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Top Exports
As of 2022, Rwanda's total merchandise exports were valued at approximately **US\$2.02 billion**,
reflecting a diverse export portfolio encompassing minerals,
agricultural products, and manufactured goods.
| Rank | Product Category | Export Value (US\$ Million) | Share of Total Exports | | ---- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| 1 | **Gold (unwrought or semi-manufactured)** | \$555.0 | 27.0% |
| 2 | **Tin ores and concentrates** | \$106.6 | 5.3% |
| 3 | **Coffee (not roasted)** | \$77.4 | 3.8% |
| 4 | **Tea (whether or not flavored)** | \$134.2 | 6.6% |
| 5 | **Petroleum oils (not crude)** | \$197.0 | 9.8% |
| 6 | **Ores, slag, and ash** | \$252.6 | 12.5% |
| 7 | **Preparations of cereals,
flour, starch, or milk; bakers' wares** | \$71.0 | 3.5% |
| 8 | **Animal, vegetable, or microbial fats and oils** | \$67.0 | 3.3% |
| 9 | **Products of the milling industry;
malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten** | \$65.0 | 3.2% |
| 10 | **Cereals** | \$63.0 | 3.1% |
| 11 | **Salt; sulfur; earths and stone;
plastering materials, lime, and cement** | \$46.0 | 2.3% |
| 12 | **Sugars and sugar confectionery** | \$46.0 | 2.3% |
| 13 | **Bran, sharps, and other residues from cereals or leguminous plants** | \$15.4 | 0.8% |
| 14 | **Women's or girls' overcoats,
car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, and similar articles** | \$9.4 | 0.5% |
| 15 | **Raw hides and skins of bovine or equine animals** | \$3.3 | 0.2% |
| 16 | **Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard** | \$0.7 | 0.04% |
| 17 | **Malt extract; food preparations of flour,
groats, meal, starch, or malt extract** | \$52.8 | 2.6% |
| 18 | **Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks,
and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled** | \$0.1 | 0.005% |
| 19 | **Live poultry (weighing not more than 185g)** | \$0.7 | 0.03% |
| 20 | **Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones** | \$1.0 | 0.05% |
Top Export Destinations
**Democratic Republic of the Congo**: \$768 million (38.0% of total exports)
**United Arab Emirates**: \$590 million (29.2%)
**China**: \$96 million (4.8%)
**India**: \$71 million (3.5%)
**United Kingdom**: \$46 million (2.3%)
These figures highlight Rwanda's strong trade relationships
within the African continent and with key global economies.
