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Lesotho Major Imports

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Based on the statistics of United Nations, Lesotho imported US$455 million worth of goods around the world in 2018. Among all the top products imported to Lesotho, Knitted & Crocheted Fabrics contribute to 14.95% of total trade value, equal to US$68,037 thousand. The second imported are Woven Cotton Fabrics, which account for 4.14%. The following table lists the top products imported to Lesotho. Also shown are the trade value and the percentage share for each import category as well as the growth rate during the past 5 years.

Top Products Imported by Lesotho

Market Value: 455 (millions) – Last Updated: June, 2019

Rank Product Trade Value (thousands) Share (%) Growth (% 5yr)
1 Knitted & Crocheted Fabrics 68,037 14.95 86.34
2 Woven Cotton Fabrics > 85% > 200 G/M2 18,850 4.14 -10.17
3 Television, Radio & Assessory Parts 6,414 1.41 2,501.30
4 Computer & Office Machines Parts 4,477 0.98 7,471.07
5 Medicines in Doses 3,937 0.87 1,270.14
6 Telephone, Fax & Switching Apparatus 3,055 0.67 13.62
7 Rice 2,821 0.62 0.00
8 Articles of Plastics 2,536 0.56 155.68
9 Staple Fiber Sewing Thread 2,464 0.54 528.77
10 Pile Fabrics 2,163 0.48 36.55
11 Buttons 1,895 0.42 119.46
12 Paper Labels 1,877 0.41 75.73
13 Labels & Badges 1,696 0.37 78.22
14 Cereal Groats 1,408 0.31 0.00
15 Passenger Vehicles 1,090 0.24 499.14
16 Automatic Regulating & Control Instruments 1,028 0.23 0.00
17 Auxiliary Machinery For Textile Machines 956 0.21 0.00
18 Woven Fabric -Under 85% Synthetic > 170G/M2 911 0.20 -45.07
19 Pictures & Photos 854 0.19 319.27
20 Taps, Cocks & Valves 794 0.17 41,947.75
21 Woven Pile & Chenille Fabrics 734 0.16 -68.97
22 Cel Phones, Video Recorders & Radio Transcievers 664 0.15 -32.57
23 Sewing Machines 646 0.14 62.23
24 Woven Cotton Fabrics – < 85% > 200G/M2 573 0.13 -61.75
25 Slide Fasteners & Parts 569 0.13 321.50
26 Knitted Made-Up Clothing Accessories 543 0.12 51.97
27 Machines For Preparing Fibers & Yarns 536 0.12 0.00
28 Switches, Relays & Fuses < 1000 Volts 518 0.11 1,633.68
29 Natural Vegetable Fats & Oils 503 0.11 0.00
30 Made-Up Clothes Accessories 471 0.10 28,268.65
31 Heavy Construction Equipment 470 0.10 62,101.19
32 Sanitary & Toiletry Paper 453 0.10 27,898.58
33 Woven Cotton Fabrics – < 85% < 200G/M2 450 0.10 0.00
34 Air & Vacuum Pumps 431 0.09 3,667.54
35 Leguminous Vegetables 382 0.08 -6.29
36 Lamps & Lighting Fittings 363 0.08 1,037.83
37 Measuring or Checking Instruments 361 0.08 2,101.48
38 Parts For Fork Lifts, Bulldozers & Graders 358 0.08 2,042.18
39 Clasps, Buckles & Hooks 340 0.07 -3.58
40 Transmission Shafts, Bearings & Parts 338 0.07 9,192.87
41 Aircraft Engines 334 0.07 25.57
42 Paper & Paperboard 327 0.07 166.17
43 Woven Cotton Fabrics – > 85% < 200G/M2 307 0.07 -86.40
44 Articles of Iron & Steel 305 0.07 1,753.79
45 Computers, Printers & Storage Units 296 0.07 159.54
46 Semi Trucks & Tractors 292 0.06 61.95
47 Electric Motors & Generators 289 0.06 3,356.03
48 Water Heaters 279 0.06 4,279.91
49 Trucks 279 0.06 11,445.55
50 Plastic & Rubber Footwear 274 0.06 34.73
51 X-Ray Apparatus 254 0.06 0.00
52 Electric Water Heaters 253 0.06 0.00
53 Electric Generating Sets & Rotary Converters 252 0.06 0.00
54 Narrow Woven Fabrics 249 0.05 21.17
55 Liquid Crystal Devices 244 0.05 0.00
56 Electronic Tubes 239 0.05 0.00
57 Parts For Machines & Instruments 234 0.05 0.00
58 Other Pharmaceutical Goods 233 0.05 724.37
59 Insulated Wire & Cable 229 0.05 293.27
60 Books 210 0.05 2.26
61 Electric Filament & Discharge Lamps 209 0.05 0.00
62 Stoves 204 0.04 0.00
63 Plastic Containers 201 0.04 146.83
64 Prefabricated Buildings 196 0.04 0.00
65 Knitting Machines 193 0.04 -26.33
66 Soybean Oil 193 0.04 158.64
67 Leather Footwear 188 0.04 -21.96
68 Pharmaceutical Articles of Rubber 188 0.04 0.00
69 Plastic Tubes 187 0.04 481.71
70 Beer 182 0.04 0.00
71 Molding Boxes For Metal Foundry 180 0.04 562.28
72 Mechanical Machinery & Parts 177 0.04 283.26
73 Electrical Switching Boards 175 0.04 19,130.77
74 Corn 174 0.04 -46.11
75 Medical, Dental & Vet Instruments 170 0.04 313.59
76 Enzymes 170 0.04 86.96
77 Motor Vehicle Parts 166 0.04 -28.19
78 Ink Jet Printers 158 0.03 101.64
79 Screws, Bolts & Nuts 157 0.03 17,152.53
80 Parts For Machine Tools 155 0.03 0.00
81 Twine 153 0.03 66.22
82 Specialized Electrical Machinery & Parts 152 0.03 1,846.39
83 Art Paper 149 0.03 511.81
84 TV Receivers 142 0.03 -99.19
85 Woven Cotton Fabrics 141 0.03 0.00
86 Ceramic Lab Wares 136 0.03 686.58
87 Prepared Glues & Adhesives 130 0.03 0.00
88 Steam Generating Boilers 128 0.03 0.00
89 Woven Fabric -Over 85% Synthetic < 170G/M2 125 0.03 1,386.94
90 Woven Fabric of Synthetic Filament Yarn 120 0.03 -15.42
91 Oscilloscopes & Electrical Measuring Instruments 118 0.03 4,949.85
92 Composite Diagnostic & Lab Reagents 103 0.02 643.49
93 Aircraft Parts 100 0.02 -92.13
94 Hand Paintings & Drawings 98 0.02 0.00
95 Antibiotics 93 0.02 228.54
96 Kraft Paper 89 0.02 0.00
97 Interchange Hand & Machine Tools 87 0.02 94.17
98 Cow &Horse Hides -No Hair 83 0.02 3,059.50
99 Builders Ware of Plastics 82 0.02 0.00
100 Odoriferous Mixtures 81 0.02 641.76
101 Transformers, Converters & Power Supplies 81 0.02 47.30
102 Knitted Garments 80 0.02 0.00
103 Plastic Floor Cover & Wall Cover 76 0.02 0.00
104 Paper Transfers 75 0.02 232.29
105 Moving & Grading Machinery 65 0.01 -77.35
106 Stranded Wire 63 0.01 0.00
107 Worn Clothing 62 0.01 865.75
108 Malt 61 0.01 -85.05
109 Cotton Sewing Thread 61 0.01 0.00
110 Nucleic Acids & Salts 58 0.01 9,048.26
111 Engine Parts 57 0.01 89.21
112 Bed & Table Linen 56 0.01 0.00
113 Chain & Parts 56 0.01 2,976.92
114 Pumps For Liquids 51 0.01 -74.74
115 Records & Tapes 51 0.01 129.91
116 Insulating Fittings For Assembly 51 0.01 -11.04
117 Non-Adhesive Plastic Plates, Sheets & Film 51 0.01 -10.48
118 Washers & Dryers 48 0.01 151.49
119 Aluminum Bars 47 0.01 151.86
120 Machinery Parts 47 0.01 -76.59
121 Machine Tools For Working Wood 45 0.01 119.46
122 Parts For Electric Equipment 45 0.01 0.00
123 Aluminum Structures & Parts of 44 0.01 -12.79
124 Heterocyclic Compounds 44 0.01 100.02
125 Articles of Leather 43 0.01 0.00
126 Trailers 43 0.01 -9.82
127 Revolvers & Pistols 42 0.01 33.53
128 Agricultural Machinery For Soil 41 0.01 0.00
129 Air Conditioners 41 0.01 467.33
130 Gold 40 0.01 4,295.60
131 Paint & Varnish 40 0.01 156.28
132 Synthetic Sewing Threads 38 0.01 -60.57
133 Vans & Buses 36 0.01 -86.58
134 Refractory Bricks 35 0.01 0.00
135 Hardware For Furniture, Doors & Windows 34 0.01 648.86
136 Piston Engines 33 0.01 0.00
137 Transister & Semiconductor Devices 33 0.01 23.33
138 Furniture & Parts 32 0.01 84.14
139 Instruments for Measure & Check Flow 31 0.01 3,182.17
140 Compasses & Navigation Instruments 31 0.01 167.96
141 Parts of Electric Motors 30 0.01 2,330.20
142 Human Blood 28 0.01 -71.92
143 Knitted T-Shirts 28 0.01 436.78
144 Original Sculptures & Statues 27 0.01 4,718.73
145 Veneer Sheets 27 0.01 641.76
146 Fork-Lift Trucks 26 0.01 294.06
147 Image Projectors 25 0.01 0.00
148 Machinery For Working Rubber & Plastics 25 0.01 0.00
149 Battery Waste 25 0.01 0.00
150 Non Crude Oil 25 0.01 119.10
151 Ceramic Sinks 24 0.01 0.00
152 Articles of Vulcanized Rubber 23 0.01 107.92
153 Structures & Parts of Iron or Steel 21 0.00 32.59
154 Seats & Parts 21 0.00 228.24
155 Nails 18 0.00 0.00
156 Machinery For Sorting Screening Minerals 17 0.00 -9.98
157 Non Wovens 16 0.00 69.74
158 Plastic Household Articles 15 0.00 -48.51
159 Gaskets & Similar Joints of Metal Sheeting 15 0.00 0.00
160 Handbags, Wallets & Travel Goods 14 0.00 45.53
161 Inorganic Acids 14 0.00 1,422.86
162 Candles 14 0.00 0.00
163 Articles of Wood 14 0.00 -73.90
164 Padlocks 13 0.00 0.00
165 Printed Circuits 13 0.00 0.00
166 Sand Blasting Machines 13 0.00 0.00
167 Machinery For Typeset 13 0.00 -57.63
168 Plastic Monofil 13 0.00 -16.97
169 Knitted Mens & Boys Suits 13 0.00 17.26
170 Hand Tools 13 0.00 0.00
171 Woven Fabric -Over 85% Synthetic > 170G/M2 12 0.00 0.00
172 Electronic Integrated Circuits 12 0.00 47.54
173 Non-Knit Womens & Girls Suits 12 0.00 -94.35
174 Dishwashing & Packaging Machines 11 0.00 0.00
175 Microphones 11 0.00 663.89
176 Springs & Leaves For Springs 11 0.00 -68.31
177 Cane Sugar 11 0.00 12.14
178 Sulfonamides 10 0.00 -24.21
179 Stranded Wire 10 0.00 0.00
180 Cycle Parts & Assessories 10 0.00 -70.17
181 Oxygen-Function Amino-Compounds 9 0.00 -65.90
182 Non-Knit Mens & Boys Suits 9 0.00 351.51
183 Knitted Sweaters 9 0.00 1,171.49
184 Pumice 9 0.00 -92.94
185 Binders For Found Molds 8 0.00 0.00
186 Food & Drink Preparation Machines 8 0.00 -35.86
187 Glazed Ceramic Flags & Paving 8 0.00 0.00
188 Refrigerators & Freezers 7 0.00 -93.72
189 Animal Feed 7 0.00 0.00
190 Revolution & Production Count Meters 7 0.00 29.70
191 Plastic Self-Adhesive Plates 6 0.00 261.23
192 Files, Pliers & Shears 6 0.00 1,120.82
193 Glass Beads & Articles 6 0.00 20.94
194 Tools For Working in the Hand 6 0.00 0.00
195 Instruments For Physical or Chemical Analysis 6 0.00 0.00
196 Containers of Transport 6 0.00 95.87
197 Glands Dry & Extracts 6 0.00 57.29
198 Ceramic Tableware of Porcelain & China 5 0.00 0.00
199 Bras 5 0.00 449.45
200 Electric Lasers 5 0.00 35.16
201 Beauty & Make-up Perparations 5 0.00 0.00
202 Ceramic Statuettes 5 0.00 155.49
203 Umbrellas 4 0.00 229.60
204 Articles of Glass 4 0.00 0.00
205 Aluminum Plates 4 0.00 -92.29
206 Tube & Pipe Fittings 4 0.00 0.00
207 Knitted Womens & Girls Slips 4 0.00 11.64
208 Physical Exercise Equipment 4 0.00 -65.38
209 Dextrins 3 0.00 0.00
210 Leather Apparel & Accessories 3 0.00 -69.39
211 Plastic Sheets, Film & Plates 3 0.00 -95.10
212 Knitted Womens & Girls Blouses & Shirts 3 0.00 -95.39
213 Textile Products For Specific Tech Uses 3 0.00 -91.63
214 Articles of Stone 3 0.00 0.00
215 Electric Sound & Visual Signaling Apparatus 3 0.00 73.31
216 Filters & Centrifuges 3 0.00 -92.47
217 Glass of 7003-5 Bnt 3 0.00 59.84
218 Hydrometers & Thermometers 3 0.00 -69.34
219 Ash & Slag 2 0.00 0.00
220 Photocopy Apparatus 2 0.00 0.00
221 Office Paper 2 0.00 0.00
222 Bread, Pastry & Cakes 2 0.00 -89.46
223 Tea 2 0.00 -26.74
224 Uncoated Paper 2 0.00 -82.46
225 Articles of Jewelry & Parts 2 0.00 -69.77
226 Plastic Textile Fabrics 2 0.00 0.00
227 Brooms & Mops 2 0.00 -26.74
228 Washing Machines 2 0.00 0.00
229 Vulcanized Rubber Tubes 2 0.00 0.00
230 Float Glass 2 0.00 0.00
231 Coated Paper 1 0.00 -67.49
232 Notebooks & Business Forms 1 0.00 -78.11
233 Misc Headgear 1 0.00 -73.81
234 Electric Storage Batteries 1 0.00 -92.24
235 Electromech Domestic Appliances 1 0.00 -45.05
236 Electric Light Equipment 1 0.00 0.00
237 Friction Material 1 0.00 0.00
238 Glassware For Table 1 0.00 -28.98
239 Knitted Mens & Boys Shirts 1 0.00 -71.16
240 Chocolate 1 0.00 -99.65
241 Soap 1 0.00 0.00
242 Imitation Jewelry 1 0.00 0.00
243 Cement 1 0.00 0.00
244 Office Machines 1 0.00 0.00
245 Primary Cells & Batteries 1 0.00 0.00
246 Stainless Steel Bars & Rods – Angles 0 0.00 0.00
247 Arcade, Table or Parlor Games 0 0.00 0.00
248 Abrasive Powder 0 0.00 -97.87
249 Survey Instruments 0 0.00 -98.84
250 Articles Of Yarn 0 0.00 0.00
251 Braids & Tassels 0 0.00 -98.37
252 Tarps, Sails & Tents 0 0.00 -98.61
253 Medicines Not in Doses 0 0.00 -99.98
254 Seamed Hollow Tubes & Pipes 0 0.00 0.00
255 Tape Recorders 0 0.00 0.00
256 Wood Marquetry 0 0.00 0.00
257 Electric Capacitors 0 0.00 -99.62
258 Knitted Womens & Girls Overcoats 0 0.00 0.00

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