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Djibouti — Trade & Compliance

Djibouti'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.

3
trade agreements
2
cargo treaties
20.86%
MFN applied tariff

Memberships & standing

Income groupLower middle income
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Djibouti beyond logistics?
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Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1Saudi Arabia52.1%
  2. 2China10.7%
  3. 3Egypt7.2%
  4. 4Israel5.2%
  5. 5Slovakia4.2%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1China44.0%
  2. 2India13.5%
  3. 3Morocco12.1%
  4. 4Türkiye5.6%
  5. 5Indonesia4.8%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Live animals53.8%
  2. 2Inorganic chemicals17.1%
  3. 3Coffee, tea, spices6.0%
  4. 4Oil seeds4.6%
  5. 5Copper3.9%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Fertilizers13.0%
  2. 2Animal/vegetable fats & oils11.1%
  3. 3Vehicles8.4%
  4. 4Iron & steel6.3%
  5. 5Electrical machinery5.9%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1Saudi Arabia+48.81pp
  2. 2Egypt+5.67pp
  3. 3Israel+4.87pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1Ethiopia−60.71pp
  2. 2China−5.78pp
  3. 3India−2.54pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Live animals+47.22pp
  2. 2Coffee, tea, spices+4.36pp
  3. 3Copper+3.48pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Animal/vegetable fats & oils−59.82pp
  2. 2Other vegetable textile fibres−2.15pp
  3. 3Vegetables−1.48pp
CEPII BACI · 2024

Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is inCEPII BACI · 2024

Preferential Trade Agreements

AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade) Agreement2019
FTA & EIAGoods & Services
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Seychelles2009
CUGoods
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Egypt1999
CUGoods
World Bank DTA · 3 trade agreements in force

International Cargo Treaties

  • Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
    Party · 1979176 ratifications
  • 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
    Party · 2025148 ratifications
UN Treaty Collection · 2 ratified

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
DJF
Djibouti Franc
ISO numeric 2620 minor units
ISO 4217
MFN applied tariff
20.86%
simple average (2014)
World Bank WDI

Key commodities

Top agricultural output
Raw milk of cattle
9.2K t
FAOSTAT · 2024
Top mineral output
gypsum and plaster
50K tonnes (metric)
BGS · 2023
Energy production
Primary energy production
U.S. EIA

Top item per category of 46 commodities trackedfull lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA

All Sources

TradeCountry Trade Facts (CEPII BACI)
etalab-2.0
TradeWorld Bank Deep Trade Agreements (DTA)
cc-by-4.0
Sanctions & complianceUN Treaty Collection — Multilateral Treaties Deposited (MTDSG)
open
fiscalWorld Bank – World Development Indicators (WDI)
cc-by-4.0
fiscalISO 4217 Currency Codes
open
commoditythe British Geological Surveythe British Geological Survey
OGL
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)
commodityFAOSTATFAOSTAT
CC BY 4.0 IGO
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)
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