# Guinea-Bissau Export Playbook for Europe

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

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## Overview

- Exporter: Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
- Region: Europe
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Buyer markets: 20
- Calculated three-year opportunity: $36.0B
- Reported FTA markets: 0
- Average reported distance: 4,968 km
- Average business entry indicator: 12 days

## Market comparison

| Market | ISO3 | Opportunity | Products | FTA | Distance | Entry days | Top product |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| France | FRA | $11.4B | 15 | Not reported | 4,441 km | 4 | Product not reported |
| Portugal | PRT | $7.8B | 185 | Not reported | 3,059 km | 7 | Product not reported |
| Netherlands | NLD | $5.6B | 9 | Not reported | 4,868 km | 4 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus |
| Spain | ESP | $4.9B | 42 | Not reported | 3,386 km | 13 | Product not reported |
| Germany | DEU | $2.2B | 2 | Not reported | 4,858 km | 8 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated |
| Denmark | DNK | $1.0B | 3 | Not reported | 5,453 km | 4 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display |
| Russia | RUS | $954.9M | 9 | Not reported | 6,687 km | 10 | Engines: parts, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (for other than aircraft) |
| Belgium | BEL | $509.2M | 3 | Not reported | 4,702 km | 5 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured |
| Italy | ITA | $503.1M | 20 | Not reported | 4,315 km | 11 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water |
| Ireland | IRL | $340.1M | 1 | Not reported | 4,690 km | 11 | Data processing machines: storage units |
| Poland | POL | $333.9M | 2 | Not reported | 5,561 km | 37 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated |
| Belarus | BLR | $137.3M | 5 | Not reported | 6,015 km | 9 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 |
| Austria | AUT | $110.3M | 3 | Not reported | 5,016 km | 21 | Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) |
| Sweden | SWE | $99.6M | 1 | Not reported | 5,977 km | 8 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts |
| United Kingdom | GBR | $51.6M | 1 | Not reported | 4,628 km | 5 | Navigational instruments and appliances: for navigation other than aeronautical or space navigation (excluding direction finding compasses) |
| Croatia | HRV | $18.9M | 1 | Not reported | 4,813 km | 20 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) |
| Czechia | CZE | $18.0M | 1 | Not reported | 5,064 km | 25 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, shelled, fresh or dried |
| Slovenia | SVN | $15.2M | 4 | Not reported | 4,750 km | 8 | Printing, copying, and facsimile machines: single-function printing, copying or facsimile machines, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network |
| Bulgaria | BGR | $4.2M | 1 | Not reported | 5,081 km | 23 | Commodities not specified according to kind |
| Ukraine | UKR | $2.9M | 1 | Not reported | 5,989 km | 7 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, shelled, fresh or dried |

## Product and market opportunities

| Rank | Market | Product | Opportunity | Buyer growth | Current share |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | France (FRA) | HS 271019 - Product description unavailable | $4.7B | +9.5% | +0.0% |
| 2 | France (FRA) | HS 271012 - Product description unavailable | $3.6B | +8.1% | +0.0% |
| 3 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 851762 - Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $3.2B | +13.3% | +0.0% |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | HS 271019 - Product description unavailable | $2.1B | +9.0% | +0.0% |
| 5 | Germany (DEU) | HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $2.0B | +2.1% | +0.0% |
| 6 | France (FRA) | HS 851762 - Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.5B | +11.0% | +0.0% |
| 7 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 850440 - Electrical static converters | $1.3B | +10.0% | +0.0% |
| 8 | Portugal (PRT) | HS 271019 - Product description unavailable | $1.0B | +7.2% | +0.2% |
| 9 | Portugal (PRT) | HS 870899 - Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $710.6M | +3.6% | +0.0% |
| 10 | Denmark (DNK) | HS 847130 - Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $540.7M | +4.4% | +0.0% |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | HS 870323 - Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $525.0M | -0.4% | +0.0% |
| 12 | Portugal (PRT) | HS 854231 - Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $454.9M | +3.2% | +0.0% |
| 13 | Portugal (PRT) | HS 870332 - Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $425.6M | +3.7% | +0.0% |
| 14 | France (FRA) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $409.9M | -3.8% | +0.0% |
| 15 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 851770 - Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $386.3M | +2.9% | +0.0% |
| 16 | Denmark (DNK) | HS 999999 - Commodities not specified according to kind | $384.7M | +9.6% | +0.0% |
| 17 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 120242 - Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | $374.2M | +4.6% | +0.0% |
| 18 | Spain (ESP) | HS 392690 - Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $367.9M | +5.7% | +0.0% |
| 19 | Spain (ESP) | HS 271020 - Product description unavailable | $361.8M | +7.7% | +0.0% |
| 20 | Spain (ESP) | HS 030617 - Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $348.1M | +2.8% | +0.1% |

## Sector opportunities

| Sector | Products | Reported buyer imports | Opportunity | Average growth |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS2 00 - HS2 sector 00 | 16 | $46.8B | $12.8B | +5.0% |
| HS2 85 - HS2 sector 85 | 26 | $25.2B | $8.5B | +4.8% |
| HS2 87 - HS2 sector 87 | 12 | $7.1B | $2.8B | +2.3% |
| HS2 84 - HS2 sector 84 | 35 | $6.6B | $2.7B | +3.6% |
| HS2 09 - HS2 sector 09 | 6 | $5.7B | $2.5B | +2.0% |
| HS2 03 - HS2 sector 03 | 54 | $2.8B | $1.1B | +2.2% |
| HS2 08 - HS2 sector 08 | 24 | $1.5B | $1.1B | +10.6% |
| HS2 39 - HS2 sector 39 | 4 | $2.5B | $715.1M | +6.2% |

## Frequently asked questions

### Should Guinea-Bissau focus on Europe?

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.