Ireland 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, Ireland sold Guinea about $42.4 million of goods. The biggest products were malt extract, odoriferous substances and mixtures and acids, which together make up 93% 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 30% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, milk and cream is growing fastest, at about 4,940% a year.
In 2025, Ireland bought about $198.7 million of goods from Guinea. The biggest products were aluminium ores and concentrates, cosmetic and toilet preparations and base metal mountings, fittings, which together make up 100% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (aluminium ores and concentrates), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has grown by about 23% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage… is growing fastest, at about 536% 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 Guinea | Ireland buys from Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $19.5m | $106.1m |
| 2023 | $27.6m | $99m |
| 2024 | $35m | $157.4m |
| 2025 | $42.4m | $198.7m |
What Ireland sells to Guinea
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 | $36.3m | 85.6% | +25.7% 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 | $1.8m | 4.3% | +170.4% a year |
| Acids (carboxylic acid with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids,… Product code 2918 · Organic chemicals | $1.2m | 2.8% | +91.5% a year |
Biggest product groups: Cereal and baked goods (86%), Cosmetics and perfumery (4%), Organic chemicals (3%), Meat (2%), Miscellaneous chemicals (2%) .
What Ireland buys from Guinea
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium ores and concentrates Product code 2606 · Ores | $198.7m | 100.0% | +24.0% a year |
| Cosmetic and toilet preparations (beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments, including… Product code 3304 · Cosmetics and perfumery | $5k | 0.0% | +173.5% a year |
| Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, trunks, chests… Product code 8302 · Miscellaneous metal articles | $4k | 0.0% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Ores (100%), Electrical equipment (0%), Cosmetics and perfumery (0%), Miscellaneous metal articles (0%), Machinery (0%) .
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.
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.