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Benin: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of Benin at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 4.6 billionGrowth −15.4% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:BJ:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 1.5 billionGrowth −19.8% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:BJ:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,112Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory10Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G), counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
11006 RiceUSD 963.8 million+30.4%BACI:BJ:1006:1:2024
22710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 381.6 million−17.3%BACI:BJ:2710:1:2024
33105 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 211.0 million+30,076.8%BACI:BJ:3105:1:2024
48703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 148.6 million−21.3%BACI:BJ:8703:1:2024
50303 Fish: frozenUSD 123.9 million−4.4%BACI:BJ:0303:1:2024
63004 MedicamentsUSD 105.6 million−7.7%BACI:BJ:3004:1:2024
70207 Meat and edible offal of poultryUSD 104.4 million−45.5%BACI:BJ:0207:1:2024
81701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 82.8 million−9.0%BACI:BJ:1701:1:2024
92716 Electrical energyUSD 71.6 million−39.3%BACI:BJ:2716:1:2024
103917 Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereofUSD 68.2 million+136.1%BACI:BJ:3917:1:2024
117213 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 66.3 million+22.8%BACI:BJ:7213:1:2024
126309 Textiles: worn clothing and other worn articlesUSD 64.3 million−21.1%BACI:BJ:6309:1:2024
137308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof, platesUSD 51.9 million−41.2%BACI:BJ:7308:1:2024
148544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductorsUSD 47.6 million−24.4%BACI:BJ:8544:1:2024
151001 Wheat and meslinUSD 47.4 million+38.2%BACI:BJ:1001:1:2024
168429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozersUSD 46.9 million−6.9%BACI:BJ:8429:1:2024
178517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 46.4 million−11.9%BACI:BJ:8517:1:2024
183808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicidesUSD 45.5 million+32.6%BACI:BJ:3808:1:2024
192713 Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumenUSD 41.9 million+273.2%BACI:BJ:2713:1:2024
203102 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 40.7 million−55.5%BACI:BJ:3102:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
15201 Cotton: not carded or combedUSD 505.6 million+0.0%BACI:BJ:5201:2:2024
21201 Soya beans, whether or not brokenUSD 300.6 million+88.0%BACI:BJ:1201:2:2024
31207 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruitsUSD 99.2 million+135.5%BACI:BJ:1207:2:2024
42304 Oil-cake and other solid residuesUSD 95.2 million+233.2%BACI:BJ:2304:2:2024
50801 Nuts, edible, coconutsUSD 85.4 million−40.7%BACI:BJ:0801:2:2024
62710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 40.7 million−20.8%BACI:BJ:2710:2:2024
71507 Soya-bean oil and its fractionsUSD 30.8 million+313.9%BACI:BJ:1507:2:2024
87214 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 24.4 million+16.1%BACI:BJ:7214:2:2024
92306 Oil-cake and other solid residuesUSD 20.3 million−7.2%BACI:BJ:2306:2:2024
108802 Aircraft: spacecraftUSD 20.0 millionnot availableBACI:BJ:8802:2:2024
112008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plantsUSD 19.7 million+216.1%BACI:BJ:2008:2:2024
124407 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeledUSD 16.6 million−29.4%BACI:BJ:4407:2:2024
135208 Woven fabrics of cottonUSD 14.7 million−3.1%BACI:BJ:5208:2:2024
144403 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of barkUSD 13.1 million−24.2%BACI:BJ:4403:2:2024
155205 Cotton yarnUSD 11.4 millionnot availableBACI:BJ:5205:2:2024
167108 GoldUSD 11.1 million−98.1%BACI:BJ:7108:2:2024
177213 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 10.6 million−41.9%BACI:BJ:7213:2:2024
184101 Raw hides and skins of bovineUSD 9.9 million+305.2%BACI:BJ:4101:2:2024
190804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavasUSD 9.6 million+29.0%BACI:BJ:0804:2:2024
201006 RiceUSD 9.6 million+191.9%BACI:BJ:1006:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Benin with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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