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About

India-Somalia Trade: In 2022, India exported $912M to Somalia. The main products that India exported to Somalia were Raw Sugar ($378M), Rice ($182M), and Wheat Flours ($47.8M). Over the past 5 years the exports of India to Somalia have increased at an annualized rate of 14.3%, from $467M in 2017 to $912M in 2022.

In 2022, India did not export any services to Somalia.

Somalia-India Trade: In 2022, Somalia exported $15.6M to India. The main products that Somalia exported to India were Scrap Iron ($7.79M), Scrap Copper ($2.51M), and Industrial Fatty Acids, Oils and Alcohols ($1.81M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Somalia to India have increased at an annualized rate of 32.3%,  from $3.86M in 2017 to $15.6M in 2022.

In 2022, Somalia did not export any services to India.

Comparison In 2022,  India ranked 40 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.64),  and 15 in total exports ($468B). 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
Value

In 2022, India exported $912M to Somalia. The main products exported from India to Somalia were Raw Sugar ($378M), Rice ($182M), and Wheat Flours ($47.8M). During the last 5 years the exports of India to Somalia have increased at an annualized rate of 14.3%, from $467M in 2017 to $912M in 2022.

In 2017, Somalia exported $15.6M to India. The main products exported from Somalia to India were Scrap Iron ($7.79M), Scrap Copper ($2.51M), and Industrial Fatty Acids, Oils and Alcohols ($1.81M). During the last 5 years the exports of Somalia to India have increased at an annualized rate of 32.3%, from $3.86M in 2022 to $15.6M in 2017.

Exports from India (Flag) to Somalia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Somalia (Flag) to India (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
India
Top Destination
United States$82.9B
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$283M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from India than Somalia included United States ($82.9B), United Arab Emirates ($31.6B), and Netherlands ($17.6B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Somalia than from India.

Difference in imports from Somalia (Flag) and India (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage India - Somalia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between India and Somalia by product, considering products traded by both, India and Somalia.

During 2022, India had a large net trade with Somalia in the exports of Foodstuffs ($407M), Vegetable Products ($235M), and Transportation ($57.2M).

During 2017, Somalia had a large net trade with India in the exports of Metals ($11.7M), Chemical Products ($1.81M), and Vegetable Products ($1.14M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential India Somalia+$9.96MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Somalia India+$6.56MScrap Iron

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 India and Somalia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of India indicates it has a comparative advantage over Somalia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Somalia indicates it has a comparative advantage over India.

Product Space of India (Flag) and Somalia (Flag) (2022)

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