# Central African Rep. to GBR HS 330300 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for perfumes and toilet waters. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 73/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $1.5B
- Buyer market growth: +6.8%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 42.6%

## 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: $1.8B
- Supplier countries observed: 87
- Average buyer imports: $856.3M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $1.5B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +5.5%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +6.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: France
- Top supplier share: 42.6%
- Market concentration: 2,314
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 42.6%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 5,526 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 4.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.1

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $47.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +7.5%
- Population: 67,327k
- GDP: $3.2T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 17.9%
- Savings rate: 15.6%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $4.5K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Central African Rep. to GBR route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 330300 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $255.0K | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $139.8K | -45.2% |
| 1997 | $85.7K | -38.7% |
| 1998 | $304.1K | +255.0% |
| 1999 | $864.7K | +184.3% |
| 2000 | $1.1M | +21.5% |
| 2001 | $759.7K | -27.7% |
| 2002 | $464.3K | -38.9% |
| 2003 | $871.9K | +87.8% |
| 2004 | $228.7K | -73.8% |
| 2005 | $147.8K | -35.4% |
| 2006 | $202.6K | +37.1% |
| 2007 | $59.1K | -70.8% |
| 2008 | $8.9K | -85.0% |
| 2009 | $206.5K | +2231.0% |
| 2010 | $219.4K | +6.2% |
| 2011 | $1.2M | +462.1% |
| 2012 | $137.7K | -88.8% |
| 2013 | $50.0K | -63.7% |
| 2014 | $83.2K | +66.3% |
| 2015 | $87.2K | +4.9% |
| 2016 | $98.6K | +13.0% |
| 2017 | $3.0K | -96.9% |
| 2018 | $18.2K | +504.4% |
| 2019 | $103.9K | +470.2% |
| 2020 | $148.8K | +43.3% |
| 2021 | $19.9K | -86.6% |
| 2022 | $269.5K | +1251.3% |
| 2023 | $69.1K | -74.4% |
| 2024 | $626.5K | +806.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Central African Rep. to CHN | HS 740400 | New corridor | $15.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-chn-740400) |
| Central African Rep. to ARE | HS 271019 | New corridor | $5.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-are-271019) |
| Central African Rep. to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 330499 | New corridor | $5.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-usa-330499) |
| Central African Rep. to Germany | HS 730890 | New corridor | $4.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-deu-730890) |
| Central African Rep. to GBR | HS 853710 | New corridor | $2.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-gbr-853710) |
| Central African Rep. to Germany | HS 853669 | New corridor | $2.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-deu-853669) |
| Central African Rep. to ARE | HS 851762 | New corridor | $2.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-are-851762) |
| Central African Rep. to Kenya | HS 271019 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/caf-ken-271019) |

## 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.