Top Export Products of South Sudan

14-Jan-2025

Overview

South sudan
 

> Crude oil: 90%

> Live animals: 2%

> Gum arabic: 1.5%

> Timber: 1.5%

> Fish and crustaceans: 1%

> Gold: 1%

> Tobacco: 1%

> Oil seeds: 0.5%

> Animal hides and skins: 0.3%

> Vegetables: 0.2%

These top 10 export items represented a significant 99% of South Sudan's total export value for 2023. When analyzing South Sudan's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing export categories were Crude oil (USD 3.6 billion), Live animals (USD 80 million), and Gum arabic (USD 60 million) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the export landscape included products of the Timber, Fish and crustaceans, Gold, as well as Tobacco.

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

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of south sudan
Export Products of South sudan
100
Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel

HSN Code:  72043000   72041000  72042100 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 593
South sudan Exporters Shipment 6,997
Value $42,742,198.45 $36,753,734.95 greenUpArrow 16.29% 66.52%
Shipment 2,385 2,509 redDownArrow -4.94% 49.81%
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, Sliced or peeled, Whether or not planed, Sanded or end-jointed, Of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

HSN Code:  44072900  44072100  44079990 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 385
South sudan Exporters Shipment 1,772
Value $1,357,810 $2,427,908.87 redDownArrow -44.07% 2.11%
Shipment 291 844 redDownArrow -65.52% 6.08%
Fish, Dried, Salted or in brine; smoked fish, Whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, Meals and pellets, Of fish fit for human consumption

HSN Code:  03055900   03056900   03054900  
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 496
South sudan Exporters Shipment 1,756
Value $6,982,030 $3,008,240.99 greenUpArrow 132.10% 10.87%
Shipment 633 540 greenUpArrow 17.22% 13.22%
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), Whether or not agglomerated

HSN Code:  44029000  
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 412
South sudan Exporters Shipment 1,199
Value $524,566 $273,368.28 greenUpArrow 91.89% 0.82%
Shipment 362 239 greenUpArrow 51.46% 7.56%
Wood in the rough, Whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, Or roughly squared

HSN Code:  44034900  44039990   44034200 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 156
South sudan Exporters Shipment 716
Value $209,565.83 $932,341.76 redDownArrow -77.52% 0.33%
Shipment 54 570 redDownArrow -90.53% 1.13%

Cereal flours other than that of wheat or meslin

HSN Code:  11022000  
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 102
South sudan Exporters Shipment 283
Value $380,829 $225 greenUpArrow 169157.33% 0.59%
Shipment 199 2 greenUpArrow 9850.00% 4.16%

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, Other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, Containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, These oils being the basic cons

HSN Code:  27109900   27101931  27101951 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 82
South sudan Exporters Shipment 242
Value $754,868 $532,990.53 greenUpArrow 41.63% 1.17%
Shipment 82 82 redDownArrow 0.00% 1.71%

Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, Of iron or steel

HSN Code:  73110000  
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 15
South sudan Exporters Shipment 125
Value $85,193 $49,283.04 greenUpArrow 72.86% 0.13%
Shipment 55 42 greenUpArrow 30.95% 1.15%

Builders ’ ware of plastics , Not elsewhere specified or included

HSN Code:  39251000  
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 7
South sudan Exporters Shipment 114
Value $3,543,040 $469,395.9 greenUpArrow 654.81% 5.51%
Shipment 80 12 greenUpArrow 566.67% 1.67%

Fruit, Nuts and other edible parts of plants, Otherwise prepared or preserved, Whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, Not elsewhere specified or included - nuts, Ground-nuts and other seeds, Whether or not mixed togeth

HSN Code:  20081100   20081900  20081110 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 89
South sudan Exporters Shipment 98
Value $169 $27.99 greenUpArrow 503.79% 0.00%
Shipment 5 3 greenUpArrow 66.67% 0.10%

Sauces and preparations therefor, Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard

HSN Code:  21039000   21032000 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 64
South sudan Exporters Shipment 93
Value $3,344 $11,365.97 redDownArrow -70.58% 0.01%
Shipment 24 23 greenUpArrow 4.35% 0.50%

Carboys, Bottles, Flasks, Jars, Pots, Phials, Ampoules and other containers, Of glass, Of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, Lids and other closures, Of glass

HSN Code:  70109000   70102000 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 9
South sudan Exporters Shipment 87
Value $211,939 $311,090 redDownArrow -31.87% 0.33%
Shipment 32 34 redDownArrow -5.88% 0.67%

Ii. –waste, Parings and scrap; semi-manufactures; articles waste, Parings and scrap, Of plastics

HSN Code:  39159000   39151000  39152000 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 33
South sudan Exporters Shipment 84
Value $207,090 $215,193.98 redDownArrow -3.77% 0.32%
Shipment 33 19 greenUpArrow 73.68% 0.69%

Other raw hides and skins (fresh, Or salted, Dried, Limed, Pickled or otherwise preserved, But not tanned, Parchment- dressed or further prepared), Whether or not dehaired or split, Other than those excluded by note 1(b) or 1(c) to this chapter

HSN Code:  41039000  
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 11
South sudan Exporters Shipment 74
Value $1,233,483 $1,049,999.99 greenUpArrow 17.47% 1.92%
Shipment 35 24 greenUpArrow 45.83% 0.73%

Milk and cream, Concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

HSN Code:  04021000   04029990  04029151 
Exporters : South sudan Exporters 55
South sudan Exporters Shipment 60
Value $339 $610.79 redDownArrow -44.50% 0.00%
Shipment 8 4 greenUpArrow 100.00% 0.17%