Full trade & compliance profile
Liberia — Trade & Compliance
Liberia'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.
1
trade agreements
13
cargo treaties
12.12%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1Switzerland36.7%
- 2Germany10.1%
- 3Malaysia5.6%
- 4China4.3%
- 5Denmark4.1%
Top import sources
- 1China57.0%
- 2Rep. of Korea22.8%
- 3Japan7.3%
- 4Brazil2.0%
- 5Germany1.9%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals37.8%
- 2Ships & boats20.1%
- 3Ores, slag, ash12.4%
- 4Cocoa9.2%
- 5Mineral fuels & oils8.0%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Ships & boats73.2%
- 2Mineral fuels & oils13.6%
- 3Machinery & mechanical appliances4.6%
- 4Iron/steel articles1.6%
- 5Electrical machinery0.9%
Fastest-rising export markets
- 1Switzerland+9.07pp
- 2China+3.57pp
- 3Norway+2.87pp
Declining export markets
- 1United Kingdom−4.91pp
- 2Poland−4.91pp
- 3France−4.70pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Cocoa+6.71pp
- 2Pearls, precious stones & metals+6.37pp
- 3Mineral fuels & oils+4.03pp
Declining export goods
- 1Ores, slag, ash−8.11pp
- 2Rubber−4.09pp
- 3Animal/vegetable fats & oils−3.35pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)1995
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓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
- ✓Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 4 August 1995
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
- ✓Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
- ✓International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material. Geneva, 7 November 1952
- ✓International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Geneva, 21 October 1982
- ✓Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972
- ✓Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods. New York, 14 June 1974
- ✓Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport. Geneva, 21 January 1994
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
LRD
Liberian Dollar
MFN applied tariff
12.12%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Cassava, fresh
607K t
Top mineral output
iron ore
5.1M tonnes (metric)
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)↗