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

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

## Overview

- Exporter: Botswana (BWA)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $11.1M
- Products: 27
- Buyer markets: 16
- Average CAGR: +13.7%
- Global sector size: $86.0B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $25.7B | $750.5 | $11.1B | -15.5% | 9 | +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 | $10.9B | $67.5 | $6.7B | +41.1% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 220890 - Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $4.9B | $175.3 | $6.6B | +38.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $6.7B | $4.0 | $2.3B | -35.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 020130 - Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $4.0B | $10.3M | $2.0B | -14.2% | 3 | +0.3% |
| HS 180690 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $4.2B | $12.8K | $1.9B | +30.2% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.8B | $12.6 | $1.9B | +4.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 010229 - Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $2.9B | $152.6 | $1.7B | -1.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $3.3B | $189.9 | $1.7B | -29.5% | 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 | $1.8B | $14.9 | $1.7B | +2.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 190531 - Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $2.4B | $10.3 | $1.6B | +15.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220820 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $1.2B | $8.7K | $1.4B | +116.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $2.8B | $6.0 | $1.1B | -51.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $510.6M | $6.4K | $988.9M | -3.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060290 - Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.4B | $91.0K | $881.5M | -34.7% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 020230 - Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $1.1B | $624.1K | $698.2M | -19.6% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 040210 - Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $703.3M | $58.3 | $668.0M | +99.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $621.6M | $1.4K | $575.0M | -2.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151590 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.s. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $734.9M | $2.4K | $482.0M | +13.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 130219 - Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $1.1B | $15.3 | $448.4M | +390.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220110 - Waters: mineral and aerated, including natural or artificial, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured) | $786.4M | $10.5K | $435.4M | +72.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220870 - Liqueurs and cordials | $1.4B | $1.9K | $423.8M | +94.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $467.5M | $2.0K | $407.5M | +25.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151800 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $1.8B | $10.8K | $405.6M | -56.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220850 - Gin and geneva | $387.6M | $29.2K | $357.8M | +152.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 050400 - Animal products: guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof | $300.2M | $550.4 | $297.1M | -37.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170113 - Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $214.3M | $3.9K | $264.2M | +13.2% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $29.8B calculated opportunity across 16 products.
- United Kingdom (GBR): $4.7B calculated opportunity across 8 products.
- Canada (CAN): $3.0B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- China (CHN): $2.2B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Germany (DEU): $1.8B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- South Africa (ZAF): $1.2B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- France (FRA): $1.2B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Republic of Korea (KOR): $994.2M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Zimbabwe (ZWE): $988.9M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Ireland (IRL): $711.4M calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Australia (AUS): $558.6M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Austria (AUT): $533.3M calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 130219: +390.5% average CAGR, $448.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220850: +152.5% average CAGR, $357.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220820: +116.5% average CAGR, $1.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 040210: +99.1% average CAGR, $668.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220870: +94.5% average CAGR, $423.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220110: +72.7% average CAGR, $435.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: +41.1% average CAGR, $6.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220890: +38.3% average CAGR, $6.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180690: +30.2% average CAGR, $1.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151190: +25.7% average CAGR, $407.5M calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 210690: 9 buyer markets, $11.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 3 buyer markets, $6.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 020130: 3 buyer markets, $2.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180690: 3 buyer markets, $1.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220210: 3 buyer markets, $1.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: 2 buyer markets, $2.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 170490: 2 buyer markets, $1.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180620: 2 buyer markets, $1.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 060290: 2 buyer markets, $881.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 020230: 2 buyer markets, $698.2M calculated opportunity.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting. [Read the Yugalinks methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## 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.
