Shipped Where
Imported from DR Congo, 2025
$1.9 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#74 of 218
Arrived by ship
99%

DR Congo is the 74th largest source of US imports: $1.9 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is copper, followed by crude oil.

What the US buys from DR Congo

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Copper$1.8B · 92.9%
  2. 02Crude oil$99.7M · 5.2%
  3. 03Tin, unwrought$10.6M · 0.5%
  4. 04Lumber$10.4M · 0.5%
  5. 05Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years$9.9M · 0.5%
  6. 06Bran, sharps and other residues, derived from the sifting$1.9M · <0.1%
  7. 07Diamonds$978K · <0.1%
  8. 08Collections, collectors' pieces archaeol, ethnographic$799K · <0.1%
All 23 products from DR Congo
  1. 09Precious and semiprecious stones, not strung, mounted etc.$598K · <0.1%
  2. 10Chipmaking equipment$371K · <0.1%
  3. 11Vegetable saps and extracts$327K · <0.1%
  4. 12Coffee$198K · <0.1%
  5. 13Animals, live, not elsewhere specified$122K · <0.1%
  6. 14Original sculptures and statuary, in any material$111K · <0.1%
  7. 15Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines$106K · <0.1%
  8. 16Fish, live$77K · <0.1%
  9. 17Fine art$61K · <0.1%
  10. 18Articles of natural or cultured pearls$52K · <0.1%
  11. 19Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electrical conductors$48K · <0.1%
  12. 20Articles of stone or other mineral substances$45K · <0.1%
  13. 21Car parts$41K · <0.1%
  14. 22Soda & soft drinks$36K · <0.1%
  15. 23Data storage media$35K · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from DR Congo by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from DR Congo, 2025. Letters match the list.

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99% of goods from DR Congo arrived by ship. New Orleans, LA handled 47% on its own.

  1. ANew Orleans, LA $902M · 46.8%
  2. BNewark, NJ $356M · 18.5%
  3. CBaltimore, MD $298M · 15.4%
  4. DSavannah, GA $109M · 5.6%
  5. ENorfolk, VA $91.9M · 4.8%
  6. FHouston, TX $69.3M · 3.6%

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