# Gabon exports to Spain: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/GAB-ESP/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Gabon reported $576.3M in goods exports to Spain. 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 | $576.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 70.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 4 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 30.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | $485.5M | 12.5% | High attention |
| 2 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $34.4B | 81.4% | Watch |
| 3 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $274.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $33.5M | 80.7% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 890190 | Vessels: n.e.s. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $197.0M | 60.2% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 151321 | Vegetable oils: palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $64.9M | 8.5% | Watch |
| 7 | 260200 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight | $26.8M | 85.2% | High attention |
| 8 | 440839 | Wood, tropical: (as in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.c. in item no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mm | $18.1M | 86.2% | High attention |
| 9 | 440729 | Wood, tropical: (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $21.0M | 9.2% | Watch |
| 10 | 441231 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with at least one outer ply of tropical wood, (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff) | $12.7M | 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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