# Djibouti Export Playbook for South Asia

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Compare buyer markets, access conditions, and calculated product opportunities in South Asia. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.

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## Overview

- Exporter: Djibouti (DJI)
- Region: South Asia
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Buyer markets: 4
- Calculated three-year opportunity: $19.4B
- Reported FTA markets: 0
- Average reported distance: 4,083 km
- Average business entry indicator: 16 days

## Market comparison

| Market | ISO3 | Opportunity | Products | FTA | Distance | Entry days | Top product |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| India | IND | $13.9B | 31 | Not reported | 4,011 km | 18 | Product not reported |
| Pakistan | PAK | $3.5B | 7 | Not reported | 3,912 km | 17 | Product not reported |
| Nepal | NPL | $1.9B | 1 | Not reported | 4,739 km | 23 | Product not reported |
| Afghanistan | AFG | $153.3M | 1 | Not reported | 3,668 km | 9 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale |

## Product and market opportunities

| Rank | Market | Product | Opportunity | Buyer growth | Current share |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | India (IND) | HS 271019 - Product description unavailable | $2.1B | +4.8% | +0.0% |
| 2 | Nepal (NPL) | HS 271019 - Product description unavailable | $1.9B | +9.8% | +0.0% |
| 3 | India (IND) | HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.8B | +5.1% | +0.0% |
| 4 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 271019 - Product description unavailable | $1.7B | +16.9% | +0.0% |
| 5 | India (IND) | HS 760200 - Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.2B | +17.8% | +0.0% |
| 6 | India (IND) | 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 | $729.6M | +10.0% | +0.1% |
| 7 | India (IND) | HS 071320 - Vegetables, leguminous: chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $727.0M | +15.2% | +0.7% |
| 8 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 090240 - Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $620.2M | +5.0% | +0.0% |
| 9 | India (IND) | HS 392690 - Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $603.1M | +8.3% | +0.0% |
| 10 | India (IND) | HS 071340 - Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $586.0M | +15.8% | +0.0% |
| 11 | India (IND) | HS 720449 - Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $545.7M | +8.5% | +0.0% |
| 12 | India (IND) | HS 740400 - Copper: waste and scrap | $488.5M | +8.7% | +0.1% |
| 13 | India (IND) | HS 220830 - Whiskies | $452.0M | +13.2% | +0.0% |
| 14 | India (IND) | HS 071360 - Vegetables, leguminous: pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $438.4M | +10.7% | +0.0% |
| 15 | India (IND) | HS 390210 - Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $400.6M | +6.4% | +0.0% |
| 16 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 720449 - Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $399.2M | +20.9% | +0.0% |
| 17 | India (IND) | HS 720421 - Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $376.7M | +19.9% | +0.0% |
| 18 | India (IND) | HS 999999 - Commodities not specified according to kind | $354.7M | -0.2% | +0.0% |
| 19 | India (IND) | HS 390120 - Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $353.4M | +7.6% | +0.0% |
| 20 | India (IND) | HS 390740 - Polycarbonates: in primary forms | $334.7M | +13.9% | +0.0% |

## Sector opportunities

| Sector | Products | Reported buyer imports | Opportunity | Average growth |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS2 00 - HS2 sector 00 | 3 | $9.4B | $5.7B | +10.5% |
| HS2 07 - HS2 sector 07 | 6 | $3.5B | $2.7B | +14.2% |
| HS2 39 - HS2 sector 39 | 6 | $4.9B | $2.1B | +9.1% |
| HS2 15 - HS2 sector 15 | 1 | $1.9B | $1.8B | +5.1% |
| HS2 72 - HS2 sector 72 | 4 | $5.3B | $1.5B | +18.5% |
| HS2 76 - HS2 sector 76 | 2 | $3.5B | $1.4B | +15.9% |
| HS2 09 - HS2 sector 09 | 3 | $1.1B | $953.3M | +11.1% |
| HS2 22 - HS2 sector 22 | 2 | $536.9M | $557.9M | +21.9% |

## Frequently asked questions

### Should Djibouti focus on South Asia?

Use the market ranking as a starting point, then check product fit, buyer requirements, route costs, tariffs, standards, and competitive conditions.

### What does calculated opportunity mean?

It is a screening indicator built from demand and exporter-position signals. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry.

### How should exporters use this page?

Prioritize one market and product combination, then validate buyers, compliance, logistics, pricing, and continuity before making a commercial decision.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

Yugalinks presents derived views for research and planning. [Read the full 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.