Timor-Leste Exports 2023
Complete list of Timor-Leste's 70 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$162.68M
Total exports (2023)
#190
Global export rank
70
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Timor-Leste exported $162.68 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #190 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 70 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 97.6% of total export value. The leading export was petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude, valued at $112.86 million — 69.4% 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
70 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $74.69M | 45.91% |
| 2 | Singapore | $40.31M | 24.78% |
| 3 | Japan | $23.65M | 14.54% |
| 4 | Indonesia | $8.13M | 5.00% |
| 5 | USA | $4.73M | 2.91% |
| 6 | Canada | $2.17M | 1.33% |
| 7 | Australia | $2.02M | 1.24% |
| 8 | Portugal | $1.65M | 1.01% |
| 9 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $777,391 | 0.48% |
| 10 | Germany | $691,298 | 0.42% |
| 11 | Other Asia, nes | $510,597 | 0.31% |
| 12 | Senegal | $491,033 | 0.30% |
| 13 | Malaysia | $362,053 | 0.22% |
| 14 | United Kingdom | $301,993 | 0.19% |
| 15 | Ukraine | $282,433 | 0.17% |
| 16 | New Zealand | $275,021 | 0.17% |
| 17 | Norway | $242,840 | 0.15% |
| 18 | China, Macao SAR | $205,045 | 0.13% |
| 19 | Spain | $186,318 | 0.11% |
| 20 | Fiji | $155,791 | 0.10% |
| 21 | Belgium | $89,734 | 0.06% |
| 22 | Netherlands | $89,429 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | $88,151 | 0.05% |
| 24 | Türkiye | $87,347 | 0.05% |
| 25 | France | $83,148 | 0.05% |
| 26 | India | $53,388 | 0.03% |
| 27 | Angola | $49,824 | 0.03% |
| 28 | Poland | $46,370 | 0.03% |
| 29 | Denmark | $36,459 | 0.02% |
| 30 | Switzerland | $32,638 | 0.02% |
| 31 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $32,273 | 0.02% |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | $18,606 | 0.01% |
| 33 | Thailand | $15,178 | 0.01% |
| 34 | Ireland | $12,473 | 0.01% |
| 35 | Sweden | $12,347 | 0.01% |
| 36 | Benin | $12,199 | 0.01% |
| 37 | Bahrain | $10,390 | 0.01% |
| 38 | Slovenia | $9,759 | 0.01% |
| 39 | Cabo Verde | $9,327 | 0.01% |
| 40 | Israel | $7,004 | 0.00% |
| 41 | South Africa | $6,342 | 0.00% |
| 42 | Montenegro | $6,302 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Brunei Darussalam | $5,314 | 0.00% |
| 44 | Czechia | $5,041 | 0.00% |
| 45 | Mauritania | $4,255 | 0.00% |
| 46 | Austria | $3,938 | 0.00% |
| 47 | Honduras | $3,146 | 0.00% |
| 48 | Kuwait | $2,683 | 0.00% |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | $2,266 | 0.00% |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | $2,199 | 0.00% |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | $2,148 | 0.00% |
| 52 | Philippines | $2,075 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Costa Rica | $1,751 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,590 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Barbados | $1,223 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Ecuador | $1,117 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Dominica | $1,015 | 0.00% |
| 58 | El Salvador | $845 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Chile | $699 | 0.00% |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | $688 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Malawi | $397 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Dominican Rep. | $254 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Serbia | $147 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Eswatini | $80 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $74 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $72 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Colombia | $58 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Luxembourg | $44 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | $37 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Slovakia | $17 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $112.86M | 69.37% |
| 2 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $17.92M | 11.01% |
| 3 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $17.62M | 10.83% |
| 4 | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $4.53M | 2.79% |
| 5 | 090112 | Coffee: decaffeinated, not roasted | $1.47M | 0.90% |
| 6 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $908,938 | 0.56% |
| 7 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $663,724 | 0.41% |
| 8 | 090510 | Spices: vanilla, neither crushed nor ground | $580,324 | 0.36% |
| 9 | 120799 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: n.e.c. in heading no. 1207, whether or not broken | $420,246 | 0.26% |
| 10 | 151590 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.c. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $411,824 | 0.25% |
| 11 | 120300 | Copra | $357,319 | 0.22% |
| 12 | 090710 | Spices: cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems), neither crushed nor ground | $339,678 | 0.21% |
| 13 | 390330 | Styrene polymers: acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms | $267,529 | 0.16% |
| 14 | 100640 | Cereals: rice, broken | $240,972 | 0.15% |
| 15 | 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 | $202,743 | 0.12% |
| 16 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $168,980 | 0.10% |
| 17 | 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 | $159,034 | 0.10% |
| 18 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $147,100 | 0.09% |
| 19 | 410791 | Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading 41.14, not whole hides and skins, but including sides, full grain, unsplit | $138,148 | 0.08% |
| 20 | 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 | $128,072 | 0.08% |
| 21 | 121299 | Vegetable products: fit for human consumption, n.e.c. in heading no. 1212, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $124,076 | 0.08% |
| 22 | 090720 | Spices: cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems), crushed or ground | $122,073 | 0.08% |
| 23 | 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 | $105,744 | 0.07% |
| 24 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $89,872 | 0.06% |
| 25 | 200899 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.c. in heading no. 2008 | $88,970 | 0.05% |
| 26 | 392329 | Plastics: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers | $87,894 | 0.05% |
| 27 | 540761 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $87,366 | 0.05% |
| 28 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $85,581 | 0.05% |
| 29 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $84,832 | 0.05% |
| 30 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $76,500 | 0.05% |
| 31 | 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 | $75,000 | 0.05% |
| 32 | 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $65,632 | 0.04% |
| 33 | 847170 | Units of automatic data processing machines: storage units | $64,031 | 0.04% |
| 34 | 030819 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process | $60,982 | 0.04% |
| 35 | 400510 | Rubber: unvulcanised, compounded with carbon black or silica, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $59,257 | 0.04% |
| 36 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $52,561 | 0.03% |
| 37 | 903180 | Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $48,616 | 0.03% |
| 38 | 830250 | Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures, of base metal | $48,484 | 0.03% |
| 39 | 820559 | Tools, hand: other hand tools (including glaziers diamonds), excluding household tools, drilling, threading or tapping tools, hammers and sledge hammers, planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood, and screwdrivers | $48,350 | 0.03% |
| 40 | 848190 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: parts thereof | $44,498 | 0.03% |
| 41 | 902820 | Meters: liquid supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | $44,100 | 0.03% |
| 42 | 760110 | Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $44,000 | 0.03% |
| 43 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $43,507 | 0.03% |
| 44 | 441192 | Fibreboard (other than MDF) of a density exceeding 0.8g/cm3, of wood or other ligneous materials, bonded or not with resins or other organic substances | $42,416 | 0.03% |
| 45 | 071490 | Vegetable roots and tubers: arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers (not manioc, sweet potatoes, yams, taro or yautia), high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, sliced or not, or in pellet form: sago pith | $37,064 | 0.02% |
| 46 | 401170 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines | $36,801 | 0.02% |
| 47 | 121221 | Seaweeds and other algae: fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $33,838 | 0.02% |
| 48 | 847190 | Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included | $33,417 | 0.02% |
| 49 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $32,500 | 0.02% |
| 50 | 401693 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), gaskets, washers and other seals, of non-cellular rubber | $32,139 | 0.02% |
| 51 | 320300 | Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin, including dyeing extracts not animal black, whether or not chemically defined: preparations based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin | $30,338 | 0.02% |
| 52 | 120242 | Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | $29,513 | 0.02% |
| 53 | 283650 | Carbonates: calcium carbonate | $29,325 | 0.02% |
| 54 | 681011 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: building blocks or bricks, whether or not reinforced | $29,186 | 0.02% |
| 55 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $28,312 | 0.02% |
| 56 | 200949 | Juice: pineapple, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $27,691 | 0.02% |
| 57 | 200990 | Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $27,685 | 0.02% |
| 58 | 902590 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, barometers, hygrometers, psychrometers, thermometers, pyrometers: recording or not, any combination of these instruments, parts and accessories | $27,154 | 0.02% |
| 59 | 854442 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | $25,612 | 0.02% |
| 60 | 847180 | Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70 | $25,530 | 0.02% |
| 61 | 901380 | Optical devices, appliances and instruments: n.e.c. in heading no. 9013 (including liquid crystal devices) | $25,077 | 0.02% |
| 62 | 740313 | Copper: refined, unwrought, billets | $23,927 | 0.01% |
| 63 | 731816 | Iron or steel: threaded nuts | $21,319 | 0.01% |
| 64 | 200820 | Fruit: pineapples, prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c. in heading no. 2007, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit | $21,294 | 0.01% |
| 65 | 851140 | Ignition or starting equipment: starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators, of a kind used for spark or compression-ignition internal combustion engines | $20,991 | 0.01% |
| 66 | 841899 | Refrigerating or freezing equipment: parts thereof, other than furniture | $20,931 | 0.01% |
| 67 | 401699 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4016, of non-cellular rubber | $20,881 | 0.01% |
| 68 | 850730 | Electric accumulators: nickel-cadmium, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $18,518 | 0.01% |
| 69 | 051191 | Animal products: of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates: dead animals of chapter 03, unfit for human consumption | $18,090 | 0.01% |
| 70 | 730711 | Cast iron: cast fittings, of non-malleable cast iron | $17,256 | 0.01% |
| 71 | 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 | $17,174 | 0.01% |
| 72 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $16,563 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 090121 | Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $16,141 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $16,083 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 581091 | Embroidery: with visible ground, of cotton, in the piece, in strips or in motifs | $15,849 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $15,630 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 841181 | Turbines: gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power not exceeding 5000kW | $14,500 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $14,349 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 030636 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, shrimps and prawns excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not | $14,319 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 611190 | Garments and clothing accessories: babies', of textile materials (other than cotton or synthetic fibres), knitted or crocheted | $13,304 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 151000 | Vegetable oils: oils and their fractions n.e.c. in chapter 15, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading no. 1509 | $13,206 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 051199 | Animal products: n.e.c. in chapter 5 | $13,039 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 120929 | Seeds of forage plants: other than lucerne, clover, fescue, Kentucky blue grass, and rye grass seeds, of a kind used for sowing | $12,525 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 730300 | Cast iron: tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | $12,497 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $11,459 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $11,092 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $10,926 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 491199 | Printed matter: n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | $10,551 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 847780 | Machinery: for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, n.e.c. in this chapter | $10,465 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 611420 | Garments: of cotton, knitted or crocheted, n.e.c. in chapter 61 | $10,390 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 820412 | Tools, hand: hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), adjustable | $10,009 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 030890 | Aquatic invertebrates: other than crustaceans, molluscs, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and jellyfish, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking, includes edible flours, meals, and pellets | $9,999 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 080430 | Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried | $9,874 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 871680 | Vehicles: n.e.c. in heading no. 8716 | $9,706 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $9,652 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $9,328 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 711311 | Jewellery: of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal, and parts thereof | $9,274 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 441193 | Fibreboard (other than MDF) of a density exceeding 0.5g/cm3 but not 0.8g/cm3, of wood or other ligneous materials, bonded or not with resins or other organic substances | $9,266 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 903300 | Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90: parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $9,196 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | $8,836 | 0.01% |