Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2023
Timeseries: 194 million
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São Tomé and Principe | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2013 - 2023

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESSão Tomé and PrincipeWorldExportsValue (US$)6,938,258.0010,497,358.009,223,182.0010,473,934.0010,562,590.9212,087,302.459,858,888.9412,439,557.1119,174,845.7022,588,961.0016,554,568.87
Value Growth, YoY (%)51.29-12.1313.560.8414.43-18.4326.1754.1417.80-26.71
ImportsValue (US$)152,093,663.00169,715,687.00141,847,245.00139,352,022.00147,049,579.31148,305,957.03147,666,945.39138,041,161.35166,275,006.87196,299,315.48183,563,238.11
Value Growth, YoY (%)11.58-16.42-1.755.520.85-0.43-6.5120.4518.05-6.48

The value of merchandise exports from São Tomé and Principe totalled $ 16.5 million in 2023. Overall commodity exports from São Tomé and Principe decreased by 26% compared to 2022. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 6.03 million (the value of merchandise exports from São Tomé and Principe amounted to $22 million in 2022)

São Tomé and Principe's exports 2023 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from São Tomé and Principe in 2023:

  • Netherlands with a share of 60% (9.98 million US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 20% (3.42 million US$)
  • Portugal with a share of 4.73% (784 thousand US$)
  • Germany with a share of 3.21% (532 thousand US$)
  • Spain with a share of 3.15% (521 thousand US$)
  • Cameroon with a share of 1.88% (311 thousand US$)
  • France with a share of 1.81% (300 thousand US$)
  • Bulgaria with a share of 1.22% (203 thousand US$)
  • Estonia - 125 thousand US$
  • USA - 87 thousand US$

Exports structure from São Tomé and Principe in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 61% (10.1 million US$): 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
  • 33% (5.59 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
  • 1.96% (325 thousand US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
  • 0.326% (53 thousand US$): 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
  • 0.32% (53 thousand US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 0.295% (48 thousand US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
  • 0.278% (46 thousand US$): 04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
  • 0.211% (34 thousand US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 0.196% (32 thousand US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
  • 0.186% (30 thousand US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

What did São Tomé and Principe export in 2023?

São Tomé and Principe's Top Exports in 2023:

  • 60% ($10 million): 1801 - Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
  • 33% ($5.47 million): 1511 - Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 1.53% ($254 thousand): 0904 - Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta
  • 0.788% ($130 thousand): 1806 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
  • 0.743% ($123 thousand): 1513 - Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 0.326% ($53 thousand): 8803 - Parts of goods of heading 88.01 or 88.02
  • 0.278% ($46 thousand): 0402 - Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
  • 0.23% ($38 thousand): 0901 - Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.
  • 0.192% ($31 thousand): 0905 - Vanilla
  • 0.188% ($31 thousand): 0801 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled

The value of merchandise imports to São Tomé and Principe totalled $ 183 million in 2023. Overall commodity imports to São Tomé and Principe decreased by 6.48% compared to 2022. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 12.7 million (the value of merchandise imports to São Tomé and Principe was equal to $196 million in 2022)

São Tomé and Principe's imports 2023 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of São Tomé and Principe in 2023:

  • Portugal with a share of 36% (66 million US$)
  • Togo with a share of 15.6% (28 million US$)
  • Angola with a share of 13.7% (25 million US$)
  • Japan with a share of 5.57% (10.2 million US$)
  • Turkey with a share of 5.21% (9.57 million US$)
  • China with a share of 4.52% (8.29 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 2.5% (4.6 million US$)
  • Gabon with a share of 2.31% (4.24 million US$)
  • Brazil with a share of 1.91% (3.51 million US$)
  • India with a share of 1.31% (2.42 million US$)

Imports structure to São Tomé and Principe in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 29% (53 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 8.51% (15.6 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 8.26% (15.1 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 4.84% (8.9 million US$): 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
  • 4.77% (8.76 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 4.64% (8.51 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 3.37% (6.19 million US$): 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
  • 2.47% (4.53 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
  • 2.35% (4.32 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
  • 2.09% (3.84 million US$): 02 - Meat and edible meat offal

What did São Tomé and Principe import in 2023?

São Tomé and Principe's Top Imports in 2023:

  • 28% ($52 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 8.16% ($14.9 million): 1006 - Rice
  • 3.18% ($5.85 million): 8502 - Electric generating sets and rotary converters
  • 2.94% ($5.4 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 2.36% ($4.34 million): 1101 - Wheat or meslin flour
  • 2.12% ($3.9 million): 2204 - Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09.
  • 2.06% ($3.78 million): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
  • 1.93% ($3.54 million): 0207 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
  • 1.45% ($2.67 million): 1507 - Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 1.42% ($2.61 million): 3401 - Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

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São Tomé and Principe | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2013 - 2023