# Eritrea Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $477.1M
- Import CAGR: +11.3%
- Trade openness: 21.7%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 100790 | Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $34.7M | +62.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 2 | HS 890690 | Vessels: other, including lifeboats other than rowing boats, other than warships | $29.3M | +45.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 3 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $20.0M | +37.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 4 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $22.7M | +21.6% | 16 | 8967 |
| 5 | HS 847420 | Machines: for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $15.1M | +22.5% | 4 | 9791 |
| 6 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $21.0M | +7.3% | 5 | 9996 |
| 7 | HS 691190 | Household and toilet articles: n.e.c. in heading no. 6911, of porcelain or china | $11.2M | +25.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 8 | HS 100710 | Cereals: grain sorghum, seed | $10.9M | +137.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 9 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $10.7M | +8.8% | 8 | 8560 |
| 10 | HS 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $7.1M | +21.6% | 5 | 9360 |
| 11 | HS 170113 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $7.1M | +19.4% | 2 | 9999 |
| 12 | HS 850153 | Electric motors: AC motors, multi-phase, of an output exceeding 75kW | $6.2M | +24.5% | 2 | 9911 |
| 13 | HS 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $8.8M | +25.9% | 7 | 5523 |
| 14 | HS 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $7.3M | +16.9% | 9 | 9841 |
| 15 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $10.1M | +1.8% | 2 | 9971 |
| 16 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $9.4M | +18.4% | 9 | 4971 |
| 17 | HS 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $7.4M | +10.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 18 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $5.7M | +16.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 19 | HS 847410 | Machines: for sorting, screening, separating or washing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $4.9M | +15.4% | 3 | 9930 |
| 20 | HS 283210 | Sulphites: of sodium | $4.1M | +46.4% | 2 | 8284 |
| 21 | HS 732611 | Iron or steel: grinding balls and similar articles for mills, forged or stamped, but not further worked | $4.6M | +76.2% | 2 | 9999 |
| 22 | HS 732190 | Domestic appliances: non-electric, parts thereof, of iron or steel | $3.5M | +63.2% | 2 | 9995 |
| 23 | HS 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $3.2M | +31.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 24 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $6.9M | +5.7% | 7 | 5768 |
| 25 | HS 491199 | Printed matter: n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | $3.3M | +31.4% | 5 | 7210 |
| 26 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: 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 | $4.5M | -0.4% | 3 | 9614 |
| 27 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $3.3M | +8.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 28 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $11.1M | +12.7% | 10 | 2029 |
| 29 | HS 200990 | Juices: mixtures of fruits or vegetables (but not nut juice), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $2.4M | +19.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 30 | HS 190590 | Food 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 | $2.2M | +20.1% | 4 | 9929 |
| 31 | HS 854419 | Insulated electric conductors: winding wire, (of other than copper) | $2.2M | +19.8% | 2 | 9950 |
| 32 | HS 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $3.0M | +27.7% | 11 | 4859 |
| 33 | HS 551441 | Fabrics, woven: plain weave, printed, containing less than 85% by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, exceeding 170g/m2 | $1.9M | +31.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 34 | 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 | $2.8M | +9.2% | 3 | 9615 |
| 35 | HS 761010 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $2.6M | +10.0% | 3 | 9303 |
| 36 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $3.9M | +16.3% | 5 | 3914 |
| 37 | HS 841181 | Turbines: gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power not exceeding 5000kW | $1.7M | +88.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 38 | 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 | $6.1M | +10.2% | 13 | 2810 |
| 39 | HS 110290 | Cereal flours: n.e.s. in heading no. 1102 | $1.6M | +23.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 40 | HS 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $4.4M | +3.1% | 12 | 4535 |
| 41 | HS 843390 | Harvesting machinery: parts, including parts of threshing machinery, straw or fodder balers and grass or hay mowers | $2.3M | +7.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 42 | HS 890190 | Vessels: n.e.s. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $1.4M | +51.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 43 | HS 252210 | Quicklime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | $3.7M | +46.6% | 2 | 5724 |
| 44 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $1.7M | +20.7% | 5 | 7773 |
| 45 | HS 283325 | Sulphates: of copper | $2.2M | +36.3% | 4 | 5207 |
| 46 | HS 320910 | Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $2.0M | +8.8% | 3 | 9869 |
| 47 | 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 | $2.4M | +5.2% | 14 | 7306 |
| 48 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $1.5M | +62.7% | 8 | 6498 |
| 49 | HS 842839 | Elevators and conveyors: continuous-action, for goods or materials, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20, 8428.31, 8428.32 or 8428.33 | $1.7M | +10.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 50 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $1.1M | +45.0% | 2 | 9708 |

## 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.