The Republic of Djibouti is the smallest country on the African continent, it has a population of one million and is located in the Horn of Africa and is located at the entrance of the strategic Strait of Bab al-Mandab next to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. This country borders Eritrea to the east, Ethiopia to the south and southwest, and The southeast is bordered by Somalia.

Most of the residents of this country are Muslims, and Arabic and French are the official languages of Djibouti, but the residents of this country also speak their local languages in addition to these two languages. Djibouti was considered a French colony in the past, but became independent in 1977. Receipt.

According to the Iran-Africa Business Club, Djibouti’s access to international waters is one of the advantages of this country and it is also geographically connected with the countries in the center of the continent, which has created a strategic position for this country. To such an extent that various countries such as America, Japan and France have taken measures to use the strategic position of this country, and for example, China has built its only foreign military base in Djibouti in 2017.

Providing commercial services to other countries and transiting commercial cargoes and transportation to other surrounding countries and taking advantage of the extraordinary geographical location of this country is its main source of income, and industry and agriculture are not prosperous in this country.

The International Trade Center announced that the total trade of Djibouti in 2021 was 7 billion and 400 million dollars, that the share of service exports from this country was more than 1 billion dollars, and the export of goods in 2021 was about 370 million dollars, of which the export of plant and animal products With 185 million dollars, it is at the top of Djibouti’s export products.

According to this report, the total value of imported goods destined for Djibouti in 2021 was 5 billion and 500 million dollars, and vegetable and animal oils and products, vehicles and food are on top of the list of imported goods of Djibouti. The total import of services to Djibouti in 2020 was about 625 million dollars.

In the statistical report of the customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the total export of Iran to Djibouti in 1400 was about 4 million dollars, of which 38% was the export share of oil bitumen and 40% belonged to sodium hydroxide. Also, in the last 3 years, the value of goods imported from Djibouti was zero or below 100 thousand dollars.

You can see the statistics of Djibouti’s trade with other countries and Iran’s exports to Djibouti in more detail by checking the files below.