Countries
Venezuela: trade by HS code
- US$14bnExports 2024
- US$14bnImports 2024
- 1,439HS6 · Exports
In 2024, exports from Venezuela came to US$14bn and imports to US$14bn.
Its main exports were crude oil (2709.00), methanol (2905.11) and petroleum coke, not calcined (2713.11).
Its largest customer was the United States and its largest supplier China.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £78.1m from Venezuela (+172% on the year before), above all other coal tar distillation products, bituminous coal and anthracite, and exported £32.4m to it.
Venezuela has no preferential arrangement with the UK: its goods pay the standard third-country rates.
Venezuela and the UK
What the UK imports from Venezuela
- 2707.99Other coal tar distillation products
- 2701.12Bituminous coal
- 2701.11Anthracite
- 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns
- 2701.19Other coal
- 2208.40Rum
- 1803.10Cocoa paste (not defatted)
- 0804.50Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens
- 8544.49Other electric conductors, up to 1000 V
- 0713.31Dried mung and urad beans
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC
Venezuela and the EU
What the EU imports from Venezuela
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 2707.99Other coal tar distillation products
- 2905.11Methanol
- 7203.10Direct reduced iron (DRI)
- 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns
- 2710.19Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals: other
- 2208.40Rum
- 7601.10Unwrought aluminium, not alloyed
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 2701.19Other coal
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext
Top exports
- 2709.00Crude oil
- 2905.11Methanol
- 2713.11Petroleum coke, not calcined
- 7204.49Other ferrous scrap
- 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns
- 2601.11Iron ore, non-agglomerated
- 3102.10Urea
- 7601.10Unwrought aluminium, not alloyed
- 2715.00Bituminous mixtures
- 7404.00Copper scrap
- 7203.10Direct reduced iron (DRI)
- 7601.20Unwrought aluminium alloys
- 2713.20Petroleum bitumen
- 2208.40Rum
- 1801.00Cocoa beans
- 1605.10Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates: crab
- 2601.12Agglomerated iron ore (pellets, sinter)
- 2701.12Bituminous coal
- 7602.00Aluminium scrap
- 0303.42Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Top imports
- 8711.20Motorcycles 50-250 cc
- 1005.90Maize (corn), not for sowing
- 2304.00Soybean meal
- 8415.10Wall, window and split air conditioners
- 1001.99Wheat and meslin (not seed, not durum)
- 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail sale
- 1006.10Paddy rice (rice in the husk)
- 8528.72Colour televisions
- 1701.14Raw cane sugar (other)
- 2106.90Other food preparations
- 8517.13Smartphones
- 1901.90Other malt extract and flour preparations
- 1507.90Refined soybean oil
- 8517.62Network switching and routing equipment
- 1507.10Crude soybean oil
- 8714.10Motorcycle parts and accessories
- 6402.99Rubber and plastic shoes (not ankle-covering)
- 1701.99Refined sugar (other)
- 1704.90Other sugar confectionery (no cocoa)
- 4011.20New bus and truck tyres
Main buyers from Venezuela
Main suppliers of Venezuela
Questions and answers
What does Venezuela export most?
In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was crude oil (HS 2709.00), worth US$10bn.
Does the UK have a trade agreement with Venezuela?
No preferential rates are recorded for Venezuela in the UK tariff, so the standard third-country duty applies, plus any anti-dumping or other measures that cover its goods.