# Papua New Guinea to AUS HS 180310 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for cocoa: paste, not defatted. 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: $133.8M
- Buyer market growth: +76.4%
- Current exporter share: 0.1%
- Share gap: 41.6%

## 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: $133.8M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $163.8M
- Supplier countries observed: 25
- Average buyer imports: $47.8M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $133.8M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +7.0%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +76.4%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: SGP
- Top supplier share: 41.7%
- Market concentration: 2,641
- Exporter share: 0.1%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 41.6%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 6.0%
- MFN tariff: 7.9%
- Preferential tariff: 2.3%
- Approximate distance: 2,745 km
- Trade agreement: Reported yes
- Business entry time: 2 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.5

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $59.9K
- GDP per-person growth: +7.5%
- Population: 25,739k
- GDP: $1.5T
- GDP five-year CAGR: +4.7%
- Investment rate: 27.2%
- Savings rate: 24.9%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $168.8K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Papua New Guinea to AUS route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 180310 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $842.3M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $898.3M | +6.6% |
| 1997 | $527.5M | -41.3% |
| 1998 | $456.4M | -13.5% |
| 1999 | $564.6M | +23.7% |
| 2000 | $817.3M | +44.7% |
| 2001 | $639.7M | -21.7% |
| 2002 | $661.6M | +3.4% |
| 2003 | $985.1M | +48.9% |
| 2004 | $1.2B | +20.0% |
| 2005 | $1.5B | +28.5% |
| 2006 | $1.7B | +12.3% |
| 2007 | $2.1B | +23.6% |
| 2008 | $2.5B | +16.3% |
| 2009 | $2.3B | -6.2% |
| 2010 | $2.8B | +20.1% |
| 2011 | $3.7B | +35.3% |
| 2012 | $3.5B | -6.4% |
| 2013 | $2.2B | -35.7% |
| 2014 | $3.2B | +42.5% |
| 2015 | $2.2B | -32.4% |
| 2016 | $1.8B | -18.6% |
| 2017 | $3.2B | +83.4% |
| 2018 | $1.8B | -43.6% |
| 2019 | $2.8B | +55.6% |
| 2020 | $2.3B | -18.8% |
| 2021 | $1.1B | -53.1% |
| 2022 | $1.7B | +59.6% |
| 2023 | $1.9B | +12.9% |
| 2024 | $1.7B | -12.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Papua New Guinea to CHN | HS 260600 | New corridor | $8.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-chn-260600) |
| Papua New Guinea to Germany | HS 854231 | New corridor | $7.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-deu-854231) |
| Papua New Guinea to CHN | HS 253090 | New corridor | $4.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-chn-253090) |
| Papua New Guinea to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 852351 | New corridor | $4.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-hkg-852351) |
| Papua New Guinea to Hungary | HS 851712 | New corridor | $3.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-hun-851712) |
| Papua New Guinea to Hungary | HS 851762 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-hun-851762) |
| Papua New Guinea to Belgium | HS 870899 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-bel-870899) |
| Papua New Guinea to Spain | HS 610910 | New corridor | $1.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/png-esp-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.