# Tuvalu Import Opportunities

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

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $109.3M
- Import CAGR: -13.4%
- Trade openness: 0.0%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $37.0M | +22.7% | 6 | 9865 |
| 2 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $6.1M | +28.0% | 3 | 9580 |
| 3 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $8.7M | +18.7% | 11 | 6451 |
| 4 | HS 730840 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping | $5.8M | +21.6% | 3 | 9237 |
| 5 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $3.1M | +17.5% | 6 | 9099 |
| 6 | HS 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers: (other than tanker type) | $1.9M | +45.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 7 | HS 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $2.3M | +11.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 8 | HS 890690 | Vessels: other, including lifeboats other than rowing boats, other than warships | $1.4M | +51.2% | 1 | 10000 |
| 9 | HS 890400 | Tugs and pusher craft | $4.6M | +13.5% | 2 | 5792 |
| 10 | HS 820559 | Tools, hand: other than household tools | $1.5M | +23.0% | 4 | 8490 |
| 11 | HS 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $1.5M | +17.7% | 5 | 8606 |
| 12 | HS 560811 | Twine, cordage or rope: fishing nets, made up, of man made textile materials | $1.1M | +38.4% | 1 | 10000 |
| 13 | HS 560890 | Twine, cordage or rope: knotted netting, of other than man-made textiles | $756.2K | +40.2% | 2 | 9990 |
| 14 | HS 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $1.4M | +16.5% | 4 | 4974 |
| 15 | HS 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $836.9K | +58.9% | 3 | 7846 |
| 16 | HS 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $948.9K | +20.8% | 7 | 6582 |
| 17 | HS 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $674.9K | +30.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 18 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $799.3K | +17.5% | 7 | 9609 |
| 19 | HS 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $614.2K | +481.9% | 1 | 10000 |
| 20 | HS 831130 | Rods and wire: coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame | $520.9K | +78.8% | 2 | 9973 |
| 21 | HS 870530 | Vehicles: fire fighting vehicles | $520.4K | +134.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 22 | HS 271020 | Not reported | $463.8K | +27.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 23 | HS 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products | $1.1M | +8.8% | 1 | 10000 |
| 24 | HS 731210 | Iron or steel: stranded wire, ropes and cables, not electrically insulated | $558.5K | +17.3% | 5 | 9279 |
| 25 | HS 560313 | Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 70g/m2 but not more than 150g/m2) | $514.2K | +21.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 26 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $403.7K | +38.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 27 | HS 890399 | Yachts and other vessels: for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes, n.e.s. in heading no. 8903, other than inflatable | $480.3K | +15.2% | 2 | 9876 |
| 28 | HS 842920 | Graders and levellers | $330.4K | +80.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 29 | HS 730830 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $413.8K | +15.7% | 2 | 9921 |
| 30 | HS 847990 | Machines and mechanical appliances: parts, of those having individual functions | $415.3K | +16.1% | 3 | 9548 |
| 31 | HS 294190 | Antibiotics: n.e.c. in heading no. 2941 | $318.3K | +452.9% | 3 | 9988 |
| 32 | 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 | $440.9K | +11.8% | 2 | 9874 |
| 33 | 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 | $386.9K | +19.7% | 2 | 9027 |
| 34 | HS 560819 | Twine, cordage or rope: knotted netting, for other than fishing, of man-made textile materials | $309.4K | +26.2% | 3 | 9212 |
| 35 | HS 560314 | Nonwovens: whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 150g/m2) | $306.9K | +55.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 36 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $680.8K | +5.0% | 5 | 5504 |
| 37 | HS 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | $597.7K | +17.8% | 3 | 4869 |
| 38 | HS 320910 | Paints and varnishes: based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $271.9K | +25.0% | 3 | 8988 |
| 39 | HS 870540 | Vehicles: concrete-mixer lorries | $279.0K | +23.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 40 | HS 940690 | Buildings: prefabricated, not of wood | $625.2K | +5.8% | 3 | 4939 |
| 41 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $501.5K | +14.1% | 3 | 5219 |
| 42 | HS 560749 | Twine, cordage, ropes, cables: of polyethylene or polypropylene (excluding binder or baler twine), whether or not plaited, braided or rubber or plastic impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed | $233.4K | +57.7% | 4 | 9505 |
| 43 | HS 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $449.5K | +6.1% | 5 | 6769 |
| 44 | 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 | $311.6K | +13.3% | 8 | 8594 |
| 45 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $277.3K | +13.8% | 2 | 9590 |
| 46 | HS 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $278.4K | +21.5% | 5 | 6514 |
| 47 | HS 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84 | $284.5K | +13.6% | 2 | 8872 |
| 48 | HS 681019 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone: tiles, flagstones and similar, (excluding building blocks and bricks) whether or not reinforced | $473.4K | +16.3% | 2 | 5006 |
| 49 | HS 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | $194.2K | +44.9% | 2 | 9938 |
| 50 | HS 841582 | Air conditioning machines: containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, incorporating a refrigerating unit | $191.5K | +29.4% | 2 | 9949 |

## 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.