Datasets:

electricsheepafrica
/

africa-comtrade-central-african-rep-imports-by-commodity

country_name stringclasses 1 value	country_iso3 stringclasses 1 value	commodity_code stringlengths 6 6	commodity stringlengths 13 263	year int64 2k 2.02k	flow stringclasses 1 value	trade_value_usd float64 0.19 86.5M
Central African Rep.	CAF	271000	271000 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils b	2,000	imports	5,286,705
Central African Rep.	CAF	271111	271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas	2,000	imports	17,823
Central African Rep.	CAF	271113	271113 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes	2,000	imports	640
Central African Rep.	CAF	271121	271121 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas	2,000	imports	868
Central African Rep.	CAF	300410	300410 - Medicaments; containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale	2,000	imports	18,655
Central African Rep.	CAF	300420	300420 - Medicaments; containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale	2,000	imports	60,612
Central African Rep.	CAF	300439	300439 - Medicaments; containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale	2,000	imports	48
Central African Rep.	CAF	300390	300390 - Medicaments; (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)	2,000	imports	54,418
Central African Rep.	CAF	300320	300320 - Medicaments; containing antibiotics other than penicillins, streptomycins and their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale)	2,000	imports	1,099
Central African Rep.	CAF	300310	300310 - Medicaments; containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale)	2,000	imports	8,618
Central African Rep.	CAF	300290	300290 - Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products	2,000	imports	660
Central African Rep.	CAF	300239	300239 - Vaccines, veterinary use, except foot and mouth	2,000	imports	639
Central African Rep.	CAF	300220	300220 - Vaccines; for human medicine	2,000	imports	136,360
Central African Rep.	CAF	294190	294190 - Antibiotics; n.e.c. in heading no. 2941	2,000	imports	6,373
Central African Rep.	CAF	294140	294140 - Antibiotics; chloramphenicol and its derivatives; salts thereof	2,000	imports	23,515
Central African Rep.	CAF	310210	310210 - Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution	2,000	imports	141,540
Central African Rep.	CAF	310250	310250 - Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, sodium nitrate	2,000	imports	277
Central African Rep.	CAF	294120	294120 - Antibiotics; streptomycins and their derivatives; salts thereof	2,000	imports	1,145
Central African Rep.	CAF	293921	293921 - -- Quinine and its salts	2,000	imports	138
Central African Rep.	CAF	293690	293690 - Vitamins; n.e.c. in heading no. 2936, including natural concentrates	2,000	imports	2,470
Central African Rep.	CAF	293629	293629 - Vitamins; n.e.c. in item no. 2936.2, and their derivatives, unmixed	2,000	imports	847
Central African Rep.	CAF	293627	293627 - Vitamins; vitamin C and its derivatives, unmixed	2,000	imports	1,021
Central African Rep.	CAF	293626	293626 - Vitamins; vitamin B12 and its derivatives, unmixed	2,000	imports	159
Central African Rep.	CAF	292910	292910 - Nitrogen-function compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29, isocyanates	2,000	imports	32,972
Central African Rep.	CAF	291890	291890 - - Other	2,000	imports	49
Central African Rep.	CAF	291814	291814 - Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), citric acid	2,000	imports	4,917
Central African Rep.	CAF	291590	291590 - Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, n.e.c. in heading no. 2915	2,000	imports	8,724
Central African Rep.	CAF	291211	291211 - Aldehydes; acyclic, without other oxygen function, methanal (formaldehyde)	2,000	imports	3,855
Central African Rep.	CAF	290532	290532 - Alcohols; acyclic, diols; propylene glycol (propane-1, 2-diol)	2,000	imports	52,436
Central African Rep.	CAF	290410	290410 - Derivatives of hydrocarbons; containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters, whether or not halogenated	2,000	imports	2,305
Central African Rep.	CAF	290340	290340 - Multi-halogen derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons	2,000	imports	8,563
Central African Rep.	CAF	290322	290322 - Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; trichloroethylene	2,000	imports	1,062
Central African Rep.	CAF	290312	290312 - Saturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; dichloromethane (methylene chloride)	2,000	imports	2,950
Central African Rep.	CAF	290129	290129 - Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901	2,000	imports	939
Central African Rep.	CAF	290110	290110 - Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated	2,000	imports	879
Central African Rep.	CAF	285100	285100 - Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals.	2,000	imports	11,749
Central African Rep.	CAF	284160	284160 - Manganites, manganates and permanganates of metals	2,000	imports	3,992
Central African Rep.	CAF	284020	284020 - Borates; n.e.c. in heading no. 2840	2,000	imports	12,803
Central African Rep.	CAF	283919	283919 - Silicates; of sodium (excluding sodium metasilicates)	2,000	imports	22,890
Central African Rep.	CAF	283911	283911 - Silicates; sodium metasilicates	2,000	imports	9,332
Central African Rep.	CAF	283699	283699 - Carbonates; n.e.c. in heading no. 2836 and other than lithium or strontium	2,000	imports	4,390
Central African Rep.	CAF	283529	283529 - Phosphates; (other than of mono- or disodium, other than of potassium or of calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (dicalcium phosphate) and excluding other phosphates of calcium), whether or not chemically defined	2,000	imports	3,133
Central African Rep.	CAF	283329	283329 - Sulphates; n.e.c. in item no. 2833.2	2,000	imports	3,058
Central African Rep.	CAF	283325	283325 - Sulphates; of copper	2,000	imports	4,509
Central African Rep.	CAF	283322	283322 - Sulphates; of aluminium	2,000	imports	58,514
Central African Rep.	CAF	283321	283321 - Sulphates; of magnesium	2,000	imports	373
Central African Rep.	CAF	330610	330610 - Oral or dental hygiene preparations; dentifrices	2,000	imports	25,561
Central African Rep.	CAF	330710	330710 - Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations	2,000	imports	595
Central African Rep.	CAF	330720	330720 - Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; personal deodorants and antiperspirants	2,000	imports	2,598
Central African Rep.	CAF	330730	330730 - Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations	2,000	imports	4,370
Central African Rep.	CAF	282890	282890 - Hypochlorites; n.e.c. in heading no. 2828	2,000	imports	35,559
Central African Rep.	CAF	282810	282810 - Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites	2,000	imports	67,189
Central African Rep.	CAF	282739	282739 - Chlorides; other than of ammonium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium and nickel	2,000	imports	937
Central African Rep.	CAF	281820	281820 - Aluminium oxide; other than artificial corundum	2,000	imports	1,223
Central African Rep.	CAF	281512	281512 - Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)	2,000	imports	130,439
Central African Rep.	CAF	281511	281511 - Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); solid	2,000	imports	140,794
Central African Rep.	CAF	281420	281420 - Ammonia; in aqueous solution	2,000	imports	100
Central African Rep.	CAF	281410	281410 - Ammonia; anhydrous	2,000	imports	8,404
Central African Rep.	CAF	280700	280700 - Sulphuric acid; oleum	2,000	imports	12,258
Central African Rep.	CAF	280540	280540 - Mercury	2,000	imports	1,109
Central African Rep.	CAF	280511	280511 - Alkali or alkali-earth metals; sodium	2,000	imports	201
Central African Rep.	CAF	280440	280440 - Oxygen	2,000	imports	57,758
Central African Rep.	CAF	271600	271600 - Electrical energy	2,000	imports	6,546
Central African Rep.	CAF	350520	350520 - Glues; based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches	2,000	imports	15,412
Central African Rep.	CAF	271500	271500 - Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs)	2,000	imports	1,889
Central African Rep.	CAF	271490	271490 - Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock	2,000	imports	4,994
Central African Rep.	CAF	271129	271129 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas	2,000	imports	45,943
Central African Rep.	CAF	270600	270600 - Tar; distilled from coal, lignite or peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars	2,000	imports	639
Central African Rep.	CAF	252390	252390 - Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523	2,000	imports	4,325
Central African Rep.	CAF	252329	252329 - Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured	2,000	imports	1,436,327
Central African Rep.	CAF	252321	252321 - Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured	2,000	imports	5,249
Central African Rep.	CAF	252220	252220 - Slaked lime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825	2,000	imports	7,055
Central African Rep.	CAF	252210	252210 - Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825	2,000	imports	1,204
Central African Rep.	CAF	251511	251511 - Marble and travertine; having a specific gravity of 2.5 or more, crude or roughly trimmed by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape	2,000	imports	327
Central African Rep.	CAF	251200	251200 - Siliceous fossil meals (e.g. kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths; whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less	2,000	imports	15,028
Central African Rep.	CAF	250830	250830 - Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined	2,000	imports	1,774
Central African Rep.	CAF	250100	250100 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water	2,000	imports	1,359,242
Central African Rep.	CAF	240391	240391 - Tobacco; homogenised or reconstituted	2,000	imports	1,837,330
Central African Rep.	CAF	240310	240310 - - Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion	2,000	imports	421,039
Central African Rep.	CAF	240220	240220 - Cigarettes; containing tobacco	2,000	imports	2,050,112
Central African Rep.	CAF	240210	240210 - Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos; containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto	2,000	imports	5,008
Central African Rep.	CAF	230990	230990 - Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding	2,000	imports	373
Central African Rep.	CAF	230910	230910 - Dog or cat food; put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding	2,000	imports	6,105
Central African Rep.	CAF	220900	220900 - Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar; obtained from acetic acid	2,000	imports	4,768
Central African Rep.	CAF	380840	380840 - - Disinfectants	2,000	imports	31,784
Central African Rep.	CAF	380890	380890 - - Other	2,000	imports	32,757
Central African Rep.	CAF	220890	220890 - Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; n.e.c. in heading no. 2208	2,000	imports	34,755
Central African Rep.	CAF	220850	220850 - Gin and geneva	2,000	imports	10,166
Central African Rep.	CAF	220840	220840 - Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products	2,000	imports	596
Central African Rep.	CAF	220830	220830 - Whiskies	2,000	imports	179,399
Central African Rep.	CAF	220820	220820 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc	2,000	imports	65
Central African Rep.	CAF	220710	220710 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher	2,000	imports	15,016
Central African Rep.	CAF	220600	220600 - Beverages, fermented; (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake)	2,000	imports	2,081
Central African Rep.	CAF	220590	220590 - Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances, in containers holding more than 2 litres	2,000	imports	1,761
Central African Rep.	CAF	220510	220510 - Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances, in containers holding 2 litres or less	2,000	imports	2,498
Central African Rep.	CAF	220429	220429 - Wine; still, in containers holding more than 10 litres	2,000	imports	71,425
Central African Rep.	CAF	220421	220421 - Wine; still, in containers holding 2 litres or less	2,000	imports	351,361
Central African Rep.	CAF	220410	220410 - Wine; sparkling	2,000	imports	35,618
Central African Rep.	CAF	220300	220300 - Beer; made from malt	2,000	imports	44,277
Central African Rep.	CAF	220290	220290 - -Other	2,000	imports	14,185

End of preview. Expand in Data Studio

Central African Rep. — Imports by Commodity (HS6) | Africa (UN Comtrade)

🌍 28,155 observations · 1 Africa countries · 2000–2023 · Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset contains 28,155 observations of International merchandise trade data across 1 Africa countries, spanning 2000–2023, covering 3934 distinct indicators.

About the source

Source: UN Comtrade
Publisher: United Nations Statistics Division (UN Comtrade)
License: other
Topic: International merchandise trade

Geographic coverage

1 Africa countries · top rows shown below, sorted by row count:

Country	Rows	First year	Last year
`Central African Rep.`	28,155	2000	2023

Indicators (sample)

010110 — 010110 - - Pure-bred breeding animals
010229 — 010229 - Cattle; live, other than pure-bred breeding animals
010290 — 010290 - Bovine animals; live, other than cattle and buffalo
010310 — 010310 - Swine; live, pure-bred breeding animals
010420 — 010420 - Goats; live
010511 — 010511 - Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185g
010512 — 010512 - Poultry; live, turkeys, weighing not more than 185g
010519 — 010519 - -- Other
010592 — 010592 - -- Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 2,000 g
010599 — 010599 - Poultry; live, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, weighing more than 185g
... and 3924 more indicators

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
`country_name`	`string`	—	`Central African Rep.`
`country_iso3`	`string`	—	`CAF`
`commodity_code`	`string`	—	`271000`
`commodity`	`string`	—	`271000 - Petroleum oils and oils obta…`
`year`	`int64`	—	`2000`
`flow`	`string`	—	`imports`
`trade_value_usd`	`float64`	—	`5286705.0`

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-comtrade-central-african-rep-imports-by-commodity")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Filter to one country

kenya = df[df["country_name"] == "KEN"]

Time-series for a single indicator

sample = (df[df["commodity_code"] == "271000"]
          .sort_values("year"))
sample.plot(x="year", y="trade_value_usd", title="271000")

Pivot to country × year matrix

matrix = (df[df["commodity_code"] == "271000"]
          .pivot_table(index="year", columns="country_name", values="trade_value_usd"))
print(matrix.tail())

Citation

@misc{africa_comtrade_central_african_rep_imports_by_commodity_2023,
  title        = {Central African Rep. — Imports by Commodity (HS6) | Africa (UN Comtrade)},
  author       = {United Nations Statistics Division (UN Comtrade)},
  year         = {2023},
  url          = {https://comtradeplus.un.org/},
  publisher    = {HuggingFace Datasets, repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-comtrade-central-african-rep-imports-by-commodity}}
}

License

Released under other.

Original data © United Nations Statistics Division (UN Comtrade). When using this dataset, please cite both the original source above and the Electric Sheep Africa repackaging.

About Electric Sheep

Electric Sheep Africa is part of the Electric Sheep mission: a unified, ML-ready data layer for Africa on HuggingFace. We pull data from authoritative open sources, normalize the schemas, package as Parquet, and publish with consistent dataset cards so researchers and developers can use load_dataset() to start working in seconds.

Browse the full collection: huggingface.co/electricsheepafrica

Provenance: ingested 2026-06-17 via the Electric Sheep pipeline. Source URL: https://comtradeplus.un.org/

Downloads last month: 34