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Market · Africa

India's exports to Sao Tome and Principe

US$ 825 thousand

in , down 34.4% on . India's 200th largest market, 0.0% of India's exports, 28 products.

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What India sells to Sao Tome and Principe top 15

#Product (HS 6-digit)2025Change5 years
11006.30 Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazedUS$ 475 thousand−10.9%
21905.31 Food preparations; sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoaUS$ 59 thousand+98.0%
33006.60 Pharmaceutical goods; chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on…US$ 57 thousand+483.0%
43002.41 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar pr…US$ 40 thousand+11.7%
54820.20 Paper and paperboard; exercise booksUS$ 25 thousand+4.1%
61006.40 Cereals; rice, brokenUS$ 25 thousandnew
73605.00 Matches; other than pyrotechnic articles of heading no. 3604US$ 22 thousandnew
84014.10 Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), sheath contraceptivesUS$ 19 thousand+6,641.2%
91103.13 Cereal groats and meal; of maize (corn)US$ 19 thousandnew
106907.21 Ceramic tiles; flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subhe…US$ 16 thousand+173.5%
114911.99 Printed matter; n.e.c. in heading no. 4911US$ 12 thousandnew
126910.10 Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet p…US$ 12 thousand−0.3%
133004.90 Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004…US$ 9 thousand−63.1%
140907.10 Spices; cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems), neither crushed nor groundUS$ 8 thousandnew
158523.52 Semiconductor media; smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products o…US$ 7 thousand+68.8%

Who else sells to Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe's imports, 2025

Product (HS 4-digit)ImportsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
1006 Rice
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan24%
  2. 🇨🇳 China22%
  3. 🇮🇳 India14%
  4. 🇵🇰 Pakistan8.4%
  5. 🇻🇳 Vietnam7.2%
  6. 🇹🇬 Togo5.9%
13.2 mn14%3rd Japan 24% China 22%
8702 Vehicles; public transport passenger type
  1. 🇮🇳 India49%
  2. 🇬🇦 Gabon38%
  3. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea9.7%
  4. 🇨🇳 China3.4%
0.7 mn49%1st Gabon 38% Equatorial Guinea 9.7%
3004 Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 o…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal75%
  2. 🇮🇳 India16%
  3. 🇱🇻 Latvia5.2%
  4. 🇩🇰 Denmark2.0%
  5. 🇨🇳 China1.1%
  6. 🇳🇱 Netherlands0.4%
1.8 mn16%2nd Portugal 75% Latvia 5.2%
4901 Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar prin…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal38%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil26%
  3. 🇨🇳 China15%
  4. 🇮🇳 India15%
  5. 🇬🇦 Gabon2.2%
  6. 🇦🇴 Angola1.7%
0.4 mn15%4th Portugal 38% Brazil 26%
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally de…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal35%
  2. 🇬🇦 Gabon22%
  3. 🇫🇷 France8.4%
  4. 🇦🇴 Angola6.4%
  5. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates5.1%
  6. 🇳🇱 Netherlands4.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.8% · 14th
6.2 mn0.8%14th Portugal 35% Gabon 22%
3006 Pharmaceutical goods
  1. 🇮🇳 India51%
  2. 🇵🇹 Portugal25%
  3. 🇲🇾 Malaysia12%
  4. 🇩🇰 Denmark11%
  5. 🇨🇳 China0.7%
  6. 🇹🇷 Turkey0.1%
0.09 mn51%1st Portugal 25% Malaysia 12%
6907 Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; cer…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal34%
  2. 🇨🇳 China22%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain19%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil15%
  5. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea5.2%
  6. 🇮🇳 India3.6%
1.3 mn3.6%6th Portugal 34% China 22%
1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal46%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey25%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain9.0%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil6.7%
  5. 🇹🇬 Togo3.8%
  6. 🇮🇳 India2.5%
1.5 mn2.5%6th Portugal 46% Turkey 25%
6910 Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, b…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal50%
  2. 🇨🇳 China32%
  3. 🇮🇳 India15%
  4. 🇦🇴 Angola0.7%
  5. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.4%
  6. 🇹🇷 Turkey0.3%
0.2 mn15%3rd Portugal 50% China 32%
3401 Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as s…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal26%
  2. 🇿🇦 South Africa19%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil11%
  4. 🇮🇩 Indonesia9.0%
  5. 🇪🇬 Egypt8.9%
  6. 🇨🇳 China6.8%
  7. 🇮🇳 India1.6% · 11th
2.2 mn1.6%11th Portugal 26% South Africa 19%
6305 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of g…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal70%
  2. 🇮🇳 India24%
  3. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea2.8%
  4. 🇹🇬 Togo1.2%
  5. 🇬🇭 Ghana1.0%
  6. 🇨🇳 China0.5%
0.1 mn24%2nd Portugal 70% Equatorial Guinea 2.8%
4820 Registers, account books, diaries and similar; albu…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal45%
  2. 🇨🇳 China29%
  3. 🇬🇭 Ghana17%
  4. 🇮🇳 India6.8%
  5. 🇳🇬 Nigeria1.1%
  6. 🇪🇸 Spain0.6%
0.3 mn6.8%4th Portugal 45% China 29%

What Sao Tome and Principe buys most where India has under 5% of the market: openings, or where others are stronger.

Product (HS 4-digit)ImportsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
2710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, n…
  1. 🇹🇬 Togo60%
  2. 🇦🇴 Angola37%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal2.2%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey0.6%
  5. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.4%
  6. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.2%
43.1 mn–not sold Togo 60% Angola 37%
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), s…
  1. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea41%
  2. 🇦🇴 Angola33%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal24%
  4. 🇨🇳 China1.0%
  5. 🇪🇸 Spain0.6%
6.4 mn–not sold Equatorial Guinea 41% Angola 33%
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally de…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal35%
  2. 🇬🇦 Gabon22%
  3. 🇫🇷 France8.4%
  4. 🇦🇴 Angola6.4%
  5. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates5.1%
  6. 🇳🇱 Netherlands4.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.8% · 14th
6.2 mn0.8%14th Portugal 35% Gabon 22%
8502 Electric generating sets and rotary converters
  1. 🇹🇷 Turkey95%
  2. 🇧🇪 Belgium3.1%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal1.6%
  4. 🇦🇴 Angola0.6%
  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands0.1%
  6. 🇨🇳 China<0.1%
6.1 mn–not sold Turkey 95% Belgium 3.1%
2204 Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; gr…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal99%
  2. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.5%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain<0.1%
  4. 🇦🇴 Angola<0.1%
  5. 🇹🇬 Togo<0.1%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom<0.1%
5.7 mn–not sold Portugal 99% Equatorial Guinea 0.5%
1101 Wheat or meslin flour
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal50%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey45%
  3. 🇲🇦 Morocco2.8%
  4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands1.1%
  5. 🇪🇸 Spain0.4%
  6. 🇫🇷 France<0.1%
4.9 mn–not sold Portugal 50% Turkey 45%
1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not ref…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal80%
  2. 🇪🇬 Egypt14%
  3. 🇲🇦 Morocco4.4%
  4. 🇱🇧 Lebanon1.7%
  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands<0.1%
  6. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates<0.1%
4.5 mn–not sold Portugal 80% Egypt 14%
2202 Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, conta…
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal56%
  2. 🇦🇴 Angola8.6%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain7.8%
  4. 🇩🇿 Algeria7.2%
  5. 🇹🇬 Togo3.9%
  6. 🇪🇬 Egypt3.6%
3.7 mn–not sold Portugal 56% Angola 8.6%
2203 Beer made from malt
  1. 🇵🇹 Portugal96%
  2. 🇳🇱 Netherlands1.8%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain1.1%
  4. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.6%
  5. 🇹🇬 Togo0.2%
  6. 🇳🇬 Nigeria0.1%
3.4 mn–not sold Portugal 96% Netherlands 1.8%
0207 Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of…
  1. 🇳🇱 Netherlands22%
  2. 🇪🇸 Spain18%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal13%
  4. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom13%
  5. 🇧🇷 Brazil11%
  6. 🇧🇪 Belgium10%
3.2 mn–not sold Netherlands 22% Spain 18%

US$ million. As reported by Sao Tome and Principe's customs to UN Comtrade for 2025 (imports, usually valued with freight and insurance), so the figures differ from India's own export figures above. Open a product for its six biggest suppliers. Exportsmitra's figures, not ECGC's.

Growing fastest

Product2025Change
3006.60 Pharmaceutical goods; chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on… +US$ 47 thousandUS$ 57 thousand+483.0%
1905.31 Food preparations; sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa +US$ 29 thousandUS$ 59 thousand+98.0%
4014.10 Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), sheath contraceptives +US$ 19 thousandUS$ 19 thousand+6,641.2%
6907.21 Ceramic tiles; flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subhe… +US$ 10 thousandUS$ 16 thousand+173.5%
3002.41 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar pr… +US$ 4 thousandUS$ 40 thousand+11.7%
8523.52 Semiconductor media; smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products o… +US$ 3 thousandUS$ 7 thousand+68.8%
6907.23 Ceramic tiles; flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subhe… +US$ 1 thousandUS$ 5 thousand+27.3%
4820.20 Paper and paperboard; exercise books +US$ 995US$ 25 thousand+4.1%

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New in 2025

Products India had not sold to Sao Tome and Principe in the earlier years shown.

Source: UN Comtrade database (United Nations Statistics Division), as reported by India. Values in US$, calendar years. ECGC rating: ECGC Limited's short-term country classification, shown for convenience; Exportsmitra's figures and notes are not from ECGC.