Senegal trade: exports, imports and the trade balance

Crude oil from the Sangomar field and gold have changed Senegal’s trade profile since 2024, and Mali, supplied through the Dakar corridor, has become its largest customer in some months. Monthly figures come from ANSD’s foreign trade bulletin, published about six weeks after the end of each month. This page shows the latest checked figures and every Alama Report story on Senegal’s trade.

Latest figures

Exports of goods, monthly

711.1bn FCFA (€1.08bn) · August 2026
+6.4% from July 2026
Source: ANSD monthly foreign trade bulletin, August 2026 (via Sikafinance, 12 Oct 2026)

Imports of goods, monthly

551.1bn FCFA (€840mn) · August 2026
−9.1% from July 2026
Source: ANSD monthly foreign trade bulletin, August 2026 (via Sikafinance, 12 Oct 2026)

Trade balance (goods), monthly

160bn FCFA (€244mn) · August 2026
Source: ANSD monthly foreign trade bulletin, August 2026 (via Sikafinance, 12 Oct 2026)

Crude oil exports, monthly

206.7bn FCFA (€315mn) · August 2026
−24.4% from July 2026
Source: ANSD monthly foreign trade bulletin, August 2026 (via Sikafinance, 12 Oct 2026)

Non-monetary gold exports, monthly

109.8bn FCFA (€167mn) · August 2026
+230.7% from August 2025
Source: ANSD monthly foreign trade bulletin, August 2026 (via Sikafinance, 12 Oct 2026)

Mali’s share of Senegal’s goods exports

29.7% · August 2026
+17.9 pts from July 2026
Source: ANSD monthly foreign trade bulletin, August 2026 (via Sikafinance, 12 Oct 2026)

Figures checked against their source. Euro equivalents at the fixed parity of 655.957 FCFA per euro.

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