Top Export Products of Rwanda

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10-Apr-2025

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Rwanda

As the Rwanda export data reveals, the nation's top export products for 2023 were prominently characterized by:

> Coffee: 25%

> Tea: 20%

> Minerals: 15%

> Hides and Skins: 10%

> Handicrafts: 8%

> Pyrethrum: 7%

> Cement: 5%

> Vegetables: 4%

> Fruits: 3%

> Fish: 3%

These top 10 export items represented a significant 100% of Rwanda's total export value for 2023. When analyzing Rwanda's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing export categories were Coffee (USD 300 million), Tea (USD 240 million), Minerals (USD 180 million) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the export landscape included products of the Hides and Skins, Handicrafts, Vegetables, as well as Fish.

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

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of rwanda

Top Export Products of Rwanda

YOY comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of Rwanda

MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of Rwanda

Export Products of Rwanda
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1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y ALL

Top Products		2023	2022	Growth%	2023 Share	2022 Share
Tea , Whether or not flavoured HSN Code: 09024000 09024020 09024090 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 360 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 9,829	Value	$100,948,102.62	$134,237,583.23	-24.80%	3.69%	12.94%
	Shipment	2,757	3,031	-9.04%	20.12%	28.54%
Coffee, Whether or not roasted or dacaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion - coffee, Not roasted : HSN Code: 09011100 09012100 09019000 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 575 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 2,530	Value	$156,563,125.45	$77,419,966.8	102.23%	5.72%	7.46%
	Shipment	757	528	43.37%	5.52%	4.97%
Portland cement, Aluminous cement, Slag cement, Supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, Whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers HSN Code: 25232900 25231000 25233000 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 50 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,712	Value	$130,772	$4,650.1	2712.24%	0.00%	0.00%
	Shipment	11	2	450.00%	0.08%	0.02%
Bran, Sharps and other residues, Whether or not in the form of pellets, Derived from the sifting, Milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants HSN Code: 23023000 23025000 23023010 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 51 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,634	Value	$14,366,763.64	$15,400,353.13	-6.71%	0.52%	1.48%
	Shipment	276	312	-11.54%	2.01%	2.94%
Wheat or meslin flour HSN Code: 11010000 11010015 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 125 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,541	Value	$2,477,966	$1,830,260.52	35.39%	0.09%	0.18%
	Shipment	192	99	93.94%	1.40%	0.93%
Women’s or girls’ overcoats, Car-coats, Capes, Cloaks, Anoraks (including ski- jackets), Wind-cheaters, Wind-jackets and similar articles, Other than those of heading 6204 ---- overcoats, Raincoats, Car-coats, Capes, Cloaks and similar articles : HSN Code: 62024000 62024010 62029300 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 62 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,538	Value	$9,371,821.86	$8,970,561.41	4.47%	0.34%	0.86%
	Shipment	482	80	502.50%	3.52%	0.75%
Flour, Meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, Of sago or of roots tubers of heading 0714 or of the products of chapter 8 HSN Code: 11062000 11063000 11061000 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 269 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,343	Value	$1,349,682.96	$612,069.55	120.51%	0.05%	0.06%
	Shipment	43	18	138.89%	0.31%	0.17%
Mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, Mattresses, Quilts, Eiderdowns, Cushions, Pouffes and pillows) fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics, Whether HSN Code: 94042900 94041000 94049000 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 83 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,151	Value	$95,566.66	$467.76	20330.70%	0.00%	0.00%
	Shipment	65	8	712.50%	0.47%	0.08%
Live bovine animals - cattle: HSN Code: 01029090 01022900 01022100 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 124 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 1,047	Value	$38,407,154.47	$0	100%	1.40%	0.00%
	Shipment	15	0	100%	0.11%	0.00%
Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard HSN Code: 47079000 47071000 47070000 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 137 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 899	Value	$689,521.36	$662,512.86	4.08%	0.03%	0.06%
	Shipment	295	306	-3.59%	2.15%	2.88%
Onions, Shallots, Garlic, Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, Fresh or chilled HSN Code: 07032000 07031000 07031019 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 106 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 854	Value	$121,122	$40,446.85	199.46%	0.00%	0.00%
	Shipment	320	105	204.76%	2.34%	0.99%
Tin ores and concentrates HSN Code: 26090000 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 85 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 839	Value	$75,361,143.14	$106,637,190.04	-29.33%	2.75%	10.28%
	Shipment	192	251	-23.51%	1.40%	2.36%
Live poultry, That is to say, Fowls of the species gallus domesticus, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys and guinea fowls - weighing not more than 185 g: HSN Code: 01059400 01051100 01059900 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 37 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 816	Value	$663,638.75	$13,326.08	4880.00%	0.02%	0.00%
	Shipment	237	3	7800.00%	1.73%	0.03%
Malt extract; food preparations of flour, Groats, Meal, Starch or malt extract, Not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, Not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of HSN Code: 19011000 19012090 19019090 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 29 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 806	Value	$52,798,062.94	$55,874,054.56	-5.51%	1.93%	5.39%
	Shipment	209	303	-31.02%	1.53%	2.85%
HSN Code: 96190090 96190010 96190021 Exporters : Rwanda Exporters 59 Rwanda Exporters Shipment 800	Value	$2,684,975.46	$2,443,578.83	9.88%	0.10%	0.24%
	Shipment	331	250	32.40%	2.42%	2.35%

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