Countries

Equatorial Guinea: trade by HS code

  • US$4.5bnExports 2024
  • US$1bnImports 2024
  • 710HS6 · Exports

Equatorial Guinea exported goods worth US$4.5bn and imported US$1bn in 2024, in 710 and 2,897 different six-digit products.

Its main exports were crude oil (2709.00), liquefied natural gas (LNG) (2711.11) and methanol (2905.11).

Its largest customer was China and its largest supplier Angola.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £1.7m from Equatorial Guinea (-98% on the year before), above all crude oil, pressing, stamping and punching tools and electric control panels, up to 1000 V, and exported £33.4m to it.

Equatorial Guinea has no preferential arrangement with the UK: its goods pay the standard third-country rates.

Equatorial Guinea and the UK

UK imports£1.7m-98% · last 12 months
UK exports£33.4m-6% · last 12 months

What the UK imports from Equatorial Guinea

  1. 2709.00Crude oil£1.7m
  2. 8207.30Pressing, stamping and punching tools£14.7k
  3. 8537.10Electric control panels, up to 1000 V£1.5k
  4. 8481.80Other taps, cocks and valves£1.5k
  5. 8424.90Parts of spraying appliances£1.5k
  6. 8412.21Hydraulic cylinders£1.5k
  7. 3825.69Other wastes from chemical or allied industries: other£1.3k
  8. 6504.00Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed£1.2k
  9. 9026.20Pressure gauges and sensors£1.1k
  10. 3926.90Other plastic articles£980

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC

Equatorial Guinea and the EU

EU imports€729.5m-48% · last 12 months
EU exports€307.6m-6% · last 12 months

What the EU imports from Equatorial Guinea

  1. 2709.00Crude oil€520.9m
  2. 2711.11Liquefied natural gas (LNG)€140.7m
  3. 2711.12Liquefied propane€59.6m
  4. 1801.00Cocoa beans€2.9m
  5. 2905.11Methanol€2.7m
  6. 8515.31Automatic arc welding machines€537.7k
  7. 8411.99Gas turbine parts€256.8k
  8. 4403.49Other tropical logs€235.3k
  9. 4408.39Sheets for veneering: of tropical wood, other€216.4k
  10. 8409.99Diesel engine parts€196.8k

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext

Top exports

  1. 2709.00Crude oilUS$2.3bn
  2. 2711.11Liquefied natural gas (LNG)US$1.6bn
  3. 2905.11MethanolUS$225.2m
  4. 2711.12Liquefied propaneUS$174.3m
  5. 2711.13Liquefied butaneUS$69.1m
  6. 4403.49Other tropical logsUS$34.9m
  7. 2711.19Other liquefied petroleum gasesUS$24.6m
  8. 7204.49Other ferrous scrapUS$15.4m
  9. 4407.29Other sawn tropical woodUS$13.2m
  10. 2711.29Other gaseous hydrocarbonsUS$9.4m
  11. 4408.39Sheets for veneering: of tropical wood, otherUS$6.7m
  12. 7602.00Aluminium scrapUS$3.7m
  13. 7404.00Copper scrapUS$2.1m
  14. 1801.00Cocoa beansUS$2m
  15. 2523.10Cement clinkerUS$1.4m
  16. 4408.10Sheets for veneering: coniferousUS$1.1m
  17. 4408.90Other veneer sheetsUS$934.9k
  18. 8549.11Spent lead-acid batteries (scrap)US$621.1k
  19. 7801.99Other unwrought lead (alloys)US$328.5k
  20. 4407.28Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether: of tropical wood, irokoUS$237.1k

Top imports

  1. 8904.00Tugs and pusher craftUS$91.4m
  2. 0207.14Frozen chicken cuts and offalUS$31m
  3. 8905.20Floating drilling and production platformsUS$30.9m
  4. 2203.00BeerUS$26.7m
  5. 8307.10Flexible steel tubingUS$22.4m
  6. 2202.10Sweetened or flavoured waters (soft drinks)US$21m
  7. 8901.90Cargo ships and other goods vesselsUS$16.7m
  8. 1511.90Refined palm oil and fractionsUS$10.8m
  9. 1006.30Milled riceUS$10.4m
  10. 1101.00Wheat flourUS$10.2m
  11. 8431.43Boring and drilling machinery partsUS$9.7m
  12. 8544.60Electric cables over 1000 VUS$8.9m
  13. 8411.99Gas turbine partsUS$8.9m
  14. 8414.90Parts of pumps, compressors and fansUS$8.3m
  15. 0207.27Cuts and offal, frozenUS$7.7m
  16. 8703.23Petrol cars, 1500-3000 ccUS$7.5m
  17. 7326.90Other articles of iron or steelUS$7.4m
  18. 7304.24Stainless steel oil well casing and tubingUS$6.7m
  19. 8430.69Other machinery, not self-propelled: otherUS$6.4m
  20. 8481.80Other taps, cocks and valvesUS$6.2m

Main buyers from Equatorial Guinea

  1. China US$986.2m
  2. Spain US$689.8m
  3. India US$580.5m
  4. Italy US$296.6m
  5. Japan US$199.1m
  6. Thailand US$196.4m
  7. South Korea US$188.9m
  8. Indonesia US$171.7m
  9. Germany US$143.8m
  10. France US$142.7m

Main suppliers of Equatorial Guinea

  1. Angola US$91.4m
  2. Spain US$74.6m
  3. China US$73.6m
  4. Nigeria US$50.5m
  5. United States US$36.6m
  6. United Kingdom US$25.9m
  7. Türkiye US$25.8m
  8. Brazil US$24.6m
  9. Denmark US$21.6m
  10. India US$19.2m

Questions and answers

What does Equatorial Guinea export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was crude oil (HS 2709.00), worth US$2.3bn.

Does the UK have a trade agreement with Equatorial Guinea?

No preferential rates are recorded for Equatorial Guinea in the UK tariff, so the standard third-country duty applies, plus any anti-dumping or other measures that cover its goods.