Countries
Burkina Faso: trade by HS code
- US$9bnExports 2024
- US$6bnImports 2024
- 1,695HS6 · Exports
- Sub-Saharan AfricaRegion
- Least developed country · Landlocked developing countryCountry groups
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)Currency
Burkina Faso exported goods worth US$9bn and imported US$6bn in 2024, in 1,695 and 3,875 different six-digit products.
Its main exports were semi-manufactured gold (non-monetary) (7108.13), unwrought gold (non-monetary) (7108.12) and raw cotton (not carded or combed) (5201.00).
Its largest customer was Switzerland and its largest supplier China.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £9m from Burkina Faso (+4% on the year before), above all mangoes, guavas and mangosteens, shelled cashew nuts and other chocolate products, and exported £11.4m to it.
Under DCTS Comprehensive, 98% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from Burkina Faso that meet the rules of origin.
Burkina Faso and the UK
Agreement or scheme: DCTS Comprehensive
What the UK imports from Burkina Faso
- 0804.50Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens
- 0801.32Shelled cashew nuts
- 1806.90Other chocolate products
- 1515.90Other vegetable oils (incl. jojoba)
- 8712.00Bicycles (non-motorised)
- 0812.90Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved, but unsuitable: other
- 0714.90Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet: other
- 1008.40Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals: fonio (Digitaria spp.)
- 6111.20Babies' cotton clothing, knitted
- 1106.20Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 0714
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
Burkina Faso and the EU
Agreement or scheme: GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)
What the EU imports from Burkina Faso
- 7108.12Unwrought gold (non-monetary)
- 1515.90Other vegetable oils (incl. jojoba)
- 0804.50Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens
- 0801.32Shelled cashew nuts
- 1207.40Sesame seeds
- 0714.90Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet: other
- 1211.90Other medicinal and aromatic plants
- 2008.19Other prepared nuts and seeds
- 1212.99Other vegetable products of ch. 12 n.e.s.
- 8501.64AC generators over 750 kVA
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 7108.13Semi-manufactured gold (non-monetary)
- 7108.12Unwrought gold (non-monetary)
- 5201.00Raw cotton (not carded or combed)
- 0801.31Cashew nuts in shell
- 1207.40Sesame seeds
- 2523.29Portland cement (non-white)
- 0804.50Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens
- 1515.90Other vegetable oils (incl. jojoba)
- 1207.99Other oilseeds
- 1201.90Soybeans (not for sowing)
- 0702.00Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
- 0801.32Shelled cashew nuts
- 2402.20Cigarettes containing tobacco
- 0104.10Live sheep
- 2306.10Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground: of cotton seeds
- 7801.99Other unwrought lead (alloys)
- 8704.10Off-highway dump trucks
- 1005.90Maize (corn), not for sowing
- 0703.10Onions and shallots, fresh
- 2202.99Other non-alcoholic beverages
Top imports
- 2716.00Electricity
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
- 2523.10Cement clinker
- 2711.13Liquefied butane
- 8711.20Motorcycles 50-250 cc
- 1701.99Refined sugar (other)
- 1511.90Refined palm oil and fractions
- 1006.40Broken rice
- 1001.99Wheat and meslin (not seed, not durum)
- 3105.20NPK fertilisers
- 8513.10Portable battery lamps (torches)
- 2403.19Other smoking tobacco
- 2837.11Sodium cyanide
- 1902.19Uncooked pasta (no egg)
- 7213.91Steel wire rod under 14 mm
- 0303.54Frozen mackerel
- 1006.30Milled rice
- 3002.41Vaccines for human medicine
- 8429.52Excavators (360° revolving)
- 0303.55Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)
Main buyers from Burkina Faso
Main suppliers of Burkina Faso
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 | 24.1m | 2025 |
| GDP (current US$) | US$27.6bn | 2025 |
| GDP per person (current US$) | US$1,148 | 2025 |
| Trade in goods and services, % of GDP | 65% | 2025 |
| Trade | ||
| Share of world goods exports | 0.04% | 2025 |
| Share of world goods imports | 0.03% | 2025 |
| Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups) | 164 | 2025 |
| Export concentration index · 0 = exports spread evenly across products, 1 = a single product | 0.841 | 2025 |
| Average applied tariff, simple mean, all products | 11.4% | 2022 |
| Average applied tariff, trade-weighted, all products | 7.3% | 2022 |
| Logistics | ||
| Logistics Performance Index (LPI) · score from 1 (low) to 5 (high) | 2.3 | 2022 |
| LPI: efficiency of customs and border clearance | 2 | 2022 |
Time and cost at the border (2019)
For one shipment of the country's typical traded product, as measured by the World Bank's Doing Business survey in its last edition; the survey has since been discontinued.
| Indicator | Import | Export |
|---|---|---|
| Border compliance (hours) | 102 | 74.5 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 96 | 84 |
| Border compliance (US$) | US$265 | US$261 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | US$197 | US$86 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0); UNCTADstat (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
Questions and answers
What does Burkina Faso export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was semi-manufactured gold (non-monetary) (HS 7108.13), worth US$5bn.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with Burkina Faso?
Yes: goods from Burkina Faso can enter at preferential rates under DCTS Comprehensive, duty-free on 98% of tariff lines, provided they meet the rules of origin and come with proof of origin.