | $70,942 | 0.01% |
| 69 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $70,882 | 0.01% |
| 70 | 853650 | Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $68,085 | 0.01% |
| 71 | 410221 | Skins: raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on | $68,065 | 0.01% |
| 72 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $57,204 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 330190 | Oils, essential: concentrates in fats, fixed oils, waxes and the like, terpenic by-products, aqueous distillates and solutions, extracted oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 3301 | $55,459 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 410150 | Hides and skins: raw, whole, of bovine or equine animals, of a weight per skin exceeding 16 kg | $54,982 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 841181 | Turbines: gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power not exceeding 5000kW | $54,410 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 490700 | Unused 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 | $52,051 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 903120 | Test benches | $48,841 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 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 | $47,110 | 0.00% |
| 79 | 071339 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in item no. 0713.3, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $45,939 | 0.00% |
| 80 | 410210 | Skins: raw, of sheep or lambs, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), with wool on | $45,764 | 0.00% |
| 81 | 330130 | Resinoids | $45,548 | 0.00% |
| 82 | 420292 | Cases and containers: n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | $43,539 | 0.00% |
| 83 | 110319 | Cereal groats and meal: n.e.c. in heading no. 1103 | $42,218 | 0.00% |
| 84 | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $41,270 | 0.00% |
| 85 | 392590 | Plastics: builders' ware, n.e.c. or included in heading no. 3925 | $41,261 | 0.00% |
| 86 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $40,666 | 0.00% |
| 87 | 842940 | Tamping machines and road rollers: self-propelled | $40,349 | 0.00% |
| 88 | 071335 | Vegetables, leguminous: cow peas (Vigna unguiculata), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $40,093 | 0.00% |
| 89 | 051000 | Animal products: ambergris, castoreum, civet, musk, cantharides, bile (dried or not) glands and other animal products, for pharmaceutical purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved | $39,977 | 0.00% |
| 90 | 121190 | Plants 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 | $39,669 | 0.00% |
| 91 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $36,736 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 160100 | Meat preparations: sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, and food preparations based on these products | $36,190 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 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 | $35,466 | 0.00% |
| 94 | 390720 | Polyethers: in primary forms, excluding polyacetals | $34,176 | 0.00% |
| 95 | 030787 | Molluscs: abalone (Haliotis spp.), whether in shell or not, dried, salted, in brine, or smoked, cooked or not before or during the smoking process | $33,207 | 0.00% |
| 96 | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $30,435 | 0.00% |
| 97 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $30,232 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 030633 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | $29,063 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 401693 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), gaskets, washers and other seals, of non-cellular rubber | $27,631 | 0.00% |
| 100 | 711810 | Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender | $26,947 | 0.00% |