Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
19 132 583 10.7 136 23.4
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
157 131 130 104
Imports
108 83 133 107
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 732 7 171
2010-2020 7 3
2020 0.00
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 -1 -9
2020 -15 6 2020 0.04
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 69.4
Fuels and mining products: 12.4
Agricultural products: 33.9
Fuels and mining products: 4.6
Manufactures: 17.8
Other: 0.4
Manufactures: 59.4
Other: 2.1
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
India: 47.1 China: 3.6 United Arab Emirates: 2.9
Pakistan: 34.3 Turkey: 2.9 Other: 9.3
Iran: 14.6 Pakistan: 12.9 Turkmenistan: 8.1
China: 13.9 United States of America: 9.1 Other: 41.5
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0806 HS1302 HS0802 HS0804 HS0703
2019 . 130 115 101 86 36
Grapes, fresh or dried Vegetable saps and extracts Other nuts, fresh or dried Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1101 HS1518 HS1701 HS0902 HS1001
2019
Wheat or meslin flour Animal or vegetable fats and oils Cane or beet sugar Tea Wheat and meslin
565 384 215 123 98
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS0806
HS1101
HS1302
HS1518
HS0802
HS1701
HS0804
HS0902
HS0703
HS1001
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 736 2 353
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 13 13
2018 na na
2019 3 -7
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2701 HS5701 HS2526 HS7806 HS5204
2019
Coal; briquettes, ovoids Textile floor covering, knotted Natural steatite Other articles of lead Cotton sewing thread
70 25 19 7 4
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2703 HS2710 HS6801 HS5309 HS9028
2019
Peat (including peat litter) Petroleum oils, other than crude Setts, curbstones and flagstones Woven fabrics of flax Gas, liquid or electricity supply
799 791 364 355 241
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
6
20%
40%
Imports 60%
0%
HS2701
HS2703
HS5701
HS2710
HS2526
HS6801
HS7806
HS5309
HS5204
HS9028
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 134 5 902
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 1 5
2018 na na
2019 -22 22
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Afghanistan TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020 597 1 042 2020 0.01
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2010-2020 -12 0
2019 -19 -12
2020 18 -10 2020 0.02
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 14.5 Other commercial services: 74.7
Travel: 10.8 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 88.9 Other commercial services: 7.7
By main destination
Travel: 2.9 Goods-related services: 0.5
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Afghanistan
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 87 926
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
2010-2020 -8 2
Share (%)
0 85 2
Annual percentage change 2019 -41 -4
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
0.0 98.0 1.9
2020 -19 0
Value
Share (%)
0 50 876
0.0 5.4 94.6
Travel Afghanistan
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 65 30
2010-2020 -1 -12
Annual percentage change 2019 160 -36
2020 -11 -77
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 12.3
2.0
Other commercial services Exports Imports
Other business services Construction
16.2 69.5
Value
ICTs
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
2020
2010-2020
446 81 2020
Annual percentage change 2019
2020
-13 -9
-21 -35
37 -9
2010-2020
2019
2020
na 112
-100 -73
0 5
na -7
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications Residents
na
Trademark applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
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Residents
na
Industrial design applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
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