Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
49 077 556 -4.0 178 32.0
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
76 53 178 152
Imports
111 86 97 71
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 14 122 6 663 2020 0.08
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2010-2020 10 4
2019 -33 11
2020 6 -24 2020 0.04
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group
By main commodity group
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
China: 41
Tanzania: 11.8
Zambia: 8.8
South Africa: 7.7
Singapore: 7.2
Other: 23.4
China: 25.3 European Union: 11.9 Zambia: 4.9
United States of America: 21.3 South Africa: 9.2 Other: 27.4
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1801 HS0901 HS1211 HS1302 HS2302
2020 . 87 17 16 5 5
Cocoa beans, whole or broken Coffee Plants and parts of plants Vegetable saps and extracts Bran, sharps and other residues
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS0207 HS1006 HS1701 HS2106
2020
Wheat and meslin Meat and edible offal of poultry Rice Cane or beet sugar Other food preparations
97 80 45 41 39
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS1801
HS1001
HS0901
HS0207
HS1211
HS1006
HS1302
HS1701
HS2302
HS2106
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 140 597
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 na na
2019 19 4
2020 28 -6
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7403 HS2822 HS2603 HS7402 HS2617
2020
Refined copper and copper alloys Cobalt oxides and hydroxides Copper ores and concentrates Unrefined copper Other ores and concentrates
8 673 3 144 813 501 167
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS4907 HS2710 HS2503 HS3004 HS8474
2020
Other documents of title Petroleum oils, other than crude Sulphur of all kinds Medicaments in measured doses Machinery for sorting, screening
1 192 280 228 149 139
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
102
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS7403
HS4907
HS2822
HS2710
HS2603
HS2503
HS7402
HS3004
HS2617
HS8474
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 13 982 6 066
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 na na
2019 -33 12
2020 5 -26
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Democratic Republic of the Congo TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
115 2 496
-9 0
2020 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
42 -20
-9 17 2020 0.05
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 20.4 Other commercial services: 9.4
Travel: 70.1 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 43.1 Other commercial services: 48.7
By main destination
Travel: 8.2 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Dem. Rep. of the Congo
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 24 1 076
Exports By sea By air By other (2019)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
2010-2020 -12 -3
Share (%)
na na 20
Annual percentage change 2019 10 -17
Imports By sea By air By other (2019)
na na 100.0
2020 16 2
Value
Share (%)
na na 1 051
na na 100.0
Travel 1000 800 600 400 200 0
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2010
2013
2016
2020 81 204
2010-2020 22 3
Annual percentage change 2019 65 -17
2020 -19 113
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 0.6 23.6 35.2
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 11 Imports 1 216
Other business services ICTs 40.6
Value
Financial services
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change 2019
2020
-25 4
-39 -23
80 23
2010-2020
2019
2020
na na
na na
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications Residents
na
Trademark applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
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Residents
na
Industrial design applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
103