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

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

## Overview

- Exporter: Lesotho (LSO)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $6.2M
- Products: 42
- Buyer markets: 11
- Average CAGR: +13.5%
- Global sector size: $30.3B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $15.6B | $138.3 | $7.4B | -4.5% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 060290 - Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.5B | $19.7K | $1.3B | +26.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090240 - Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $1.0B | $27.0K | $793.7M | -31.1% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 210390 - Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $796.7M | $0.9 | $762.5M | -45.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| 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 | $6.7 | $668.0M | +11.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040510 - Dairy produce: derived from milk, butter | $1.4B | $69.9K | $623.7M | -47.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $621.6M | $2.0K | $575.0M | +31.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020319 - Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.1, fresh or chilled | $636.0M | $4.7K | $560.9M | -36.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 121190 - Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $1.3B | $2.5M | $499.1M | +15.5% | 4 | +0.2% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $467.5M | $107.6 | $407.5M | +138.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230990 - Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $1.0B | $77.8 | $295.0M | -79.3% | 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 | $366.8 | $264.2M | -5.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $676.2M | $36.6K | $223.3M | +35.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100199 - Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $524.4M | $1.4K | $217.2M | +14.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220820 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $124.7M | $335.1 | $206.1M | +35.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020714 - Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $206.6M | $0.3 | $199.5M | +18.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080522 - Fruit, edible: clementines, fresh or dried | $266.2M | $60.1K | $196.0M | +109.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $555.4M | $2.5M | $195.6M | +5.1% | 2 | +1.2% |
| HS 200979 - Juice: apple, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $105.7M | $28.1 | $157.2M | +3.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 140490 - Vegetable products: n.e.s. in chapter 14 | $169.0M | $17.7K | $142.4M | -23.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151211 - Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $160.7M | $317.8 | $119.4M | +36.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $137.3M | $46.8 | $111.8M | -26.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170199 - Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $93.2M | $688.4 | $111.7M | +24.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 050400 - Animal products: guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof | $128.9M | $4.3K | $106.7M | +3.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220830 - Whiskies | $168.5M | $1.3K | $96.1M | +10.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080521 - Fruit, edible: mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), fresh or dried | $188.6M | $60.1K | $94.0M | +109.0% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $77.2M | $1.1 | $83.6M | -10.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 010229 - Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $78.1M | $11.0K | $78.0M | +15.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030353 - Fish: frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $91.6M | $10.2 | $72.4M | -64.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080529 - Fruit, edible: tangelos, wilkings and similar citrus hybrid, fresh or dried | $73.0M | $60.1K | $70.4M | +109.0% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 080390 - Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $47.9M | $477.5 | $69.7M | +63.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100790 - Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $34.8M | $18.6 | $64.0M | +3.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090220 - Tea, green: (not fermented), in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $91.6M | $0.1 | $62.1M | -56.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160413 - Fish preparations: sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $68.7M | $1.3 | $59.0M | +58.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240120 - Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $98.8M | $29.3 | $58.7M | +8.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170290 - Sugars: n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose | $53.3M | $2.4K | $58.5M | +49.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $99.2M | $0.1 | $57.7M | +32.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 130219 - Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $303.5M | $200.9K | $57.3M | +30.0% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 071290 - Vegetables: mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 0712, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder but not further prepared, dried | $200.3M | $3.2K | $57.1M | -8.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 121299 - Vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots, chicorium intybus sativum variety): n.e.c. in chapter 12, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, ground or unground, primarily for human consumption | $92.4M | $569.8K | $55.9M | +43.9% | 1 | +0.6% |
| HS 220410 - Wine: sparkling | $42.9M | $1.2K | $54.8M | +72.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230400 - Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $57.9M | $16.4K | $54.7M | +30.9% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $4.8B calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- South Africa (ZAF): $3.5B calculated opportunity across 25 products.
- Canada (CAN): $2.8B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Germany (DEU): $2.4B calculated opportunity across 7 products.
- France (FRA): $1.5B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- China (CHN): $668.0M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Pakistan (PAK): $620.2M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- United Kingdom (GBR): $598.6M calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Switzerland, Liechtenstein (CHE): $247.6M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Australia (AUS): $151.5M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Poland (POL): $63.4M calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 151190: +138.9% average CAGR, $407.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 080522: +109.0% average CAGR, $196.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 080521: +109.0% average CAGR, $94.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 080529: +109.0% average CAGR, $70.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220410: +72.8% average CAGR, $54.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 080390: +63.8% average CAGR, $69.7M calculated opportunity.
- HS 160413: +58.1% average CAGR, $59.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 170290: +49.3% average CAGR, $58.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 121299: +43.9% average CAGR, $55.9M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151211: +36.1% average CAGR, $119.4M calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 210690: 5 buyer markets, $7.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 121190: 4 buyer markets, $499.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 090240: 3 buyer markets, $793.7M calculated opportunity.
- HS 100590: 2 buyer markets, $223.3M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220300: 2 buyer markets, $195.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 060290: 1 buyer markets, $1.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210390: 1 buyer markets, $762.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 040210: 1 buyer markets, $668.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 040510: 1 buyer markets, $623.7M calculated opportunity.
- HS 100630: 1 buyer markets, $575.0M 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)

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