# Afghanistan Import Opportunities

Explore Afghanistan's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $8.4B
- Import CAGR: +4.4%
- Trade openness: 27.4%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $726.4M | +19.4% | 3 | 9999 |
| 2 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $662.4M | +11.2% | 8 | 9659 |
| 3 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $365.8M | +74.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 4 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $362.1M | +49.2% | 6 | 9895 |
| 5 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $640.5M | +23.4% | 5 | 4972 |
| 6 | HS 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $234.4M | +41.2% | 5 | 9466 |
| 7 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $236.4M | +24.1% | 4 | 8895 |
| 8 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $191.2M | +33.9% | 10 | 8300 |
| 9 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $234.1M | +15.1% | 7 | 8870 |
| 10 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $201.5M | +18.2% | 6 | 6536 |
| 11 | HS 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $136.7M | +14.7% | 5 | 9411 |
| 12 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $98.6M | +57.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 13 | HS 071339 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in item no. 0713.3, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $91.8M | +52.9% | 2 | 9992 |
| 14 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $90.7M | +50.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 15 | HS 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $109.3M | +27.8% | 5 | 6330 |
| 16 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $173.8M | +15.7% | 32 | 4085 |
| 17 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $76.0M | +59.1% | 15 | 9715 |
| 18 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $136.1M | +63.6% | 9 | 4997 |
| 19 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $85.0M | +15.7% | 5 | 8686 |
| 20 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $62.0M | +47.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 21 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $116.1M | +13.0% | 13 | 5441 |
| 22 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $61.6M | +38.4% | 9 | 9737 |
| 23 | HS 551511 | Fabrics, woven: of polyester staple fibres n.e.s. in chapter 55, mixed mainly or solely with viscose rayon staple fibres | $104.1M | +13.7% | 3 | 6265 |
| 24 | HS 300439 | Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $66.5M | +22.6% | 12 | 8843 |
| 25 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $110.7M | +3.0% | 15 | 8239 |
| 26 | HS 540754 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | $61.0M | +21.5% | 3 | 9957 |
| 27 | HS 070190 | Vegetables: potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | $52.5M | +65.4% | 3 | 10000 |
| 28 | HS 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $51.1M | +30.2% | 3 | 9859 |
| 29 | HS 290290 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: n.e.c. in heading no. 2902 | $49.8M | +83.9% | 4 | 9938 |
| 30 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $47.2M | +52.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 31 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $92.6M | +22.2% | 25 | 3043 |
| 32 | HS 600632 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $43.5M | +39.7% | 4 | 9982 |
| 33 | HS 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $76.4M | +27.2% | 4 | 5054 |
| 34 | HS 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $44.9M | +20.7% | 9 | 9151 |
| 35 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $75.2M | +48.9% | 8 | 3479 |
| 36 | HS 850152 | Electric motors: AC motors, multi-phase, of an output exceeding 750W but not exceeding 75kW | $35.0M | +71.1% | 7 | 9901 |
| 37 | HS 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $69.0M | +15.8% | 16 | 4824 |
| 38 | HS 720390 | Ferrous products: spongy ferrous products and iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | $50.1M | +87.1% | 12 | 4826 |
| 39 | HS 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $33.9M | +35.4% | 3 | 9072 |
| 40 | HS 520811 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, unbleached, plain weave, weighing not more than 100g/m2 | $35.8M | +20.7% | 2 | 9993 |
| 41 | HS 080529 | Fruit, edible: tangelos, wilkings and similar citrus hybrid, fresh or dried | $29.1M | +57.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 42 | HS 551219 | Fabrics, woven: of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | $45.0M | +11.3% | 3 | 8451 |
| 43 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $45.7M | +6.4% | 2 | 8668 |
| 44 | HS 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 | $33.8M | +45.6% | 4 | 6485 |
| 45 | HS 100610 | Cereals: rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | $23.8M | +79.4% | 2 | 9293 |
| 46 | HS 581092 | Embroidery: with visible ground, of man-made fibres, in the piece, in strips or in motifs | $27.8M | +13.6% | 3 | 9999 |
| 47 | HS 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $27.8M | +12.0% | 5 | 9725 |
| 48 | HS 441193 | Fibreboard (other than MDF) of a density exceeding 0.5g/cm3 but not 0.8g/cm3, of wood or other ligneous materials, bonded or not with resins or other organic substances | $19.3M | +54.5% | 2 | 9998 |
| 49 | HS 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $29.4M | +31.4% | 11 | 4666 |
| 50 | HS 870321 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $18.8M | +26.4% | 7 | 9962 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.