# Sierra Leone (SL)

**Capital:** Freetown  
**Currency:** Leone della Sierra Leone (SLE) (SLE)  
**Population:** 8'642'022  
**Area:** 71'740 km²

> La Sierra Leone è un Paese costiero dell'Africa occidentale, con il porto in acque profonde di Freetown come principale gateway. Le importazioni sono soggette a una GST del 15 per cento e alla tariffa esterna comune ECOWAS, sdoganate tramite ASYCUDA World. Come Paese meno sviluppato gode dell'accesso UE in esenzione doganale (Everything But Arms) ed è parte dell'AfCFTA.

Sierra Leone (ISO-Code SL) liegt in Westafrika an der Atlantikküste und grenzt an Guinea und Liberia. Es ist eine präsidiale Republik mit tropischem Klima, einer Regenzeit von Mai bis Oktober und der Harmattan-Trockenzeit von November bis April. Die Wirtschaft stützt sich auf Bergbau (Eisenerz, Bauxit, Rutil, Diamanten, Gold), Landwirtschaft und Fischerei. Im Aussenhandel exportiert das Land vor allem mineralische Rohstoffe und Agrargüter und ist stark auf Importe von Lebensmitteln, Erdölprodukten und Industriegütern angewiesen. Logistisch ist der Tiefwasserhafen Freetown (Queen Elizabeth II Quay) das zentrale Gateway, ergänzt durch den Flughafen Lungi und Strassenkorridore in die Nachbarländer. Einfuhren unterliegen einer Goods and Services Tax von 15 Prozent und dem ECOWAS-Aussenzolltarif. Die Landeswährung ist der neue Leone (SLE), der 2022 den alten Leone (SLL) im Verhältnis 1000 zu 1 ablöste.

**Top Import Partners:** CN, NL, IN, TR, US

**Top Export Partners:** CN, NL, BE, DE, IN

**Top Import Goods:** Nahrungsmittel, Erdölprodukte, Maschinen, Fahrzeuge, Chemikalien

**Top Export Goods:** Diamanten, Rutil, Bauxit, Gold, Kakao

**Key Airports:**
- [Lungi International Airport (FNA)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/lungi-international-airport-fna)
- [Bo Airport (KBS)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/bo-airport-kbs)
- [Kenema Airport (KEN)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/kenema-airport-ken)
- [Yengema Airport (WYE)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/yengema-airport-wye)
- [Gbangbatok Airport (GBK)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/gbangbatok-airport-gbk)
- [Hastings Airport (HGS)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/hastings-airport-hgs)
- [Kabala Airport (KBA)](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/kabala-airport-kba)
- [Tongo Airport](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/tongo-airport-33869)
- [Sherbro International Airport](https://www.freight-academy.com/it/information/airports/sherbro-international-airport-4065)

## Customs & Import

**Import VAT:** Goods and Services Tax (GST) 15 Prozent auf Einfuhren (GST Act 2009, NRA)  
**Customs complexity:** mittel bis hoch  
**Customs system:** Elektronische Abfertigung über ASYCUDA World (löst ASYCUDA++ ab); Schiffsmanifest 48 Stunden vor Ankunft. Zollbehörde ist die NRA Customs Services Department; Einfuhrzoll nach dem ECOWAS-Aussenzolltarif (CET).  
**Customs authority:** [National Revenue Authority (NRA) - Customs Services Department](nra.gov.sl)

## Logistics & Risk

**Logistics role:** Seehafen-Gateway Westafrika / Bergbau-Export  
**Economic area:** ECOWAS (CEDEAO) / AfCFTA  
**Logistics risk:** mittel bis hoch  
**Dangerous goods relevance:** mittel  
**Pharma/cold chain:** mittel

## Sources & Last Verified

- [https://www.nra.gov.sl/about-us/departments/NRACSD](https://www.nra.gov.sl/about-us/departments/NRACSD)
- [https://mail.nra.gov.sl/individuals-and-partnerships/goods-and-services-tax](https://mail.nra.gov.sl/individuals-and-partnerships/goods-and-services-tax)
- [https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/sierra-leone-import-tariffs](https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/sierra-leone-import-tariffs)
- [https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/sierra-leone-trade-agreements](https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/sierra-leone-trade-agreements)
- [https://www.sliepa.gov.sl/invest-in-sierra-leone/preferential-market-access](https://www.sliepa.gov.sl/invest-in-sierra-leone/preferential-market-access)
- [https://data.worldbank.org/country/sierra-leone](https://data.worldbank.org/country/sierra-leone)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leonean_leone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leonean_leone)
- [https://www.freetownterminal.com/about/](https://www.freetownterminal.com/about/)

*Last verified: 2026-06-29*

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