Ireland and Burkina Faso
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Burkina Faso
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 Burkina Faso about $21.7 million of goods. The biggest products were malt extract, odoriferous substances and mixtures and pharmaceutical goods, which together make up 98% 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 grown by about 13% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, automatic data processing machines is growing fastest, at about 60% a year.
In 2025, Ireland bought about $340 thousand of goods from Burkina Faso. The biggest products were dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, ball or roller bearings and meat and edible offal of poultry, which together make up 86% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has grown by about 5.7% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, nuts, edible, coconuts is growing fastest, at about 333% 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 Burkina Faso | Ireland buys from Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $15.1m | $287k |
| 2023 | $8.9m | $331k |
| 2024 | $16.3m | $385k |
| 2025 | $21.7m | $340k |
What Ireland sells to Burkina Faso
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 | $16.8m | 77.4% | +9.0% 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 | $4.2m | 19.4% | +37.7% a year |
| Pharmaceutical goods Product code 3006 · Pharmaceuticals | $179k | 0.8% | +54.1% a year |
Biggest product groups: Cereal and baked goods (77%), Cosmetics and perfumery (19%), Pharmaceuticals (1%), Machinery (1%), Glues and enzymes (1%) .
What Ireland buys from Burkina Faso
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens (fresh or dried) Product code 0804 · Fruit and nuts | $174k | 51.2% | -8.6% a year |
| Ball or roller bearings Product code 8482 · Machinery | $68k | 19.9% | +133.3% 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 | $52k | 15.3% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Fruit and nuts (51%), Machinery (20%), Meat (15%), Optical and medical instruments (10%), Vehicles (1%) .
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.
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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.