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Eritrea: what it imports and exports

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

Goods imports, 2024USD 345.7 millionGrowth −21.2% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:ER:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 573.9 millionGrowth +4.9% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:ER:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported786Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory1Active 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
11007 Grain sorghumUSD 34.7 million+27.1%BACI:ER:1007:1:2024
28474 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washingUSD 26.5 million+241.1%BACI:ER:8474:1:2024
31101 Wheat or meslin flourUSD 21.0 million−5.6%BACI:ER:1101:1:2024
48431 Machinery partsUSD 12.5 million−7.4%BACI:ER:8431:1:2024
54011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUSD 12.1 million+47.1%BACI:ER:4011:1:2024
61701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 10.6 million−30.5%BACI:ER:1701:1:2024
71512 Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oilUSD 8.9 million+1,891.4%BACI:ER:1512:1:2024
88502 Electric generating sets and rotary convertersUSD 7.8 million+356.5%BACI:ER:8502:1:2024
97308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof, platesUSD 7.1 million+112.9%BACI:ER:7308:1:2024
108501 Electric motors and generatorsUSD 7.0 million+476.5%BACI:ER:8501:1:2024
110713 Vegetables, leguminous, shelledUSD 6.8 million−14.4%BACI:ER:0713:1:2024
128704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 6.2 million−78.3%BACI:ER:8704:1:2024
137326 Iron or steel: articlesUSD 6.1 million−0.6%BACI:ER:7326:1:2024
148421 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryersUSD 4.9 million+18.9%BACI:ER:8421:1:2024
158413 Pumps: for liquidsUSD 4.6 million+14.6%BACI:ER:8413:1:2024
168708 Motor vehicles: parts and accessoriesUSD 4.5 million−53.5%BACI:ER:8708:1:2024
173002 Human bloodUSD 4.4 million+12.6%BACI:ER:3002:1:2024
185514 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibresUSD 4.4 million+4,347.2%BACI:ER:5514:1:2024
192832 Sulphites: thiosulphatesUSD 4.2 million+11.4%BACI:ER:2832:1:2024
208544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductorsUSD 3.7 million+29.4%BACI:ER:8544:1:2024

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

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12608 Zinc ores and concentratesUSD 277.5 million+20.8%BACI:ER:2608:2:2024
22603 Copper ores and concentratesUSD 258.0 million+54.9%BACI:ER:2603:2:2024
32616 Precious metal ores and concentratesUSD 13.8 million+173,432.5%BACI:ER:2616:2:2024
43002 Human bloodUSD 6.1 million+6,187.5%BACI:ER:3002:2:2024
56204 Suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirtsUSD 4.9 million+1.6%BACI:ER:6204:2:2024
61301 Lac: natural gumsUSD 3.6 millionnot availableBACI:ER:1301:2:2024
76205 Shirts: men's or boys'USD 3.5 million+20.1%BACI:ER:6205:2:2024
86206 Blouses, shirts and shirt-blousesUSD 1.1 million−1.8%BACI:ER:6206:2:2024
98409 Parts suitable for use solely or principallyUSD 1.0 million+309.0%BACI:ER:8409:2:2024
106207 Singlets and other vests, underpants, briefs, night-shirtsUSD 716,076+88.1%BACI:ER:6207:2:2024
118471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereofUSD 528,518+26,512.2%BACI:ER:8471:2:2024
126203 Suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousersUSD 377,829+139.8%BACI:ER:6203:2:2024
138429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozersUSD 352,394+3,549.9%BACI:ER:8429:2:2024
142208 Ethyl alcohol, undenaturedUSD 350,271−58.5%BACI:ER:2208:2:2024
152203 Beer made from maltUSD 300,459−52.2%BACI:ER:2203:2:2024
168517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 237,614+230.6%BACI:ER:8517:2:2024
170106 Animals: liveUSD 189,600not availableBACI:ER:0106:2:2024
183907 Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, polycarbonatesUSD 176,801not availableBACI:ER:3907:2:2024
197308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof, platesUSD 87,955not availableBACI:ER:7308:2:2024
203303 Perfumes and toilet watersUSD 80,790+6,882.7%BACI:ER:3303:2:2024

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 Eritrea 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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