# Benin to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands HS 190230 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for food preparations: pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 35/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $688.0M
- Buyer market growth: +28.0%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 37.0%

## 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: $688.0M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $916.9M
- Supplier countries observed: 81
- Average buyer imports: $207.8M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $688.0M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +10.0%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +28.0%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: KOR
- Top supplier share: 37.0%
- Market concentration: 1,861
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 37.0%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 8,417 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 4.2 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $69.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +7.6%
- Population: 331,894k
- GDP: $23.0T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 21.9%
- Savings rate: 17.5%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $55.0 | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Benin to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 190230 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $10.2M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $18.8M | +83.0% |
| 1997 | $6.8M | -63.9% |
| 1998 | $4.0M | -40.5% |
| 1999 | $14.6M | +262.5% |
| 2000 | $2.3M | -84.5% |
| 2001 | $1.1M | -51.5% |
| 2002 | $726.9K | -33.8% |
| 2003 | $854.5K | +17.6% |
| 2004 | $1.5M | +74.8% |
| 2005 | $515.0K | -65.5% |
| 2006 | $581.7K | +12.9% |
| 2007 | $5.0M | +757.2% |
| 2008 | $30.5M | +512.5% |
| 2009 | $390.7K | -98.7% |
| 2010 | $269.0K | -31.2% |
| 2011 | $2.0M | +629.1% |
| 2012 | $2.6M | +32.4% |
| 2013 | $2.9M | +9.8% |
| 2014 | $6.6M | +131.8% |
| 2015 | $5.0M | -24.5% |
| 2016 | $7.5M | +50.8% |
| 2017 | $16.5M | +118.7% |
| 2018 | $17.0M | +3.3% |
| 2019 | $11.8M | -30.8% |
| 2020 | $6.3M | -46.4% |
| 2021 | $7.5M | +18.4% |
| 2022 | $3.1M | -58.6% |
| 2023 | $11.9M | +285.9% |
| 2024 | $48.7M | +309.3% |

## 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)

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