Burkina Faso's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$5.64 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Burkina Faso's main export partners were: Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Ivory Coast. The top three export commodities were: Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins; Cotton and Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons. Total Imports were valued at US$6.43 Billion. In 2024, Burkina Faso had a trade deficit of US$786.44 Million.
| Burkina Faso Exports By Category |
Value |
Year |
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Total
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$5.64B
|
2024
|
|
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins
|
$4.65B
|
2024
|
|
Cotton
|
$335.43M
|
2024
|
|
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons
|
$149.10M
|
2024
|
|
Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits
|
$105.40M
|
2024
|
|
Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement
|
$71.47M
|
2024
|
|
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products
|
$54.59M
|
2024
|
|
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers
|
$41.40M
|
2024
|
|
Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products
|
$37.44M
|
2024
|
|
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
|
$27.40M
|
2024
|
|
Vehicles other than railway, tramway
|
$24.34M
|
2024
|
|
Live animals
|
$19.49M
|
2024
|
|
Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes
|
$16.74M
|
2024
|
|
Iron and steel
|
$16.70M
|
2024
|
|
Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder
|
$15.97M
|
2024
|
|
Beverages, spirits and vinegar
|
$14.43M
|
2024
|
|
Electrical, electronic equipment
|
$6.91M
|
2024
|
|
Aircraft, spacecraft
|
$6.72M
|
2024
|
|
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus
|
$6.40M
|
2024
|
|
Articles of iron or steel
|
$5.46M
|
2024
|
|
Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics
|
$5.41M
|
2024
|
|
Aluminum
|
$3.23M
|
2024
|
|
Lead
|
$3.22M
|
2024
|
|
Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products
|
$2.71M
|
2024
|
|
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal
|
$2.38M
|
2024
|