# Benin to Poland HS 180400 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for cocoa: butter, fat and oil. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 28/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $766.5M
- Buyer market growth: +116.8%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 38.0%

## 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: $766.5M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $1.2B
- Supplier countries observed: 30
- Average buyer imports: $151.7M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $766.5M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +14.5%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +116.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Germany
- Top supplier share: 38.0%
- Market concentration: 2,531
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 38.0%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 5,376 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 37 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $17.8K
- GDP per-person growth: +13.6%
- Population: 37,781k
- GDP: $674.0B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 22.7%
- Savings rate: 22.4%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $23.2 | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Benin to Poland route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 180400 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1997 | $119.3K | +0.0% |
| 1998 | $99.2K | -16.8% |
| 1999 | $54.9K | -44.7% |
| 2000 | $124.2K | +126.4% |
| 2001 | $127.2K | +2.4% |
| 2002 | $108.7K | -14.5% |
| 2003 | $12.4K | -88.6% |
| 2004 | $48.1K | +288.0% |
| 2005 | $15.0K | -68.7% |
| 2006 | $22.9K | +52.0% |
| 2007 | $55.0K | +140.3% |
| 2008 | $2.5K | -95.5% |
| 2010 | $79.1 | -96.8% |
| 2011 | $242.6K | +306498.3% |
| 2012 | $20.7K | -91.5% |
| 2013 | $20.0K | -3.5% |
| 2014 | $7.2K | -63.8% |
| 2015 | $87.0K | +1104.6% |
| 2016 | $31.3K | -64.0% |
| 2017 | $69.5K | +122.3% |
| 2018 | $69.1K | -0.6% |
| 2019 | $916.4K | +1226.4% |
| 2020 | $484.1K | -47.2% |
| 2021 | $794.0K | +64.0% |
| 2022 | $754.0K | -5.0% |
| 2023 | $932.2K | +23.6% |
| 2024 | $2.0M | +114.0% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Benin to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 854231 | New corridor | $33.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-hkg-854231) |
| Benin to ARE | HS 851712 | New corridor | $27.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-are-851712) |
| Benin to CHN | HS 300490 | New corridor | $14.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-chn-300490) |
| Benin to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 854239 | New corridor | $10.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-usa-854239) |
| Benin to Germany | HS 841191 | New corridor | $7.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-deu-841191) |
| Benin to Canada | HS 870324 | New corridor | $6.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-can-870324) |
| Benin to Canada | HS 271019 | New corridor | $5.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-can-271019) |
| Benin to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 610910 | New corridor | $5.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/ben-usa-610910) |

## 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.