What Mozambique sells and buys, and with whom
Mozambique exported US$14.1bn of goods in 2024 and imported US$16.3bn, a deficit of US$2.3bn. 14% of its exports went to other SADC countries, which supplied 43% of its imports.
Mozambique's trade since 2012
Exports and imports of goods, and exports to other SADC countries, US dollars
Who buys from Mozambique
Exports by destination, 2024. India takes 18%.
What Mozambique 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$514m in all) are not drawn.
Mozambique'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 | Mozambique sold | Mozambique bought | Balance | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | US$1.1bn | US$6.4bn | −US$5.4bn | Sold natural gas and lpg; bought chrome ore · more |
| Zimbabwe | US$414m | US$253m | +US$161m | Sold refined fuels and oils; bought chrome ore · more |
| Zambia | US$234m | US$41m | +US$193m | Sold electricity; bought steel bars · more |
| Malawi | US$87m | US$19m | +US$68m | Sold refined fuels and oils; bought other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits · more |
| Eswatini | US$19m | US$60m | −US$41m | Sold cement; bought flavour and fragrance mixtures · more |
| Tanzania | US$4.6m | US$65m | −US$60m | Sold sugar; bought natural gas and lpg · more |
| Mauritius | US$13m | US$50m | −US$37m | Sold raw cotton; bought mixed fertilisers · more |
| Namibia | US$643k | US$41m | −US$40m | Sold sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods; bought frozen fish · more |
| Angola | US$34m | US$2.3m | +US$32m | Sold railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles; bought chocolate · more |
| Botswana | US$19m | US$3.3m | +US$16m | Sold electricity; bought plastic packaging · more |
| Lesotho | US$11m | US$509k | +US$10m | Sold electricity; bought women's suits and dresses · more |
| Madagascar | US$9.0m | US$1.1m | +US$7.9m | Sold sugar; bought nitrogen fertilisers · more |
| DRC | US$3.7m | US$0 | +US$3.7m | Sold electricity · more |
| Seychelles | US$0 | US$162k | −US$162k | bought tyres · more |
| Comoros | US$0 | US$5k | −US$5k | bought steel structures · more |
How processed Mozambique'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: Mozambique's value-addition balance and openings
For members: where Mozambique 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