Ireland and Benin
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Benin
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, Ireland sold Benin about $9.2 million of goods. The biggest products were malt extract, odoriferous substances and mixtures and textiles, worn clothing and other worn articles, which together make up 87% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (malt extract), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has fallen by about 10.0% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, medicaments is growing fastest, at about 398% a year.
In 2025, Ireland bought about $179 thousand of goods from Benin. The biggest products were vegetables, leguminous, shelled, meat and edible offal of poultry and palm oil and its fractions, which together make up 83% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (vegetables, leguminous, shelled), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has grown by about 25% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, palm oil and its fractions is growing fastest, at about 44% 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 | Ireland sells to Benin | Ireland buys from Benin |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $12.6m | $91k |
| 2023 | $7.9m | $92k |
| 2024 | $6.4m | $106k |
| 2025 | $9.2m | $179k |
What Ireland sells to Benin
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malt extract (flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food p… Product code 1901 · Cereal and baked goods | $5.5m Benin reports none | 60.3% | +0.9% a year |
| Odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these subst… Product code 3302 · Cosmetics and perfumery | $1.3m Benin reports none | 14.0% | +9.7% a year |
| Textiles (worn clothing and other worn articles) Product code 6309 · Other textile articles | $1.1m Benin reports none | 12.2% | +24.2% a year |
Biggest product groups: Cereal and baked goods (60%), Cosmetics and perfumery (14%), Other textile articles (12%), Meat (5%), Fish and seafood (2%) .
What Ireland buys from Benin
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables, leguminous (shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried) Product code 0713 · Vegetables | $89k | 50.0% | +15.4% a year |
| Meat and edible offal of poultry (of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domest… Product code 0207 · Meat | $49k | 27.6% | n/a |
| Palm oil and its fractions (whether or not refined, but not chemically modified) Product code 1511 · Fats and oils | $10k | 5.6% | +44.4% a year |
Biggest product groups: Vegetables (54%), Meat (28%), Fats and oils (6%), Beverages and spirits (5%), Fruit and nuts (4%) .
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.
Room to grow
Products that a market buys a lot of, where this corridor supplies only a small part. Shares are for the latest year both sides reported. A small share can also mean a hard market, so check the rules and the buyer first.
A free account shows the complete product lists, every fast-growing and new product, and the markets where this corridor supplies little. Accounts are checked by hand, so use your business email.
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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.
Next steps
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.