# VUT to India HS 180100 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted. 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: $166.6M
- Buyer market growth: +143.3%
- Current exporter share: 0.2%
- Share gap: 37.2%

## 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: $166.6M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $251.4M
- Supplier countries observed: 25
- Average buyer imports: $36.8M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $166.6M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +14.7%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +143.3%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Ecuador
- Top supplier share: 37.4%
- Market concentration: 2,614
- Exporter share: 0.2%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 37.2%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 0.0%
- MFN tariff: 0.0%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- Approximate distance: 11,053 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 17.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.2

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $2.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +36.0%
- Population: 1,393,409k
- GDP: $3.2T
- GDP five-year CAGR: +6.6%
- Investment rate: 35.7%
- Savings rate: 30.9%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $395.2K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader VUT to India route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 180100 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1999 | $6.5M | +0.0% |
| 2000 | $6.2M | -4.7% |
| 2001 | $24.9M | +302.9% |
| 2003 | $4.1M | -83.6% |
| 2004 | $12.2M | +198.0% |
| 2005 | $366.9K | -97.0% |
| 2006 | $39.0M | +10521.4% |
| 2007 | $823.6K | -97.9% |
| 2008 | $7.4M | +800.3% |
| 2009 | $240.7K | -96.8% |
| 2010 | $103.4K | -57.1% |
| 2011 | $36.7K | -64.5% |
| 2012 | $4.3M | +11701.2% |
| 2013 | $88.2K | -98.0% |
| 2014 | $229.5K | +160.1% |
| 2015 | $115.9K | -49.5% |
| 2016 | $247.8K | +113.8% |
| 2017 | $460.5 | -99.8% |
| 2018 | $140.4 | -69.5% |
| 2019 | $226.4K | +161095.6% |
| 2020 | $14.1K | -93.8% |
| 2023 | $56.4K | +299.7% |
| 2024 | $486.4K | +762.6% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| VUT to NLD | HS 851712 | New corridor | $10.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-nld-851712) |
| VUT to SGP | HS 847149 | New corridor | $2.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-sgp-847149) |
| VUT to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 420221 | New corridor | $2.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-usa-420221) |
| VUT to Canada | HS 850760 | New corridor | $2.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-can-850760) |
| VUT to Portugal | HS 300490 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-prt-300490) |
| VUT to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 420222 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-usa-420222) |
| VUT to CHN | HS 420221 | New corridor | $2.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-chn-420221) |
| VUT to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 850152 | New corridor | $2.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/vut-usa-850152) |

## 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.