# Solomon Islands to AUS 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: 79/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $245.1M
- Buyer market growth: +134.8%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 42.7%

## 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: $245.1M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $292.8M
- Supplier countries observed: 26
- Average buyer imports: $81.5M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $245.1M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +6.1%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +134.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Indonesia + Timor-Leste
- Top supplier share: 42.7%
- Market concentration: 3,418
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 42.7%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 2,862 km
- Trade agreement: Reported yes
- Business entry time: 2 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.3

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $59.9K
- GDP per-person growth: +7.5%
- Population: 25,739k
- GDP: $1.5T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 27.2%
- Savings rate: 24.9%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $9.1K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

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

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $3.4M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $2.2M | -33.6% |
| 1997 | $2.7M | +23.4% |
| 1998 | $3.4M | +22.4% |
| 1999 | $2.0M | -41.1% |
| 2000 | $2.6M | +32.6% |
| 2001 | $1.0M | -61.2% |
| 2002 | $1.3M | +27.0% |
| 2003 | $2.7M | +105.1% |
| 2004 | $4.2M | +58.7% |
| 2005 | $2.8M | -33.6% |
| 2006 | $3.7M | +32.6% |
| 2007 | $5.2M | +39.5% |
| 2008 | $7.6M | +47.2% |
| 2009 | $4.6M | -40.3% |
| 2010 | $5.6M | +24.0% |
| 2011 | $71.5M | +1167.1% |
| 2012 | $117.6M | +64.4% |
| 2013 | $99.0M | -15.8% |
| 2014 | $40.4M | -59.2% |
| 2015 | $6.2M | -84.6% |
| 2016 | $6.2M | -0.5% |
| 2017 | $9.3M | +50.0% |
| 2018 | $8.0M | -13.5% |
| 2019 | $4.7M | -41.6% |
| 2020 | $4.2M | -10.7% |
| 2021 | $10.2M | +142.2% |
| 2022 | $21.4M | +111.2% |
| 2023 | $58.3M | +171.7% |
| 2024 | $91.4M | +56.8% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Solomon Islands to NLD | HS 271019 | New corridor | $26.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-nld-271019) |
| Solomon Islands to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 870830 | New corridor | $7.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-usa-870830) |
| Solomon Islands to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 854442 | New corridor | $7.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-usa-854442) |
| Solomon Islands to Germany | HS 293499 | New corridor | $5.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-deu-293499) |
| Solomon Islands to ARE | HS 271019 | New corridor | $5.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-are-271019) |
| Solomon Islands to Switzerland | HS 271019 | New corridor | $4.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-che-271019) |
| Solomon Islands to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 940390 | New corridor | $3.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-usa-940390) |
| Solomon Islands to CHN | HS 999999 | New corridor | $2.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/slb-chn-999999) |

## 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.