Full trade & compliance profile
Cape Verde — Trade & Compliance
Cape Verde's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
2
trade agreements
3
cargo treaties
11.92%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Cape Verde beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top import sources
- 1Portugal41.2%
- 2China11.3%
- 3Netherlands9.2%
- 4Spain8.4%
- 5Italy7.0%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Prepared meat/fish67.7%
- 2Knitted apparel4.4%
- 3Iron & steel3.8%
- 4Footwear3.2%
- 5Toys, games, sports3.1%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils19.6%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances7.2%
- 3Electrical machinery4.6%
- 4Vehicles4.5%
- 5Dairy, eggs, honey3.6%
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Prepared meat/fish+12.77pp
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances+1.75pp
- 3Iron & steel+0.63pp
Declining export goods
- 1Fish & seafood−8.85pp
- 2Mineral fuels & oils−3.89pp
- 3Optical/medical instruments−1.95pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade) Agreement2019
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)1995
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
CVE
Cabo Verde Escudo
MFN applied tariff
11.92%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Sugar cane
22K t
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 50 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗