# Guinea to GBR 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: 62/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $660.4M
- Buyer market growth: +134.2%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 53.0%

## 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: $660.4M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $786.0M
- Supplier countries observed: 40
- Average buyer imports: $237.5M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $660.4M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +6.0%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +134.2%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: NLD
- Top supplier share: 53.0%
- Market concentration: 3,406
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 53.0%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 4,883 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 | $1.3K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

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

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $21.3M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $3.4M | -83.9% |
| 1997 | $4.7M | +36.4% |
| 1998 | $4.2M | -11.3% |
| 1999 | $10.2M | +145.5% |
| 2000 | $20.6M | +101.6% |
| 2001 | $27.6M | +34.2% |
| 2002 | $34.7M | +25.5% |
| 2003 | $33.8M | -2.7% |
| 2004 | $36.2M | +7.1% |
| 2005 | $7.7M | -78.7% |
| 2006 | $3.6M | -53.5% |
| 2007 | $4.3M | +19.4% |
| 2008 | $3.4M | -20.9% |
| 2009 | $3.1M | -8.8% |
| 2010 | $5.9M | +91.3% |
| 2011 | $4.3M | -26.1% |
| 2012 | $3.3M | -22.9% |
| 2013 | $2.2M | -34.6% |
| 2014 | $2.9M | +30.6% |
| 2015 | $1.4M | -51.1% |
| 2016 | $385.2K | -72.5% |
| 2017 | $563.4K | +46.3% |
| 2018 | $1.7M | +201.4% |
| 2019 | $1.2M | -29.0% |
| 2020 | $3.6M | +202.6% |
| 2021 | $1.8M | -51.8% |
| 2022 | $374.4K | -78.7% |
| 2023 | $1.4M | +276.9% |
| 2024 | $358.3K | -74.6% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Guinea to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 870850 | New corridor | $6.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-usa-870850) |
| Guinea to Germany | HS 293499 | New corridor | $5.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-deu-293499) |
| Guinea to France | HS 870360 | New corridor | $5.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-fra-870360) |
| Guinea to India | HS 711319 | New corridor | $2.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-ind-711319) |
| Guinea to CHN | HS 260400 | New corridor | $2.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-chn-260400) |
| Guinea to Poland | HS 870829 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-pol-870829) |
| Guinea to Spain | HS 854430 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-esp-854430) |
| Guinea to Germany | HS 330300 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gin-deu-330300) |

## 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.