What Seychelles sells and buys, and with whom
Seychelles exported US$902m of goods in 2024 and imported US$1.7bn, a deficit of US$753m. 10% of its exports went to other SADC countries, which supplied 10% of its imports.
Seychelles's trade since 2012
Exports and imports of goods, and exports to other SADC countries, US dollars
Who buys from Seychelles
Exports by destination, 2024. United Arab Emirates takes 31%.
What Seychelles 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$31m in all) are not drawn.
Seychelles'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 | Seychelles sold | Seychelles bought | Balance | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | US$64m | US$37m | +US$27m | Sold frozen fish; bought animal feed · more |
| South Africa | US$3.9m | US$94m | −US$91m | Sold bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried; bought sawn wood · more |
| Madagascar | US$7.2m | US$34m | −US$27m | Sold frozen fish; bought paper packaging · more |
| Zambia | US$7.1m | US$792k | +US$6.3m | Sold refined fuels and oils; bought refined copper · more |
| Zimbabwe | US$1.3m | US$746k | +US$587k | Sold pesticides and herbicides; bought tobacco leaf · more |
| Lesotho | US$1.5m | US$0 | +US$1.5m | Sold other knitted or crocheted fabrics · more |
| Tanzania | US$286k | US$598k | −US$312k | Sold animal feed; bought malt, whether or not roasted · more |
| Angola | US$819k | US$34k | +US$785k | Sold machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified…; bought sawn wood · more |
| Eswatini | US$0 | US$524k | −US$524k | bought flavour and fragrance mixtures · more |
| Namibia | US$42k | US$174k | −US$132k | Sold medical instruments; bought meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen · more |
| Mozambique | US$162k | US$0 | +US$162k | Sold tyres · more |
| Malawi | US$20k | US$68k | −US$48k | Sold machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the…; bought tobacco leaf · more |
| Comoros | US$0 | US$25k | −US$25k | bought televisions and monitors · more |
| Botswana | US$0 | US$24k | −US$24k | bought computers · more |
How processed Seychelles'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: Seychelles's value-addition balance and openings
For members: where Seychelles 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