# Guinea-Bissau Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $534.5M
- Import CAGR: +7.9%
- Trade openness: 40.7%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 100640 | Cereals: rice, broken | $55.4M | +27.2% | 5 | 7864 |
| 2 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $56.3M | +15.3% | 13 | 6073 |
| 3 | 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 | $26.6M | +21.5% | 4 | 9130 |
| 4 | HS 721590 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72, n.e.c. in heading no. 7215 | $18.9M | +23.9% | 2 | 10000 |
| 5 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $22.3M | +11.7% | 8 | 6377 |
| 6 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $20.4M | +17.9% | 5 | 5547 |
| 7 | HS 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $11.2M | +6.8% | 8 | 9579 |
| 8 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $13.1M | +8.1% | 5 | 5568 |
| 9 | HS 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $8.9M | +7.8% | 6 | 9837 |
| 10 | HS 722860 | Steel, alloy: bars and rods n.e.s. in heading no. 7228 | $5.9M | +23.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 11 | 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 | $8.4M | +19.0% | 4 | 4549 |
| 12 | HS 220421 | Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $7.9M | +7.3% | 5 | 7982 |
| 13 | 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 | $10.0M | +9.2% | 10 | 5066 |
| 14 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $6.3M | +4.3% | 8 | 6593 |
| 15 | HS 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $4.4M | +25.7% | 12 | 4527 |
| 16 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $6.2M | +8.5% | 10 | 4249 |
| 17 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $5.7M | +8.5% | 5 | 4112 |
| 18 | HS 902830 | Meters: electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | $2.1M | +21.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 19 | HS 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84 | $1.8M | +25.9% | 6 | 9823 |
| 20 | HS 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $5.6M | +37.5% | 11 | 2039 |
| 21 | HS 730820 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts | $2.9M | +8.4% | 5 | 8747 |
| 22 | HS 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $2.1M | +17.2% | 4 | 9863 |
| 23 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $4.3M | +19.7% | 8 | 3211 |
| 24 | 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 | $2.6M | +17.9% | 18 | 4592 |
| 25 | HS 670419 | False beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like: of synthetic textile materials | $1.4M | +24.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 26 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $2.6M | +4.6% | 9 | 8348 |
| 27 | HS 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $1.9M | +16.3% | 11 | 7932 |
| 28 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $3.2M | +28.0% | 7 | 2646 |
| 29 | HS 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $1.4M | +27.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 30 | HS 930621 | Ammunition: shotgun cartridges | $2.4M | +5.8% | 2 | 9364 |
| 31 | HS 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $1.5M | +17.0% | 3 | 9742 |
| 32 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $2.3M | +10.6% | 14 | 6059 |
| 33 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $2.9M | +15.5% | 8 | 3816 |
| 34 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $1.4M | +14.6% | 8 | 9238 |
| 35 | HS 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $1.8M | +15.7% | 7 | 5771 |
| 36 | HS 550810 | Sewing thread: of synthetic staple fibres, whether or not put up for retail sale | $1.0M | +29.9% | 2 | 9999 |
| 37 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $1.1M | +23.4% | 3 | 9915 |
| 38 | HS 721041 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $1.4M | +12.4% | 2 | 9993 |
| 39 | HS 843880 | Machinery: used in the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.c. in heading no. 8438 | $1.1M | +21.7% | 2 | 9988 |
| 40 | HS 040390 | Dairy produce: buttermilk, curdled milk or cream, kephir, fermented or acidified milk or cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sweetening, flavouring, fruit or cocoa (excluding yoghurt) | $1.0M | +21.9% | 3 | 9995 |
| 41 | HS 481820 | Paper articles: handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | $1.2M | +16.1% | 9 | 8829 |
| 42 | HS 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $1.8M | +8.0% | 7 | 6221 |
| 43 | HS 760421 | Aluminium: alloys, hollow profiles | $962.9K | +22.4% | 2 | 9991 |
| 44 | 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 | $2.8M | +8.4% | 16 | 3534 |
| 45 | HS 761490 | Aluminium: stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | $1.0M | +18.1% | 2 | 10000 |
| 46 | 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 | $2.4M | +0.9% | 11 | 4943 |
| 47 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $3.0M | +4.5% | 15 | 2922 |
| 48 | HS 721069 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium, other than plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | $851.3K | +24.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 49 | HS 690510 | Ceramic roofing tiles | $1.2M | +10.7% | 3 | 9523 |
| 50 | HS 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $1.6M | +25.3% | 5 | 3768 |

## 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.