weighted score 5.7 · nine dimensions
Country Risk Profile
Guinea
Sourcing risk, regulatory exposure and audit intelligence for Guinea-origin supply chains.
Forced & child labour
6
Forced labour in artisanal mining (gold, diamonds). Child labour in mining and agriculture. ILAB lists gold, diamonds, and cashew nuts. Industrial mining operates to higher standards.
Worker rights & FOA
6
Labour code exists but enforcement weak. Military junta since 2021 constrains freedom of association. Protest crackdowns affect labour organisers.
OHS & audit transparency
6
Occupational safety standards poor in artisanal mining. Industrial mining operations (CBG, SMB) subject to international audit frameworks. Access for independent auditors is feasible but limited.
Food & product safety
5
Food safety regulation underdeveloped. Limited processing capacity means most exports are raw commodities (bauxite, gold). Product safety risks concentrated in informal sector.
Environmental & regulatory
5
Bauxite mining causes documented deforestation and water pollution. Simandou project has environmental impact obligations. EUDR exposure limited to small coffee and cocoa volumes.
Governance & anti-corruption
8
TI CPI 2025: 26/100. Military junta rule since September 2021. 50+ mining permits revoked. $29B Axis arbitration signals investor risk. Governance highly unpredictable.
Tariff & preferential access
3
EBA eligible as LDC — duty-free, quota-free access to EU for all goods except arms. ECOWAS membership provides regional framework.
Non-tariff barriers
5
EU Conflict Minerals Regulation applies to tin, tantalum, and gold imports. Mining sector governance concerns create reputational due diligence obligations for buyers.
Supply chain traceability
7
Industrial bauxite chains reasonably traceable. Artisanal gold and diamond supply chains extremely opaque. Multi-tier visibility limited outside major mining concessions.
Labour & Social Risk
Labour & Social Risk
- Forced labour risk
- Forced labour documented in artisanal mining (gold, diamonds). Children work in hazardous conditions in mining and agriculture. ILAB lists gold, diamonds, and cashew nuts as produced with child or forced labour.
- Child labour
- Significant child labour prevalence, particularly in artisanal mining, agriculture (coffee, cocoa), and domestic work. Mining sector employs children in hazardous extraction activities.
- Worker rights
- Labour code exists but enforcement is weak. Freedom of association legally recognised but constrained under military rule since September 2021 coup. Protest crackdowns have extended to labour organisers.
- Mining conditions
- Artisanal mining — particularly gold — involves documented hazardous conditions including mercury exposure, tunnel collapses, and child labour. Industrial mining (bauxite) operates to higher standards but sub-contracting risks remain.
EU Regulatory Exposure
EU Regulatory Exposure
- GSP status
- Guinea is eligible for EU Everything But Arms (EBA) preferences as an LDC. Bauxite and alumina exports to the EU benefit from duty-free access.
- EU Forced Labour Regulation
- Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 applies from December 2027. Artisanal mining products (gold, diamonds) from Guinea face elevated investigation risk given documented forced and child labour.
- EU Conflict Minerals
- Guinea is a significant source of tin, tantalum, and gold. EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (2017/821) requires importers to conduct due diligence on supply chains for these minerals.
- EUDR exposure
- Limited but present. Guinea produces coffee and cocoa — both EUDR-regulated commodities. Volumes are small relative to major producers but due diligence obligations apply.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Logistics & Supply Chain
- Primary export corridor
- Bauxite exported via dedicated port facilities at Kamsar and Conakry. Simandou iron ore project will use a new 670 km railway to a deepwater port at Morebaya.
- Port infrastructure
- Conakry is the main commercial port. Kamsar handles bulk bauxite exports. Port infrastructure is functional but congestion and inefficiency are common. Simandou will add world-class bulk capacity.
- Inland transport
- Road network is limited and poorly maintained outside main corridors. Rainy season (June-October) renders many roads impassable. The Simandou railway will be the country's first modern rail infrastructure.
- Traceability
- Industrial bauxite supply chains (CBG, SMB) have reasonable traceability. Artisanal mining supply chains are opaque. Gold and diamond traceability is extremely challenging.