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Eswatini: trade by HS code

  • US$2.2bnExports 2024
  • US$2bnImports 2024
  • 2,122HS6 · Exports

In 2024, exports from Eswatini came to US$2.2bn and imports to US$2bn.

Its largest customer was South Africa and its largest supplier South Africa.

Top exports

  1. 3302.10Of a kind used in the food or drink industriesUS$628.2m
  2. 3824.99Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores: other, otherUS$269.9m
  3. 1701.13Cane sugar specified in subheading note 2 to this chapterUS$202.7m
  4. 1701.14Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring: other cane sugarUS$111.1m
  5. 2701.19Coal, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated: other coalUS$87.2m
  6. 4407.11Of pine (Pinus spp.)US$78.1m
  7. 1702.90Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructoseUS$46m
  8. 6203.42Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: of cottonUS$39.8m
  9. 4401.12Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in: non-coniferousUS$36.2m
  10. 1902.19Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared: otherUS$30.7m
  11. 1704.10Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coatedUS$29.3m
  12. 6204.62Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: of cottonUS$28.8m
  13. 1701.99Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid: other, otherUS$26.8m
  14. 6305.33Other, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the likeUS$18.3m
  15. 2106.90Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: otherUS$18.1m
  16. 2309.90Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: otherUS$18m
  17. 4804.39Other kraft paper and paperboard weighing 150 g/m2 or less: otherUS$17.4m
  18. 8418.50Other furniture (chests, cabinets, display counters, showcases and the like) for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipmentUS$15.3m
  19. 1704.90Sugar confectionery: otherUS$13.6m
  20. 2007.99Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and: other, otherUS$13m

Top imports

  1. 2716.00Electrical energyUS$89.8m
  2. 1005.90Maize (corn), otherUS$40.3m
  3. 8704.21Of a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5 tonnesUS$29.4m
  4. 1001.99Wheat and meslin, other, otherUS$20.7m
  5. 2202.10Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavouredUS$19.8m
  6. 2523.29Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement: portland cement, otherUS$19.6m
  7. 1006.30Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedUS$19.1m
  8. 3302.10Of a kind used in the food or drink industriesUS$18.9m
  9. 2304.00Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oilUS$18.6m
  10. 3004.90Medicaments: otherUS$17m
  11. 9403.60Other furniture and parts thereof: other wooden furnitureUS$13.9m
  12. 4819.10Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboardUS$13.2m
  13. 2203.00Beer made from maltUS$11.9m
  14. 1702.30Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructoseUS$10.6m
  15. 0910.99Ginger, saffron, turmeric: other spices, otherUS$10.3m
  16. 3105.20Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassiumUS$9.2m
  17. 3902.10Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms: polypropyleneUS$8.9m
  18. 8704.10Dumpers designed for off-highway useUS$8.9m
  19. 4401.11Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in: coniferousUS$8.9m
  20. 7108.11Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, powderUS$8.7m

Main buyers from Eswatini

  1. South Africa US$1.4bn
  2. Kenya US$91.2m
  3. Nigeria US$85m
  4. Mozambique US$53.6m
  5. Zimbabwe US$48.7m
  6. Tanzania US$40.5m
  7. Uganda US$36.6m
  8. United Kingdom US$27.9m
  9. Italy US$27m
  10. Zambia US$25.8m

Main suppliers of Eswatini

  1. South Africa US$1bn
  2. United States US$33.9m
  3. Mozambique US$15.7m
  4. Germany US$15.2m
  5. India US$14.3m
  6. Italy US$12.2m
  7. Nigeria US$10.6m
  8. China US$7.9m
  9. Egypt US$7.6m
  10. Lesotho US$5.3m

Questions and answers

What does Eswatini export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was of a kind used in the food or drink industries (HS 3302.10), worth US$628.2m.