Countries
Togo: trade by HS code
- US$2.3bnExports 2024
- US$11.2bnImports 2024
- 1,632HS6 · Exports
In 2024, exports from Togo came to US$2.3bn and imports to US$11.2bn.
Its main exports were soybeans (not for sowing) (1201.90), cashew nuts in shell (0801.31) and sesame seeds (1207.40).
Its largest customer was India and its largest supplier China.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £986.1k from Togo (-69% on the year before), above all black tea (bulk, over 3 kg), other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables and other medicinal and aromatic plants, and exported £63.5m to it.
Under DCTS Comprehensive, 98% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from Togo that meet the rules of origin.
Togo and the UK
Agreement or scheme: DCTS Comprehensive
What the UK imports from Togo
- 0902.40Black tea (bulk, over 3 kg)
- 0711.90Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables
- 1211.90Other medicinal and aromatic plants
- 0713.40Dried lentils
- 0810.90Other fresh fruit
- 1507.10Crude soybean oil
- 0713.50Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var.equina, Vicia faba var. minor)
- 0714.90Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet: other
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 0811.90Other frozen fruit
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
Togo and the EU
Agreement or scheme: GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)
What the EU imports from Togo
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 1201.90Soybeans (not for sowing)
- 2304.00Soybean meal
- 2710.19Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals: other
- 2510.20Ground natural phosphates
- 2009.41Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
- 1202.41Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether: other, in shell
- 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)
- 1207.40Sesame seeds
- 0709.99Other fresh vegetables
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 1201.90Soybeans (not for sowing)
- 0801.31Cashew nuts in shell
- 1207.40Sesame seeds
- 2510.10Natural phosphate rock, unground
- 2510.20Ground natural phosphates
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 2304.00Soybean meal
- 2523.10Cement clinker
- 7404.00Copper scrap
- 2713.20Petroleum bitumen
- 5201.00Raw cotton (not carded or combed)
- 0102.29Live cattle (other)
- 7602.00Aluminium scrap
- 7801.99Other unwrought lead (alloys)
- 4407.23Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether: of tropical wood, teak
- 1511.90Refined palm oil and fractions
- 1507.10Crude soybean oil
- 1006.40Broken rice
- 7601.20Unwrought aluminium alloys
- 0901.11Green coffee (not decaffeinated)
Top imports
- 1006.30Milled rice
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 8517.13Smartphones
- 8711.20Motorcycles 50-250 cc
- 1511.90Refined palm oil and fractions
- 5208.52Printed light cotton plain weave (>100 g/m²)
- 1701.99Refined sugar (other)
- 2713.20Petroleum bitumen
- 6402.99Rubber and plastic shoes (not ankle-covering)
- 5407.54Printed textured polyester woven fabric
- 2711.13Liquefied butane
- 8714.10Motorcycle parts and accessories
- 6109.90T-shirts and vests of other fibres, knitted
- 6204.62Women's cotton trousers and shorts
- 2716.00Electricity
- 2707.99Other coal tar distillation products
- 6309.00Worn clothing (second-hand)
- 1902.19Uncooked pasta (no egg)
- 1901.90Other malt extract and flour preparations
- 1001.99Wheat and meslin (not seed, not durum)
Main buyers from Togo
Main suppliers of Togo
Questions and answers
What does Togo export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was soybeans (not for sowing) (HS 1201.90), worth US$249.4m.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with Togo?
Yes: goods from Togo 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.