Full trade & compliance profile
Lesotho — Trade & Compliance
Lesotho'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.
5
trade agreements
4
cargo treaties
7.64%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Lesotho beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1South Africa42.4%
- 2USA23.1%
- 3Belgium21.9%
- 4India4.1%
- 5China2.7%
Top import sources
- 1South Africa78.2%
- 2China10.7%
- 3Taiwan3.2%
- 4India1.5%
- 5Japan1.0%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals34.6%
- 2Knitted apparel17.8%
- 3Non-knitted apparel12.6%
- 4Beverages & spirits7.6%
- 5Wool6.3%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils14.9%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances8.2%
- 3Electrical machinery6.1%
- 4Vehicles5.9%
- 5Knitted fabrics5.2%
Fastest-rising export markets
- 1South Africa+14.04pp
- 2India+4.14pp
- 3China+0.76pp
Declining export markets
- 1USA−7.65pp
- 2United Arab Emirates−6.20pp
- 3Belgium−4.46pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Beverages & spirits+7.56pp
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances+2.41pp
- 3Vehicles+1.20pp
Declining export goods
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−8.03pp
- 2Knitted apparel−6.17pp
- 3Non-knitted apparel−0.85pp
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
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)2004
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)1994
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
- ✓Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958
- ✓International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Geneva, 21 October 1982
- ✓Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States. New York, 8 July 1965
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
LSL
Loti
MFN applied tariff
7.64%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Raw milk of cattle
182K t
Top mineral output
diamond
471.7K Carats
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 37 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)↗