Sector footprint
$9.1M in exports
Reported agriculture and food exports in 2024 across 44 qualifying HS6 products.
Sector export playbook ยท HS 01-24
Former Arab Republic of Yemen Agriculture and food exports
where capability meets demand
Explore Former Arab Republic of Yemen's HS 01-24 product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.
Sector exports$9.1M2024 reported value
Products44Qualifying HS6 products
Buyer markets21Markets represented
Average CAGR+12.2%Product-level growth signal
Global sector size$121.5BReported buyer imports
Agriculture and food capability
How strong is Former Arab Republic of Yemen in this sector?
Compare exporter scale with product breadth, buyer demand, growth, and destination reach. A large sector does not remove the need for product, compliance, pricing, and buyer validation.
Global demand
$121.5B buyer imports
The sector's reported buyer import base provides context for product and market prioritization.
How to use the guide
Find the next credible move
Start with products that combine demand and exporter capability, then validate standards, route economics, buyers, and competition.
Product portfolio
Which products anchor the sector?
Each HS6 product is ranked by calculated opportunity and shown with reported market size, exporter exports, growth, and destination reach.
| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS 210690Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $21.0B | $41.5K | $9.9B | -18.7% | 6 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $18.4B | $4.6M | $7.9B | +4.4% | 8 | +0.0% |
| HS 190590Food 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 | $9.1B | $542.2K | $7.2B | +14.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 030617Crustaceans: 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 | $9.1B | $91.0K | $6.2B | -25.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100119Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $4.0B | $934.4K | $6.1B | -1.9% | 2 | +0.2% |
| HS 151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $4.4B | $1.1K | $4.0B | +10.7% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $5.6B | $727.4K | $3.6B | +6.1% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 170114Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $1.7B | $67.0 | $3.3B | -33.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $3.9B | $715.5 | $3.2B | -4.0% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 030214Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $5.4B | $4.4K | $3.2B | +1.4% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 170290Sugars: 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 | $1.2B | $22.5 | $2.0B | -14.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240220Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $1.2B | $185.4K | $1.7B | -18.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190531Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $2.4B | $280.1K | $1.6B | +10.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.2B | $36.0K | $1.5B | +34.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $2.2B | $435.1K | $1.4B | +56.8% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 071331Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $1.1B | $1.8K | $1.2B | +75.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 170113Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $616.4M | $55.1 | $1.2B | -25.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $1.5B | $146.1K | $1.1B | +14.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 180690Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $1.9B | $8.5K | $1.0B | +71.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160414Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $1.2B | $20.7K | $972.1M | +49.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 070200Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $1.7B | $1.7K | $927.8M | -29.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090421Spices: fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground | $470.8M | $1.1 | $859.1M | -59.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040690Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $2.7B | $1.5K | $857.2M | +1.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 200899Fruit, 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 | $1.9B | $29.1K | $815.7M | +64.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040610Dairy produce: fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | $969.9M | $1.8K | $747.2M | +154.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240120Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $995.3M | $61.0 | $702.3M | +1.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210390Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $2.3B | $10.8K | $689.2M | +50.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190532Food preparations: waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | $1.0B | $2.6K | $677.7M | +60.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040210Dairy 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 | $417.8 | $668.0M | -44.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030743Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | $1.1B | $153.6K | $596.2M | +102.2% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 030752Molluscs: octopus (Octopus spp.), frozen | $687.3M | $286.6K | $579.3M | +51.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190190Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $770.8M | $332.8K | $576.4M | +66.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030633Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | $300.1M | $5.0K | $552.4M | +14.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200819Nuts and other seeds: whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | $466.3M | $105.9 | $546.9M | -53.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100390Cereals: barley, other than seed | $815.2M | $12.4K | $500.0M | +6.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151590Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.s. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $734.9M | $6.2K | $482.0M | +24.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210111Extracts, essences and concentrates: of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | $937.5M | $14.5K | $479.9M | +4.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100199Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $299.1M | $3.6K | $470.9M | +4.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200520Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | $426.3M | $65.6K | $468.2M | -28.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030631Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $717.4M | $34.0K | $463.7M | +53.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080212Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, shelled | $337.7M | $4.1K | $461.8M | +13.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220299Non-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 | $1.2B | $77.7K | $451.5M | +21.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 200989Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $406.2M | $1.6K | $429.1M | +119.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040221Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $441.2M | $7.6K | $393.6M | -6.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
Best markets
Where does sector demand concentrate?
Markets are ranked by calculated opportunity across the qualifying products in this sector view.
USA
USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
19 products represented in the sector.
$26.4B$48.6B reported buyer importsCHN
China
11 products represented in the sector.
$14.1B$18.3B reported buyer importsSAU
Saudi Arabia
6 products represented in the sector.
$6.3B$5.6B reported buyer importsARE
United Arab Emirates
7 products represented in the sector.
$5.5B$4.6B reported buyer importsCAN
Canada
5 products represented in the sector.
$5.4B$5.6B reported buyer importsEGY
Egypt
1 products represented in the sector.
$5.1B$3.4B reported buyer importsDEU
Germany
4 products represented in the sector.
$4.1B$10.2B reported buyer importsFRA
France
4 products represented in the sector.
$3.0B$6.0B reported buyer importsESP
Spain
4 products represented in the sector.
$2.0B$3.6B reported buyer importsITA
Italy
2 products represented in the sector.
$1.7B$3.5B reported buyer importsIRQ
Iraq
1 products represented in the sector.
$1.7B$1.2B reported buyer importsKOR
Republic of Korea
2 products represented in the sector.
$1.5B$2.0B reported buyer importsGrowth stars
Which products show the strongest growth?
Average product-level CAGR is a screening signal. Confirm the latest trend, base effects, buyer quality, and commercial feasibility before acting.
| Product | Average CAGR | Opportunity | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|
| HS 040610Dairy produce: fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | +154.4% | $747.2M | 1 |
| HS 200989Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | +119.6% | $429.1M | 1 |
| HS 030743Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | +102.2% | $596.2M | 1 |
| HS 071331Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | +75.9% | $1.2B | 2 |
| HS 180690Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | +71.9% | $1.0B | 1 |
| HS 190190Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | +66.0% | $576.4M | 1 |
| HS 200899Fruit, 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 | +64.7% | $815.7M | 1 |
| HS 190532Food preparations: waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | +60.1% | $677.7M | 1 |
| HS 220210Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | +56.8% | $1.4B | 2 |
| HS 030631Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | +53.0% | $463.7M | 1 |
Diversification opportunities
Which products reach the widest buyer base?
Destination count is a simple breadth indicator. It does not measure destination concentration or guarantee resilience.
HS 090111
Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated
8 markets$7.9B calculated opportunityHS 210690
Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10
6 markets$9.9B calculated opportunityHS 030214
Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99
5 markets$3.2B calculated opportunityHS 090121
Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated
4 markets$3.6B calculated opportunityHS 151190
Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
3 markets$4.0B calculated opportunityHS 100630
Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed
3 markets$3.2B calculated opportunityHS 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
2 markets$7.2B calculated opportunityHS 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
2 markets$6.2B calculated opportunityFrequently asked questions
Using the Agriculture and food export playbook
Practical guidance for interpreting sector scale, growth, product breadth, and buyer markets.
How strong is Former Arab Republic of Yemen in this sector?
Compare sector exports, product breadth, buyer markets, growth, and global demand. These signals identify research priorities rather than guarantee market access.
What are growth stars?
Products with higher average reported growth in the screened rows. Validate the time period, base effects, buyer demand, and current exporter position.
What does diversification mean here?
Products reaching more buyer markets in the screened data. Destination breadth is useful context but does not replace concentration, route, or buyer analysis.
Data source
OECD trade statistics with CEPII context
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.