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Venezuelan sunsetProducts imported into the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela cost a total US$14 billion in 2025.
That calculated dollar amount results from a 67.1% expansion from $8.4 billion worth of Venezuelan imports in 2021.
Year over year, the total value of products bought by Venezuela on international markets slowed by -9.6% compared to the $15.5 billion spent in 2024.
Domestically, Venezuela’s inflation rate in terms of average consumer prices accelerated 180% for 2025 up from an average 49% in 2024.
Given Venezuela’s population of 26.7 million people, its total US$14 billion in estimated imports for 2025 translates to roughly $525 in yearly product demand from every person in the South American nation. That dollar metric lags the average $575 per capita one year earlier in 2024.
The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Venezuela’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Venezuela.
- Machinery including computers: US$1.7 billion (12% of total imports)
- Vehicles: $1.5 billion (10.6%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $1.3 billion (9.3%)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $1.2 billion (8.6%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $839.5 million (6%)
- Cereals: $671.2 million (4.8%)
- Animal/vegetable fats, oils, waxes: $452.8 million (3.2%)
- Food industry waste, animal fodder: $302.4 million (2.2%)
- Pharmaceuticals: $301.2 million (2.1%)
- Articles of iron or steel: $293.1 million (2.1%)
Venezuela’s top 10 imports generated over three-fifths (60.9%) of the overall value of its product purchases from global markets.
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and waxes represent the top-gaining import product category, up 55.1% from 2024 to 2025.
In second place were Venezuela’s imports of plastics (up 13.9%) both as materials and items made from plastic.
Imported vehicles rose 11.7% compared to 2024 ahead of items made from iron or steel (up 7.5%).
The worst declining product categories were mineral fuels including oil (down -49.1% from 2024) then food industry waste and animal fodder (down -17.2%).
Please note that the results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level. Information presented below is at the more granular 4-digit level.
Venezuela’s Imports of Machinery Including Computers
In 2025, Venezuelan importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.
- Air conditioners: US$258.4 million (up 0.3% from 2024)
- Refrigerators, freezers: $158.7 million (up 0.6%)
- Liquid pumps and elevators: $143.3 million (down -17.4%)
- Computers, optical readers: $85.5 million (down -7.9%)
- Washing machines: $65.9 million (up 1.5%)
- Air or vacuum pumps: $62.6 million (down -24.4%)
- Machinery parts: $57.1 million (up 104.6%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $47.9 million (up 8.9%)
- Dishwashing, clean/dry/fill machines: $47.3 million (up 40.4%)
- Piston engine parts: $43.8 million (up 18.3%)
Among these import subcategories, Venezuelan purchases of machinery parts (up 104.6%), machines for dishwashing, cleaning, drying and filling machines (up 40.4%) then piston engine parts (up 18.3%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery among Venezuelan businesses and consumers.
Venezuela’s Imports of Vehicles
In 2025, Venezuelan importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles.
- Cars: US$555.5 million (up 42.8% from 2024)
- Motorcycles: $298.9 million (down -19.8%)
- Automobile parts/accessories: $194.4 million (up 0.6%)
- Trucks: $124.7 million (up 24.6%)
- Motorcycle parts/accessories: $113.8 million (down -0.6%)
- Tractors: $42.4 million (up 28.3%)
- Trailers: $21.8 million (up 12.5%)
- Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $11.5 million (down -41.6%)
- Public-transport vehicles: $10.5 million (down -38.4%)
- Special purpose vehicles: $8.5 million (up 161.2%)
Among these import subcategories, Venezuelan purchases of special purpose vehicles (up 161.2%), cars (up 42.8%) then tractors (up 28.3%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported vehicles among Venezuelan businesses and consumers.
Venezuela’s Imports of Electrical Products
In 2025, Venezuelan importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electrical items including consumer electronics.
- Phone devices including smartphones: US$331.1 million (down -15.2% from 2024)
- TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $234.9 million (up 6.8%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $87.3 million (up 6.7%)
- Electric water heaters, hair dryers: $81.8 million (up 19.4%)
- Electric circuit parts, fuses, switches: $57.5 million (down -29.5%)
- Electrical converters/power units: $53.5 million (down -21.8%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $50.7 million (down -7.6%)
- Electric generating sets, converters: $49.4 million (up 27.7%)
- Microphones/headphones/amps: $46.2 million (up 20%)
- Electric storage batteries: $41.3 million (down -13.5%)
Among these import subcategories, Venezuelan purchases of electric generating sets and converters (up 27.7%), microphones, headphones or amplifiers (up 20%) then electric water heaters and hair dryers (up 19.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of electronics-related imports among Venezuelan businesses and consumers.
Venezuela’s Imports of Mineral Fuels Including Oil
In 2025, Venezuelan importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related products.
- Processed petroleum oils: US$1.2 billion (down -49.1% from 2024)
- Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $7.8 million (down -15.1%)
- Petroleum oil residues: $6.4 million (down -70.2%)
- Tar pitch, coke: $1.3 million (2024 data unavailable)
- Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $1 million (up 42.5%)
- Peat: $278,000 (down -16%)
- Coke, semi-coke: $131,000 (up 118.3%)
- Petroleum gases: $41,000 (up 310%)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $27,000 (down -53.4%)
- Natural bitumen, asphalt, shale: $14,000 (up 180%)
Among these import subcategories, Venezuelan purchases of petroleum gases (up 310%), natural bitumen, asphalt and shale (up 180%) then coke or semi-coke (up 118.3%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of mineral fuels-related imports among Venezuelan businesses and consumers.
See also Venezuela’s Top 10 Exports, Brazil’s Top 10 Imports, Refined Oil Exports by Country and Corn Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook South America: Venezuela. Accessed on October 4, 2026
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on October 4, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 4, 2026
Wikipedia, Venezuela. Accessed on October 4, 2026
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