Guinea-Bissau and Mali
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Mali
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 2024, Guinea-Bissau sold Mali about $32 of goods, according to Mali's own records. Almost all of it is dish washing machines, machinery for cleaning.
In 2024, Guinea-Bissau bought about $107 thousand of goods from Mali, according to Mali's own records. The biggest products were pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete…, insulated wire, cable and cloth, which together make up 76% of the total. The total has grown by about 353% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, flowers is growing fastest, at about 55% 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 | Guinea-Bissau sells to Mali | Guinea-Bissau buys from Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | $5k |
| 2023 | not reported | $753k |
| 2024 | $32 | $107k |
What Guinea-Bissau sells to Mali
Ranked by value in 2024, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2024. Figures are Mali's own report of its trade with Guinea-Bissau.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dish washing machines (machinery for cleaning, drying, filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottl… Product code 8422 · Machinery | $32 | 100.0% | n/a |
What Guinea-Bissau buys from Mali
Ranked by value in 2024, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022. Figures are Mali's own report of its trade with Guinea-Bissau.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete aggregates for road or railway ballast, shingle or flint (macadam… Product code 2517 · Salt, stone and cement | $40k | 37.3% | n/a |
| Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not (optical fibre cables of individu… Product code 8544 · Electrical equipment | $24k | 22.7% | n/a |
| Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire (expanded metal of iron or… Product code 7314 · Iron and steel articles | $18k | 16.3% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Salt, stone and cement (37%), Electrical equipment (25%), Iron and steel articles (21%), Fruit and vegetable preparations (6%), Fruit and nuts (3%) .
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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.