Exporter Rank

15 / 138

Importer Rank

17 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

6 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $425,159,796,503
Total Imports (2021) $347,528,997,702
Trade Balance (2021) $77,630,798,801
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 95.93%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2020) [2] 70.65%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Saudi Arabia $26,564,027,619
India $23,978,567,983
Iraq $14,252,426,740
Hong Kong $10,732,825,774
Oman $10,109,046,773
Kuwait $9,236,235,558
China $9,068,777,387
Switzerland $8,716,939,665
United States $7,674,495,094
Iran $6,581,185,806

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $51,795,572,369
India $20,876,187,098
United States $16,876,600,237
Japan $10,859,510,790
Turkey $9,580,881,881
Germany $8,299,267,822
Italy $7,979,257,766
Vietnam $7,601,250,375
Saudi Arabia $7,378,270,193
Mali $7,327,217,001

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $217,322,865,341
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $61,564,512,503
(85) Electrical Machinery $34,192,072,197
(84) Industrial Machinery $18,618,069,155
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $11,681,616,171
(39) Plastics $9,267,299,914
(76) Aluminum $8,149,499,495
(24) Tobacco $4,869,447,758
(33) Cosmetics $4,565,845,893
(72) Iron & Steel $4,193,712,680

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $73,922,806,976
(99) Items nesoi $53,213,355,264
(85) Electrical Machinery $41,844,533,186
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $36,789,890,019
(84) Industrial Machinery $28,604,285,649
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $18,417,149,348
(30) Pharmaceuticals $6,573,438,169
(39) Plastics $6,151,444,139
(72) Iron & Steel $5,521,756,093
(90) Precision Instruments $3,833,006,613

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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