330 tracked trade-flow records · 0 of 2 ports tracked
NOT IN TOP CORRIDORS
Static snapshot as of 2026-09-10 — not live-updating right now.
Coverage
Metric
Value
Notes
Tracked flow records
330
Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Botswana as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total.
Port coverage
0of 2
Ports catalogued for Botswana with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex.
Bilateral trade flows
Botswana is not among the top tracked corridors — its bilateral flow records exist in the full 923,324-row dataset but aren't yet browsable individually on this site.
Full partner list
A complete partner breakdown isn't available for Botswana yet — this section only covers countries where a full, verified-clean single-period partner list exists in the database (currently 59 countries, distinct from the curated top-corridor slice above).
Historical Exporter Dynamics
Historical dataset — World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database, 1997–2014, frozen. The World Bank has not published a newer edition; this never updates.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Botswana's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories.
Metric
Latest value
Year
Trend (2003–2013)
Number of exporting firms
1,773
2013
Firm entry rate
36.3%
2013
Firm exit rate
40.1%
2013
Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale)
0.420
2013
Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes)
942
2013
Entrant survival curve — 2012 cohort of new exporting firms: 35.5% still exporting after 1 year — later years not yet available for this cohort (the World Bank vintage ends before enough time passed to observe them).
Top product categories among Botswana's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2013 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
Product category (HS2)
Exporting firms
Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84
705
Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85
470
Vehicles other than railway HS 87
362
Articles of iron or steel HS 73
342
Plastics and articles thereof HS 39
244
Optical, medical, precision instruments HS 90
238
Furniture, bedding, lamps HS 94
204
Tools, cutlery of base metal HS 82
179
Top manufacturing industries among Botswana's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2013 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
Manufacturing industry (ISIC)
Exporting firms
Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289
411
General purpose machinery ISIC 291
380
Special purpose machinery ISIC 292
314
Plastics products ISIC 252
290
Other chemical products ISIC 242
280
Office, accounting and computing machinery ISIC 300