# Angola to Croatia HS 270900 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 100/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $1.5B
- Buyer market growth: +30.2%
- Current exporter share: 3.0%
- Share gap: 54.2%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $1.5B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $1.7B
- Supplier countries observed: 19
- Average buyer imports: $1.2B
- Historical buyer-import peak: $2.1B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +3.3%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +30.2%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Azerbaijan
- Top supplier share: 57.1%
- Market concentration: 3,698
- Exporter share: 3.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 54.2%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 7.4%
- MFN tariff: 7.4%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- Approximate distance: 6,087 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 19.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $17.4K
- GDP per-person growth: +2.7%
- Population: 3,899k
- GDP: $67.8B
- GDP five-year CAGR: +8.6%
- Investment rate: 24.8%
- Savings rate: 22.3%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $45.0M | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Angola to Croatia route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 270900 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2001 | $10.3K | +0.0% |
| 2002 | $2.1K | -79.1% |
| 2003 | $2.1K | -2.9% |
| 2004 | $3.3K | +59.6% |
| 2005 | $1.2K | -65.0% |
| 2006 | $16.2K | +1289.6% |
| 2007 | $12.3K | -23.7% |
| 2008 | $9.3K | -24.3% |
| 2009 | $11.6K | +24.3% |
| 2010 | $12.0K | +3.5% |
| 2011 | $3.4K | -71.5% |
| 2012 | $29.0K | +748.7% |
| 2016 | $4.9K | -83.1% |
| 2018 | $28.7K | +484.3% |
| 2021 | $115.2 | -99.6% |
| 2022 | $0.2 | -99.8% |
| 2023 | $6.3K | +3607065.8% |
| 2024 | $45.0M | +712326.1% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Angola to Liberia | HS 890190 | New corridor | $14.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-lbr-890190) |
| Angola to ARE | HS 841191 | New corridor | $12.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-are-841191) |
| Angola to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 300212 | New corridor | $8.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-usa-300212) |
| Angola to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 844399 | New corridor | $6.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-usa-844399) |
| Angola to France | HS 870421 | New corridor | $4.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-fra-870421) |
| Angola to World excl. Intra-EU | HS 271012 | New corridor | $4.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-wxd-271012) |
| Angola to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 880230 | New corridor | $4.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-usa-880230) |
| Angola to Germany | HS 710812 | New corridor | $4.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ago-deu-710812) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [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.