DR Congo import and export data
In 2024, the DR Congo imported goods worth $11.52 billion and exported $29.60 billion, a trade surplus of $18.08 billion. That is 13% less than in 2023. Over 2017-2024 the trade grew strongly, by about 16% a year on average.
Imports 2024
$11.52B
Exports 2024
$29.60B
Trade balance
+$18.08B
DR Congo imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where the DR Congo imports from
The largest suppliers were China (38%), South Africa (12%), Zambia (10%). Among the main suppliers, United States grew fastest (+35% on the year before).
Top supplier countries
- China 38%
- South Africa 12%
- Zambia 10%
- India 4.7%
- Uganda 4.2%
- Belgium 3.2%
- Tanzania 2.7%
- United States 2.1%
- Kenya 2.1%
- France 1.9%
Where the DR Congo exports to
China alone took 73% of it. Among the main buyer markets, China grew fastest (+52% on the year before).
Top export markets
- China 73%
- South Korea 3.3%
- India 2.9%
- Saudi Arabia 2.9%
- Spain 2.5%
- Egypt 2.2%
- Belgium 1.5%
- Italy 1.4%
- Thailand 1.3%
- United States 1.1%
Top DR Congo imports
- 1Trucks · HS 8704$411.2M3.6%
- 2Crushing machine · HS 8474$235.8M2.1%
- 3Excavator · HS 8429$225.9M2%
- 4Poultry meat · HS 0207$222.2M1.9%
- 5Packaged medicines · HS 3004$213.0M1.9%
- 6Soft drinks · HS 2202$198.5M1.7%
- 7Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$189.2M1.6%
- 8Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$186.8M1.6%
- 9Liquid pump · HS 8413$178.5M1.6%
- 10Cereal groats · HS 1103$167.9M1.5%
- 11Lifting machinery parts · HS 8431$167.3M1.5%
- 12Sugar · HS 1701$166.4M1.4%
Top DR Congo exports
- 1Copper ingots · HS 7403$19.50B66%
- 2Cobalt products · HS 8105$3.05B10%
- 3Copper ore · HS 2603$3.03B10%
- 4Unrefined copper · HS 7402$1.12B3.8%
- 5Tin ore · HS 2609$602.0M2%
- 6Crude oil · HS 2709$598.6M2%
- 7Diamonds · HS 7102$522.7M1.8%
- 8Cocoa beans · HS 1801$351.3M1.2%
- 9Cobalt oxide · HS 2822$222.3M0.8%
- 10Zinc ore · HS 2608$128.2M0.4%
- 11Rough wood · HS 4403$63.4M0.2%
- 12Sawn wood · HS 4407$61.0M0.2%
Beyond the public totals
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DR Congo trade data by product
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Chapter 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other…
Chapter 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey…
Chapter 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere…
Chapter 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
Chapter 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or…
Chapter 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt…
Chapter 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous…
Chapter 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and…
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…
Chapter 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other…
Chapter 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
Chapter 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk…
Chapter 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or…
Chapter 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Chapter 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof…
Chapter 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes…
Chapter 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering…
Chapter 26 · Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of…
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic…
Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
- DR Congo alcohol trade
- DR Congo cyclic alcohol trade
- DR Congo phenol trade
- DR Congo saturated carboxylic acid trade
- DR Congo oxygenated carboxylic acid trade
- DR Congo amino alcohol trade
- DR Congo hydrazine derivative trade
- DR Congo nitrogen compound trade
- DR Congo organosulfur compound trade
- DR Congo antibiotic trade
- DR Congo organic compound trade
Chapter 30 · Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 31 · Fertilizers
Chapter 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their…
Chapter 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery…
Chapter 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing…
Chapter 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches…
Chapter 36 · Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches…
Chapter 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- DR Congo polyethylene trade
- DR Congo polypropylene trade
- DR Congo pvc trade
- DR Congo vinyl polymer trade
- DR Congo acrylic resin trade
- DR Congo engineering plastic trade
- DR Congo polyurethane trade
- DR Congo plastic hose trade
- DR Congo plastic flooring trade
- DR Congo self-adhesive film trade
- DR Congo plastic sheet trade
- DR Congo plastic film trade
- DR Congo plastic sanitary ware trade
- DR Congo plastic bottle trade
- DR Congo plastic dinnerware trade
- DR Congo plastic building material trade
- DR Congo plastic product trade
Chapter 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
Chapter 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness…
Chapter 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp…
- DR Congo uncoated printing paper trade
- DR Congo tissue paper trade
- DR Congo uncoated paperboard trade
- DR Congo coated paper trade
- DR Congo specialty coated paper trade
- DR Congo toilet paper and tissues trade
- DR Congo paperboard boxes and cartons trade
- DR Congo paper notebooks and albums trade
- DR Congo paper labels trade
- DR Congo paper articles trade
Chapter 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other…
Chapter 54 · Man-made filaments; strip and the like of…
Chapter 55 · Man-made staple fibres
Chapter 56 · Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns…
Chapter 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered…
Chapter 61 · Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or…
Chapter 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted…
Chapter 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing…
Chapter 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such…
Chapter 65 · Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 66 · Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat…
Chapter 67 · Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made…
Chapter 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or…
Chapter 69 · Ceramic products
Chapter 70 · Glass and glassware
Chapter 71 · Natural, cultured pearls; precious…
Chapter 72 · Iron and steel
- DR Congo ferro-alloys trade
- DR Congo iron and steel scrap trade
- DR Congo steel ingots trade
- DR Congo hot-rolled steel coils trade
- DR Congo cold-rolled steel sheets trade
- DR Congo coated steel sheets trade
- DR Congo coated steel strips trade
- DR Congo forged and hot-rolled steel bars trade
- DR Congo other steel bars trade
- DR Congo steel shapes trade
- DR Congo steel wire trade
- DR Congo stainless steel sheet trade
- DR Congo stainless steel bars and shapes trade
- DR Congo alloy steel sheet trade
- DR Congo alloy steel bars and shapes trade
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- DR Congo steel sheet piling trade
- DR Congo cast iron pipes trade
- DR Congo seamless steel pipes trade
- DR Congo large diameter steel pipes trade
- DR Congo welded steel tubes trade
- DR Congo steel pipe fittings trade
- DR Congo steel structural sections trade
- DR Congo steel storage tanks trade
- DR Congo gas cylinders trade
- DR Congo steel wire ropes trade
- DR Congo barbed wire trade
- DR Congo steel wire mesh trade
- DR Congo steel chain trade
- DR Congo steel nails trade
- DR Congo steel fasteners trade
- DR Congo steel springs trade
- DR Congo steel stoves trade
- DR Congo steel cookware trade
- DR Congo steel sanitary ware trade
- DR Congo cast iron articles trade
- DR Congo steel articles trade
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
Chapter 78 · Lead and articles thereof
Chapter 81 · Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof
Chapter 82 · Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks…
Chapter 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…
- DR Congo industrial boilers trade
- DR Congo piston engine trade
- DR Congo diesel engine trade
- DR Congo engine parts trade
- DR Congo water turbine trade
- DR Congo gas turbine trade
- DR Congo pneumatic motor trade
- DR Congo liquid pump trade
- DR Congo air compressor trade
- DR Congo air conditioner trade
- DR Congo furnace burner trade
- DR Congo industrial furnace trade
- DR Congo refrigerator trade
- DR Congo heat treatment machinery trade
- DR Congo centrifuge trade
- DR Congo dishwasher trade
- DR Congo weighing scale trade
- DR Congo spray gun trade
- DR Congo hoist trade
- DR Congo crane trade
- DR Congo forklift trade
- DR Congo conveyor trade
- DR Congo excavator trade
- DR Congo excavation machinery trade
- DR Congo lifting machinery parts trade
- DR Congo soil cultivator trade
- DR Congo harvester trade
- DR Congo poultry incubator trade
- DR Congo grain mill trade
- DR Congo food processing machinery trade
- DR Congo printing press trade
- DR Congo washing machine trade
- DR Congo sewing machine trade
- DR Congo metal casting machine trade
- DR Congo drill press trade
- DR Congo metal press trade
- DR Congo wood working machine trade
- DR Congo power tool trade
- DR Congo computer trade
- DR Congo office machine trade
- DR Congo computer parts trade
- DR Congo crushing machine trade
- DR Congo plastic molding machine trade
- DR Congo specialized machinery trade
- DR Congo metal mold trade
- DR Congo valve trade
- DR Congo bearing trade
- DR Congo gearbox trade
- DR Congo gasket trade
- DR Congo machinery parts trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- DR Congo electric motor trade
- DR Congo generator trade
- DR Congo motor parts trade
- DR Congo transformer trade
- DR Congo battery trade
- DR Congo accumulator trade
- DR Congo electric appliance trade
- DR Congo ignition system trade
- DR Congo automotive lighting trade
- DR Congo flashlight trade
- DR Congo electric furnace trade
- DR Congo electric welding machine trade
- DR Congo electric heater trade
- DR Congo phones and network equipment trade
- DR Congo microphone trade
- DR Congo storage media trade
- DR Congo television camera trade
- DR Congo radar trade
- DR Congo radio receiver trade
- DR Congo monitor trade
- DR Congo electronics parts trade
- DR Congo alarm system trade
- DR Congo high voltage switch trade
- DR Congo low voltage switch trade
- DR Congo control panel trade
- DR Congo electrical parts trade
- DR Congo light bulbs trade
- DR Congo semiconductors trade
- DR Congo electrical machinery trade
- DR Congo electrical wire and cable trade
Chapter 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and…
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
- DR Congo tractors trade
- DR Congo public transit buses trade
- DR Congo cars trade
- DR Congo trucks trade
- DR Congo special purpose vehicles trade
- DR Congo vehicle chassis trade
- DR Congo vehicle bodies trade
- DR Congo vehicle parts and accessories trade
- DR Congo motorcycles trade
- DR Congo motorcycle and bicycle parts trade
- DR Congo trailers trade
Chapter 88 · Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Chapter 89 · Ships, boats and floating structures
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- DR Congo binoculars and telescopes trade
- DR Congo surveying instruments trade
- DR Congo drawing and measuring instruments trade
- DR Congo medical instruments trade
- DR Congo breathing apparatus trade
- DR Congo x-ray apparatus trade
- DR Congo temperature and humidity meters trade
- DR Congo pressure and flow meters trade
- DR Congo analytical instruments trade
- DR Congo utility meters trade
- DR Congo electrical measuring instruments trade
- DR Congo measuring instruments trade
- DR Congo control instruments trade
Chapter 91 · Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Chapter 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories…
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
DR Congo on EximDataX
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Values in US dollars.
Straight answers
Trade data for the DR Congo: questions
What does the DR Congo import most?
The largest imports by value in 2024 were trucks ($411.2 million), crushing machine ($235.8 million) and excavator ($225.9 million). Together they made up 8% of total imports of $11.52 billion. Each product has its own page below with suppliers and prices.
What are the main exports of the DR Congo?
The top exports in 2024 were copper ingots ($19.50 billion), cobalt products ($3.05 billion) and copper ore ($3.03 billion), 86% of exports of $29.60 billion. That left a trade surplus of $18.08 billion.
Who are the biggest trading partners of the DR Congo?
The largest suppliers were China (38% of imports), South Africa and Zambia. The largest export markets were China (73% of exports), South Korea and India. The maps above show every partner country.
Where can I get shipment-level DR Congo trade data?
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024. Public statistics like these stop at country totals; the platform shows the companies, dates and values behind them.
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