Somalia Imports 2023
Complete list of Somalia's 82 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$5.16B
Total imports (2023)
#144
Global import rank
82
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Somalia imported $5.16 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #144 largest importer. Goods came from 82 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 90.8% of total import value. The leading import was sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, valued at $285.08 million — 5.5% 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
82 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $1.52B | 29.52% |
| 2 | China | $1.01B | 19.62% |
| 3 | India | $779.53M | 15.09% |
| 4 | Türkiye | $424.09M | 8.21% |
| 5 | Oman | $256.60M | 4.97% |
| 6 | Brazil | $174.60M | 3.38% |
| 7 | Kenya | $154.26M | 2.99% |
| 8 | Ethiopia | $142.16M | 2.75% |
| 9 | Malaysia | $122.07M | 2.36% |
| 10 | Indonesia | $97.07M | 1.88% |
| 11 | Pakistan | $73.77M | 1.43% |
| 12 | Egypt | $55.77M | 1.08% |
| 13 | USA | $47.21M | 0.91% |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | $38.58M | 0.75% |
| 15 | France | $37.52M | 0.73% |
| 16 | Italy | $33.94M | 0.66% |
| 17 | Thailand | $21.37M | 0.41% |
| 18 | Slovenia | $19.64M | 0.38% |
| 19 | Germany | $17.40M | 0.34% |
| 20 | Spain | $16.73M | 0.32% |
| 21 | United Kingdom | $16.03M | 0.31% |
| 22 | South Africa | $13.39M | 0.26% |
| 23 | Belgium | $13.00M | 0.25% |
| 24 | Netherlands | $10.80M | 0.21% |
| 25 | Denmark | $8.02M | 0.16% |
| 26 | Poland | $5.43M | 0.11% |
| 27 | Japan | $5.12M | 0.10% |
| 28 | Luxembourg | $3.05M | 0.06% |
| 29 | Uganda | $2.75M | 0.05% |
| 30 | Malta | $2.45M | 0.05% |
| 31 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $2.38M | 0.05% |
| 32 | Canada | $2.25M | 0.04% |
| 33 | Paraguay | $2.05M | 0.04% |
| 34 | Singapore | $1.92M | 0.04% |
| 35 | Jordan | $1.77M | 0.03% |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | $1.66M | 0.03% |
| 37 | Other Asia, nes | $1.65M | 0.03% |
| 38 | Sweden | $1.54M | 0.03% |
| 39 | Austria | $1.40M | 0.03% |
| 40 | Serbia | $1.40M | 0.03% |
| 41 | Eswatini | $1.36M | 0.03% |
| 42 | Switzerland | $1.29M | 0.02% |
| 43 | Ukraine | $1.05M | 0.02% |
| 44 | Cyprus | $1.04M | 0.02% |
| 45 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $1.03M | 0.02% |
| 46 | Portugal | $1.02M | 0.02% |
| 47 | Czechia | $748,179 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Bahrain | $748,160 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Romania | $694,507 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Lebanon | $687,422 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | $627,325 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Hungary | $582,080 | 0.01% |
| 53 | Slovakia | $560,260 | 0.01% |
| 54 | Croatia | $543,875 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Australia | $470,345 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $460,602 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Finland | $453,123 | 0.01% |
| 58 | New Zealand | $391,887 | 0.01% |
| 59 | Morocco | $316,713 | 0.01% |
| 60 | Norway | $306,214 | 0.01% |
| 61 | Ireland | $274,683 | 0.01% |
| 62 | Greece | $244,286 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Latvia | $241,549 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Kuwait | $229,700 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Bulgaria | $202,202 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Tunisia | $160,121 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Qatar | $143,360 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Madagascar | $111,164 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | $96,247 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Lithuania | $68,992 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Estonia | $55,235 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Georgia | $52,425 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Cambodia | $17,765 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Rep. of Moldova | $16,078 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Mozambique | $16,000 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | $14,825 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | $7,914 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Philippines | $6,920 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Ghana | $682 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Mauritius | $224 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Zambia | $92 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Namibia | $3 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $285.08M | 5.52% |
| 2 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $277.82M | 5.38% |
| 3 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $225.21M | 4.36% |
| 4 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $213.82M | 4.14% |
| 5 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $185.86M | 3.60% |
| 6 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $180.35M | 3.49% |
| 7 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $157.96M | 3.06% |
| 8 | 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $151.47M | 2.93% |
| 9 | 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 | $120.37M | 2.33% |
| 10 | 551614 | Fabrics, woven: printed, containing 85% or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | $112.45M | 2.18% |
| 11 | 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 | $102.58M | 1.99% |
| 12 | 070999 | Vegetables: edible, n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled | $102.40M | 1.98% |
| 13 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $82.72M | 1.60% |
| 14 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $78.63M | 1.52% |
| 15 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $73.07M | 1.41% |
| 16 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $71.57M | 1.39% |
| 17 | 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 | $54.94M | 1.06% |
| 18 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $45.07M | 0.87% |
| 19 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $43.53M | 0.84% |
| 20 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $42.39M | 0.82% |
| 21 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $40.09M | 0.78% |
| 22 | 440712 | Wood: coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $38.89M | 0.75% |
| 23 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $34.35M | 0.67% |
| 24 | 721041 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $33.00M | 0.64% |
| 25 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $32.78M | 0.63% |
| 26 | 551612 | Fabrics, woven: dyed, containing 85% or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | $32.04M | 0.62% |
| 27 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $31.97M | 0.62% |
| 28 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $31.65M | 0.61% |
| 29 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $30.61M | 0.59% |
| 30 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $30.59M | 0.59% |
| 31 | 080410 | Fruit, edible: dates, fresh or dried | $28.81M | 0.56% |
| 32 | 330300 | Perfumes and toilet waters | $25.38M | 0.49% |
| 33 | 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 | $24.42M | 0.47% |
| 34 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $22.25M | 0.43% |
| 35 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $20.05M | 0.39% |
| 36 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $19.56M | 0.38% |
| 37 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $19.18M | 0.37% |
| 38 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $17.88M | 0.35% |
| 39 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $17.56M | 0.34% |
| 40 | 200990 | Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $17.04M | 0.33% |
| 41 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $16.72M | 0.32% |
| 42 | 630140 | Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs: of synthetic fibres | $16.51M | 0.32% |
| 43 | 070190 | Vegetables: potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | $15.97M | 0.31% |
| 44 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $15.66M | 0.30% |
| 45 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $15.57M | 0.30% |
| 46 | 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $15.17M | 0.29% |
| 47 | 851761 | Base stations | $15.17M | 0.29% |
| 48 | 731700 | Iron or steel: nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper | $14.65M | 0.28% |
| 49 | 320890 | Paints and varnishes: based on polymers n.e.c. in heading no. 3208, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | $14.65M | 0.28% |
| 50 | 190110 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale | $14.33M | 0.28% |
| 51 | 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 | $13.00M | 0.25% |
| 52 | 940350 | Furniture: wooden, for bedroom use | $12.74M | 0.25% |
| 53 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $12.68M | 0.25% |
| 54 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $12.50M | 0.24% |
| 55 | 040140 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% but not exceeding 10% | $12.00M | 0.23% |
| 56 | 730630 | Iron or non-alloy steel (excluding cast iron): tubes and pipes (not seamless), welded, of circular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $11.90M | 0.23% |
| 57 | 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) | $11.89M | 0.23% |
| 58 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $11.75M | 0.23% |
| 59 | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $11.55M | 0.22% |
| 60 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $11.01M | 0.21% |
| 61 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $10.86M | 0.21% |
| 62 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $10.66M | 0.21% |
| 63 | 392390 | Plastics: articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | $10.60M | 0.21% |
| 64 | 110290 | Cereal flours: other than wheat, meslin, and maize (corn) | $10.50M | 0.20% |
| 65 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $10.43M | 0.20% |
| 66 | 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 | $10.09M | 0.20% |
| 67 | 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) | $9.73M | 0.19% |
| 68 | 690722 | 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 0.5% but not over 10% | $9.60M | 0.19% |
| 69 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $9.47M | 0.18% |
| 70 | 732393 | Steel, stainless: table, kitchen and other household articles and parts thereof | $9.45M | 0.18% |
| 71 | 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% | $9.39M | 0.18% |
| 72 | 640220 | Footwear: with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by plugs | $9.37M | 0.18% |
| 73 | 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $9.31M | 0.18% |
| 74 | 200819 | Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | $9.29M | 0.18% |
| 75 | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $9.29M | 0.18% |
| 76 | 621149 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.: women's or girls', of textile materials n.e.c. in item no. 6211.4 (not knitted or crocheted) | $9.23M | 0.18% |
| 77 | 761510 | Aluminium: table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof: pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like | $9.21M | 0.18% |
| 78 | 420212 | Cases and containers: trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $9.13M | 0.18% |
| 79 | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $8.92M | 0.17% |
| 80 | 721510 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, of free-cutting steel, cold-formed or cold-finished, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | $8.74M | 0.17% |
| 81 | 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 | $8.51M | 0.16% |
| 82 | 610453 | Skirts and divided skirts: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted | $8.24M | 0.16% |
| 83 | 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 | $8.21M | 0.16% |
| 84 | 870331 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity not over 1500cc | $8.06M | 0.16% |
| 85 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $8.04M | 0.16% |
| 86 | 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 | $7.98M | 0.15% |
| 87 | 841451 | Fans: table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | $7.97M | 0.15% |
| 88 | 620520 | Shirts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $7.93M | 0.15% |
| 89 | 961700 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases: parts thereof other than glass inners | $7.84M | 0.15% |
| 90 | 441300 | Wood: densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes | $7.67M | 0.15% |
| 91 | 850610 | Cells and batteries: primary, manganese dioxide | $7.66M | 0.15% |
| 92 | 640219 | Sports footwear: (other than ski-boots, snowboard boots or cross-country ski footwear), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $7.60M | 0.15% |
| 93 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $7.41M | 0.14% |
| 94 | 392329 | Plastics: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers | $7.40M | 0.14% |
| 95 | 640419 | Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | $7.36M | 0.14% |
| 96 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $7.32M | 0.14% |
| 97 | 170410 | Sugar confectionery: chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa | $7.30M | 0.14% |
| 98 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $7.30M | 0.14% |
| 99 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $7.28M | 0.14% |
| 100 | 621143 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.: women's or girls', of man-made fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | $7.12M | 0.14% |