Top Import Products of Cuba

10-Apr-2025

Overview

Cuba
 

> Machinery: 20%

> Petroleum Products: 18%

> Foodstuffs: 15%

> Chemicals: 10%

> Pharmaceuticals: 9%

> Electrical Equipment: 8%

> Vehicles: 7%

> Plastics: 5%

> Textiles: 4%

> Iron and Steel: 4%

These top 10 import items represented a significant 100% of Cuba's total import value for 2023. When analyzing Cuba's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing import categories were Machinery (USD 1 billion), Petroleum Products (USD 900 million), and Foodstuffs (USD 750 million) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the import landscape included products of the Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Electrical Equipment, as well as Vehicles.

For businesses and market analysts, the subsequent chart offers a deeper dive, showcasing the monetary value and market dynamics of Cuba’s top 10 import commodities for 2023.

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of cuba
Import Products of Cuba
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Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share


HSN Code:  98072090  
Importers : Cuba Importers 10
Cuba Importers Shipment 142,680
Value $211,860 $329,712 redDownArrow -35.74% 0.01%
Shipment 37,554 81,786 redDownArrow -54.08% 29.23%
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705

HSN Code:  87089999   87089900   87088099  
Importers : Cuba Importers 167
Cuba Importers Shipment 6,868
Value $32,058,248.5 $30,970,750.19 greenUpArrow 3.51% 0.99%
Shipment 2,578 2,803 redDownArrow -8.03% 2.01%
Bread, Pastry, Cakes, Biscuits and other bakers’ wares, Whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, Empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, Sealing wafers, Rice paper and similar products

HSN Code:  19059099   19053101   19053100  
Importers : Cuba Importers 247
Cuba Importers Shipment 6,400
Value $32,179,709.88 $10,989,791 greenUpArrow 192.81% 1.00%
Shipment 2,102 1,969 greenUpArrow 6.75% 1.64%
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, Or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, Switches, Relays, Fuses, Surge suppressors, Plugs, Sockets, Lamp-holders and other connectors, Junction boxes), For

HSN Code:  85365099   85366902   85366999  
Importers : Cuba Importers 210
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,902
Value $16,380,987.18 $31,422,388.88 redDownArrow -47.87% 0.51%
Shipment 1,488 1,519 redDownArrow -2.04% 1.16%


HSN Code:  00000205   00000208   00000203  
Importers : Cuba Importers 31
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,679
Value $288,610.57 $536,975.64 redDownArrow -46.25% 0.01%
Shipment 746 2,395 redDownArrow -68.85% 0.58%
Screws, Bolts, Nuts, Coach-screws, Screw hooks, Rivets, Cotters, Cotter-pins, Washers (including spring washers)and similar articles, Of iron or steel - threaded articles :

HSN Code:  73181599   73182900   73181595  
Importers : Cuba Importers 169
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,490
Value $5,355,475.09 $11,696,391.6 redDownArrow -54.21% 0.17%
Shipment 1,217 1,196 greenUpArrow 1.76% 0.95%
Taps, Cocks, Valves and similar appliances for pipes, Boiler shells, Tanks, Vats or the like, Including pressure-reducing valves and the rmostatically controlled valves

HSN Code:  84818099   84818002   84818010  
Importers : Cuba Importers 212
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,208
Value $17,777,615.61 $43,541,262.48 redDownArrow -59.17% 0.55%
Shipment 1,077 1,419 redDownArrow -24.10% 0.84%
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, Of plastics; stoppers, Lids, Caps and other closures, Of plastics

HSN Code:  39233002   39232990   39239099  
Importers : Cuba Importers 313
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,199
Value $24,441,927.2 $64,006,561.6 redDownArrow -61.81% 0.76%
Shipment 1,084 1,168 redDownArrow -7.19% 0.84%
Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914

HSN Code:  39269099   39269090   39269097  
Importers : Cuba Importers 310
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,119
Value $9,413,034.58 $11,203,679.21 redDownArrow -15.98% 0.29%
Shipment 995 1,387 redDownArrow -28.26% 0.77%
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, Put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings

HSN Code:  30049099   30049029   30045099  
Importers : Cuba Importers 115
Cuba Importers Shipment 3,046
Value $11,095,657.97 $19,551,314.24 redDownArrow -43.25% 0.34%
Shipment 809 1,722 redDownArrow -53.02% 0.63%
Tubes, Pipes and hoses, And fittings therefor (for example, Joints, Elbows, Flanges), Of plastics - artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials:

HSN Code:  39174001   39174000   39172304  
Importers : Cuba Importers 173
Cuba Importers Shipment 2,879
Value $12,623,883.59 $24,114,044.24 redDownArrow -47.65% 0.39%
Shipment 864 1,253 redDownArrow -31.05% 0.67%
Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 8713

HSN Code:  87149900   87141099   87141090  
Importers : Cuba Importers 59
Cuba Importers Shipment 2,877
Value $709,643.7 $1,895,539.98 redDownArrow -62.56% 0.02%
Shipment 978 900 greenUpArrow 8.67% 0.76%
Centrifuges, Including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, For liquids or gases - centrifuges, Including centrifugal dryers:

HSN Code:  84212301   84212300   84213199  
Importers : Cuba Importers 189
Cuba Importers Shipment 2,621
Value $19,916,204.58 $17,687,515.46 greenUpArrow 12.60% 0.62%
Shipment 811 1,115 redDownArrow -27.26% 0.63%
Sugar confectionery (including white choco-late), Not containing cocoa

HSN Code:  17049099   17049010   17041001  
Importers : Cuba Importers 118
Cuba Importers Shipment 2,489
Value $9,408,276.53 $4,162,493.59 greenUpArrow 126.03% 0.29%
Shipment 657 1,388 redDownArrow -52.67% 0.51%
Pumps for liquids, Whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators - pumps fitted or designed to be fitted with a measuring device:

HSN Code:  84137099   84139190   84139100  
Importers : Cuba Importers 182
Cuba Importers Shipment 2,449
Value $30,306,562.46 $27,949,082.59 greenUpArrow 8.43% 0.94%
Shipment 898 1,046 redDownArrow -14.15% 0.70%