What Angola sells and buys, and with whom
Angola exported US$43.5bn of goods in 2024 and imported US$14.8bn, a surplus of US$28.7bn. 3% of its exports went to other SADC countries, which supplied 4% of its imports.
Angola's trade since 2012
Exports and imports of goods, and exports to other SADC countries, US dollars
Who buys from Angola
Exports by destination, 2024. China takes 40%.
What Angola sells, and to whom
Exports by product group and partner, 2024
Hover over a band or a name to follow it. Flows under 0.4% of the total (US$998m in all) are not drawn.
Angola's main exports
Top products (four-digit HS headings), 2024, with the value five years before
Trade with each SADC neighbour
2024, with the main products each way| Neighbour | Angola sold | Angola bought | Balance | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | US$823m | US$485m | +US$339m | Sold crude oil; bought refined fuels and oils · more |
| Namibia | US$175m | US$35m | +US$140m | Sold ships and boats; bought chemical preparations and binders · more |
| DRC | US$173m | US$5.4m | +US$167m | Sold steel bars; bought other machinery · more |
| Mauritius | US$45m | US$244k | +US$45m | Sold refined fuels and oils; bought other steel articles · more |
| Mozambique | US$2.3m | US$34m | −US$32m | Sold chocolate; bought railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles · more |
| Botswana | US$19m | US$4.6m | +US$15m | Sold diamonds; bought prefabricated buildings · more |
| Zambia | US$3.2m | US$8.4m | −US$5.2m | Sold bulldozers, graders and excavators; bought prepared explosives, other than propellent powders · more |
| Malawi | US$53k | US$9.5m | −US$9.5m | Sold presses, crushers and similar machinery used in the…; bought bulldozers, graders and excavators · more |
| Tanzania | US$124k | US$4.6m | −US$4.4m | Sold cars; bought petroleum jelly and waxes · more |
| Zimbabwe | US$780k | US$687k | +US$93k | Sold carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and…; bought malt, whether or not roasted · more |
| Seychelles | US$34k | US$819k | −US$785k | Sold sawn wood; bought machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified… · more |
| Eswatini | US$34k | US$409k | −US$375k | Sold printers; bought glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking… · more |
| Madagascar | US$334k | US$22k | +US$312k | Sold carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and…; bought refined fuels and oils · more |
| Comoros | US$0 | US$535 | −US$535 | bought trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases… · more |
| Lesotho | US$164 | US$1 | +US$163 | Sold manioc, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet…; bought microphones and stands therefor · more |
How processed Angola's trade is
Exports and imports by stage of processing, 2024
Raw: unprocessed farm goods, ores, minerals, crude oil, coal and gas. Processed materials: refined metals and fuels, chemicals, processed farm goods for industry. Refined gold counts here. Manufactured goods: machinery, vehicles, parts, consumer goods and packaged food.
Analysis: Angola's value-addition balance and openings
For members: where Angola earns and spends at each stage of processing, with SADC and with the world; how much rides on a few products and buyers; what it is competitive in; which exports grew or shrank; where its exports meet preferential terms; and the products it could sell to neighbours, or buy from them instead of from outside the region.
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CEPII BACI, built from UN Comtrade with each flow reconciled between exporter and importer (Etalab Open Licence 2.0). Values in current US dollars; exports valued free on board. Figures can differ from national statistics, and include non-monetary gold. About the data