The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.
*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.
In 2020, Central African Republic exported a total of $127M, making it the number 186 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Central African Republic have changed by -$26.1M from $153M in 2015 to $127M in 2020.
Central African Republic Exports Services (2018): $50.6M
Central African Republic Imports Services (2018): $352M
In 2018, Central African Republic exported $50.6M worth of services. The top services exported by Central African Republic in 2018 were Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($21.8M), Personal travel ($19.9M), Other transport ($3.57M), Air transport ($1.65M), and Business travel ($1.39M).
The top services imported by Central African Republic in 2018 were Personal travel ($162M), Other transport ($101M), Sea transport ($37.7M), Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($21M), and Air transport ($20.5M).
Central African Republic has a high level of specialization in Rough Wood (518), Sawn Wood (33.9), Diamonds (26.7), Raw Cotton (16.6), and Refined Copper (12.2). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Central African Republic observed and expected exports in each product.
The top export opportunities for Central African Republic according to the relatedness index, are Cocoa Beans (0.049), Non-fillet Frozen Fish (0.04), Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium and Zirconium Ore (0.039), Other Oily Seeds (0.038), and Bran (0.038). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Central African Republic is not specialized in.
The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.
This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Central African Republic. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Central African Republic exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.
The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities.
Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.