Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Eswatini
Eswatini
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
3 949 3 911 7.0 1 699 43.4
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
141 115 184 158
Imports
159 133 179 153
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f. Share in world total exports (%)
Annual percentage change
2020 1 703 1 533
2010-2020 -1 -2
2019 9 -1
2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%)
2020 -15 -16 2020 0.01
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 34
Fuels and mining products: 1
Agricultural products: 19.6
Fuels and mining products: 16.9
Manufactures: 64.9
Other: 0
Manufactures: 61.8
Other: 1.7
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
South Africa: 66.6
Kenya: 6.3
European Union: 5.5
South Africa: 73
China: 7.2
European Union: 4
Nigeria: 5
Mozambique: 3.5
Other: 13
Mozambique: 2.4
India: 2.1
Other: 11.4
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1701 HS2207 HS1704 HS1702 HS2309
2019 . 422 30 27 25 20
Cane or beet sugar Alcohol of 80% or more volume Sugar confectionery Other sugars Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1005 HS2202 HS1006 HS1001 HS2304
2019
Maize (corn) Waters containing added sugar Rice Wheat and meslin Solid residues from soya-bean oil
30 20 18 14 13
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS1701
HS1005
HS2207
HS2202
HS1704
HS1006
HS1702
HS1001
HS2309
HS2304
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 613 351
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 2 -2
2018 8 16
2019 20 -4
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS3302 HS3824 HS6204 HS6203 HS4407
Odoriferous substances and mixture Prepared binders for foundry moulds Women's or girls' suits Men's or boys' suits Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise
2019
Top imported products (Million US$)
636 242 64 62 60
HS2710 HS2716 HS8703 HS3004 HS3302
Value 2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Electrical energy Motor cars for transport of persons Medicaments in measured doses Odoriferous substances and mixture
210 66 47 37 36
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
124
Imports 50%
0%
HS3302
HS2710
HS3824
HS2716
HS6204
HS8703
HS6203
HS3004
HS4407
HS3302
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 1 388 1 450
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 3 0
2018 0 15
2019 4 -1
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Eswatini TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020 66 171 2020 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2010-2020 -12 -13
2019 29 -27
2020 -23 2 2020 0.00
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 0.8 Other commercial services: 81.7
Travel: 10.3 Goods-related services: 7.2
Transport: 18.9 Other commercial services: 55.7
By main destination
Travel: 21.1 Goods-related services: 4.2
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 Eswatini
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 1 32
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2020) By other (2019)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value 0 0 0
2010-2020 -31 -7
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 85 -12
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
0.0 46.9 0.0
2020 -59 16
Value
Share (%)
18 1 13
56.3 2.8 40.0
Travel Eswatini
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 7 36
2010-2020 -18 -5
Annual percentage change 2019 -12 -22
2020 -52 14
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020)
12.3 14.2
Other commercial services Exports Imports
Other business services Insurance & pension
11.3
62.2
Value
Construction
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
2020
2010-2020
54 95 2020
Annual percentage change 2019
2020
-11 -16
48 -26
-21 4
2010-2020
2019
2020
-39 -47
118 -58
5 7
53 19
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2015 Residents
na
Trademark applications, 2015
Non-residents
2
Total
2
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
na
Non-residents
704
Industrial design applications Total
1 182
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
125