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Field Listing :: Exports - commodities

This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued exported products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.

Country	Exports - commodities(%)


Afghanistan	opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems


Albania	textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco


Algeria	petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%


American Samoa	canned tuna 93%


Andorra	tobacco products, furniture


Angola	crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton


Anguilla	lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum


Antigua and Barbuda	petroleum products, bedding, handicrafts, electronic components, transport equipment, food and live animals


Argentina	soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat


Armenia	pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy


Aruba	live animals and animal products, art and collectibles, machinery and electrical equipment, transport equipment


Australia	coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment


Austria	machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs


Azerbaijan	oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs


Bahamas, The	mineral products and salt, animal products, rum, chemicals, fruit and vegetables


Bahrain	petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles


Bangladesh	garments, knitwear, agricultural products, frozen food (fish and seafood), jute and jute goods, leather


Barbados	manufactures, sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components


Belarus	machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs


Belgium	machinery and equipment, chemicals, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs


Belize	sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood, crude oil


Benin	cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood


Bermuda	reexports of pharmaceuticals


Bhutan	electricity (to India), ferrosilicon, cement, calcium carbide, copper wire, manganese, vegetable oil


Bolivia	natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin


Bosnia and Herzegovina	metals, clothing, wood products


Botswana	diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles


Brazil	transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos


British Virgin Islands	rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand


Brunei	crude oil, natural gas, garments


Bulgaria	clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels


Burkina Faso	gold, cotton, livestock


Burma	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems


Burundi	coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides


Cambodia	clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear


Cameroon	crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton


Canada	motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum


Cape Verde	fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides


Cayman Islands	turtle products, manufactured consumer goods


Central African Republic	diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco


Chad	oil, cattle, cotton, gum arabic


Chile	copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine


China	electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment


Christmas Island	phosphate


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	copra


Colombia	petroleum, coal, emeralds, coffee, nickel, cut flowers, bananas, apparel


Comoros	vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, wood products, crude oil, coffee


Congo, Republic of the	petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds


Cook Islands	copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing


Costa Rica	bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; beef; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment


Cote d'Ivoire	cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish


Croatia	transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels


Cuba	sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee


Curacao	petroleum products


Cyprus	citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, clothing


Czech Republic	machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and fuel, chemicals


Denmark	machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills


Djibouti	reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)


Dominica	bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges


Dominican Republic	ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods


Ecuador	petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, wood, fish


Egypt	crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals, processed food


El Salvador	offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron and steel manufactures


Equatorial Guinea	petroleum products, timber


Eritrea	livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures


Estonia	machinery and electrical equipment 21%, wood and wood products 9%, metals 9%, furniture 7%, vehicles and parts 5%, food products and beverages 4%, textiles 4%, plastics 3%


Ethiopia	coffee, khat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds


European Union	machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, fuels, aircraft, plastics, iron and steel, wood pulp and paper products, alcoholic beverages, furniture


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	wool, hides, meat, venison, fish, squid


Faroe Islands	fish and fish products 94%, stamps, ships


Fiji	sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil


Finland	electrical and optical equipment, machinery, transport equipment, paper and pulp, chemicals, basic metals; timber


France	machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages


French Polynesia	cultured pearls, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat


Gabon	crude oil, timber, manganese, uranium


Gambia, The	peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels


Gaza Strip	strawberries, carnations, vegetables; small and irregular shipments, as permitted to transit the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing


Georgia	vehicles, ferro-alloys, fertilizers, nuts, scrap metal, gold, copper ores


Germany	motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals, computer and electronic products, electrical equipment, pharmaceuticals, metals, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, rubber and plastic products


Ghana	oil, gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticultural products


Gibraltar	(principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods


Greece	food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles


Greenland	fish and fish products 89%, metals 10% (2008)


Grenada	nutmeg, bananas, cocoa, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace


Guam	transshipments of refined petroleum products, construction materials, fish, food and beverage products


Guatemala	coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom


Guernsey	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables


Guinea	bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products


Guinea-Bissau	fish, shrimp; cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber


Guyana	sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber


Haiti	apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee


Honduras	apparel, coffee, shrimp, automobile wire harnesses, cigars, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber


Hong Kong	electrical machinery and appliances, textiles, apparel, footwear, watches and clocks, toys, plastics, precious stones, printed material


Hungary	machinery and equipment 55.3%, other manufactures 30.6%, food products 7.4%, raw materials 3.2%, fuels and electricity 3.3% (2009 est.)


Iceland	fish and fish products 40%, aluminum, animal products, ferrosilicon, diatomite


India	petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel


Indonesia	oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber


Iran	petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets


Iraq	crude oil 84%, crude materials excluding fuels, food and live animals


Ireland	machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, medical devices, pharmaceuticals; food products, animal products


Isle of Man	tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb


Israel	machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel


Italy	engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals


Jamaica	alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels


Japan	motor vehicles 13.6%; semiconductors 6.2%; iron and steel products 5.5%; auto parts 4.6%; plastic materials 3.5%; power generating machinery 3.5%


Jersey	light industrial and electrical goods, dairy cattle, foodstuffs, textiles, flowers


Jordan	clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals


Kazakhstan	oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal


Kenya	tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement


Kiribati	copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish


Korea, North	minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products


Korea, South	semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals


Kosovo	mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances, prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco, vegetable products, textile and textile articles


Kuwait	oil and refined products, fertilizers


Kyrgyzstan	gold, cotton, wool, garments, meat, tobacco; mercury, uranium, hydropower; machinery; shoes


Laos	wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold


Latvia	food products, wood and wood products, metals, machinery and equipment, textiles


Lebanon	jewelry, base metals, chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper


Lesotho	manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and mohair, food and live animals


Liberia	rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee


Libya	crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals


Liechtenstein	small specialty machinery, connectors for audio and video, parts for motor vehicles, dental products, hardware, prepared foodstuffs, electronic equipment, optical products


Lithuania	mineral products 22%, machinery and equipment 10%, chemicals 9%, textiles 7%, foodstuffs 7%, plastics 7%


Luxembourg	machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass


Macau	clothing, textiles, footwear, toys, electronics, machinery and parts


Macedonia	food, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous manufactures, iron and steel


Madagascar	coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar, cotton cloth, clothing, chromite, petroleum products


Malawi	tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel


Malaysia	electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals


Maldives	fish


Mali	cotton, gold, livestock


Malta	machinery and mechanical appliances; mineral fuels, oils and products; pharmaceutical products; printed books and newspapers; aircraft/spacecraft and parts thereof; toys, games, and sports requisites


Marshall Islands	copra cake, coconut oil, handicrafts, fish


Mauritania	iron ore, fish and fish products, gold, copper, petroleum


Mauritius	clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish


Mexico	manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton


Micronesia, Federated States of	fish, garments, bananas, black pepper, sakau (kava), betel nut


Moldova	foodstuffs, textiles, machinery


Mongolia	copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals, coal, crude oil


Montserrat	electronic components, plastic bags, apparel; hot peppers, limes, live plants; cattle


Morocco	clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish


Mozambique	aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity


Namibia	diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins


Nauru	phosphates


Nepal	clothing, pulses, carpets, textiles, juice, pashima, jute goods


Netherlands	machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs


New Caledonia	ferronickels, nickel ore, fish


New Zealand	dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery


Nicaragua	coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts; cigars, automobile wiring harnesses, textiles and apparel


Niger	uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions


Nigeria	petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber


Niue	canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts


Norfolk Island	postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados


Northern Mariana Islands	garments


Norway	petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish


Oman	petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles


Pakistan	textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs


Palau	shellfish, tuna, copra, garments


Panama	gold, bananas, shrimp, sugar, iron and steel waste, pineapples, watermelons


Papua New Guinea	oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns


Paraguay	soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather


Peru	copper, gold, lead, zinc, tin, iron ore, molybdenum, silver; crude petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas; coffee, asparagus and other vegetables, fruit, apparel and textiles, fishmeal, fish, chemicals, fabricated metal products and machinery, alloys


Philippines	semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil, fruits


Pitcairn Islands	fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps


Poland	machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6%


Portugal	agricultural products, food products, wine, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, hides, leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, machinery and tools, base metals


Puerto Rico	chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment


Qatar	liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel


Romania	machinery and equipment, metals and metal products, textiles and footwear, chemicals, agricultural products, minerals and fuels


Russia	petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures


Rwanda	coffee, tea, hides, tin ore


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts


Saint Kitts and Nevis	machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco


Saint Lucia	bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, avacados, mangoes, coconut oil


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	fish and fish products, soybeans, animal feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets


Samoa	fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments, beer


San Marino	building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics


Sao Tome and Principe	cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil


Saudi Arabia	petroleum and petroleum products 90%


Senegal	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton


Serbia	iron and steel, rubber, clothes, wheat, fruit and vegetables, nonferrous metals, electric appliances, metal products, weapons and ammunition


Seychelles	canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)


Sierra Leone	diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish


Singapore	machinery and equipment (including electronics and telecommunications), pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, refined petroleum products


Sint Maarten	sugar


Slovakia	machinery and electrical equipment 35.9%, vehicles 21%, base metals 11.3%, chemicals and minerals 8.1%, plastics 4.9% (2009 est.)


Slovenia	manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food


Solomon Islands	timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa


Somalia	livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal


South Africa	gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment


Spain	machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other consumer goods


Sri Lanka	textiles and apparel, tea and spices; rubber manufactures; precious stones; coconut products, fish


Sudan	gold; oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar


Suriname	alumina, gold, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas


Swaziland	soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn, refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit


Sweden	machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals


Switzerland	machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products


Syria	crude oil, minerals, petroleum products, fruits and vegetables, cotton fiber, textiles, clothing, meat and live animals, wheat


Taiwan	electronics, flat panels, machinery; metals; textiles, plastics, chemicals; optical, photographic, measuring, and medical instruments


Tajikistan	aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles


Tanzania	gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton


Thailand	textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances


Timor-Leste	oil, coffee, sandalwood, marble note: potential for vanilla exports


Togo	reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa


Tokelau	stamps, copra, handicrafts


Tonga	squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops


Trinidad and Tobago	petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, cereal and cereal products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus fruit, vegetables, flowers


Tunisia	clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment


Turkey	apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment


Turkmenistan	gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber


Turks and Caicos Islands	lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells


Tuvalu	copra, fish


Uganda	coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold


Ukraine	ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products


United Arab Emirates	crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates


United Kingdom	manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco


United States	agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0%


Uruguay	beef, soybeans, cellulose, rice, wheat, wood, dairy products; wool


Uzbekistan	energy products, cotton, gold, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and nonferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles


Vanuatu	copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee


Venezuela	petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, minerals, chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures


Vietnam	clothes, shoes, marine products, crude oil, electronics, wooden products, rice, machinery


Virgin Islands	refined petroleum products


Wallis and Futuna	copra, chemicals, construction materials


West Bank	stone, olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone


Western Sahara	phosphates 62%

World

the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
top ten - share of world trade: electrical machinery, including computers 14.8%; mineral fuels, including oil, coal, gas, and refined products 14.4%; nuclear reactors, boilers, and parts 14.2%; cars, trucks, and buses 8.9%; scientific and precision instruments 3.5%; plastics 3.4%; iron and steel 2.7%; organic chemicals 2.6%; pharmaceutical products 2.6%; diamonds, pearls, and precious stones 1.9%


Yemen	crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas


Zambia	copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton


Zimbabwe	platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

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