The value of Comoros’ overall exports of products in 2021 was around $ 34 million. Between the years 2020 and 2021, Comoros saw a 76 percent growth in the amount of merchandise it exported. The value of Comoros’s merchandise exports climbed by $15.1 million in 2021 (it was $19.7 million in 2020), compared to the previous year when it was at $19.7 million.
Comoros’s exports in 2021 by country
Comoros’ top commodity export destinations in 2021 here:
- India with a share of 24% (8.64 million US$)
- Tanzania with a share of 21% (7.46 million US$)
- France with a share of 19.8% (6.95 million US$)
- USA with a share of 5.6% (1.96 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 4.71% (1.65 million US$)
- Madagascar with a share of 4.56% (1.59 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 3.2% (1.12 million US$)
- United Kingdom with a share of 2.39% (838 thousand US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 2.28% (800 thousand US$)
- Mauritius with a share of 1.94% (680 thousand US$)
Comoros’ export structure
The export structure in 2021 will be represented by the following major commodity groups:
- 52% (18.4 million US$): 09 – Coffee, tea, mate, and spices
- 18.3% (6.41 million US$): 33 – Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
- 8.58% (3 million US$): 89 -Ships, boats, and floating structures
- 6.7% (2.34 million US$): 84 – Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
- 6.36% (2.22 million US$): 76 – Aluminum and articles thereof
- 2.02% (710 thousand US$): 73 – Articles of iron or steel
- 1.46% (513 thousand US$): 87 – Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
- 1.05% (369 thousand US$): 72 – Iron and steel
- 0.979% (342 thousand US$): 96 – Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Also, 0.404% (141 thousand US$): 94 – Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions, and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.s.; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings.
What did Comoros export in 2021?
Comoros’s Top Exports in 2021:
- 39% ($13.8 million): 0907 – Cloves (whole fruit, cloves, and stems)
- 13.3% ($4.66 million): 0905 – Vanilla
- 8.53% ($2.98 million): 8903 – Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes
- 6.45% ($2.25 million): 8407 – Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines
- 6.21% ($2.17 million): 7602 – Aluminium waste and scrap
- 7311 – Iron or steel containers for pressurized or liquefied gas, 1.99 percent ($696 thousand)
- 1.01% ($355 thousand): 8704 – Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
Also, 18.2% ($6.38 million): 3301 – Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, fixed oils, waxes, or the like. This is usually obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of essential oil determination; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils. 0.976% ($341 thousand): 9617 – Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners. 0.763% ($267 thousand): 7209 – Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated, or coated.
In 2021, the total value of the items that Comoros imported was $442 million. Between the years 2020 and that year, there was a 65 percent increase in the volume of Comoros’ imports of various items. The value of products imported into Comoros in 2021 was $312 million, which was an increase of $175 million from the previous year’s total of $267 million.
