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98.1%CURRENT US$
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42.1%CURRENT US$
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About

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

Iran-Democratic Republic of the Congo Trade: In N/A, Iran exported $200k to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products that Iran exported to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Excavation Machinery ($126k), Enzymes ($49.3k), and Activated Carbon ($11.5k). Over the past N/A years the exports of Iran to Democratic Republic of the Congo have decreased at an annualized rate of 23.4%,  from $760k in N/A to $200k in N/A.

In N/A, Iran 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, Iran ranked 60 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.072), and 86 in total exports ($15.9B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Democratic Republic of the Congo does not register exports to Iran.

In 2017, Iran exported $200k to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products exported from Iran to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Excavation Machinery ($126k), Enzymes ($49.3k), and Activated Carbon ($11.5k). During the last 5 years the exports of Iran to Democratic Republic of the Congo have decreased at an annualized rate of 23.4%, from $760k in 2022 to $200k in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Iran
Top Destination
China$5.72B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Iran than Democratic Republic of the Congo included Turkey ($3.17B), Kuwait ($960M), and Pakistan ($762M).

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

Comparative Advantage Democratic Republic of the Congo - Iran

Flow
Scale

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

During 2017, Iran had a large net trade with Democratic Republic of the Congo in the exports of Machines ($127k), Chemical Products ($67.4k), and Plastics and Rubbers ($4.04k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Democratic Republic of the Congo Iran+$2.94kTelephones
Top Product Potential Iran Democratic Republic of the Congo+$2.99kEthylene Polymers

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 Iran. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo indicates it has a comparative advantage over Iran. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Iran indicates it has a comparative advantage over Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

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