# Cuba Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $5.2B
- Import CAGR: -8.8%
- Trade openness: 0.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $381.7M | +12.9% | 16 | 6613 |
| 2 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $297.8M | -0.9% | 37 | 2038 |
| 3 | HS 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $42.0M | +21.5% | 10 | 9970 |
| 4 | HS 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $90.9M | +10.5% | 17 | 3986 |
| 5 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $70.8M | +4.3% | 13 | 6546 |
| 6 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $38.2M | +22.7% | 20 | 8101 |
| 7 | HS 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $129.4M | +10.5% | 45 | 2135 |
| 8 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $173.6M | -1.8% | 37 | 2316 |
| 9 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $55.4M | +5.6% | 20 | 5998 |
| 10 | 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 | $48.8M | +1.6% | 4 | 8258 |
| 11 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $24.2M | +21.0% | 6 | 9947 |
| 12 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $97.9M | +3.5% | 33 | 2422 |
| 13 | HS 871160 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $21.0M | +23.8% | 11 | 9306 |
| 14 | HS 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $24.1M | +15.2% | 7 | 9398 |
| 15 | HS 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $22.8M | +59.9% | 25 | 6280 |
| 16 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $104.5M | +1.1% | 10 | 2641 |
| 17 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $28.7M | +17.5% | 21 | 4847 |
| 18 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $43.0M | +2.0% | 34 | 4315 |
| 19 | HS 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $33.6M | +4.5% | 16 | 5917 |
| 20 | HS 250300 | Sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | $56.8M | +7.4% | 4 | 2662 |
| 21 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $34.0M | +5.6% | 33 | 3660 |
| 22 | HS 160232 | Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $17.2M | +17.1% | 8 | 7099 |
| 23 | HS 160100 | Meat preparations: sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, and food preparations based on these products | $43.2M | +7.6% | 23 | 2973 |
| 24 | HS 847529 | Machines: for manufacturing or hot working glass or glassware, not for making optical fibres and preforms thereof | $13.1M | +27.0% | 2 | 6809 |
| 25 | HS 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $43.9M | +13.5% | 9 | 2772 |
| 26 | HS 845590 | Metal-rolling mills: parts thereof | $11.3M | +21.9% | 4 | 9261 |
| 27 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $83.4M | +0.9% | 38 | 1530 |
| 28 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $36.6M | +7.8% | 39 | 2159 |
| 29 | HS 190230 | Food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | $13.2M | +22.6% | 25 | 6263 |
| 30 | HS 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $18.9M | +2.8% | 29 | 8494 |
| 31 | HS 440398 | Wood: of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $9.6M | +78.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 32 | 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 | $25.7M | +6.8% | 43 | 3655 |
| 33 | HS 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $53.7M | +4.3% | 25 | 1730 |
| 34 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $22.6M | +5.1% | 15 | 4242 |
| 35 | 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 | $17.2M | +4.1% | 15 | 6939 |
| 36 | HS 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $27.1M | +4.9% | 24 | 3367 |
| 37 | HS 870110 | Tractors: pedestrian controlled | $8.5M | +28.2% | 8 | 8942 |
| 38 | HS 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $8.1M | +67.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 39 | HS 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $30.7M | +4.0% | 27 | 2582 |
| 40 | HS 850152 | Electric motors: AC motors, multi-phase, of an output exceeding 750W but not exceeding 75kW | $12.1M | +9.9% | 21 | 7770 |
| 41 | HS 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $32.9M | +7.8% | 21 | 1903 |
| 42 | HS 040690 | Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $30.9M | +7.4% | 26 | 2664 |
| 43 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $18.1M | +2.1% | 7 | 5000 |
| 44 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $15.4M | +9.8% | 52 | 4228 |
| 45 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $7.6M | +22.0% | 9 | 8347 |
| 46 | HS 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more passengers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | $17.0M | +0.3% | 14 | 5562 |
| 47 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $17.6M | -0.6% | 33 | 5171 |
| 48 | HS 490199 | Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $12.4M | +5.9% | 34 | 6578 |
| 49 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $14.0M | +7.3% | 35 | 4865 |
| 50 | HS 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $18.8M | -0.6% | 20 | 4548 |

## 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.