Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Guinea
The scams, documents and rules that matter on this corridor. Written and reviewed by our team, and dated.
Corridor-specific scam patterns and rules are still being reviewed by our team and will appear here once published.
- Confirm the company exists in an official register and that its name matches the one on the invoice.
- Before paying into a new or changed bank account, phone the company on a number you already hold, not one from the invoice or email.
- Test the container number, ship number, ports and dates on the bill of lading with the Document checker.
- Be wary of paying in advance for goods you have not seen, or of fees demanded to release a shipment.
- Ask the carrier directly to confirm the shipment exists and where it is.
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire sold Guinea about $106.2 million of goods. The biggest products were footwear, cosmetic and toilet preparations and sauces and preparations therefor, which together make up 42% of the total. The total has grown by about 3.9% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers is growing fastest, at about 350% a year.
In 2025, Côte d'Ivoire bought about $3.3 million of goods from Guinea. The biggest products were medicaments, containers and natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, which together make up 79% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (medicaments), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has grown by about 10% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, harvesting and threshing machinery, straw is growing fastest, at about 734% a year.
Trade by year
Total trade each year, as reported in the tables below. A missing bar means no report for that year, not zero trade.
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| Year | Côte d'Ivoire sells to Guinea | Côte d'Ivoire buys from Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $94.7m | $2.5m |
| 2023 | $99.2m | $1.8m |
| 2024 | $180.6m | $893k |
| 2025 | $106.2m | $3.3m |
What Côte d'Ivoire sells to Guinea
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footwear (with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excluding waterproof footwear)) Product code 6402 · Footwear | $19.6m | 18.5% | -8.7% a year |
| Cosmetic and toilet preparations (beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments, including… Product code 3304 · Cosmetics and perfumery | $14.4m | 13.6% | +8.5% a year |
| Sauces and preparations therefor (mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, mustard flour and meal and prepared m… Product code 2103 · Miscellaneous food preparations | $10.7m | 10.1% | +127.6% a year |
Biggest product groups: Miscellaneous food preparations (20%), Footwear (18%), Cosmetics and perfumery (17%), Vehicles (9%), Machinery (6%) .
What Côte d'Ivoire buys from Guinea
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape… Product code 3004 · Pharmaceuticals | $2.3m | 67.6% | n/a |
| Containers ((including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one… Product code 8609 · Railway equipment | $273k | 8.2% | +257.8% a year |
| Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar gums (in primary forms or in plates, sheets… Product code 4001 · Rubber | $120k | 3.6% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Pharmaceuticals (68%), Railway equipment (8%), Vehicles (4%), Rubber (4%), Machinery (3%) .
Where the opportunities are
Products that are moving on this corridor. Only products of a meaningful size are listed. Treat these as leads to check, not promises: a fast rise can reverse.
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Value is what was traded in the year, in US dollars. A big number means a big market, not necessarily an easy one to enter.
Share is that product's part of the total in the table above. A product with a large share is what this corridor already trades most of.
Growth is the average yearly change since the first year shown. A green figure means trade in that product is rising.
Product code is the international customs code (HS) for the product group. Your customs agent and the guide below will ask for it, and it decides the duty you pay.
These are totals reported by customs authorities, not prices or orders. Use them to see where demand exists, then check the rules and the company you plan to deal with.
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Trade figures are what each country reported to the UN (Comtrade), in US dollars. Imports are usually reported including freight and insurance, exports without, so the two sides of a corridor will not match exactly. Company counts are companies listed on ExporterIQ.