# Lesotho Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $1.7B
- Import CAGR: +3.1%
- Trade openness: 0.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $198.1M | +10.0% | 10 | 9810 |
| 2 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $52.9M | +49.8% | 3 | 8005 |
| 3 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $30.1M | +12.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 4 | HS 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $26.0M | +12.7% | 9 | 9863 |
| 5 | HS 110220 | Cereal flour: of maize (corn) | $25.1M | +12.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 6 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $20.6M | +16.8% | 3 | 9785 |
| 7 | 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 | $15.2M | +36.3% | 7 | 9467 |
| 8 | HS 220600 | Beverages, fermented: (eg cider, perry, mead) | $12.9M | +30.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 9 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $17.4M | +13.1% | 2 | 10000 |
| 10 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $14.9M | +17.1% | 3 | 10000 |
| 11 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $17.8M | +8.6% | 3 | 9938 |
| 12 | 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 | $22.1M | +18.9% | 25 | 4230 |
| 13 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $13.5M | +12.5% | 4 | 9410 |
| 14 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $15.8M | +19.8% | 20 | 4857 |
| 15 | HS 621790 | Clothing: parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than those of heading no. 6212 (not knitted or crocheted) | $11.2M | +27.0% | 16 | 5705 |
| 16 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $10.7M | +14.2% | 3 | 9524 |
| 17 | HS 600410 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | $19.6M | +13.0% | 4 | 5025 |
| 18 | HS 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $11.2M | +14.4% | 13 | 8229 |
| 19 | HS 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $9.6M | +13.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 20 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $7.4M | +42.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 21 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $9.4M | +18.7% | 21 | 7393 |
| 22 | HS 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $9.1M | +13.3% | 2 | 10000 |
| 23 | HS 600192 | Fabrics: pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $7.5M | +25.1% | 3 | 7899 |
| 24 | HS 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $19.0M | +29.3% | 11 | 2694 |
| 25 | HS 630499 | Furnishing articles: of textile materials other than cotton or synthetic fibres, not knitted or crocheted (excluding bedspreads and articles of heading no. 9404) | $6.1M | +41.2% | 3 | 9998 |
| 26 | HS 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $8.1M | +38.6% | 20 | 5603 |
| 27 | HS 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | $6.1M | +23.8% | 6 | 9817 |
| 28 | HS 340211 | Organic surface-active agents: anionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | $5.8M | +29.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 29 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $6.7M | +18.9% | 6 | 9848 |
| 30 | HS 540772 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic filaments (excluding nylon or other polyamides and polyesters), dyed | $5.7M | +41.9% | 2 | 9945 |
| 31 | HS 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $9.0M | +10.9% | 30 | 8175 |
| 32 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $9.1M | +33.2% | 9 | 4757 |
| 33 | HS 190420 | Food preparations: obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals | $5.3M | +28.2% | 3 | 9994 |
| 34 | HS 110313 | Cereal groats and meal: of maize (corn) | $9.4M | +10.4% | 2 | 8311 |
| 35 | HS 870195 | Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 130kW | $6.1M | +35.3% | 3 | 7556 |
| 36 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $5.4M | +53.6% | 13 | 9016 |
| 37 | 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 | $5.6M | +25.4% | 2 | 9195 |
| 38 | HS 853521 | Electrical apparatus: automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts but less than 72.5kV | $4.7M | +40.5% | 3 | 9921 |
| 39 | HS 091099 | Spices: mixtures of 2 or more products of the same heading | $6.7M | +9.1% | 4 | 9974 |
| 40 | HS 121410 | Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets | $5.7M | +14.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 41 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $5.9M | +20.5% | 19 | 6897 |
| 42 | 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 | $5.5M | +22.1% | 6 | 7206 |
| 43 | HS 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $7.5M | +8.7% | 24 | 7552 |
| 44 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $4.2M | +45.0% | 8 | 9613 |
| 45 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $7.1M | +31.5% | 7 | 4552 |
| 46 | 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 | $5.8M | +12.3% | 18 | 9028 |
| 47 | HS 560313 | Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 70g/m2 but not more than 150g/m2) | $3.8M | +50.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 48 | 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 | $4.6M | +16.5% | 2 | 10000 |
| 49 | HS 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | $4.6M | +16.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 50 | HS 870422 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $5.2M | +16.0% | 7 | 8081 |

## 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.