# Papua New Guinea Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $3.7B
- Import CAGR: -5.5%
- Trade openness: 33.2%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $520.0M | +4.3% | 22 | 5757 |
| 2 | HS 100640 | Cereals: rice, broken | $30.6M | +26.3% | 2 | 9939 |
| 3 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $65.4M | +6.8% | 23 | 5647 |
| 4 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $52.4M | +4.8% | 3 | 9380 |
| 5 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $58.7M | +0.6% | 8 | 9017 |
| 6 | HS 020442 | Meat: of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen | $48.2M | +2.7% | 2 | 9621 |
| 7 | HS 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $51.8M | +3.2% | 21 | 6138 |
| 8 | HS 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more passengers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | $38.3M | +3.3% | 6 | 9591 |
| 9 | 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 | $40.1M | +6.5% | 18 | 6853 |
| 10 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $19.5M | +27.7% | 16 | 6835 |
| 11 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $67.6M | +0.5% | 9 | 3563 |
| 12 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $33.0M | +3.2% | 21 | 6787 |
| 13 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $21.6M | +20.3% | 4 | 6188 |
| 14 | HS 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $38.5M | +5.3% | 7 | 3999 |
| 15 | HS 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $32.7M | +4.4% | 26 | 5024 |
| 16 | HS 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $15.0M | +18.3% | 4 | 9584 |
| 17 | HS 030343 | Fish: frozen, skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $13.5M | +29.2% | 2 | 8453 |
| 18 | HS 392410 | Plastics: tableware and kitchenware | $18.5M | +9.7% | 17 | 9248 |
| 19 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $36.7M | +12.9% | 14 | 3521 |
| 20 | HS 240399 | Tobacco: other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking | $11.2M | +25.1% | 2 | 10000 |
| 21 | HS 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $26.9M | +2.9% | 8 | 5564 |
| 22 | 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 | $19.1M | +3.0% | 9 | 8107 |
| 23 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $27.4M | +10.5% | 9 | 4255 |
| 24 | HS 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | $13.2M | +9.9% | 3 | 9998 |
| 25 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $13.0M | +16.6% | 9 | 6227 |
| 26 | HS 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $18.0M | +8.7% | 38 | 5264 |
| 27 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $9.6M | +18.8% | 2 | 9832 |
| 28 | HS 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $17.7M | +9.8% | 12 | 5370 |
| 29 | HS 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $16.0M | +7.4% | 26 | 6162 |
| 30 | HS 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $14.0M | +9.4% | 19 | 7073 |
| 31 | HS 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $17.7M | +9.4% | 5 | 5286 |
| 32 | HS 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $9.3M | +17.5% | 16 | 9165 |
| 33 | HS 840890 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of chapter 87 | $11.9M | +6.8% | 4 | 9462 |
| 34 | HS 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $7.7M | +22.3% | 3 | 9846 |
| 35 | HS 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $23.1M | +5.0% | 5 | 4674 |
| 36 | HS 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $20.4M | +2.0% | 8 | 4692 |
| 37 | HS 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $14.9M | +6.7% | 34 | 5668 |
| 38 | HS 401180 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | $16.0M | +1.2% | 7 | 6625 |
| 39 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $12.0M | +9.5% | 10 | 7126 |
| 40 | HS 842911 | Bulldozers and angledozers: self-propelled, track laying | $18.3M | +1.6% | 7 | 5078 |
| 41 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $10.6M | +8.0% | 4 | 9214 |
| 42 | HS 848310 | Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks | $14.6M | +8.8% | 18 | 5398 |
| 43 | 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 | $13.0M | +8.5% | 7 | 6348 |
| 44 | HS 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $15.4M | +1.8% | 3 | 6208 |
| 45 | 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 | $29.8M | -0.3% | 12 | 3228 |
| 46 | HS 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $18.9M | +11.5% | 7 | 3930 |
| 47 | HS 540751 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, unbleached or bleached | $6.0M | +68.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 48 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $17.2M | +7.1% | 2 | 5054 |
| 49 | HS 610343 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted | $6.5M | +21.1% | 4 | 9890 |
| 50 | HS 731700 | Iron or steel: nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper | $8.3M | +11.3% | 12 | 9916 |

## 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.