# Brunei exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Brunei to Japan, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/BRN-JPN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Brunei reported $1.6B in goods exports to Japan. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.6B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.6 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 71.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $36.3B | 71.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $63.2B | 75.3% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 271012 | Not reported | $14.0B | 78.5% | High attention |
| 4 | 290511 | Alcohols: saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) | $403.9M | 59.7% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 030343 | Fish: frozen, skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $42.6M | 24.8% | Watch |
| 6 | 030342 | Fish: yellowfin tunas (thunnus albacares), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304) | $111.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 210220 | Yeasts: inactive, other single-cell micro-organisms, dead | $39.9M | 72.9% | Watch |
| 8 | 810199 | Tungsten (wolfram): articles n.e.c. in heading no. 8101 | $36.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 121229 | Seaweeds and other algae: not fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | $13.3M | 66.7% | Watch |
| 10 | 262011 | Ash and residues: (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly zinc, hard zinc spelter | $20.4M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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