Full trade & compliance profile
Eswatini — Trade & Compliance
Eswatini'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.
7
trade agreements
3
cargo treaties
7.64%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Eswatini beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1South Africa68.8%
- 2Kenya4.3%
- 3Nigeria3.9%
- 4Mozambique2.8%
- 5Zimbabwe2.4%
Top import sources
- 1South Africa86.2%
- 2China2.6%
- 3USA2.1%
- 4Germany1.0%
- 5India1.0%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Essential oils, cosmetics29.2%
- 2Sugars19.9%
- 3Misc chemical products12.5%
- 4Non-knitted apparel7.2%
- 5Wood6.5%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils17.7%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances6.2%
- 3Vehicles6.2%
- 4Cereals4.9%
- 5Electrical machinery4.5%
Fastest-rising export markets
- 1South Africa+5.34pp
- 2Italy+1.09pp
- 3Nigeria+0.69pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Essential oils, cosmetics+2.06pp
- 2Mineral fuels & oils+1.31pp
- 3Cereal/flour preparations+1.01pp
Declining export goods
- 1Pharmaceuticals−2.14pp
- 2Beverages & spirits−1.23pp
- 3Knitted apparel−0.57pp
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
EU - SADC2016
Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Accession of Seychelles2015
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Seychelles2009
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)2004
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Egypt1999
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)1994
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓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
- ✓Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958
- ✓Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States. New York, 8 July 1965
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
SZL
Lilangeni
MFN applied tariff
7.64%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Sugar cane
5.5M t
Top mineral output
iron ore
603.3K tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
12.7K terajoules
Top item per category of 60 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)↗