Countries
Bosnia & Herzegovina: trade by HS code
- US$9.5bnExports 2024
- US$16.4bnImports 2024
- 3,690HS6 · Exports
- Southern EuropeRegion
- Bosnia-Herzegovina Convertible Mark (BAM)Currency
In 2024, exports from Bosnia & Herzegovina came to US$9.5bn and imports to US$16.4bn.
Its main exports were electricity (2716.00), other electric conductors, up to 1000 V (8544.49) and other steel structures and parts (7308.90).
Its largest customer was Germany and its largest supplier Germany.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £130.4m from Bosnia & Herzegovina (+25% on the year before), above all platinum waste and scrap, other medical and surgical instruments and starter motors, and exported £26.6m to it.
Bosnia & Herzegovina has no preferential arrangement with the UK: its goods pay the standard third-country rates.
Bosnia & Herzegovina and the UK
What the UK imports from Bosnia & Herzegovina
- 7112.92Platinum waste and scrap
- 9018.90Other medical and surgical instruments
- 8511.40Starter motors
- 7112.99Other precious metal waste and scrap
- 6402.99Rubber and plastic shoes (not ankle-covering)
- 4901.99Other printed books
- 6402.19Other rubber/plastic sports shoes
- 9503.00Toys, dolls, scale models and puzzles
- 9406.20Steel modular building units
- 8708.92Silencers and exhaust pipes
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
Bosnia & Herzegovina and the EU
Agreement or scheme: EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement · Western Balkan countries (AL, BA, ME, MK, XK, XS)
What the EU imports from Bosnia & Herzegovina
- 8544.49Other electric conductors, up to 1000 V
- 7601.20Unwrought aluminium alloys
- 7308.90Other steel structures and parts
- 3925.20Plastic doors, windows and frames
- 8503.00Electric motor and generator parts
- 7409.11Refined copper strip in coils
- 6406.10Shoe uppers and parts
- 7610.10Aluminium doors, windows and frames
- 2716.00Electricity
- 8431.49Parts of excavators, cranes and earthmovers
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 2716.00Electricity
- 8544.49Other electric conductors, up to 1000 V
- 7308.90Other steel structures and parts
- 9306.30Other cartridges and parts
- 8503.00Electric motor and generator parts
- 6406.10Shoe uppers and parts
- 3925.20Plastic doors, windows and frames
- 9401.61Upholstered wooden-frame seats
- 2836.20Sodium carbonate (soda ash)
- 7610.10Aluminium doors, windows and frames
- 8537.10Electric control panels, up to 1000 V
- 7601.20Unwrought aluminium alloys
- 2818.30Aluminium hydroxide
- 4407.12Sawn fir and spruce
- 8431.49Parts of excavators, cranes and earthmovers
- 9401.99Seat parts
- 7314.20Welded steel mesh (3 mm+, 100 cm²+)
- 9403.50Wooden bedroom furniture
- 8708.99Other motor vehicle parts
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
Top imports
- 8703.32Diesel cars, 1500-2500 cc
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
- 7408.11Refined copper wire over 6 mm
- 2701.12Bituminous coal
- 2716.00Electricity
- 2106.90Other food preparations
- 0201.20Fresh or chilled beef, bone-in cuts
- 8517.13Smartphones
- 7601.20Unwrought aluminium alloys
- 2203.00Beer
- 3002.15Immunological products, dosed or retail
- 7210.70Pre-painted or plastic-coated steel sheet
- 2711.21Natural gas in gaseous state
- 2202.10Sweetened or flavoured waters (soft drinks)
- 4011.10New car tyres
- 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)
- 8541.43Solar panels (PV modules)
- 8703.31Diesel cars up to 1500 cc
- 2309.90Other animal feed preparations
- 8703.22Petrol cars, 1000-1500 cc
Main buyers from Bosnia & Herzegovina
Main suppliers of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Economy, trade and logistics
Key figures on the size of the economy, its place in world trade and how fast goods cross its borders, from the World Bank and UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Each value shows the year it refers to.
| Indicator | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | ||
| Population | 3.1m | 2025 |
| GDP (current US$) | US$32.6bn | 2025 |
| GDP per person (current US$) | US$10,382 | 2025 |
| Trade in goods and services, % of GDP | 95% | 2025 |
| Trade | ||
| Share of world goods exports | 0.04% | 2025 |
| Share of world goods imports | 0.07% | 2025 |
| Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups) | 221 | 2025 |
| Export concentration index · 0 = exports spread evenly across products, 1 = a single product | 0.086 | 2025 |
| Average applied tariff, simple mean, all products | 3.4% | 2022 |
| Average applied tariff, trade-weighted, all products | 4% | 2022 |
| Logistics | ||
| Logistics Performance Index (LPI) · score from 1 (low) to 5 (high) | 3 | 2022 |
| LPI: efficiency of customs and border clearance | 2.7 | 2022 |
Time and cost at the border (2019)
For one shipment of the country's typical traded product, as measured by the World Bank's Doing Business survey in its last edition; the survey has since been discontinued.
| Indicator | Import | Export |
|---|---|---|
| Border compliance (hours) | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 8 | 4.3 |
| Border compliance (US$) | US$109 | US$70 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | US$27 | US$22 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0); UNCTADstat (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
Questions and answers
What does Bosnia & Herzegovina export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was electricity (HS 2716.00), worth US$404m.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with Bosnia & Herzegovina?
No preferential rates are recorded for Bosnia & Herzegovina in the UK tariff, so the standard third-country duty applies, plus any anti-dumping or other measures that cover its goods.