# Congo to Spain HS 271111 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas. 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: $5.7B
- Buyer market growth: -40.3%
- Current exporter share: 1.7%
- Share gap: 32.7%

## 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: $5.7B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $7.2B
- Supplier countries observed: 16
- Average buyer imports: $4.4B
- Historical buyer-import peak: $19.0B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +8.4%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: -40.3%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Russian Federation
- Top supplier share: 34.5%
- Market concentration: 2,262
- Exporter share: 1.7%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 32.7%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 1.6%
- MFN tariff: 5.9%
- Preferential tariff: 1.4%
- Approximate distance: 5,333 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 12.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.1

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $30.1K
- GDP per-person growth: +1.9%
- Population: 47,327k
- GDP: $1.4T
- GDP five-year CAGR: +4.2%
- Investment rate: 24.3%
- Savings rate: 22.0%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $97.4M | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Congo to Spain route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 271111 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $17.3M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $17.4M | +0.7% |
| 1997 | $10.1M | -42.1% |
| 1998 | $13.6M | +35.4% |
| 1999 | $19.8M | +45.4% |
| 2000 | $30.5M | +53.7% |
| 2001 | $15.6M | -48.9% |
| 2002 | $48.1M | +208.8% |
| 2003 | $23.0M | -52.2% |
| 2004 | $28.4M | +23.6% |
| 2005 | $35.0M | +23.0% |
| 2006 | $45.9M | +31.3% |
| 2007 | $20.3M | -55.8% |
| 2008 | $75.1M | +269.8% |
| 2009 | $99.7M | +32.8% |
| 2010 | $304.0M | +204.9% |
| 2011 | $486.8M | +60.1% |
| 2012 | $458.6M | -5.8% |
| 2013 | $227.9M | -50.3% |
| 2014 | $136.8M | -40.0% |
| 2015 | $899.3M | +557.3% |
| 2016 | $1.8B | +94.7% |
| 2017 | $304.6M | -82.6% |
| 2018 | $189.1M | -37.9% |
| 2019 | $119.0M | -37.1% |
| 2020 | $305.4M | +156.7% |
| 2021 | $12.1M | -96.0% |
| 2022 | $52.6M | +332.9% |
| 2023 | $9.1M | -82.8% |
| 2024 | $99.9M | +1004.0% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Congo to Germany | HS 300490 | New corridor | $26.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-deu-300490) |
| Congo to Switzerland | HS 300212 | New corridor | $5.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-che-300212) |
| Congo to Italy | HS 271111 | New corridor | $5.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-ita-271111) |
| Congo to Norway | HS 271019 | New corridor | $3.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-nor-271019) |
| Congo to Pakistan | HS 271111 | New corridor | $3.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-pak-271111) |
| Congo to Saudi Arabia | HS 300490 | New corridor | $3.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-sau-300490) |
| Congo to CHN | HS 870829 | New corridor | $3.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-chn-870829) |
| Congo to CHN | HS 853890 | New corridor | $3.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/cog-chn-853890) |

## 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.