Republic of the Congo import and export data
In 2024, the Republic of the Congo imported goods worth $4.87 billion and exported $8.54 billion, a trade surplus of $3.67 billion. Value fell 14% from 2023. Over 2017-2024 the trade grew strongly, by about 12% a year on average.
Imports 2024
$4.87B
Exports 2024
$8.54B
Trade balance
+$3.67B
Republic of the Congo imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where the Republic of the Congo imports from
Most of the value came from China (34%), Guyana (8%), France (8%). Among the main suppliers, Angola grew fastest (+76% on the year before).
Top supplier countries
- China 34%
- Guyana 8.5%
- France 8%
- United States 4.7%
- Angola 4.4%
- India 3.5%
- Netherlands 2.5%
- Brazil 2.5%
- Italy 2.4%
- Turkey 2.4%
Where the Republic of the Congo exports to
Most of it went to China (49%), India (7%), Thailand (6%). Among the main buyer markets, Singapore grew fastest, more than tenfold on the year before.
Top export markets
- China 49%
- India 7%
- Thailand 6.2%
- Singapore 5.5%
- Saudi Arabia 4.7%
- Malaysia 4.5%
- Greece 3.9%
- Italy 3.1%
- Netherlands 2.6%
- United Kingdom 1.9%
Top Republic of the Congo imports
- 1Specialist vessels · HS 8905$618.4M13%
- 2Poultry meat · HS 0207$178.8M3.7%
- 3Palm oil · HS 1511$107.3M2.2%
- 4Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$106.7M2.2%
- 5Lifting machinery parts · HS 8431$93.4M1.9%
- 6Generator · HS 8502$87.8M1.8%
- 7Rice · HS 1006$76.2M1.6%
- 8Electrical wire and cable · HS 8544$68.2M1.4%
- 9Seamless steel pipes · HS 7304$67.3M1.4%
- 10Tugs and pusher craft · HS 8904$63.7M1.3%
- 11Ships · HS 8901$63.4M1.3%
- 12Women's clothing · HS 6204$54.3M1.1%
Top Republic of the Congo exports
- 1Crude oil · HS 2709$5.43B64%
- 2Copper ingots · HS 7403$1.85B22%
- 3Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$328.3M3.8%
- 4Tin ore · HS 2609$146.3M1.7%
- 5Sawn wood · HS 4407$145.5M1.7%
- 6Petroleum gas · HS 2711$143.8M1.7%
- 7Rough wood · HS 4403$122.3M1.4%
- 8Cocoa beans · HS 1801$90.5M1.1%
- 9Diamonds · HS 7102$34.9M0.4%
- 10Cobalt products · HS 8105$29.5M0.4%
- 11Coffee · HS 0901$26.1M0.3%
- 12Iron and steel scrap · HS 7204$24.9M0.3%
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Republic of the 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 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 10 · Cereals
Chapter 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt…
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
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 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- Republic of the Congo polyethylene trade
- Republic of the Congo polypropylene trade
- Republic of the Congo pvc trade
- Republic of the Congo acrylic resin trade
- Republic of the Congo engineering plastic trade
- Republic of the Congo polyurethane trade
- Republic of the Congo cellulose trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic hose trade
- Republic of the Congo self-adhesive film trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic sheet trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic film trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic bottle trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic dinnerware trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic building material trade
- Republic of the 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…
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 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
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- Republic of the Congo steel sheet piling trade
- Republic of the Congo seamless steel pipes trade
- Republic of the Congo large diameter steel pipes trade
- Republic of the Congo welded steel tubes trade
- Republic of the Congo steel pipe fittings trade
- Republic of the Congo steel structural sections trade
- Republic of the Congo steel storage tanks trade
- Republic of the Congo gas cylinders trade
- Republic of the Congo steel wire ropes trade
- Republic of the Congo barbed wire trade
- Republic of the Congo steel wire mesh trade
- Republic of the Congo steel chain trade
- Republic of the Congo steel nails trade
- Republic of the Congo steel fasteners trade
- Republic of the Congo steel stoves trade
- Republic of the Congo steel cookware trade
- Republic of the Congo steel sanitary ware trade
- Republic of the 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…
- Republic of the Congo industrial boilers trade
- Republic of the Congo diesel engine trade
- Republic of the Congo engine parts trade
- Republic of the Congo gas turbine trade
- Republic of the Congo pneumatic motor trade
- Republic of the Congo liquid pump trade
- Republic of the Congo air compressor trade
- Republic of the Congo air conditioner trade
- Republic of the Congo furnace burner trade
- Republic of the Congo industrial furnace trade
- Republic of the Congo refrigerator trade
- Republic of the Congo heat treatment machinery trade
- Republic of the Congo centrifuge trade
- Republic of the Congo dishwasher trade
- Republic of the Congo weighing scale trade
- Republic of the Congo spray gun trade
- Republic of the Congo hoist trade
- Republic of the Congo crane trade
- Republic of the Congo forklift trade
- Republic of the Congo conveyor trade
- Republic of the Congo excavator trade
- Republic of the Congo excavation machinery trade
- Republic of the Congo lifting machinery parts trade
- Republic of the Congo soil cultivator trade
- Republic of the Congo poultry incubator trade
- Republic of the Congo food processing machinery trade
- Republic of the Congo printing press trade
- Republic of the Congo metal casting machine trade
- Republic of the Congo wood working machine trade
- Republic of the Congo machine tool parts trade
- Republic of the Congo power tool trade
- Republic of the Congo computer trade
- Republic of the Congo computer parts trade
- Republic of the Congo crushing machine trade
- Republic of the Congo plastic molding machine trade
- Republic of the Congo specialized machinery trade
- Republic of the Congo metal mold trade
- Republic of the Congo valve trade
- Republic of the Congo gearbox trade
- Republic of the Congo gasket trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- Republic of the Congo electric motor trade
- Republic of the Congo generator trade
- Republic of the Congo transformer trade
- Republic of the Congo battery trade
- Republic of the Congo accumulator trade
- Republic of the Congo automotive lighting trade
- Republic of the Congo flashlight trade
- Republic of the Congo electric welding machine trade
- Republic of the Congo electric heater trade
- Republic of the Congo phones and network equipment trade
- Republic of the Congo microphone trade
- Republic of the Congo storage media trade
- Republic of the Congo television camera trade
- Republic of the Congo radio receiver trade
- Republic of the Congo monitor trade
- Republic of the Congo electronics parts trade
- Republic of the Congo alarm system trade
- Republic of the Congo high voltage switch trade
- Republic of the Congo low voltage switch trade
- Republic of the Congo control panel trade
- Republic of the Congo electrical parts trade
- Republic of the Congo light bulbs trade
- Republic of the Congo electrical machinery trade
- Republic of the Congo electrical wire and cable trade
Chapter 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and…
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
- Republic of the Congo tractors trade
- Republic of the Congo public transit buses trade
- Republic of the Congo cars trade
- Republic of the Congo trucks trade
- Republic of the Congo special purpose vehicles trade
- Republic of the Congo vehicle parts and accessories trade
- Republic of the Congo motorcycles trade
- Republic of the Congo motorcycle and bicycle parts trade
- Republic of the Congo trailers trade
Chapter 89 · Ships, boats and floating structures
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- Republic of the Congo optical fibres and lenses trade
- Republic of the Congo surveying instruments trade
- Republic of the Congo medical instruments trade
- Republic of the Congo x-ray apparatus trade
- Republic of the Congo pressure and flow meters trade
- Republic of the Congo analytical instruments trade
- Republic of the Congo utility meters trade
- Republic of the Congo electrical measuring instruments trade
- Republic of the Congo measuring instruments trade
- Republic of the Congo control instruments trade
Chapter 91 · Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
Chapter 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Chapter 97 · Works of art; collectors' pieces and antiques
Republic of the 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 Republic of the Congo: questions
What does the Republic of the Congo import most?
The largest imports by value in 2024 were specialist vessels ($618.4 million), poultry meat ($178.8 million) and palm oil ($107.3 million). Together they made up 19% of total imports of $4.87 billion. Each product has its own page below with suppliers and prices.
What are the main exports of the Republic of the Congo?
The top exports in 2024 were crude oil ($5.43 billion), copper ingots ($1.85 billion) and refined petroleum products ($328.3 million), 89% of exports of $8.54 billion. That left a trade surplus of $3.67 billion.
Who are the biggest trading partners of the Republic of the Congo?
The largest suppliers were China (34% of imports), Guyana and France. The largest export markets were China (49% of exports), India and Thailand. The maps above show every partner country.
Where can I get shipment-level Republic of the 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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