# Cuba exports to Germany: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CUB-DEU/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Cuba reported $53.7M in goods exports to Germany. The overall review level is Critical 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 | $53.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 95.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 55.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 750120 | Nickel: oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | $25.8M | 57.9% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 240210 | Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos: containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $197.9M | 61.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 040900 | Honey: natural | $245.7M | 55.7% | High attention |
| 4 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $1.9B | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 220840 | Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products | $140.4M | 89.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $30.3M | 90.9% | High attention |
| 7 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $81.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 240110 | Tobacco, (not stemmed or stripped) | $60.2M | 61% | Watch |
| 9 | 220870 | Liqueurs and cordials | $304.3M | 10% | Watch |
| 10 | 840710 | Engines: for aircraft, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | $66.2M | 64.6% | 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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