# Sao Tome and Principe Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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

## Overview

- Exporter: Sao Tome and Principe (STP)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $15.1M
- Products: 43
- Buyer markets: 29
- Average CAGR: +26.0%
- Global sector size: $45.7B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 180100 - Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $11.1B | $9.4M | $5.3B | +0.3% | 16 | +0.2% |
| 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 | $4.1B | $4.2K | $3.3B | -21.6% | 6 | +0.0% |
| HS 180690 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $7.3B | $84.8K | $3.0B | +35.0% | 9 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $3.6B | $7.7K | $1.9B | -17.0% | 6 | +0.0% |
| HS 180632 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars, (not filled), weighing 2kg or less | $3.1B | $102.9K | $1.6B | -10.9% | 10 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $3.8B | $6.1K | $1.4B | +11.7% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 180310 - Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $1.6B | $17.9K | $1.1B | -2.0% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $2.4B | $8.6K | $1.0B | +14.3% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 151110 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $1.5B | $4.8M | $615.7M | +515.6% | 3 | +0.3% |
| HS 060290 - Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.1B | $18.5K | $561.2M | +6.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 151319 - Vegetable oils: coconut (copra) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $532.3M | $118.3K | $463.5M | +268.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 040690 - Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $1.5B | $1.2K | $456.1M | -25.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180631 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars, filled, weighing 2kg or less | $532.2M | $3.2K | $295.9M | -66.2% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $478.1M | $224.6 | $289.8M | -16.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060319 - Flowers, cut: flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, other than roses, carnations, orchids, or chrysanthemums | $406.5M | $1.7K | $219.9M | -29.9% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 090122 - Coffee: roasted, decaffeinated | $237.0M | $969.5 | $157.5M | +43.2% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 070960 - Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | $134.9M | $81.6 | $155.3M | -39.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 180200 - Cocoa: shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste | $101.7M | $134.0 | $116.8M | +167.8% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 090510 - Spices: vanilla, neither crushed nor ground | $102.7M | $16.3K | $105.4M | +15.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| 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 | $219.4M | $0.7 | $99.9M | -72.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030743 - Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | $136.9M | $18.0 | $97.7M | -54.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080450 - Fruit, edible: guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried | $207.3M | $3.0K | $93.5M | -1.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080390 - Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $136.1M | $36.4 | $86.5M | -21.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180500 - Cocoa: powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $160.0M | $3.1K | $84.5M | -44.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060120 - Plants, live: bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower, chicory plants and roots other than of heading no. 1212 | $85.7M | $1.4K | $80.6M | -9.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030389 - Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $194.6M | $15.6K | $62.6M | -14.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 030285 - Fish: fresh or chilled, seabream (Sparidae), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $94.0M | $7.2K | $57.2M | +25.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030366 - Fish: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $72.4M | $16.1K | $57.0M | -66.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $72.2M | $10.0 | $47.2M | -42.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030284 - Fish: fresh or chilled, seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $63.6M | $7.2K | $46.4M | +25.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $43.8M | $496.4 | $45.0M | -2.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230990 - Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $84.8M | $19.5K | $39.9M | +52.2% | 1 | +0.3% |
| 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 | $45.3M | $116.8 | $39.7M | -10.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 110710 - Malt: not roasted | $33.8M | $684.8 | $36.1M | +39.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030363 - Fish: frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $123.9M | $460.2K | $34.0M | +7.9% | 1 | +0.7% |
| HS 240110 - Tobacco, (not stemmed or stripped) | $69.5M | $3.2K | $30.6M | -42.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200410 - Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $76.6M | $5.4K | $29.4M | -60.3% | 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 | $33.6M | $84.5 | $29.0M | -15.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 110630 - Flour, meal and powder: of the products of chapter 8 | $42.3M | $176.1 | $27.9M | +1013.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180610 - Cocoa: powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $36.9M | $114.3 | $27.3M | -20.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030289 - Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $37.6M | $7.2K | $26.3M | +25.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030357 - Fish: frozen, swordfish (Xiphias gladius), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $36.5M | $0.5 | $25.8M | -79.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081090 - Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $25.7M | $0.2 | $24.5M | -49.3% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- France (FRA): $4.3B calculated opportunity across 14 products.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $4.0B calculated opportunity across 7 products.
- Netherlands (NLD): $3.9B calculated opportunity across 10 products.
- Germany (DEU): $2.3B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- Italy (ITA): $2.3B calculated opportunity across 9 products.
- Portugal (PRT): $1.2B calculated opportunity across 21 products.
- Spain (ESP): $708.3M calculated opportunity across 7 products.
- Belgium (BEL): $684.9M calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Switzerland, Liechtenstein (CHE): $579.0M calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Czechia (CZE): $532.8M calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Canada (CAN): $476.0M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Turkey (TUR): $393.0M calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 110630: +1013.5% average CAGR, $27.9M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151110: +515.6% average CAGR, $615.7M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151319: +268.5% average CAGR, $463.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 180200: +167.8% average CAGR, $116.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 230990: +52.2% average CAGR, $39.9M calculated opportunity.
- HS 090122: +43.2% average CAGR, $157.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 110710: +39.2% average CAGR, $36.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 180690: +35.0% average CAGR, $3.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 030285: +25.4% average CAGR, $57.2M calculated opportunity.
- HS 030284: +25.4% average CAGR, $46.4M calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 180100: 16 buyer markets, $5.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180632: 10 buyer markets, $1.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180690: 9 buyer markets, $3.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180620: 6 buyer markets, $3.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090121: 6 buyer markets, $1.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180310: 5 buyer markets, $1.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210690: 5 buyer markets, $1.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: 4 buyer markets, $1.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 060319: 4 buyer markets, $219.9M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151110: 3 buyer markets, $615.7M 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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