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Ethiopia (ETH) to Benin (BEN) travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning (HS6 960500)

A country-to-country view of reported travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning trade, combining buyer demand, exporter position, market structure, access conditions, and observed lane history.

Exporter Ethiopia (ETH)Importer Benin (BEN)HS6 960500One-way tradeCoverage 2013-2019Declining
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3-year buyer projection

$1.2MCalculated from reported demand

Exporter growth

-21.7%Full available history

Suppliers in market

10Latest reported count

Observed history

7 yearsLast year: 2019

Reported observations

What this travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning lane shows for HS 960500

Core values for Ethiopia (ETH) → Benin (BEN) in HS 960500.

Buyer market

Latest imports$882.8K
Five-year projection$1.4M
Buyer CAGR+9.5%
Latest annual change-21.5%

Exporter position

Latest exports$539.3
Market share1.5%
Share change+0.2 pp
Best observed share98.8%

Market structure

Reported suppliers10
Concentration index9,769.6
Share gap+97.4 pp
SignalDeclining

Detailed evidence

Complete lane evidence

Reported values, calculated indicators, and country-pair context for this route.

MeasureValueWhat it describes
Buyer imports$882.8KBenin (BEN)'s latest reported imports
Exporter exports$539.3Ethiopia (ETH)'s exports to Benin (BEN)
Exporter market share1.5%Exporter share of the reported buyer market
Buyer five-year CAGR+9.5%Annualized change in buyer imports
Exporter full-history CAGR-21.7%Annualized change in exporter exports
Three-year buyer projection$1.2MCalculated projection from reported demand
Five-year buyer projection$1.4MCalculated projection from reported demand
Average buyer imports$141.3KAverage reported importer value
Peak buyer imports$1.1MHighest reported importer value
Average exporter exports$3.7KAverage reported lane exports
Peak exporter exports$11.6KHighest reported lane exports
Share change+0.2 ppLatest one-year change in exporter share
Reported suppliers10Supplier countries observed in the latest period
Buyer GDP$17.8BLatest buyer-country GDP estimate
Buyer GDP per person$1.4KLatest buyer-country GDP per person
Buyer population12,451 thousandLatest buyer-country population estimate
Buyer investment rate24.4%Reported buyer-country investment rate
Buyer secondary education38.3%Reported secondary education coverage
Distance4,015 kmApproximate country-pair distance
Business entry time8.5 daysReported days to start a business
Shared legal systemYesCountry-pair institutional relationship
Reported FTANoReported trade-agreement indicator
WTO memberYesBuyer-country WTO membership indicator
Lane volatility1Variation indicator across observed lane values
Maximum drawdown98.4%Largest observed decline from a prior peak
Observed history7 yearsCoverage through 2019

Research reading

Travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning demand and the Ethiopia (ETH) to Benin (BEN) lane

Benin (BEN) reported $882.8K of travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning imports in 2019. Ethiopia (ETH) accounted for 1.5% of the observed market and reported $539.3 in exports on this lane.

The latest annual values eased slightly, while the longer available history shows +9.5% buyer growth and -21.7% exporter growth. The page separates reported values from projections and indicators.

Product classification

What does HS 960500 include?

HS 960500 covers Travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning. This page studies the six-digit Harmonized System classification rather than a company, brand, retail category, or individual shipment.

The classification sits in HS chapter 96 and heading 9605. The recorded trade type is one-way trade, with a low price range classification in the available product reference data.

How to interpret this page

Compare demand, position, and history together

This HS 960500 trade opportunity page brings together the buyer market in Benin (BEN), the exporter position of Ethiopia (ETH), and the observed conditions of their trade lane. A large buyer market does not by itself show that every exporter has equal access, and a positive growth rate does not remove the need to examine volatility and historical coverage.

Use the reported imports and exports to understand scale, market share to understand position, projections to understand the calculated forward view, and lane history to understand how much evidence supports the comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about Ethiopia (ETH) to Benin (BEN) travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning trade

What is the HS code for this product?

This page covers HS 960500, the six-digit product classification shown in the trade records.

How large is the Benin (BEN) market?

The page reports the latest buyer imports, historical averages, peaks, growth, and calculated projections for travel sets: for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning.

How strong is Ethiopia (ETH) in this market?

Exporter performance is shown through lane exports, market share, share change, growth, and the number of reported suppliers.

What should be checked before entering this market?

Review market scale, competition, access indicators, volatility, drawdown, and the available history together rather than relying on one signal.

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Definitions and coverage

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Reported values

Trade values describe reported merchandise trade for the stated HS6 classification. They are not company-level sales or shipment records.

Calculated indicators

Growth, projections, concentration, volatility, and share-gap figures are calculated from the reported observations and should be interpreted with their coverage period.

Coverage

This sample covers 7 observed years through 2019. Missing values are shown as not reported rather than estimated.

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