# Ghana exports to Burkina Faso: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Ghana to Burkina Faso, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/GHA-BFA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Ghana reported $507.1M in goods exports to Burkina Faso. 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 | $507.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 78.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 19 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 15% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $168.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 271012 | Not reported | $404.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $55.4M | 26.9% | High attention |
| 4 | 271019 | Not reported | $1.4B | 18.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $31.8M | 19.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $22.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 252210 | Quicklime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | $16.0M | 11% | High attention |
| 8 | 690722 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | $12.8M | 6.7% | High attention |
| 9 | 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $17.3M | 87.7% | Critical attention |
| 10 | 481013 | Paper and paperboard: coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances, for printing & writing, graphics, containing no, or not more than 10% by weight of total fibres obtained by mechanical or chemi-mechanical process,  in rolls | $11.0M | 69.7% | Critical attention |

## 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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