# Benin exports to the United States: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Benin to the United States, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/BEN-USA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Benin reported $46.3M in goods exports to the United States. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $46.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 98.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 4 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 4.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $345.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 080132 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, shelled, fresh or dried | $955.6M | 16.4% | High attention |
| 3 | 880212 | Helicopters: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg | $490.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 610610 | Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses: women's or girls', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $986.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 200811 | Nuts: ground-nuts, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit | $164.8M | 69.5% | Watch |
| 6 | 120890 | Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits: excluding soya beans and mustard seeds | $13.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $63.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 010620 | Reptiles: live (including snakes and turtles) | $13.1M | 96% | Watch |
| 9 | 080212 | Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, shelled | $17.3M | 98.1% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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