# Burkina Faso Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $5.5B
- Import CAGR: +8.1%
- Trade openness: 54.4%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $1.4B | +15.1% | 55 | 3008 |
| 2 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $168.3M | +72.2% | 6 | 7147 |
| 3 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $404.6M | +11.0% | 33 | 1876 |
| 4 | HS 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | $115.2M | +18.1% | 11 | 3342 |
| 5 | HS 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $55.7M | +17.4% | 6 | 9957 |
| 6 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $70.9M | +20.5% | 11 | 5377 |
| 7 | HS 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 | +12.5% | 10 | 9702 |
| 8 | HS 030355 | Fish: frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $35.9M | +34.0% | 7 | 9362 |
| 9 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $71.9M | +8.4% | 6 | 4394 |
| 10 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $46.8M | +10.7% | 15 | 7645 |
| 11 | 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 | $110.8M | +7.0% | 68 | 2541 |
| 12 | HS 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $31.8M | +19.0% | 4 | 8508 |
| 13 | HS 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides: of sodium | $58.8M | +22.7% | 9 | 3832 |
| 14 | HS 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $28.2M | +22.1% | 23 | 8259 |
| 15 | HS 030323 | Fish: frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $23.2M | +42.9% | 6 | 9970 |
| 16 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $50.5M | +19.6% | 35 | 4802 |
| 17 | HS 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $40.4M | +13.3% | 16 | 5196 |
| 18 | HS 851310 | Lamps: portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512) | $23.1M | +21.0% | 26 | 9435 |
| 19 | HS 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $31.2M | +24.6% | 17 | 4793 |
| 20 | HS 930320 | Firearms: sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles | $20.0M | +28.7% | 4 | 9862 |
| 21 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $36.7M | +15.2% | 39 | 4706 |
| 22 | HS 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $28.1M | +29.9% | 17 | 4695 |
| 23 | HS 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | $50.5M | +4.6% | 10 | 4242 |
| 24 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $44.4M | +13.8% | 18 | 3043 |
| 25 | HS 210111 | Extracts, essences and concentrates: of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $20.2M | +11.1% | 9 | 9841 |
| 26 | 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 | $43.2M | +8.9% | 17 | 4143 |
| 27 | HS 930630 | Ammunition: cartridges and parts thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 9306 | $13.5M | +29.5% | 5 | 9785 |
| 28 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $20.1M | +45.2% | 5 | 4725 |
| 29 | HS 841850 | Furniture incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment: for storage and display, n.e.c. in item no. 8418.1, 8418.2, 8418.3 or 8418.4 (chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like) | $17.0M | +20.3% | 18 | 6909 |
| 30 | HS 360200 | Explosives, prepared: other than propellent powders | $23.3M | +14.3% | 13 | 4311 |
| 31 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $20.7M | +14.7% | 30 | 5273 |
| 32 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $22.1M | +9.9% | 9 | 6074 |
| 33 | HS 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $25.8M | +23.4% | 25 | 2884 |
| 34 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $12.3M | +22.1% | 23 | 9236 |
| 35 | HS 252210 | Quicklime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | $16.0M | +18.3% | 5 | 6697 |
| 36 | HS 930690 | Ammunition: n.e.s. in chapter 93 | $12.7M | +18.7% | 2 | 9983 |
| 37 | HS 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 | +18.6% | 7 | 9961 |
| 38 | HS 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $33.6M | +7.1% | 14 | 3956 |
| 39 | HS 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 | +14.0% | 11 | 8954 |
| 40 | HS 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $17.3M | +15.1% | 35 | 4877 |
| 41 | HS 930200 | Revolvers and pistols: other than those of heading no. 9303 or 9304 | $10.6M | +18.7% | 3 | 9782 |
| 42 | HS 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $12.4M | +15.3% | 21 | 7899 |
| 43 | HS 220299 | Non-alcoholic beverages: other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | $13.4M | +27.8% | 35 | 4231 |
| 44 | HS 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $31.3M | +22.2% | 37 | 1320 |
| 45 | HS 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more passengers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | $14.6M | +6.2% | 19 | 8364 |
| 46 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $18.7M | +11.3% | 51 | 3920 |
| 47 | HS 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $13.4M | +14.0% | 14 | 5879 |
| 48 | HS 300460 | Medicaments: containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $17.1M | +21.0% | 16 | 4294 |
| 49 | HS 392321 | Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | $18.9M | +22.7% | 29 | 3257 |
| 50 | HS 030359 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.5, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $7.7M | +40.8% | 4 | 9084 |

## 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.