Top Export Products of Cuba

10-Apr-2025

Overview

Cuba
 

> Tobacco: 30%

> Nickel: 20%

> Pharmaceuticals: 15%

> Sugar: 10%

> Seafood: 7%

> Coffee: 5%

> Medical Instruments: 4%

> Citrus Fruits: 3%

> Alcoholic Beverages: 3%

> Textiles: 3%

These top 10 export items represented a significant 100% of Cuba's total export value for 2023. When analyzing Cuba's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing export categories were Tobacco (USD 1.2 billion), Nickel (USD 800 million), and Pharmaceuticals (USD 600 million) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the export landscape included products of the Sugar, Seafood, Coffee, as well as Medical Instruments.

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

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of cuba
Export Products of Cuba
100
Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Cigars, Cheroots, Cigarillos and cigarettes, Of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes

HSN Code:  24021000   24021010   24021001  
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 111
Cuba Exporters Shipment 21,200
Value $123,623,956.14 $91,657,433.18 greenUpArrow 34.88% 32.92%
Shipment 8,353 5,142 greenUpArrow 62.45% 60.62%


HSN Code:  000000   0000   00000404 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 1,614
Cuba Exporters Shipment 7,368
Value $185,668.77 $72,293.66 greenUpArrow 156.83% 0.05%
Shipment 1,595 3,904 redDownArrow -59.14% 11.58%
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol.; spirit, Liqueurs and other spiritnous beverages

HSN Code:  22084000   22084031   22084011  
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 200
Cuba Exporters Shipment 3,334
Value $75,586,568.11 $78,163,327.26 redDownArrow -3.30% 20.13%
Shipment 1,189 1,225 redDownArrow -2.94% 8.63%
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), Whether or not agglomerated

HSN Code:  44029000   44021000  44022000 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 80
Cuba Exporters Shipment 1,192
Value $62,303,136.7 $46,903,563.13 greenUpArrow 32.83% 16.59%
Shipment 549 406 greenUpArrow 35.22% 3.98%
All items of machinery including prime movers, Instruments, Apparatus and appliances, Control gear and transmission equipment, Auxiliary equipment (including those required for research and development purposes, Testing and quality control), As well as al

HSN Code:  98010065   98010000 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 4
Cuba Exporters Shipment 1,005
Value $0 $3,122.42 redDownArrow -100.00% 0.00%
Shipment 123 825 redDownArrow -85.09% 0.89%
Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

HSN Code:  24012090  24011070  24011010  
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 10
Cuba Exporters Shipment 333
Value $6,522,203.71 $6,674,369.72 redDownArrow -2.28% 1.74%
Shipment 121 130 redDownArrow -6.92% 0.88%

Human blood; animal blood prepared fortherapeutic, Prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, Other blood fractions and immunological products, Whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines,Toxins, Cultures of micro-

HSN Code:  30021500   30029090   30024190  
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 28
Cuba Exporters Shipment 296
Value $8,695,960.24 $10,093,409.73 redDownArrow -13.85% 2.32%
Shipment 116 110 greenUpArrow 5.45% 0.84%

Paintings, Drawings and pastels, Executed entirely by hand, Other than drawings of heading 4906 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles; collages and similar decorative plaques

HSN Code:  97019100  97019900   97012100  
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 2
Cuba Exporters Shipment 238
Value $1,483,318.01 $20,294,616.55 redDownArrow -92.69% 0.40%
Shipment 95 94 greenUpArrow 1.06% 0.69%

Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, And similar articles, Of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, Of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in chapter 94

HSN Code:  44201900  44209099  44201190 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 4
Cuba Exporters Shipment 208
Value $37,245.13 $29,397.61 greenUpArrow 26.69% 0.01%
Shipment 111 13 greenUpArrow 753.85% 0.81%

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:  30049000   30049099  30049089 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 20
Cuba Exporters Shipment 204
Value $5,807,659.51 $5,331,109.77 greenUpArrow 8.94% 1.55%
Shipment 98 67 greenUpArrow 46.27% 0.71%

Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh or salted, Dried, Limed, Pickled or otherwise preserved, But not tanned, Parchment- dressed or further prepared), Whether or not dehaired or split

HSN Code:  41015030   41015003   41015010 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 12
Cuba Exporters Shipment 196
Value $857,445.01 $961,150.01 redDownArrow -10.79% 0.23%
Shipment 60 115 redDownArrow -47.83% 0.44%

Printed books, Brochures, Leaflets and similar printed matter, Whether or not in single sheets

HSN Code:  49019990   49019900  49011000 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 14
Cuba Exporters Shipment 184
Value $26,538.01 $26,023.14 greenUpArrow 1.98% 0.01%
Shipment 21 138 redDownArrow -84.78% 0.15%

Natural huney

HSN Code:  04090000  
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 0
Cuba Exporters Shipment 145
Value $13,330,158.53 $18,498,002.69 redDownArrow -27.94% 3.55%
Shipment 47 70 redDownArrow -32.86% 0.34%

Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, Prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, Other than those of heading 3002 or 3006; certified reference materials :

HSN Code:  38221900  38229000  38220003 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 9
Cuba Exporters Shipment 135
Value $111,403.74 $593,224.98 redDownArrow -81.22% 0.03%
Shipment 25 87 redDownArrow -71.26% 0.18%

Crustaceans, Whether in shell or not, Live, Fresh, Chilled, Frozen, Dried, Salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, Whether in shell or not, Whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, In shell, Cooked by steaming or by boiling

HSN Code:  03061792  03061110  03061190 
Exporters : Cuba Exporters 3
Cuba Exporters Shipment 133
Value $6,030,993.41 $34,347,305.95 redDownArrow -82.44% 1.61%
Shipment 40 65 redDownArrow -38.46% 0.29%