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Sierra Leone: what it imports and exports

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

Goods imports, 2024USD 2.1 billionGrowth +7.5% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:SL:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 1.5 billionGrowth −2.9% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:SL:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,014Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory5Active 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 234.6 million+55.1%BACI:SL:1006:1:2024
22710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 93.0 million+124.7%BACI:SL:2710:1:2024
33004 MedicamentsUSD 86.2 million+43.8%BACI:SL:3004:1:2024
48474 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washingUSD 51.7 million+4.3%BACI:SL:8474:1:2024
58703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 47.3 million−8.1%BACI:SL:8703:1:2024
68704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 41.6 million+43.0%BACI:SL:8704:1:2024
73924 Tableware, kitchenwareUSD 39.2 million+15.4%BACI:SL:3924:1:2024
87308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof, platesUSD 38.0 million+34.3%BACI:SL:7308:1:2024
98502 Electric generating sets and rotary convertersUSD 34.0 million+78.7%BACI:SL:8502:1:2024
101701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 33.7 million+48.3%BACI:SL:1701:1:2024
112523 Portland cement, aluminous cementUSD 33.3 million−43.2%BACI:SL:2523:1:2024
128517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 33.0 million+78.6%BACI:SL:8517:1:2024
130207 Meat and edible offal of poultryUSD 32.7 million+18.7%BACI:SL:0207:1:2024
141901 Malt extractUSD 31.3 million+21.6%BACI:SL:1901:1:2024
158429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozersUSD 28.4 million+0.3%BACI:SL:8429:1:2024
160202 Meat of bovine animals, frozenUSD 28.0 million+128.5%BACI:SL:0202:1:2024
171101 Wheat or meslin flourUSD 27.7 million+44.6%BACI:SL:1101:1:2024
187214 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 27.3 million+47.7%BACI:SL:7214:1:2024
198602 Rail locomotivesUSD 26.1 millionnot availableBACI:SL:8602:1:2024
208544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductorsUSD 25.8 million+27.5%BACI:SL: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
12601 Iron ores and concentratesUSD 829.0 million−7.6%BACI:SL:2601:2:2024
22614 Titanium ores and concentratesUSD 176.4 million−11.4%BACI:SL:2614:2:2024
31801 Cocoa beansUSD 142.9 million+182.1%BACI:SL:1801:2:2024
47102 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or setUSD 107.6 million−21.5%BACI:SL:7102:2:2024
52615 Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium oresUSD 46.9 million+3.4%BACI:SL:2615:2:2024
62606 Aluminium ores and concentratesUSD 24.5 million−62.3%BACI:SL:2606:2:2024
72617 Ores and concentratesUSD 22.5 millionnot availableBACI:SL:2617:2:2024
81511 Palm oil and its fractionsUSD 13.7 million+13.0%BACI:SL:1511:2:2024
90901 Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinatedUSD 10.6 million+323.4%BACI:SL:0901:2:2024
107204 Ferrous waste and scrapUSD 10.4 million−59.1%BACI:SL:7204:2:2024
117602 Aluminium: waste and scrapUSD 8.8 million+27.2%BACI:SL:7602:2:2024
127404 Copper: waste and scrapUSD 7.4 million+42.5%BACI:SL:7404:2:2024
130303 Fish: frozenUSD 7.3 million−24.3%BACI:SL:0303:2:2024
147010 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoulesUSD 5.7 million−6.3%BACI:SL:7010:2:2024
158504 Electric transformers, static convertersUSD 4.9 million+474.6%BACI:SL:8504:2:2024
163823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acidsUSD 4.5 million+164.7%BACI:SL:3823:2:2024
178528 Monitors and projectorsUSD 3.9 million−37.9%BACI:SL:8528:2:2024
188549 Electrical and electronic waste and scrapUSD 3.1 million+23.8%BACI:SL:8549:2:2024
193401 Soap: organic surface-active preparations used as soapUSD 3.0 million+284.3%BACI:SL:3401:2:2024
201513 Coconut: whether or not refined but not chemically modifiedUSD 2.9 million+213.6%BACI:SL:1513:2:2024

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 Sierra Leone 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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