Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Rwanda
Rwanda
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
10 372 811 -12.2 217 26.8
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
143 117 151 125
Imports
147 121 153 127
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 1 408 2 542
2010-2020 17 6
2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 11 8
2020 13 -4 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: 38.9
Fuels and mining products: 22.9
Agricultural products: 21.2
Fuels and mining products: 21.3
Manufactures: 11.8
Other: 26.4
Manufactures: 57.4
Other: 0.1
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 32.1 Uganda: 5.3 European Union: 3.8
United Arab Emirates: 29.6 Switzerland: 4.6 Other: 24.6
China: 19.9
European Union: 9.7
India: 8.8
Kenya: 8.7
Tanzania: 8.4
Other: 44.5
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0902 HS0901 HS2102 HS1006 HS1101
2019 . 86 75 33 32 28
Tea Coffee Yeasts (active or inactive) Rice Wheat or meslin flour
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1701 HS1511 HS1006 HS1001 HS1005
2019
Cane or beet sugar Palm oil and its fractions Rice Wheat and meslin Maize (corn)
75 63 55 53 23
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS0902
HS1701
HS0901
HS1511
HS2102
HS1006
HS1006
HS1001
HS1101
HS1005
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 428 523
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 16 12
2018 14 -5
2019 12 -7
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7108 HS2710 HS2615 HS2609 HS6309
Gold Petroleum oils, other than crude Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirc Tin ores and concentrates Worn clothing and worn articles
2019
Top imported products (Million US$)
303 150 45 37 19
HS2710 HS7108 HS3004 HS8525 HS2523
Value 2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Gold Medicaments in measured doses Radio-telephony transmission tools Portland cement, aluminous cement
484 242 82 69 54
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
300
Imports 50%
0%
HS7108
HS2710
HS2710
HS7108
HS2615
HS3004
HS2609
HS8525
HS6309
HS2523
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 734 2 672
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 21 11
2018 3 7
2019 18 18
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Rwanda TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
295 543 2020 0.01
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
15 -3
-61 -40
1 2
2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 42.1 Other commercial services: 16.2
Travel: 41.6 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 59.5 Other commercial services: 16.2
By main destination
Travel: 20 Goods-related services: 4.3
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 Rwanda
800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
2010
2013
World
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 124 323
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value 0 116 6
2010-2020 15 -1
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 16 -8
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
0.0 93.1 5.1
2020 -42 -28
Value
Share (%)
106 74 142
32.8 22.9 43.9
Travel Rwanda
300
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 123 109
2010-2020 -5 4
Annual percentage change 2019 17 -3
2020 -73 -68
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 7.7
Other commercial services Exports Imports
ICTs 41.0
23.6
Construction
2020
2010-2020
48 88
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
4 17
2020
Financial services
27.7
Value
2010-2020
0 23
na na
2019
2020
5 21
-37 9
2019
2020
4 26
-7 -44
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2018 Residents
6
Trademark applications, 2019
Non-residents
1
Total
7
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
316
Non-residents
1 325
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
1 641
Residents
4
Non-residents
41
Total
45
301