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About

In N/A, Democratic Republic of the Congo did not export any services to Somalia.

Somalia-Democratic Republic of the Congo Trade: In N/A, Somalia exported $37.2k to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products that Somalia exported to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Fish: dried, salted, smoked or in brine ($37k) and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($220). Over the past N/A years the exports of Somalia to Democratic Republic of the Congo have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.26%,  from $37.7k in N/A to $37.2k in N/A.

In N/A, Somalia did not export any services to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Comparison In 2022,  Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked 130 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.81),  and 71 in total exports ($28.5B). That same year, Somalia ranked 167 in total exports ($569M), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
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Democratic Republic of the Congo does not register exports to Somalia.

In 2017, Somalia exported $37.2k to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products exported from Somalia to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Fish: dried, salted, smoked or in brine ($37k) and Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($220). During the last 5 years the exports of Somalia to Democratic Republic of the Congo have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.26%, from $37.7k in 2022 to $37.2k in 2017.

Exports from Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) to Somalia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Somalia (Flag) to Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$283M

This map shows whether countries import more from Democratic Republic of the Congo or Somalia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Democratic Republic of the Congo than Somalia included China ($15.6B), Singapore ($1.36B), and Hong Kong ($1.24B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Somalia than Democratic Republic of the Congo included Oman ($173M), Bulgaria ($18.5M), and Kuwait ($13.5M).

Difference in imports from Somalia (Flag) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Democratic Republic of the Congo - Somalia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia by product, considering products traded by both, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia.

During 2017, Somalia had a large net trade with Democratic Republic of the Congo in the exports of Animal Products ($37.2k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Democratic Republic of the Congo Somalia+$1.72kSawn Wood
Top Product Potential Somalia Democratic Republic of the Congo+$1.49kNon-fillet Frozen Fish

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo indicates it has a comparative advantage over Somalia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Somalia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Product Space of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) and Somalia (Flag) (2022)

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