Central African Republic's exports rose from US$216M in 1996 to US$593M in 2025.
Central African Republic · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Central African Republic's imports rose from US$258M in 1996 to US$1.03B in 2025.
Central African Republic's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$147M in 1996 to US$255M in 2025.
Central African Republic's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$141M in 1996 to US$573M in 2025.
Central African Republic's services exports rose from US$23.4M in 1977 to US$33.1M in 1994.
Central African Republic's trade balance fell from US$-41.8M in 1996 to US$-436M in 2025.
Central African Republic's current account balance (us$) fell from US$-58.7M in 1994 to US$-224M in 2023.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +4.3 pts113th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +2.1 pts86th of 138
- Trade opennessup +6.5 pts100th of 138
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- Current accountup +4.6 pts161st of 191
- FDI inflowsdown −0.0 pts129th of 192
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- High-tech exportsup +6.4 pts68th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.0 pts111th of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)down −1.1 pts129th of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)up +61.4 pts33rd of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)down −6.4 pts40th of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +15.0 pts85th of 203
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- Tariffsdown −2.0 pts12th of 143
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.0 pts112th of 145*
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +16.3 %96th of 138