Official formal trade in goods data reveal that in the third quarter of 2015, Rwanda’s total trade of US$ 623.25 million, higher by 0.3 percent over the third quarter of 2014 was made up of exports worth of US$ 96.14 million, imports worth of US$ 481.10 million and re-exports valued at US$ 46.01 million. 

The trade deficit for the third quarter of 2015 worked out to US$ 338.95 million, 45% higher than the deficit of US$ 233.98 million for the corresponding quarter of 2014. Compared to the previous quarter of 2015, the deficit was higher by 4 % (US$ 326.32 million of deficit in the second Quarter of 2015)