Industrial property Agricultural products Transport Nonagricultural products Other commercial services Travel Merchandise trade Trade in commercial services
Trade Profiles 2022
Central African Republic
Central African Republic MERCHANDISE TRADE
Agricultural Products
Non-Agricultural Products
GDP (million current US$, 2021) 2 583 Rank in world trade, 2021 Exports Imports GDP per capita (US$, 2019-2021) 500 Merchandise 177 186 Current account balance (% GDP, 2021) -10.6 excluding intra-EU trade 151 161 Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) 121 Commercial services 189 166 Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020) 24.8 excluding intra-EU trade 163 140 Value Million US$ 2021 162 590 2021 2021 0.00 0.00 Breakdown in economy's total exports Breakdown in economy's total imports Value Value Top exported products (Million US$) 2018 Top imported products (Million US$) 2018 HS5201 Cotton, not carded or combed 0.9 HS2106 Other food preparations 13 HS0904 Pepper of the genus Piper 0.05 HS1006 Rice 9 HS1521 Vegetable waxes 0.03 HS1701 Cane or beet sugar 7 HS0901 Coffee 0.02 HS0207 Meat and edible offal of poultry 5 HS4101 Raw hides and skins of bovine 0.01 HS2403 Other manufactured tobacco 4 Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Value Million US$ 2018 2010-2018 2017 2018 Exports 1 -24 477 -74 Imports 75 4 32 -9 Value Value Top exported products (Million US$) 2018 Top imported products (Million US$) 2018 HS4403 Wood in the rough 11 HS8710 Tanks and other fighting vehicles 50 HS8502 Electric generating sets 9 HS8703 Motor cars for transport of persons 25 HS8710 Tanks and other fighting vehicles 8 HS2710 Petroleum oils, other than crude 22 HS7102 Diamonds, whether or not worked 7 HS8802 Other aircraft 18 HS4407 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise 4 HS3004 Medicaments in measured doses 16 Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Value Million US$ 2018 2010-2018 2017 2018 Exports 53 -5 120 -72 Imports 309 9 0 -8 By main commodity group, % (2020) By main destination, % (2018) By main origin, % (2018) Annual percentage change Annual percentage change
Merchandise exports, f.o.b. 1 -10 22 Merchandise imports, c.i.f. Annual percentage change 2010-2021 2020 2021 6 -2 0 Share in world total imports (%) By main commodity group, % (2020) Share in world total exports (%) 0% 10% 20% 30% HS4403 HS8502 HS8710 HS7102 HS4407 Exports 0% 10% 20% HS8710 HS8703 HS2710 HS8802 HS3004 Imports 0% 10% 20% HS2106 HS1006 HS1701 HS0207 HS2403 Imports 0% 50% 100% HS5201 HS0904 HS1521 HS0901 HS4101 Exports Agricultural products: 11.5 Fuels and mining products: 7.1 Manufactures: 29.8 Other: 51.5 Agricultural products: 15 Fuels and mining products: 0.3 Manufactures: 57.8 Other: 26.9 European Union: 40.4 United Arab Emirates: 16.5 Cameroon: 13.2 China: 12.6 Niger: 4.5 Other: 12.8 European Union: 33.3 China: 11.8 Cameroon: 8.1 Nepal: 7.8 India: 7.1 Other: 31.9
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TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Value Million US$ 2020 38 353 2020 2020 0.00 0.01 Breakdown in economy's total exports Breakdown in economy's total imports Value FATS sales 2021 Inward (million US$) na Outward (million US$) na Value Million US$ 2021 Exports 1 Imports 54 Exports Value Imports Value Share (%) By sea (2021) 0 By sea (2021) 17 31.8 By air (2021) 1 By air (2021) 12 22.5 By other (2021) 0 By other (2021) 25 45.7 Value Million US$ 2020 Exports 30 Imports 165 Million US$ Value 2021 Other commercial services Exports 3 Imports 123 2020 Goods-related services Exports 1 Imports 1 Residents Total Residents Total Residents Total na na na na na na na na na Travel exports (Index 2016=100) na na 2019 Travel 2020 2010-2020 Transport exports (Index 2016=100) -39 na -68 -6 Annual percentage change Share (%) 0.0 88.8 11.2 na na 19 na na na 2010-2021 2020 2021 Annual percentage change By main services item, % (2020) By main origin -45 34 6 2010-2020 2019 -25 Commercial services exports Commercial services imports 9 2020
By main services item, % (2020) By main destination Share in world total exports (%) Share in world total imports (%) Annual percentage change Transport Annual percentage change 2010-2021 2020 2021 na -16 na na -2 46 20 -16 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY na -15 -41 -6 36 na Non-residents Non-residents Non-residents Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services 2020 261 -39 Annual percentage change 2010-2021 2021 2010-2020 2019 2020 -68 na na Exports of OCS by main item (2021) Patent applications Trademark applications Industrial design applications Transport: 6.1 Travel: 79.4 Other commercial services: 11.3 Goods-related services: 3.2 Transport: 16.1 Travel: 46.8 Other commercial services: 37 Goods-related services: 0.2 81.4 8.8 7.4 2.4 Other business services Insurance & pension Construction Other 0 100 200 2010 2014 2018 2021 Central African Republic World 0 100 200 2010 2014 2018 2021 Central African Republic World
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