# Ghana exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Ghana reported $194.9M 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 | $194.9M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 4 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.6 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 17.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $217.2M | 18.7% | High attention |
| 2 | 180310 | Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $143.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $2.4B | 53% | Critical attention |
| 4 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $1.8B | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 180500 | Cocoa: powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $111.8M | 30.9% | High attention |
| 6 | 230120 | Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $256.1M | 78% | Watch |
| 7 | 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $125.1M | 76.5% | Watch |
| 8 | 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 | 97.2% | Watch |
| 9 | 460219 | Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles: of vegetable materials (not bamboo or rattan), made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from goods of heading no. 4601: articles of loofah | $49.4M | 88% | Watch |
| 10 | 710510 | Stones: precious and semi-precious, dust and powder, of diamonds | $32.6M | 60.2% | 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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