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

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

## Overview

- Exporter: Timor-Leste (TLS)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $13.5M
- Products: 35
- Buyer markets: 33
- Average CAGR: +121857231.8%
- Global sector size: $53.4B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $26.5B | $10.8M | $11.0B | +31.4% | 28 | +0.1% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $9.6B | $4.7K | $4.7B | +810.3% | 7 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $3.6B | $41.4K | $2.5B | +13.1% | 8 | +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 | $3.0B | $148.1 | $642.3M | -21.4% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 220820 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $568.1M | $57.0 | $597.4M | +31.7% | 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 | $860.9M | $359.4K | $543.1M | +93.4% | 3 | +0.2% |
| HS 210390 - Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $1.7B | $483.5 | $524.3M | -37.0% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 220830 - Whiskies | $520.2M | $5.7K | $517.6M | +45.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $557.6M | $20.0 | $457.7M | +9.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 071410 - Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, fresh or dried | $418.9M | $1.3K | $422.6M | -28.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $634.2M | $237.1K | $275.4M | +37.9% | 2 | +0.6% |
| HS 121221 - Seaweeds and other algae: fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $242.8M | $17.7K | $268.8M | -4.6% | 2 | +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 | $291.8M | $3.5K | $254.6M | -2.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $340.3M | $26.5K | $238.6M | +9992282324.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190220 - Food preparations: pasta, stuffed (with meat or other substances), whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | $308.0M | $85.1K | $234.3M | -22.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $234.3M | $78.7K | $224.0M | +17.4% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $1.1B | $49.1 | $220.9M | -19.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090112 - Coffee: decaffeinated, not roasted | $597.2M | $879.5K | $217.4M | +12.1% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $493.1M | $1.7K | $203.6M | -13.0% | 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 | $173.4M | $342.4K | $182.3M | +11.5% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $289.5M | $35.2 | $161.5M | -15.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 121229 - Seaweeds and other algae: not fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $116.2M | $60.6K | $151.4M | +3.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220890 - Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $141.9M | $1.6K | $148.5M | +43.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081090 - Fruit, edible: fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | $135.5M | $1.1K | $145.7M | -18.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 090510 - Spices: vanilla, neither crushed nor ground | $102.7M | $1.0K | $105.4M | -10.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151000 - Vegetable oils: oils and their fractions n.e.s. in chapter 15, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading no. 1509 | $108.8M | $103.0K | $87.2M | +50.6% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 200899 - Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants: prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit, n.e.s. in heading no. 2008 | $269.9M | $37.2 | $59.4M | -13.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160561 - Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers, prepared or preserved | $53.4M | $7.3K | $57.2M | +32.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090710 - Spices: cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems), neither crushed nor ground | $40.8M | $332.4K | $55.6M | +188.1% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 030289 - Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $64.8M | $11.8 | $46.8M | +233.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151620 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $139.2M | $168.8K | $34.4M | +10.6% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 210111 - Extracts, essences and concentrates: of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $98.8M | $7.3 | $32.3M | -4.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 130219 - Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $92.8M | $15.8K | $31.5M | +279.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220110 - Waters: mineral and aerated, including natural or artificial, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured) | $33.7M | $9.2K | $28.3M | +3036.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081070 - Fruit, edible: persimmons, fresh | $14.6M | $16.0 | $20.2M | -44.7% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $4.4B calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Germany (DEU): $3.3B calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Canada (CAN): $2.9B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Singapore (SGP): $1.7B calculated opportunity across 7 products.
- Republic of Korea (KOR): $1.6B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- China (CHN): $1.1B calculated opportunity across 8 products.
- France (FRA): $1.1B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- Australia (AUS): $1.1B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- Italy (ITA): $1.1B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Japan (JPN): $994.8M calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Belgium (BEL): $994.6M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Thailand (THA): $883.1M calculated opportunity across 2 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 220210: +9992282324.8% average CAGR, $238.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220110: +3036.3% average CAGR, $28.3M calculated opportunity.
- HS 210690: +810.3% average CAGR, $4.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 130219: +279.6% average CAGR, $31.5M calculated opportunity.
- HS 030289: +233.3% average CAGR, $46.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 090710: +188.1% average CAGR, $55.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151590: +93.4% average CAGR, $543.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 151000: +50.6% average CAGR, $87.2M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220830: +45.8% average CAGR, $517.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220890: +43.8% average CAGR, $148.5M calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 090111: 28 buyer markets, $11.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090121: 8 buyer markets, $2.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210690: 7 buyer markets, $4.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151590: 3 buyer markets, $543.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 2 buyer markets, $642.3M calculated opportunity.
- HS 210390: 2 buyer markets, $524.3M calculated opportunity.
- HS 240220: 2 buyer markets, $275.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 121221: 2 buyer markets, $268.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 081090: 2 buyer markets, $145.7M calculated opportunity.
- HS 220820: 1 buyer markets, $597.4M 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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