# Namibia Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $7.7B
- Import CAGR: +4.2%
- Trade openness: 72.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $1.2B | +14.3% | 57 | 1469 |
| 2 | HS 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $316.1M | +16.3% | 5 | 6789 |
| 3 | 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 | $139.0M | +22.3% | 16 | 8282 |
| 4 | 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 | $97.3M | +33.7% | 5 | 9735 |
| 5 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $203.7M | +18.9% | 4 | 4381 |
| 6 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $90.6M | +16.8% | 7 | 9242 |
| 7 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $69.6M | +22.1% | 16 | 8984 |
| 8 | HS 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | $49.7M | +32.6% | 2 | 9998 |
| 9 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $55.4M | +23.6% | 13 | 7622 |
| 10 | 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 | $86.1M | +8.3% | 71 | 4645 |
| 11 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $43.4M | +14.6% | 4 | 9955 |
| 12 | HS 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $58.6M | +471.1% | 4 | 4085 |
| 13 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $127.8M | +18.0% | 50 | 2056 |
| 14 | HS 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $38.4M | +15.0% | 11 | 9870 |
| 15 | HS 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $76.4M | +10.9% | 40 | 3293 |
| 16 | HS 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $55.8M | +22.7% | 55 | 3267 |
| 17 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $36.7M | +16.0% | 35 | 8090 |
| 18 | HS 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $41.8M | +7.0% | 6 | 9856 |
| 19 | HS 220421 | Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $32.3M | +16.5% | 18 | 9621 |
| 20 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $49.3M | +7.5% | 47 | 6616 |
| 21 | HS 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | $27.9M | +101.2% | 4 | 7301 |
| 22 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $35.0M | +10.0% | 22 | 8747 |
| 23 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $51.5M | +16.6% | 62 | 3310 |
| 24 | 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) | $33.9M | +12.1% | 68 | 8132 |
| 25 | 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 | $46.2M | +11.5% | 38 | 4004 |
| 26 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $25.5M | +17.9% | 31 | 7880 |
| 27 | HS 382491 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate | $20.4M | +46.2% | 12 | 8177 |
| 28 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $17.9M | +26.6% | 7 | 9998 |
| 29 | 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 | $24.7M | +15.8% | 42 | 7552 |
| 30 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $39.0M | +36.8% | 51 | 2773 |
| 31 | 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 | $24.8M | +14.5% | 46 | 7253 |
| 32 | HS 401180 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | $43.1M | +24.3% | 20 | 2837 |
| 33 | HS 890400 | Tugs and pusher craft | $24.0M | +44.2% | 3 | 5475 |
| 34 | HS 220600 | Beverages, fermented: (eg cider, perry, mead) | $18.2M | +19.1% | 16 | 9886 |
| 35 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $20.4M | +15.8% | 32 | 9190 |
| 36 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $24.8M | +9.9% | 14 | 8208 |
| 37 | HS 300339 | Medicaments: containing hormones (excluding insulin), (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not packaged for retail sale | $18.1M | +24.7% | 49 | 7189 |
| 38 | HS 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $48.5M | +18.4% | 11 | 2683 |
| 39 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $26.2M | +8.9% | 30 | 6482 |
| 40 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $21.2M | +26.5% | 14 | 3997 |
| 41 | HS 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $25.8M | +12.4% | 75 | 4467 |
| 42 | HS 281511 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): solid | $13.4M | +24.3% | 13 | 8445 |
| 43 | HS 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $30.8M | +46.2% | 5 | 2772 |
| 44 | HS 392390 | Plastics: articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | $16.3M | +13.5% | 39 | 9399 |
| 45 | HS 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $17.5M | +15.4% | 46 | 7329 |
| 46 | HS 870431 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $18.6M | +13.0% | 13 | 7234 |
| 47 | HS 310590 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: n.e.s. in heading no. 3105 | $13.3M | +19.6% | 16 | 9868 |
| 48 | HS 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $23.3M | +12.6% | 56 | 4691 |
| 49 | HS 260200 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight | $15.1M | +13.5% | 2 | 10000 |
| 50 | 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 | $12.6M | +31.6% | 2 | 8006 |

## 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.