Ghana and Guinea-Bissau
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Guinea-Bissau
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, Ghana sold Guinea-Bissau about $155 thousand of goods. The biggest products were soups and broths and preparations therefor, tableware, kitchenware and pharmaceutical goods, which together make up 59% of the total. The total has fallen by about 19% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, motor vehicles, parts and accessories is growing fastest, at about 285% a year.
In 2025, Ghana bought about $31 thousand of goods from Guinea-Bissau. The biggest products were machinery and mechanical appliances, tube or pipe fittings and taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for…, which together make up 93% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (machinery and mechanical appliances), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has fallen by about 79% a year since 2022.
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 | Ghana sells to Guinea-Bissau | Ghana buys from Guinea-Bissau |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $292k | $3.3m |
| 2023 | $160k | $4.8m |
| 2024 | $197k | $1k |
| 2025 | $155k | $31k |
What Ghana sells to Guinea-Bissau
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soups and broths and preparations therefor (homogenised composite food preparations) Product code 2104 · Miscellaneous food preparations | $45k | 29.2% | n/a |
| Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics Product code 3924 · Plastics | $26k | 16.7% | -53.6% a year |
| Pharmaceutical goods Product code 3006 · Pharmaceuticals | $20k | 12.9% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Miscellaneous food preparations (29%), Machinery (18%), Plastics (18%), Pharmaceuticals (13%), Rubber (7%) .
What Ghana buys from Guinea-Bissau
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machinery and mechanical appliances (having individual functions, not listed elsewhere in this chapter) Product code 8479 · Machinery | $21k | 69.0% | n/a |
| Tube or pipe fittings (e.g. couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel Product code 7307 · Iron and steel articles | $5k | 15.1% | n/a |
| Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressu… Product code 8481 · Machinery | $3k | 9.0% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Machinery (78%), Iron and steel articles (22%) .
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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.