Countries

The Congo - Kinshasa: trade by HS code

  • US$29.6bnExports 2024
  • US$11.5bnImports 2024
  • 1,503HS6 · Exports

In 2024, exports from the Congo - Kinshasa came to US$29.6bn and imports to US$11.5bn.

Its main exports were refined copper cathodes (7403.11), unwrought cobalt and intermediates (8105.20) and copper ores and concentrates (2603.00).

Its largest customer was China and its largest supplier China.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £7.5m from the Congo - Kinshasa (-32% on the year before), above all wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced…, wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced… and other sawn tropical wood, and exported £51.3m to it.

Under DCTS Comprehensive, 98% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from the Congo - Kinshasa that meet the rules of origin.

Congo - Kinshasa and the UK

UK imports£7.5m-32% · last 12 months
UK exports£51.3m+18% · last 12 months
Duty-free access to the UK98%share of tariff lines at 0% under a preference

Agreement or scheme: DCTS Comprehensive

What the UK imports from Congo - Kinshasa

  1. 4407.27Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether: of tropical wood, sapelli£5.3m
  2. 4407.28Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether: of tropical wood, iroko£751.9k
  3. 4407.29Other sawn tropical wood£546.3k
  4. 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)£287.5k
  5. 4403.49Other tropical logs£256.9k
  6. 3002.42Veterinary vaccines£45.2k
  7. 9403.30Wooden office furniture£44.7k
  8. 9706.90Antiques over 100 years (other)£38.2k
  9. 9703.10Of an age exceeding 100 years£27.2k
  10. 8477.10Injection-moulding machines£24.7k

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC

Congo - Kinshasa and the EU

EU imports€3.4bn+8% · last 12 months
EU exports€1.7bn+29% · last 12 months
Duty-free access to the EU97%share of tariff lines at 0% under a preference

Agreement or scheme: GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)

What the EU imports from Congo - Kinshasa

  1. 7403.11Refined copper cathodes€3bn
  2. 7102.31Rough diamonds (non-industrial)€160.8m
  3. 1801.00Cocoa beans€83.1m
  4. 2603.00Copper ores and concentrates€38.1m
  5. 2620.99Other metal-bearing slag, ash and residues€32.3m
  6. 8001.10Unwrought tin, not alloyed€31.1m
  7. 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)€21.8m
  8. 7102.21Industrial diamonds, unworked€7.8m
  9. 4407.29Other sawn tropical wood€7.5m
  10. 7402.00Unrefined copper and copper anodes€6.3m

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext

Top exports

  1. 7403.11Refined copper cathodesUS$19.2bn
  2. 8105.20Unwrought cobalt and intermediatesUS$3.1bn
  3. 2603.00Copper ores and concentratesUS$3bn
  4. 7402.00Unrefined copper and copper anodesUS$1.1bn
  5. 2609.00Tin ores and concentratesUS$602m
  6. 2709.00Crude oilUS$598.6m
  7. 7102.31Rough diamonds (non-industrial)US$467.4m
  8. 1801.00Cocoa beansUS$351.3m
  9. 7403.19Other unwrought refined copperUS$332.8m
  10. 2822.00Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxidesUS$222.3m
  11. 2608.00Zinc ores and concentratesUS$128.2m
  12. 4403.49Other tropical logsUS$60m
  13. 2615.90Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores: otherUS$60m
  14. 7102.21Industrial diamonds, unworkedUS$49.5m
  15. 2605.00Cobalt ores and concentratesUS$33.1m
  16. 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)US$28.3m
  17. 2302.30Wheat branUS$20.1m
  18. 4407.29Other sawn tropical woodUS$18.7m
  19. 4407.27Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether: of tropical wood, sapelliUS$18.4m
  20. 4407.21Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether: of tropical wood, mahogany (Swietenia spp.)US$17.3m

Top imports

  1. 8704.23Diesel trucks, GVW over 20 tUS$173.4m
  2. 1103.13Cereal groats, meal and pellets: groats and meal, of maize (corn)US$165.3m
  3. 2202.10Sweetened or flavoured waters (soft drinks)US$164.2m
  4. 8474.90Parts of crushing, grinding and mixing machineryUS$162.1m
  5. 8704.10Off-highway dump trucksUS$154.7m
  6. 8711.20Motorcycles 50-250 ccUS$148.1m
  7. 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail saleUS$135.2m
  8. 2503.00Sulphur (crude and other)US$127.5m
  9. 3002.41Vaccines for human medicineUS$118.6m
  10. 1701.14Raw cane sugar (other)US$115.4m
  11. 2523.29Portland cement (non-white)US$114.6m
  12. 8429.52Excavators (360° revolving)US$108m
  13. 1006.30Milled riceUS$106.5m
  14. 0207.14Frozen chicken cuts and offalUS$104.2m
  15. 1001.99Wheat and meslin (not seed, not durum)US$104m
  16. 6704.20Wigs and hairpieces of human hairUS$103.9m
  17. 2519.90Fused and dead-burned magnesiaUS$100m
  18. 8431.49Parts of excavators, cranes and earthmoversUS$95.6m
  19. 0207.12Frozen whole chickensUS$93.5m
  20. 8502.13Diesel generating sets over 375 kVAUS$92.8m

Main buyers from Congo - Kinshasa

  1. China US$21.6bn
  2. South Korea US$964.4m
  3. India US$861.7m
  4. Saudi Arabia US$859.9m
  5. Spain US$733.4m
  6. Egypt US$661.3m
  7. Belgium US$438.9m
  8. Italy US$409m
  9. Thailand US$371.2m
  10. United States US$320.3m

Main suppliers of Congo - Kinshasa

  1. China US$4bn
  2. Zambia US$1.1bn
  3. South Africa US$980.7m
  4. India US$433.3m
  5. Uganda US$409.1m
  6. Tanzania US$265m
  7. Belgium US$244.2m
  8. United States US$206.6m
  9. Brazil US$174.8m
  10. Kenya US$165m

Questions and answers

What does the Congo - Kinshasa export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was refined copper cathodes (HS 7403.11), worth US$19.2bn.

Does the UK have a trade agreement with the Congo - Kinshasa?

Yes: goods from the Congo - Kinshasa 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.