# Palau Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $195.9M
- Import CAGR: +18.0%
- Trade openness: 0.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 890392 | Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $26.5M | +21.5% | 3 | 9644 |
| 2 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $22.5M | +41.4% | 17 | 3630 |
| 3 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $32.5M | +17.6% | 14 | 2225 |
| 4 | HS 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84 | $5.6M | +76.7% | 5 | 9838 |
| 5 | HS 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $5.6M | +27.2% | 4 | 7145 |
| 6 | 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 | $10.2M | +17.0% | 2 | 5013 |
| 7 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $4.2M | +10.2% | 6 | 7911 |
| 8 | HS 890399 | Yachts and other vessels: for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes, n.e.s. in heading no. 8903, other than inflatable | $2.4M | +7.2% | 8 | 9528 |
| 9 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $2.1M | +10.4% | 3 | 8434 |
| 10 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $2.2M | +9.2% | 7 | 7426 |
| 11 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $2.2M | +5.4% | 15 | 8671 |
| 12 | HS 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $2.2M | +19.6% | 8 | 4538 |
| 13 | HS 846510 | Machine-tools: which can carry out different types of machining operations without tool change between such operations, for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar | $1.1M | +73.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 14 | HS 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $1.8M | +10.7% | 5 | 6727 |
| 15 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $1.9M | +3.9% | 8 | 7551 |
| 16 | HS 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $1.1M | +16.9% | 5 | 9927 |
| 17 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $1.3M | +11.3% | 7 | 9490 |
| 18 | HS 870530 | Vehicles: fire fighting vehicles | $838.4K | +26.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 19 | 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 | $1.6M | +20.6% | 9 | 3539 |
| 20 | HS 940320 | Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $1.3M | +14.2% | 9 | 6050 |
| 21 | HS 890391 | Sailboats: with or without auxiliary motor, for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $946.0K | +9.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 22 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $1.1M | +6.4% | 5 | 5996 |
| 23 | HS 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $1.9M | +12.0% | 12 | 2734 |
| 24 | HS 870510 | Vehicles: crane lorries | $845.9K | +11.7% | 1 | 10000 |
| 25 | HS 940389 | Furniture: of cane, osier, or similar materials (other than bamboo or rattan) | $728.9K | +8.6% | 4 | 8395 |
| 26 | 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 | $967.6K | +9.3% | 3 | 5060 |
| 27 | HS 040711 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $446.3K | +22.8% | 2 | 9974 |
| 28 | HS 440712 | Wood: coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $743.2K | +3.7% | 2 | 9757 |
| 29 | HS 871680 | Vehicles: n.e.s. in heading no. 8716 | $596.1K | +10.8% | 2 | 9673 |
| 30 | HS 440729 | Wood, tropical: (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $836.8K | +34.2% | 7 | 3493 |
| 31 | HS 844859 | Machines: parts and accessories of machines or auxiliary machinery of heading no. 8447, other than sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches | $389.1K | +35.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 32 | HS 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, window or wall types, self-contained or split-system | $592.3K | +10.5% | 6 | 7897 |
| 33 | HS 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $649.8K | +2.7% | 4 | 9984 |
| 34 | HS 854129 | Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more | $341.7K | +57.7% | 1 | 10000 |
| 35 | HS 681099 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: articles (other than prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering), whether or not reinforced, n.e.s. in heading no. 6810 | $959.3K | -0.4% | 2 | 5727 |
| 36 | HS 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $941.3K | -0.9% | 7 | 5173 |
| 37 | HS 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $597.1K | +7.2% | 5 | 7313 |
| 38 | HS 870590 | Vehicles: break-down lorries, road-sweepers, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units, and other special purpose vehicles n.e.s. in heading no. 8705 | $770.2K | +8.5% | 3 | 4636 |
| 39 | HS 560394 | Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, not of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 150g/m2) | $370.9K | +18.4% | 2 | 9950 |
| 40 | HS 847431 | Machines: concrete or mortar mixers | $443.6K | +14.4% | 3 | 8453 |
| 41 | HS 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products | $639.8K | +4.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 42 | HS 681182 | Cellulose fibre-cement: articles or the like, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles (other than corrugated sheets), not containing asbestos | $336.9K | +23.1% | 3 | 9175 |
| 43 | 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 | $1.0M | +3.9% | 5 | 4639 |
| 44 | HS 392061 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polycarbonates, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | $383.4K | +13.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 45 | HS 842720 | Fork-lift and other works trucks: fitted with lifting or handling equipment, self-propelled by other than electric motor | $479.3K | +7.3% | 3 | 8913 |
| 46 | HS 761010 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $703.9K | +12.2% | 2 | 5002 |
| 47 | HS 730539 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes and pipes (other than line pipe or casing of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines), welded (not longitudinally welded), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm, (not seamless) | $268.0K | +55.7% | 1 | 10000 |
| 48 | HS 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $279.8K | +21.4% | 2 | 9987 |
| 49 | HS 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $350.2K | +14.7% | 5 | 8750 |
| 50 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $590.8K | +20.1% | 5 | 3694 |

## 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.