# Niger Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $1.3B
- Import CAGR: -15.9%
- Trade openness: 26.6%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $88.8M | +9.7% | 8 | 7362 |
| 2 | HS 630420 | Furnishing articles: excluding those of heading no. 9404, bed nets, specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter | $34.5M | +40.4% | 11 | 7169 |
| 3 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $33.0M | +9.4% | 3 | 9996 |
| 4 | HS 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $39.5M | +20.1% | 25 | 4274 |
| 5 | HS 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides: of sodium | $20.4M | +41.4% | 3 | 9633 |
| 6 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $19.8M | +15.6% | 5 | 9842 |
| 7 | HS 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $26.0M | +15.5% | 16 | 4825 |
| 8 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $55.3M | +5.7% | 18 | 2762 |
| 9 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $51.6M | +4.9% | 13 | 2768 |
| 10 | HS 270120 | Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels: manufactured from coal | $12.7M | +38.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 11 | HS 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $25.1M | +10.5% | 18 | 4705 |
| 12 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $41.8M | +12.2% | 16 | 2210 |
| 13 | HS 880529 | Ground flying trainers and parts thereof: other than air combat simulators and parts thereof | $9.8M | +53.8% | 2 | 10000 |
| 14 | HS 010221 | Cattle: live, pure-bred breeding animals | $8.7M | +26.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 15 | HS 090210 | Tea, green: (not fermented), in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | $8.8M | +22.9% | 7 | 9963 |
| 16 | HS 300460 | Medicaments: containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $15.6M | +16.3% | 17 | 4735 |
| 17 | HS 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more passengers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | $14.0M | +10.0% | 14 | 7014 |
| 18 | HS 870324 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 3000cc | $9.9M | +18.4% | 11 | 8478 |
| 19 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $15.6M | +13.9% | 16 | 5076 |
| 20 | HS 080410 | Fruit, edible: dates, fresh or dried | $8.3M | +21.7% | 15 | 9448 |
| 21 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $14.0M | +5.9% | 18 | 7331 |
| 22 | HS 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $9.8M | +16.4% | 25 | 8354 |
| 23 | 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 | $40.9M | +6.0% | 46 | 1779 |
| 24 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $44.2M | +2.3% | 37 | 1306 |
| 25 | HS 411310 | Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14, of goats and kids | $6.7M | +166.8% | 2 | 9997 |
| 26 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $22.9M | +13.3% | 38 | 2027 |
| 27 | 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 | $12.8M | +8.5% | 9 | 5528 |
| 28 | HS 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $8.3M | +12.5% | 4 | 9249 |
| 29 | HS 090220 | Tea, green: (not fermented), in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $6.8M | +15.3% | 3 | 9986 |
| 30 | HS 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | $14.5M | +8.5% | 14 | 4210 |
| 31 | HS 310290 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, other kinds including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings | $5.6M | +25.9% | 5 | 8603 |
| 32 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $7.3M | +15.9% | 22 | 6406 |
| 33 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $4.7M | +53.5% | 20 | 9006 |
| 34 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $8.3M | +20.5% | 10 | 4242 |
| 35 | HS 381190 | Oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations, other prepared additives for mineral oils or liquids used as mineral oils (including gasoline), n.e.c. in heading no. 3811 | $4.0M | +24.2% | 4 | 9983 |
| 36 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $6.9M | +7.8% | 13 | 7548 |
| 37 | HS 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $7.2M | +11.3% | 17 | 5800 |
| 38 | HS 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $9.6M | +9.6% | 12 | 4269 |
| 39 | HS 900630 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic): specially designed for underwater use, aerial survey, medical or surgical examination of internal organs: comparison cameras for forensic or criminological use | $4.1M | +23.9% | 2 | 9989 |
| 40 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $4.1M | +46.3% | 5 | 8264 |
| 41 | HS 270400 | Coke and semi-coke: of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated: retort carbon | $3.6M | +59.9% | 3 | 9996 |
| 42 | HS 901813 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | $3.5M | +79.3% | 3 | 9976 |
| 43 | HS 230240 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of other cereals, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $3.3M | +47.0% | 7 | 9985 |
| 44 | HS 160413 | Fish preparations: sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $5.2M | +12.4% | 11 | 7675 |
| 45 | HS 110311 | Cereal groats and meal: of wheat | $3.3M | +29.7% | 5 | 10000 |
| 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 | $6.1M | +8.3% | 24 | 6777 |
| 47 | HS 903149 | Optical instruments and appliances: for measuring or checking, n.e.s. in chapter 90 | $3.7M | +18.4% | 3 | 9955 |
| 48 | HS 381519 | Catalysts, supported: reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with an active substance other than nickel or precious metals or their compounds, n.e.c. or included | $3.1M | +63.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 49 | HS 870390 | Vehicles: for transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702) n.e.s. in heading no. 8703, including station wagons and racing cars | $3.3M | +28.4% | 9 | 8964 |
| 50 | HS 210111 | Extracts, essences and concentrates: of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $7.6M | +3.6% | 12 | 5562 |

## 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.