Largest market shown
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas
$2.7B of latest reported imports and $5.3B of calculated three-year opportunity.
Importer opportunity guide
Denmark import opportunities
where to source next
Explore Denmark's import market by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and sourcing gaps. Use reported market size and calculated indicators to decide where deeper supplier research may be useful.
Latest imports$118.5B2024 reported value
Import CAGR-0.1%Three-year reported change
GDP$424.5BLatest reported value
GDP per capita$71.0KLatest reported value
Trade openness56.6%Reported share of GDP
Denmark import opportunities
What makes this an attractive import market?
Compare market size and growth with supplier concentration. A large market may still need product, quality, tariff, logistics, and buyer validation.
Current import base
$118.5B in imports
Denmark recorded $118.5B in imports in 2024, with a three-year change of -0.1%.
How to use the guide
Compare demand with supply
Start with the highest-value products, then review supplier concentration and market conditions before choosing a sourcing route.
Import market overview
Find products where demand and sourcing options meet
This page separates reported import observations from calculated indicators so market size is not mistaken for a guaranteed sourcing opportunity.
Denmark imports products from suppliers across major trade regions. The current profile reports $118.5B of imports in 2024, while the opportunity view highlights product and supplier combinations where market demand and supply context may justify further research.
Use the opportunity table to compare product market size, demand growth, supplier counts, concentration, and projected imports. High concentration can indicate reliance on a small supplier base; it can also reflect specialized products that require careful validation.
Top import opportunities
Products and supplier context to review
The top 50 screened products are ranked by calculated three-year opportunity. Reported market values and calculated indicators are labeled separately.
| Rank | Product | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration | Top supplier | Projected imports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HS 271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $2.7BLatest imports | +89.0% | 5 | 9871 | NORDeclining | $5.3B |
| 2 | HS 870380Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $4.2BLatest imports | +33.7% | 33 | 3086 | DEUDeclining | $8.2B |
| 3 | HS 270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $2.9BLatest imports | +5.5% | 17 | 4168 | USADeclining | $3.4B |
| 4 | HS 890190Vessels: n.e.s. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $1.8BLatest imports | +8.9% | 21 | 6579 | KORDeclining | $2.3B |
| 5 | HS 300439Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.2BLatest imports | +13.0% | 31 | 6499 | CHNDeclining | $1.7B |
| 6 | HS 293719Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues: other than somatotropin, (its derivatives and structural anaologues) and insulin and its salts | $718.1MLatest imports | +31.7% | 23 | 7619 | USASlowing | $1.4B |
| 7 | HS 851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $1.2BLatest imports | +4.6% | 75 | 6037 | SWEDeclining | $1.4B |
| 8 | HS 030214Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $977.7MLatest imports | +5.7% | 18 | 6789 | NORDeclining | $1.2B |
| 9 | HS 860900Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $534.4MLatest imports | +14.5% | 49 | 8660 | CHNSlowing | $802.2M |
| 10 | HS 271019Product description unavailable | $2.4BLatest imports | +5.4% | 74 | 1137 | SWEDeclining | $2.9B |
| 11 | HS 300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $2.9BLatest imports | +8.1% | 96 | 909 | DEUDeclining | $3.6B |
| 12 | HS 271600Electrical energy | $1.4BLatest imports | +11.8% | 11 | 2668 | SWEGrowing | $2.0B |
| 13 | HS 851762Communication 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 | $1.0BLatest imports | +9.9% | 112 | 2511 | NLDDeclining | $1.4B |
| 14 | HS 847130Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $1.0BLatest imports | +4.4% | 108 | 3092 | SWEDeclining | $1.2B |
| 15 | HS 880230Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $366.2MLatest imports | +9.3% | 10 | 9063 | USADeclining | $477.7M |
| 16 | HS 880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $555.6MLatest imports | +2.8% | 15 | 5599 | USADeclining | $603.9M |
| 17 | HS 870340Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $463.4MLatest imports | +28.9% | 23 | 2613 | SWEDeclining | $905.1M |
| 18 | HS 870332Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $516.2MLatest imports | +6.2% | 32 | 4347 | DEUDeclining | $617.6M |
| 19 | HS 300431Medicaments: containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $369.0MLatest imports | +6.8% | 24 | 7669 | FRASlowing | $449.9M |
| 20 | HS 999999Commodities not specified according to kind | $302.4MLatest imports | +9.6% | 4 | 9362 | SGPSlowing | $397.8M |
| 21 | HS 760120Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $370.6MLatest imports | +5.4% | 20 | 7784 | NORDeclining | $433.4M |
| 22 | HS 720712Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section | $319.3MLatest imports | +10.6% | 7 | 7371 | RUSDeclining | $431.5M |
| 23 | HS 850231Electric generating sets: wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines) | $284.0MLatest imports | +10.6% | 19 | 7966 | DEUDeclining | $384.2M |
| 24 | HS 300215Blood, 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 | $798.5MLatest imports | +6.5% | 41 | 1914 | DEUDeclining | $964.5M |
| 25 | HS 870421Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $599.4MLatest imports | +3.3% | 26 | 2323 | DEUSlowing | $660.9M |
| 26 | HS 870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $632.1MLatest imports | +1.7% | 29 | 2656 | DEUDeclining | $664.5M |
| 27 | HS 440131Wood: for fuel, sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in wood pellets | $540.2MLatest imports | +23.7% | 33 | 1780 | ESTDeclining | $1.0B |
| 28 | HS 890120Tankers | $381.1MLatest imports | +16.7% | 10 | 3270 | MHLDeclining | $605.5M |
| 29 | HS 870323Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $584.8MLatest imports | -1.7% | 36 | 2665 | DEUDeclining | $555.8M |
| 30 | HS 230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $601.5MLatest imports | +2.7% | 32 | 2311 | BRADeclining | $650.9M |
| 31 | HS 847150Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $763.0MLatest imports | +1.1% | 70 | 1650 | DEUDeclining | $788.4M |
| 32 | HS 870490Vehicles: for transport of goods, n.e.s. in heading no. 8704 | $195.0MLatest imports | +26.7% | 21 | 3894 | DEUDeclining | $380.8M |
| 33 | HS 890590Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $258.7MLatest imports | +27.8% | 10 | 3850 | POLDeclining | $505.2M |
| 34 | HS 902190Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability | $238.0MLatest imports | +8.8% | 61 | 4873 | POLDeclining | $306.8M |
| 35 | HS 271012Product description unavailable | $479.9MLatest imports | +5.4% | 40 | 2105 | SWEDeclining | $562.6M |
| 36 | HS 730890Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $663.5MLatest imports | +5.7% | 62 | 1112 | POLDeclining | $784.5M |
| 37 | HS 870360Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $224.7MLatest imports | +21.5% | 28 | 2839 | DEUDeclining | $402.7M |
| 38 | HS 848340Gears and gearing: (not toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately): ball or roller screws: gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters | $327.3MLatest imports | +3.2% | 72 | 3142 | DEUDeclining | $360.0M |
| 39 | HS 270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $400.0MLatest imports | +20.4% | 25 | 1331 | SWEStable | $698.7M |
| 40 | HS 401110Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $272.1MLatest imports | +3.2% | 45 | 3715 | DEUDeclining | $299.0M |
| 41 | HS 852872Reception 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 | $197.4MLatest imports | +2.9% | 53 | 6571 | SWEDeclining | $215.1M |
| 42 | HS 220421Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $486.0MLatest imports | +2.2% | 63 | 1950 | FRADeclining | $519.3M |
| 43 | HS 291719Acids: acyclic polycarboxylic acids: n.e.s. in item no. 2917.1 | $105.4MLatest imports | +18.3% | 19 | 9544 | CHESlowing | $174.5M |
| 44 | HS 190590Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $441.2MLatest imports | +7.8% | 87 | 1513 | DEUDeclining | $552.0M |
| 45 | HS 020130Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $363.9MLatest imports | +5.2% | 27 | 2643 | NLDDeclining | $423.7M |
| 46 | HS 848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $579.7MLatest imports | +5.4% | 89 | 1246 | DEUDeclining | $678.5M |
| 47 | HS 852580Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $422.8MLatest imports | +7.9% | 79 | 1919 | NLDDeclining | $531.2M |
| 48 | HS 210690Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $584.5MLatest imports | +6.3% | 113 | 1130 | SWEDeclining | $701.2M |
| 49 | HS 392690Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $566.4MLatest imports | +5.7% | 117 | 1108 | DEUDeclining | $669.4M |
| 50 | HS 850300Electric motors and generators: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | $367.4MLatest imports | +7.8% | 65 | 2246 | DEUStable | $460.2M |
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Product sectors
Which sectors carry the most demand?
HS2 sectors group the screened products into broader families for an easier first comparison.
| Sector | Products | Market size | Opportunity | Average growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuelsHS2 27 | 4 | $7.4B | $8.2B | +31.7% |
| VehiclesHS2 87 | 8 | $7.4B | $6.3B | +15.0% |
| Pharmaceutical productsHS2 30 | 4 | $5.2B | $2.8B | +8.6% |
| Electrical equipmentHS2 85 | 6 | $3.5B | $2.5B | +7.3% |
| ShipsHS2 89 | 3 | $2.4B | $2.3B | +17.8% |
| Organic chemicalsHS2 29 | 2 | $823.5M | $1.4B | +25.0% |
| MachineryHS2 84 | 4 | $2.7B | $1.1B | +3.5% |
| Fish and crustaceansHS2 03 | 1 | $977.7M | $942.9M | +5.7% |
| HS2 sector 00HS2 00 | 2 | $2.9B | $942.0M | +5.4% |
| AircraftHS2 88 | 2 | $921.8M | $896.2M | +6.0% |
| Railway equipmentHS2 86 | 1 | $534.4M | $746.1M | +14.5% |
| HS2 sector 99HS2 99 | 1 | $302.4M | $384.7M | +9.6% |
Supply gaps
Where supplier concentration deserves attention
The concentration index helps identify products where reported imports rely more heavily on a smaller supplier base. It is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.
| Product | Market size | Suppliers | Concentration | Top supplier | Share gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS 271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $2.7B | 5 | 9871 | NOR | 99.4% |
| HS 291719Acids: acyclic polycarboxylic acids: n.e.s. in item no. 2917.1 | $105.4M | 19 | 9544 | CHE | 97.7% |
| HS 999999Commodities not specified according to kind | $302.4M | 4 | 9362 | SGP | 96.7% |
| HS 880230Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $366.2M | 10 | 9063 | USA | 95.1% |
| HS 860900Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $534.4M | 49 | 8660 | CHN | 93.0% |
| HS 850231Electric generating sets: wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines) | $284.0M | 19 | 7966 | DEU | 89.1% |
| HS 760120Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $370.6M | 20 | 7784 | NOR | 88.1% |
| HS 300431Medicaments: containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $369.0M | 24 | 7669 | FRA | 87.3% |
Supplier landscape
Which supplier markets appear most often?
These supplier names come from the leading peer signal in the screened opportunity rows and should be validated at product level.
DEU
Germany
17 screened products
$8.5BCalculated opportunity across these rowsNOR
Norway
3 screened products
$6.6BCalculated opportunity across these rowsSWE
Sweden
9 screened products
$4.1BCalculated opportunity across these rowsUSA
USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
4 screened products
$4.1BCalculated opportunity across these rowsCHN
China
2 screened products
$2.1BCalculated opportunity across these rowsKOR
Republic of Korea
1 screened products
$1.8BCalculated opportunity across these rowsNLD
Netherlands
3 screened products
$944.1MCalculated opportunity across these rowsPOL
Poland
3 screened products
$623.8MCalculated opportunity across these rowsFrequently asked questions
Using the Denmark import opportunity index
Definitions and practical guidance for interpreting market size, growth, suppliers, and concentration.
What are the import opportunities?
They are product and supplier combinations in Denmark's screened import market with substantial reported demand and calculated opportunity indicators. They are research priorities, not guaranteed savings or supply contracts.
What does supplier concentration mean?
The concentration index indicates how much reported imports rely on a smaller supplier base. A high value can suggest supply dependence, but it can also reflect specialized products or limited reporting.
How should sourcing teams use this page?
Start with products that fit your specification and volume needs, then validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity for Denmark.
Data source
OECD trade statistics with CEPII context
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.