# Trinidad and Tobago Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $7.5B
- Import CAGR: +10.6%
- Trade openness: 86.1%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $845.4M | +16.8% | 51 | 7001 |
| 2 | HS 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $512.0M | +35.1% | 29 | 9653 |
| 3 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $515.1M | +23.5% | 16 | 2362 |
| 4 | HS 830710 | Tubing: flexible, with or without fittings, of iron or steel | $190.5M | +43.4% | 24 | 9892 |
| 5 | HS 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | $313.2M | +6.3% | 3 | 6828 |
| 6 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $88.3M | +30.2% | 15 | 5133 |
| 7 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $168.9M | +8.3% | 20 | 2778 |
| 8 | HS 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $58.8M | +43.5% | 5 | 5872 |
| 9 | 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 | $73.2M | +7.0% | 13 | 5783 |
| 10 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $53.7M | +37.4% | 14 | 3422 |
| 11 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $25.5M | +27.4% | 26 | 9698 |
| 12 | 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 | $25.7M | +31.4% | 7 | 7608 |
| 13 | HS 040690 | Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $37.8M | +5.8% | 16 | 7182 |
| 14 | HS 841590 | Air conditioning machines: with motor driven fan and elements for temperature control, parts thereof | $32.4M | +9.7% | 33 | 6970 |
| 15 | HS 381512 | Catalysts, supported: reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | $21.2M | +17.9% | 2 | 9990 |
| 16 | HS 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $42.0M | +7.4% | 49 | 4517 |
| 17 | HS 890610 | Vessels: warships | $50.7M | +64.7% | 1 | 10000 |
| 18 | HS 040711 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $24.8M | +9.7% | 2 | 9889 |
| 19 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $19.5M | +32.7% | 41 | 7043 |
| 20 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $67.4M | +7.1% | 67 | 2368 |
| 21 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $25.0M | +13.7% | 8 | 7011 |
| 22 | HS 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $15.1M | +60.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 23 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $32.8M | +4.0% | 23 | 6367 |
| 24 | HS 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $41.7M | +15.3% | 15 | 2908 |
| 25 | 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 | $56.1M | +10.0% | 9 | 2249 |
| 26 | HS 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $50.8M | -0.6% | 34 | 3591 |
| 27 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $20.9M | +39.9% | 5 | 5491 |
| 28 | HS 841199 | Turbines: parts of gas turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers) | $42.9M | +6.4% | 26 | 3180 |
| 29 | 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 | $19.4M | +10.4% | 3 | 9828 |
| 30 | 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 | $89.7M | +6.7% | 64 | 973 |
| 31 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $33.0M | +5.3% | 41 | 4843 |
| 32 | HS 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $51.3M | +9.3% | 67 | 2362 |
| 33 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $25.5M | +11.2% | 18 | 5046 |
| 34 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $29.1M | +0.8% | 5 | 7057 |
| 35 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $23.8M | +8.8% | 27 | 6436 |
| 36 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $22.0M | +6.2% | 18 | 8043 |
| 37 | HS 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $26.5M | +7.2% | 11 | 5508 |
| 38 | HS 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | $22.9M | -0.6% | 3 | 9913 |
| 39 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $19.7M | +1.8% | 10 | 9721 |
| 40 | HS 740811 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | $18.3M | +7.4% | 4 | 7347 |
| 41 | HS 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $21.9M | +19.9% | 15 | 3183 |
| 42 | HS 730429 | Iron or steel: casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas | $24.4M | +11.0% | 15 | 3746 |
| 43 | HS 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel: I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | $24.4M | +11.2% | 9 | 3298 |
| 44 | HS 848190 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: parts thereof | $23.1M | +10.5% | 50 | 3232 |
| 45 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $12.4M | +16.3% | 6 | 7757 |
| 46 | HS 260600 | Aluminium ores and concentrates | $8.2M | +37.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 47 | HS 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $14.5M | +13.5% | 35 | 5738 |
| 48 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $19.3M | +8.6% | 22 | 4633 |
| 49 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $56.4M | +2.8% | 27 | 1656 |
| 50 | HS 200410 | Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $26.6M | +9.7% | 10 | 2998 |

## 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.