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Timor-Leste — Trade & Compliance

Timor-Leste'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
cargo treaties
2.53%
MFN applied tariff

Memberships & standing

Income groupLower middle income
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Timor-Leste beyond logistics?
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Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1Thailand72.3%
  2. 2USA6.8%
  3. 3Indonesia5.5%
  4. 4Portugal2.3%
  5. 5Japan1.8%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1Indonesia37.6%
  2. 2China25.9%
  3. 3Singapore6.3%
  4. 4Türkiye5.2%
  5. 5Australia4.2%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Mineral fuels & oils72.2%
  2. 2Coffee, tea, spices17.5%
  3. 3Electrical machinery2.1%
  4. 4Oil seeds1.5%
  5. 5Iron & steel0.9%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Vehicles11.4%
  2. 2Mineral fuels & oils10.8%
  3. 3Machinery & mechanical appliances9.3%
  4. 4Electrical machinery8.0%
  5. 5Cereals7.2%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1Thailand+62.92pp
  2. 2Indonesia+4.28pp
  3. 3USA+4.11pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1China−35.08pp
  2. 2Rep. of Korea−16.41pp
  3. 3Japan−16.18pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Coffee, tea, spices+9.37pp
  2. 2Electrical machinery+1.93pp
  3. 3Oil seeds+1.07pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Mineral fuels & oils−17.11pp
CEPII BACI · 2024

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

International Cargo Treaties

  • Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
    Party · 2005176 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 · 2024148 ratifications
UN Treaty Collection · 2 ratified

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
USD
US Dollar
ISO numeric 8402 minor units
ISO 4217
MFN applied tariff
2.53%
simple average (2021)
World Bank WDI

Key commodities

Top agricultural output
Maize (corn)
70K t
FAOSTAT · 2024
Top mineral output
petroleum, crude
267.3K tonnes (metric)
BGS · 2023
Energy production
Primary energy production
0.1 million metric tons of oil equivalent
U.S. EIA

Top item per category of 58 commodities trackedfull lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA

All Sources

TradeCountry Trade Facts (CEPII BACI)
etalab-2.0
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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