Yemen Imports 2023
Complete list of Yemen's 85 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$11.80B
Total imports (2023)
#108
Global import rank
85
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Yemen imported $11.80 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #108 largest importer. Goods came from 85 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 80.6% of total import value. The leading import was wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed, valued at $560.45 million — 4.8% 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
85 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $2.68B | 22.69% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $1.72B | 14.62% |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | $1.32B | 11.21% |
| 4 | Türkiye | $896.64M | 7.60% |
| 5 | India | $845.55M | 7.17% |
| 6 | Brazil | $608.45M | 5.16% |
| 7 | Australia | $427.79M | 3.63% |
| 8 | Oman | $366.15M | 3.10% |
| 9 | Egypt | $356.29M | 3.02% |
| 10 | Argentina | $288.44M | 2.45% |
| 11 | Malaysia | $243.49M | 2.06% |
| 12 | Japan | $240.95M | 2.04% |
| 13 | Thailand | $225.25M | 1.91% |
| 14 | Indonesia | $173.00M | 1.47% |
| 15 | USA | $172.37M | 1.46% |
| 16 | Jordan | $112.55M | 0.95% |
| 17 | Germany | $100.98M | 0.86% |
| 18 | Belgium | $100.38M | 0.85% |
| 19 | France | $98.04M | 0.83% |
| 20 | Pakistan | $94.14M | 0.80% |
| 21 | Italy | $83.74M | 0.71% |
| 22 | Netherlands | $81.11M | 0.69% |
| 23 | Denmark | $71.64M | 0.61% |
| 24 | Kenya | $63.28M | 0.54% |
| 25 | Ukraine | $42.47M | 0.36% |
| 26 | Spain | $38.61M | 0.33% |
| 27 | Bahrain | $33.19M | 0.28% |
| 28 | United Kingdom | $33.12M | 0.28% |
| 29 | Romania | $32.95M | 0.28% |
| 30 | Ethiopia | $31.74M | 0.27% |
| 31 | South Africa | $18.29M | 0.16% |
| 32 | Ireland | $17.71M | 0.15% |
| 33 | Poland | $16.89M | 0.14% |
| 34 | Sweden | $14.68M | 0.12% |
| 35 | Switzerland | $14.35M | 0.12% |
| 36 | Singapore | $12.54M | 0.11% |
| 37 | Hungary | $8.62M | 0.07% |
| 38 | Lebanon | $8.31M | 0.07% |
| 39 | Other Asia, nes | $8.09M | 0.07% |
| 40 | Greece | $7.63M | 0.06% |
| 41 | Malta | $6.91M | 0.06% |
| 42 | Kuwait | $6.40M | 0.05% |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | $6.32M | 0.05% |
| 44 | Bulgaria | $5.74M | 0.05% |
| 45 | Canada | $5.14M | 0.04% |
| 46 | Austria | $4.76M | 0.04% |
| 47 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $4.67M | 0.04% |
| 48 | Finland | $4.06M | 0.03% |
| 49 | Tunisia | $4.01M | 0.03% |
| 50 | Czechia | $3.96M | 0.03% |
| 51 | Slovakia | $3.27M | 0.03% |
| 52 | Philippines | $2.78M | 0.02% |
| 53 | Lithuania | $2.42M | 0.02% |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | $2.36M | 0.02% |
| 55 | Serbia | $2.13M | 0.02% |
| 56 | Morocco | $2.10M | 0.02% |
| 57 | New Zealand | $1.90M | 0.02% |
| 58 | Slovenia | $1.73M | 0.01% |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | $1.72M | 0.01% |
| 60 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $1.65M | 0.01% |
| 61 | Cyprus | $1.49M | 0.01% |
| 62 | Croatia | $1.33M | 0.01% |
| 63 | Luxembourg | $1.29M | 0.01% |
| 64 | Portugal | $1.02M | 0.01% |
| 65 | Myanmar | $823,295 | 0.01% |
| 66 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $517,544 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Estonia | $475,544 | 0.00% |
| 68 | Colombia | $257,140 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Guatemala | $247,475 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Rep. of Moldova | $215,644 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Armenia | $211,906 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Latvia | $193,418 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Uruguay | $175,791 | 0.00% |
| 74 | Madagascar | $150,644 | 0.00% |
| 75 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $137,272 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Nigeria | $136,335 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Norway | $136,110 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Chile | $130,169 | 0.00% |
| 79 | North Macedonia | $113,737 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Peru | $107,320 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Georgia | $98,899 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | $88,134 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Cambodia | $31,200 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Ghana | $28,896 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Ecuador | $24,180 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $560.45M | 4.75% |
| 2 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $462.33M | 3.92% |
| 3 | 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 | $448.63M | 3.80% |
| 4 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $341.94M | 2.90% |
| 5 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $294.98M | 2.50% |
| 6 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $292.16M | 2.48% |
| 7 | 020712 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen | $208.76M | 1.77% |
| 8 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $202.27M | 1.71% |
| 9 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $173.01M | 1.47% |
| 10 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $170.01M | 1.44% |
| 11 | 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 | $145.00M | 1.23% |
| 12 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $140.19M | 1.19% |
| 13 | 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 | $137.06M | 1.16% |
| 14 | 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 | $132.60M | 1.12% |
| 15 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $131.54M | 1.12% |
| 16 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $130.65M | 1.11% |
| 17 | 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) | $128.68M | 1.09% |
| 18 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $125.16M | 1.06% |
| 19 | 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) | $124.28M | 1.05% |
| 20 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $117.49M | 1.00% |
| 21 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $106.34M | 0.90% |
| 22 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $95.82M | 0.81% |
| 23 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $95.32M | 0.81% |
| 24 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $88.49M | 0.75% |
| 25 | 200989 | Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $88.41M | 0.75% |
| 26 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $87.33M | 0.74% |
| 27 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $86.35M | 0.73% |
| 28 | 040630 | Dairy produce: cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | $76.79M | 0.65% |
| 29 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $75.10M | 0.64% |
| 30 | 040291 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | $69.84M | 0.59% |
| 31 | 850720 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $69.82M | 0.59% |
| 32 | 190110 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale | $65.76M | 0.56% |
| 33 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $62.26M | 0.53% |
| 34 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $60.46M | 0.51% |
| 35 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $58.47M | 0.50% |
| 36 | 741300 | Copper: stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | $56.12M | 0.48% |
| 37 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $55.49M | 0.47% |
| 38 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $54.04M | 0.46% |
| 39 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $53.31M | 0.45% |
| 40 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $52.06M | 0.44% |
| 41 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $51.23M | 0.43% |
| 42 | 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 | $51.14M | 0.43% |
| 43 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $51.06M | 0.43% |
| 44 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $50.48M | 0.43% |
| 45 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $48.63M | 0.41% |
| 46 | 760410 | Aluminium: (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | $46.56M | 0.39% |
| 47 | 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $44.89M | 0.38% |
| 48 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $44.08M | 0.37% |
| 49 | 080410 | Fruit, edible: dates, fresh or dried | $44.05M | 0.37% |
| 50 | 190211 | Food preparations: pasta, containing eggs, uncooked, not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $43.66M | 0.37% |
| 51 | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $42.35M | 0.36% |
| 52 | 330300 | Perfumes and toilet waters | $41.85M | 0.35% |
| 53 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $41.62M | 0.35% |
| 54 | 392190 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, other than cellular | $40.74M | 0.35% |
| 55 | 850710 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $36.17M | 0.31% |
| 56 | 551511 | Fabrics, woven: of polyester staple fibres n.e.c. in chapter 55, mixed mainly or solely with viscose rayon staple fibres | $34.56M | 0.29% |
| 57 | 190532 | Food preparations: waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | $34.25M | 0.29% |
| 58 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $33.52M | 0.28% |
| 59 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $33.47M | 0.28% |
| 60 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $33.12M | 0.28% |
| 61 | 640419 | Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | $32.37M | 0.27% |
| 62 | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | $32.35M | 0.27% |
| 63 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $32.07M | 0.27% |
| 64 | 610463 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted | $31.81M | 0.27% |
| 65 | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $31.63M | 0.27% |
| 66 | 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $30.43M | 0.26% |
| 67 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $30.08M | 0.25% |
| 68 | 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 | $29.52M | 0.25% |
| 69 | 180690 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $28.91M | 0.25% |
| 70 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $26.41M | 0.22% |
| 71 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" | $24.99M | 0.21% |
| 72 | 440729 | Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $24.89M | 0.21% |
| 73 | 392350 | Plastics: stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $24.25M | 0.21% |
| 74 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $24.20M | 0.21% |
| 75 | 440799 | Wood: sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6mm, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, n.e.c. in heading no. 4407 | $23.95M | 0.20% |
| 76 | 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $23.62M | 0.20% |
| 77 | 391731 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, flexible, having a minimum burst pressure of 27.6MPa | $23.48M | 0.20% |
| 78 | 551614 | Fabrics, woven: printed, containing 85% or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | $23.42M | 0.20% |
| 79 | 630140 | Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs: of synthetic fibres | $23.36M | 0.20% |
| 80 | 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $23.17M | 0.20% |
| 81 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $23.09M | 0.20% |
| 82 | 200990 | Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $22.79M | 0.19% |
| 83 | 330590 | Hair preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3305 | $21.90M | 0.19% |
| 84 | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $20.93M | 0.18% |
| 85 | 090831 | Spices: cardamoms, neither crushed nor ground | $20.52M | 0.17% |
| 86 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $20.28M | 0.17% |
| 87 | 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $20.08M | 0.17% |
| 88 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $20.08M | 0.17% |
| 89 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $19.49M | 0.17% |
| 90 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $19.45M | 0.16% |
| 91 | 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) | $19.19M | 0.16% |
| 92 | 200599 | Vegetable preparations: vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $19.00M | 0.16% |
| 93 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $18.79M | 0.16% |
| 94 | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | $18.66M | 0.16% |
| 95 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $18.37M | 0.16% |
| 96 | 482010 | Paper and paperboard: registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles | $18.31M | 0.16% |
| 97 | 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 | $18.23M | 0.15% |
| 98 | 480300 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar: for household or sanitary use, cellulose, wadding webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls exceeding 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side more than 36cm in unfolded state | $17.72M | 0.15% |
| 99 | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | $17.63M | 0.15% |
| 100 | 730900 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers: for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat insulated | $17.56M | 0.15% |