Country profilesEritrea
Eritrea
State of Eritrea
ER · ERI · Full profile
- Capital
- Asmara
- Currency
- Nakfa (ERN)
- Trade blocs
- African Union
- Time zone
- EAT
- Main ports
- Massawa
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At a glance
Population
3.6million
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
GDP
$2.1billion
2011
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2011
GDP per person
$689
2011
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · 2011
GDP growth
8.7%
2011
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2011
Trade
47.4%
2011 · of GDP
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2011
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Duties and tariffs
The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 5.4% for 2006. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule. World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products
Duty is set by the national customs tariff for the product’s HS code. A country average is not a rate you can put on an invoice. World Trade Organization, tariff data
The lookup opens the customs schedules the desk already carries. It is not a ruling.
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Import and export steps
Import
- 1Invoice, packing list and transport document
A commercial invoice, a packing list, and a bill of lading or air waybill travel with goods entering Eritrea.