Top Export Products of Botswana

10-Apr-2025

Overview

Botswana
 

As the botswana export data reveals, the nation's top export products for 2025 were prominently characterized by:

  • Precious Stones and Metals: 80.9%
  • Mineral Ores and Ash: 7.9%
  • Electrical machinery and equipment: 3.0%
  • Live animals: 1.8%
  • Mineral fuels and oils: 1.1%
  • Inorganic Chemicals: 1.0%
  • Machinery and equipment: 0.7%
  • Plastic Products: 0.5%
  • Minerals and Substances: 0.4%
  • Vehicles and Parts: 0.3%

These top 10 export items represented a significant 95.47% of Botswana's total export value for 2025. When analyzing Botswana's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing export categories were Precious Stones and Metals(USD $774,086,952.00), Mineral Ores and Ash(USD $75,158,155.00), Electrical machinery and equipment(USD $29,047,241.00) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the export landscape included products of the Precious Stones and Metals, Mineral Ores and Ash, Electrical machinery and equipment as well as electrical machinery & equipment.

For businesses and market analysts, the subsequent chart offers a deeper dive, showcasing the monetary value and market dynamics of Botswana’s top 10 export commodities for 2025.

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of botswana
Export Products of Botswana
100
Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
coal; briquettes, Ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal - coal, Whether or not pulverised, But not agglomerated :

HSN Code:  27011900   27011200   27011100 
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 126
Botswana Exporters Shipment 72,733
Value $327,431,726.77 $174,660,615.98 greenUpArrow 87.47% 0.30%
Shipment 22,697 30,872 redDownArrow -26.48% 11.91%
Diamonds, Whether or not worked, But not mounted or set

HSN Code:  71023100   71023900  71023910  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 767
Botswana Exporters Shipment 32,027
Value $44,915,712,981.05 $10,398,116,139.21 greenUpArrow 331.96% 41.75%
Shipment 11,487 11,345 greenUpArrow 1.25% 6.03%
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, Whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free flowing agents; sea water

HSN Code:  25010090   25010010   25010091  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 148
Botswana Exporters Shipment 26,369
Value $16,491,322,141.42 $4,152,233,124.66 greenUpArrow 297.17% 15.33%
Shipment 9,869 9,487 greenUpArrow 4.03% 5.18%
Copper ores and concertrates

HSN Code:  26030000  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 64
Botswana Exporters Shipment 23,430
Value $4,848,863,897.62 $554,011,492.58 greenUpArrow 775.23% 4.51%
Shipment 8,758 5,450 greenUpArrow 60.70% 4.60%
Other furniture and parts thereof

HSN Code:  94036000   94038900   94032000  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 978
Botswana Exporters Shipment 14,562
Value $34,293,827.75 $58,321,233.48 redDownArrow -41.20% 0.03%
Shipment 5,843 3,998 greenUpArrow 46.15% 3.07%
Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate

HSN Code:  28362000  28365000  28363000 
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 39
Botswana Exporters Shipment 13,563
Value $468,285,079.82 $133,043,624.67 greenUpArrow 251.98% 0.44%
Shipment 4,616 4,846 redDownArrow -4.75% 2.42%
Monitors and projectors, Not incorporating television reception apparatus, Reception apparatus for television, Whether or not incorporating radio-broadcastreceivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus - cathode-ray tube monitors:

HSN Code:  85284910   85287290   85285990  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 613
Botswana Exporters Shipment 12,459
Value $126,920,650.48 $34,562,834.91 greenUpArrow 267.22% 0.12%
Shipment 4,882 4,066 greenUpArrow 20.07% 2.56%
Blankets and travelling rugs

HSN Code:  63019000  63012000   63013000  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 567
Botswana Exporters Shipment 10,333
Value $41,952,286.09 $1,464,075.35 greenUpArrow 2765.45% 0.04%
Shipment 4,131 3,017 greenUpArrow 36.92% 2.17%
Other made up clothing accessories; parts of garments or of clothing accessories, Other than those of heading 6212

HSN Code:  62171090   62179000  62171030 
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 519
Botswana Exporters Shipment 10,065
Value $42,335,423.78 $3,174,141.34 greenUpArrow 1233.76% 0.04%
Shipment 4,143 2,403 greenUpArrow 72.41% 2.17%
Articles of cement, Of concrete or of artificial stone, Whether or not reinforced - tiles, Flagstones, Bricks and similar articles :

HSN Code:  68101100   68101190   68109900  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 141
Botswana Exporters Shipment 9,595
Value $5,212,284,041.05 $1,585,730,182.64 greenUpArrow 228.70% 4.85%
Shipment 3,473 3,948 redDownArrow -12.03% 1.82%
Microphones and stands therefor: loudspeakers, Whether or not mounted in their enclosures: headphones and earphones,

HSN Code:  85182100  85182200   85185000  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 574
Botswana Exporters Shipment 8,855
Value $404,421,937.92 $59,029,016.53 greenUpArrow 585.12% 0.38%
Shipment 3,501 2,916 greenUpArrow 20.06% 1.84%
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), Including station wagons and racing cars

HSN Code:  87032390   87032290  87032490  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 4,480
Botswana Exporters Shipment 8,818
Value $85,297,236.8 $23,288,795.08 greenUpArrow 266.26% 0.08%
Shipment 2,925 3,169 redDownArrow -7.70% 1.54%
Other footwear

HSN Code:  64059090   64059017   64052015  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 293
Botswana Exporters Shipment 7,406
Value $67,296,985.39 $3,284,228.49 greenUpArrow 1949.10% 0.06%
Shipment 3,503 2,362 greenUpArrow 48.31% 1.84%
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705

HSN Code:  87089990   87088020   87082900  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 792
Botswana Exporters Shipment 6,926
Value $413,895,024.73 $358,051,401.96 greenUpArrow 15.60% 0.38%
Shipment 2,335 2,542 redDownArrow -8.14% 1.23%
Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, Cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, Whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, Made up of individually sheathed fibres, Whether or not assembled with

HSN Code:  85443000   85444290   85444990  
Exporters : Botswana Exporters 407
Botswana Exporters Shipment 5,815
Value $1,302,252,357.26 $183,834,135.89 greenUpArrow 608.38% 1.21%
Shipment 2,082 1,844 greenUpArrow 12.91% 1.09%