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2022
Product
Exports | Imports $221M | $403M184 of 226 |  197 of 226
2022
Per Capita Product
Exports | Imports $105 | $192202 of 219 |  205 of 219

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Overview In 2022 Guinea-Bissau was the number 184 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 197 in total imports.

Exports The top exports of Guinea-Bissau are Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews ($206M), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($11.7M), Fish oil ($606k), Palm Oil ($509k), and Dried Fruits ($369k), exporting mostly to India ($203M), Cote d'Ivoire ($5.27M), Togo ($4.97M), Netherlands ($2.85M), and South Korea ($1.16M).

Imports The top imports of Guinea-Bissau are Refined Petroleum ($72.5M), Other Steel Bars ($24.7M), Rice ($17.6M), Flavored Water ($13M), and Beer ($11.8M), importing mostly from Portugal ($137M), Senegal ($88.4M), China ($56.5M), Netherlands ($23M), and Spain ($13.5M).

Location Guinea-Bissau borders Guinea and Senegal by land.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Guinea-Bissau.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

* Trade values are converted to USD using each month's exchange rate. For December 2023 data, the exchange rate from December 30, 2023 is used.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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Historical Data

Yearly Trade

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Top Export (2022)Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews$206M
Top Destination (2022)India$203M

In 2022, Guinea-Bissau exported a total of $221M, making it the number 184 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Guinea-Bissau have changed by -$144M from $365M in 2017 to $221M in 2022.

The most recent exports are led by Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews ($206M), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($11.7M), Fish oil ($606k), Palm Oil ($509k), and Dried Fruits ($369k). The most common destination for the exports of Guinea-Bissau are India ($203M), Cote d'Ivoire ($5.27M), Togo ($4.97M), Netherlands ($2.85M), and South Korea ($1.16M).

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Market Growth

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Fastest Growing Export Markets (2021 - 2022)
India$58.8M (+ 40.9%)
Netherlands$2.68M (+ 1.55k%)
Togo$2.15M (+ 75.8%)
Fastest Growing Import Markets (2021 - 2022)
Portugal$27.8M (+ 25.5%)
Senegal$13.9M (+ 18.6%)
Tunisia$3.83M (+ 965%)

Total Export Growth by Market (2021 - 2022)

Service Trade

Service Trade

Guinea-Bissau Exports Services (2013)$23.1M
Guinea-Bissau Imports Services (2013)$67.4M

In 2013, Guinea-Bissau exported $23.1M worth of services. The top services exported by Guinea-Bissau in 2013 were Communications services ($8.64M), Travel ($7.42M), Other business services ($4.82M), Financial services ($1.12M), and Government services, n.i.e. ($649k).

The top services imported by Guinea-Bissau in 2013 were Transportation ($25.2M), Travel ($19.8M), Other business services ($10.2M), Communications services ($5.32M), and Insurance services ($2.82M).

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Economic Complexity

Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

Guinea-Bissau has a high level of specialization in Coconuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews (2.12k), Non-fillet Frozen Fish (44.5), Fish oil (20.5), Dried Fruits (12.9), and Other Oily Seeds (5.03). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Guinea-Bissau observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

The highest complexity exports of Guinea-Bissau according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Fruit, dried, other than that of heading no. 0801 to 0806; mixtures... (-0.86), Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 (-1.67), Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether... (-1.85), Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not... (-2.22), and Nuts, edible; coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether... (-2.55). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

The top export opportunities for Guinea-Bissau according to the relatedness index, were Cocoa Shells (0.013), Gold (0.013), Cocoa Beans (0.011), Crustaceans (0.011), and Manganese Ore (0.011). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Guinea-Bissau is not specialized in.

Product Space

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Guinea Bissau. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Guinea Bissau exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

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