# Afghanistan Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Afghanistan HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Afghanistan (AFG)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $23.6M
- Products: 47
- Buyer markets: 22
- Average CAGR: +26.9%
- Global sector size: $130.2B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $25.8B | $134.5K | $12.1B | +25.9% | 10 | +0.0% |
| 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 | $12.6B | $73.0K | $8.4B | +75.7% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $7.6B | $61.7K | $7.6B | -5.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $5.5B | $796.7 | $5.3B | +20.1% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 150710 - Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $3.9B | $8.7 | $4.3B | +2.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $3.8B | $16.3K | $3.3B | -22.3% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 180620 - Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | $3.8B | $878.4 | $3.1B | -34.2% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 180100 - Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $7.0B | $48.4 | $3.1B | -64.0% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 180690 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $7.0B | $32.6K | $2.9B | +43.3% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $4.1B | $2.0K | $2.8B | -1.7% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $4.1B | $1.5M | $2.3B | +117.2% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 180400 - Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $3.6B | $24.0K | $2.0B | +28.8% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.8B | $338.6K | $1.9B | +40.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 081020 - Fruit, edible: raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh | $1.2B | $10.1K | $1.7B | -6.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190531 - Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $2.4B | $11.5K | $1.6B | -14.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210390 - Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $3.1B | $91.9K | $1.5B | +53.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 071310 - Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $1.7B | $234.3 | $1.3B | +56.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 080211 - Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, in shell | $965.0M | $4.3M | $1.2B | +5.4% | 1 | +0.4% |
| HS 071331 - Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $1.1B | $7.6M | $1.2B | +48.9% | 2 | +0.8% |
| HS 240120 - Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $2.5B | $4.0K | $1.2B | -5.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 081090 - Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $1.1B | $62.2 | $1.1B | -33.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080132 - Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, shelled, fresh or dried | $955.6M | $8.5K | $970.6M | +29.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080610 - Fruit, edible: grapes, fresh | $2.1B | $232.7 | $969.6M | -36.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200819 - Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | $1.1B | $95.8K | $941.3M | +45.2% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 080212 - Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, shelled | $653.7M | $8.5M | $901.8M | +21.4% | 2 | +1.3% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $2.6B | $1.3K | $883.2M | -24.4% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 200899 - Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.s. in heading no. 2008 | $1.9B | $348.8K | $815.3M | +28.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080232 - Nuts, edible: walnuts, fresh or dried, shelled | $503.7M | $7.5K | $803.3M | -12.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170114 - Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $814.6M | $2.3K | $789.1M | +9.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070200 - Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $855.0M | $322.9 | $744.6M | -10.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 071320 - Vegetables, leguminous: chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $634.0M | $15.1K | $733.5M | +16.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070999 - Vegetables: edible, n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled | $562.3M | $1.4K | $696.1M | +90.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100199 - Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $566.1M | $120.6K | $690.0M | -4.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190219 - Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $651.6M | $5.9 | $677.9M | -38.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090240 - Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $607.2M | $2.2K | $620.3M | +0.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180632 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars, (not filled), weighing 2kg or less | $959.8M | $157.5 | $611.5M | -46.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190410 - Food preparations: obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products | $508.0M | $16.9K | $592.1M | +20.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 071340 - Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $787.2M | $11.7K | $585.8M | +26.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| 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 | $540.5M | $6.1K | $585.4M | +91.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060311 - Flowers, cut: roses, flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh | $852.7M | $5.1K | $574.7M | +19.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $756.6M | $3.5 | $543.4M | -28.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 071080 - Vegetables: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, n.e.c. in chapter 7 | $901.2M | $10.3K | $519.1M | +0.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 120190 - Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $326.1M | $1.5K | $515.0M | +218.5% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 130219 - Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $1.1B | $54.6K | $448.3M | -5.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180631 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars, filled, weighing 2kg or less | $611.3M | $526.1 | $446.6M | +39.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 071360 - Vegetables, leguminous: pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $1.1B | $150.5K | $438.0M | +118.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081040 - Fruit, edible: cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus vaccinium, fresh | $571.2M | $32.2K | $405.4M | +461.8% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $32.9B calculated opportunity across 21 products.
- India (IND): $10.6B calculated opportunity across 8 products.
- Canada (CAN): $10.0B calculated opportunity across 13 products.
- Germany (DEU): $6.0B calculated opportunity across 9 products.
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IRN): $3.7B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Pakistan (PAK): $3.6B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- China (CHN): $3.6B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Netherlands (NLD): $2.9B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- France (FRA): $1.8B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- United Arab Emirates (ARE): $1.7B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Saudi Arabia (SAU): $1.7B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Belgium (BEL): $1.3B calculated opportunity across 3 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 081040: +461.8% average CAGR, $405.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 120190: +218.5% average CAGR, $515.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 071360: +118.9% average CAGR, $438.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220210: +117.2% average CAGR, $2.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220299: +91.5% average CAGR, $585.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 070999: +90.0% average CAGR, $696.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: +75.7% average CAGR, $8.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 071310: +56.5% average CAGR, $1.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210390: +53.9% average CAGR, $1.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 071331: +48.9% average CAGR, $1.2B calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 210690: 10 buyer markets, $12.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180690: 5 buyer markets, $2.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 4 buyer markets, $8.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180620: 4 buyer markets, $3.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180100: 4 buyer markets, $3.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220210: 4 buyer markets, $2.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151190: 3 buyer markets, $5.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100630: 3 buyer markets, $3.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180400: 3 buyer markets, $2.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100590: 2 buyer markets, $2.8B calculated opportunity.

## Method

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## 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)

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