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Top Exports
As of 2023, Djibouti's total exports were valued at approximately **\$6.93 billion**, reflecting an 11.6% increase from the previous year. The country's export economy is characterized by a combination of re-exports, agricultural products, and manufactured goods.
- **Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified** \$539 million 11.2%
- **Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified** \$425 million 8.9%
- **Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form** \$398 million 8.3%
- **Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons** \$348 million 7.3%
- **Motor vehicles for the transport of goods** \$322 million 6.7%
- **Rice** \$258 million 5.4%
- **Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated** \$245 million 5.1%
- **Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded** \$176 million 3.7%
- **Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides**\$107 million 2.2%
- **Livestock** \$50 million 1.0%
- **Re-exports (various goods)** \$40 million 0.8%
- **Salt** \$30 million 0.6%
- **Agricultural Products (excluding those listed above)** \$25 million 0.5%
- **Construction Materials** \$20 million 0.4%
- **Seafood** \$15 million 0.3%
- **Fruits and Vegetables** \$12 million 0.2%
- **Textile Goods** \$10 million 0.2%
- **Machinery** \$8 million 0.2%
- **Chemicals** \$6 million 0.1%
- **Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers** \$104 million 2.2%
Top Export Destinations
- **Ethiopia**: \$3.99 billion (83% of total exports)
- **United Arab Emirates**: \$221 million (4.63%)
- **China**: \$115 million (2.42%)
- **France**: \$84 million (1.76%)
- **United States**: \$76 million (1.58%)
- **Yemen**: \$66 million (1.38%)
- **Somalia**: \$53 million (1.12%)
- **Oman**: \$37 million
- **Turkey**: \$31 million
- **Canada**: \$22 million
These figures underscore Djibouti's strategic role as a trade hub in the Horn of Africa, with a significant portion of its exports directed to neighboring Ethiopia. The dominance of re-exports and agricultural products reflects the country's reliance on transshipment and its agricultural sector.
