{
  "template": "Corridor pair risk profile",
  "pageType": "Corridor pair risk profile",
  "source": "api",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-29T11:48:10.090Z",
  "seo": {
    "title": "Iceland exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks",
    "description": "Understand reported exports from Iceland to Japan, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning."
  },
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Yugalinks",
    "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com",
    "email": "support@yugalinks.com",
    "linkedin": "https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks"
  },
  "exporter": {
    "iso3": "ISL",
    "country_name": "Iceland"
  },
  "importer": {
    "iso3": "JPN",
    "country_name": "Japan"
  },
  "latestYear": 2024,
  "risk": {
    "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
    "importer_iso3": "JPN",
    "all_history_lane_count": 79,
    "current_lane_count": 27,
    "current_product_count": 27,
    "first_observed_last_year": 1996,
    "latest_data_year": 2024,
    "current_trade_usd": 105599123.45340025,
    "attention_trade_usd": 100529959.7956556,
    "critical_trade_usd": 23143644.681397144,
    "high_volatility_trade_usd": 58550024.58867677,
    "unrecovered_drawdown_trade_usd": 42400298.40082635,
    "declining_demand_trade_usd": 13163170.137915501,
    "concentrated_market_trade_usd": 16915938.85268197,
    "access_friction_trade_usd": 105599123.45340025,
    "buyer_macro_weakness_trade_usd": 105599123.45340025,
    "critical_lane_count": 2,
    "high_attention_lane_count": 10,
    "high_volatility_lane_count": 9,
    "unrecovered_drawdown_lane_count": 13,
    "declining_demand_lane_count": 3,
    "concentrated_market_lane_count": 14,
    "access_friction_lane_count": 27,
    "trade_weighted_volatility_cv": 0.8449871243705058,
    "trade_weighted_below_peak_pct": 49.50929315009222,
    "product_concentration_hhi": 2746.3694658982595,
    "top1_product_share_pct": 49.16163089913444,
    "top3_product_share_pct": 71.07814301072425,
    "top_product_hs6": "720221",
    "top_product_trade_usd": 51914251.304881945,
    "top_product_description": "Ferro-alloys: ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon",
    "top_attention_product_hs6": "720221",
    "top_attention_product_reason": "Trade has varied substantially across reported years",
    "distance_km": 8808.419921875,
    "shares_land_border": 0,
    "shares_official_language": 0,
    "common_spoken_language_score": 0.10679999738931656,
    "has_reported_fta": 0,
    "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 4.060224438230304,
    "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 4.060224438230304,
    "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": null,
    "tariff_advantage_pp": null,
    "buyer_biz_entry_days": 11.1,
    "buyer_biz_entry_cost_pct": null,
    "buyer_gdp_mn_latest": 4937421.880462,
    "buyer_gdp_pc_latest": 39285,
    "buyer_population_latest": 125681.595,
    "buyer_gdp_5y_cagr_pct": -4.67885267787802,
    "buyer_gdp_pc_5y_cagr_pct": -4.27363742210356,
    "buyer_population_5y_cagr_pct": -0.4233058113377264,
    "buyer_investment_5y_avg_pct": 24.977999999999998,
    "buyer_savings_5y_avg_pct": 24.869999999999997,
    "buyer_macro_resilience_label": "Buyer economy and income contracted",
    "attention_trade_share_pct": 95.19961578091922,
    "critical_trade_share_pct": 21.91651211158981,
    "risk_driver_labels": [
      "high_volatility",
      "unrecovered_drawdown",
      "declining_buyer_demand",
      "concentrated_product_mix",
      "concentrated_buyer_markets",
      "market_access_friction",
      "buyer_macro_weakness"
    ],
    "attention_level": "Critical attention",
    "primary_risk_reason": "Tariff, distance or agreement conditions create market-access friction",
    "buyer_gdp_mn_2024": 4937421.880462,
    "buyer_gdp_pc_2024": 39285,
    "buyer_population_2024": 125681.595
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 200393888.7043808,
      "yoy_growth_pct": null,
      "cagr_3y_pct": null
    },
    {
      "year": 1996,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 217643018.98453936,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 8.607612932550213,
      "cagr_3y_pct": null
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 154006062.2638311,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -29.23914445665211,
      "cagr_3y_pct": null
    },
    {
      "year": 1998,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 127544443.6588761,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -17.182192840969492,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -13.981402567174772
    },
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 131309533.2359215,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 2.9519824376789794,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -15.501207015143626
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 126388815.73198792,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -3.747418319652851,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -6.37533517288592
    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 88313095.32566372,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -30.125862154658645,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -11.531664887992022
    },
    {
      "year": 2002,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 86608355.62307088,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -1.9303362613510844,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -12.952858956551061
    },
    {
      "year": 2003,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 95224618.78593229,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 9.94853568212326,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -9.005837377611247
    },
    {
      "year": 2004,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 104118266.40284464,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 9.339651584119778,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 5.6413495288298865
    },
    {
      "year": 2005,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 116641476.89113949,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 12.027870729081513,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 10.432712332498696
    },
    {
      "year": 2006,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 98702197.69229291,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -15.379845726395558,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 1.2027995991986007
    },
    {
      "year": 2007,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 113152692.66806681,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 14.640499718986755,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 2.8125162518232827
    },
    {
      "year": 2008,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 124290177.31799933,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 9.84288078994664,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 2.139705005407233
    },
    {
      "year": 2009,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 95495565.01482266,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -23.167246941409523,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -1.0948756514248759
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 124924340.28739108,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 30.816902615320974,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 3.354024072596329
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 150490149.91944396,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 20.465034734814846,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 6.583609178277827
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 128512711.86721855,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -14.603904683455848,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 10.40471690917295
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 120856483.47459544,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -5.957565038806168,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -1.0974180043233361
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 118132820.926339,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -2.2536337893936498,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -7.752593150474841
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 122269626.41579653,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 3.501825705184003,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -1.6462705717880444
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 122638388.7877164,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 0.3015976925175412,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 0.48907013241694663
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 127417019.22510135,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 3.896520889276056,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 2.553925518097544
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 139671722.1073173,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 9.617791215603756,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 4.535379658293115
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 97465735.37863971,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -30.217989791984134,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -7.372094783658567
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 60170793.84115002,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -38.26466951960549,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -22.12714449270129
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 108761413.50281395,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 80.75449326785088,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -7.999797110412333
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 164591951.6675594,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 51.333038406402245,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 19.083669944847713
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 158274635.7929765,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -3.8381681549912727,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 38.04113681698331
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "export_value_usd": 109759308.03910653,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -30.652623214580068,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 0.3049053415351999
    }
  ],
  "riskLanes": [
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "720221",
      "hs_description": "Ferro-alloys: ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 516553928.9465876,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 39.71159405839494,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 1.0797829181864225,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Trade has varied substantially across reported years",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "high_volatility",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030331",
      "hs_description": "Fish: halibut (reinhardtius hippoglossoides, hippoglossus hippoglossus, hippoglossus stenolepis), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 62059047.040582515,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 67.65549433532898,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.39687850255816115,
      "attention_level": "Critical attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030359",
      "hs_description": "Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.5, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 49717049.175271906,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 84.39340980146727,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.5083882914235477,
      "attention_level": "Critical attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "declining_buyer_demand",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030391",
      "hs_description": "Fish: frozen, livers, roes and milt",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 360662066.13798904,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 65.60528558056859,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.42901086864106885,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "concentrated_buyer_market",
        "dominant_supplier",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030499",
      "hs_description": "Fish: fish meat (whether or not minced) other than fillets, frozen, excluding swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 428943349.66819954,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 0,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 1.0490611643580732,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Trade has varied substantially across reported years",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "high_volatility",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030489",
      "hs_description": "Fish fillets: frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 674163288.9621238,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 72.16867094538894,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.6382198322633671,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030389",
      "hs_description": "Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 275469039.3660184,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 92.18020474588666,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.5634967367850516,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "concentrated_buyer_market",
        "dominant_supplier",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030483",
      "hs_description": "Fish fillets: frozen, flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 122089020.17834,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 0,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.8349390567328957,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "The buyer market is concentrated among relatively few suppliers",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "concentrated_buyer_market",
        "dominant_supplier",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "030354",
      "hs_description": "Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 165229292.57786277,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 64.45403561926372,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.8790910768045616,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "concentrated_buyer_market",
        "dominant_supplier",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
      "importer_iso3": "JPN",
      "hs_code": "902139",
      "hs_description": "Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial joints",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 791518350.2756463,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 52.645574544304395,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.9315204144280705,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "long_distance_without_fta",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "accessProfile": {
    "year": 2024,
    "exporter_iso3": "ISL",
    "importer_iso3": "JPN",
    "distance_km": 8820,
    "shares_land_border": 0,
    "shares_official_language": 0,
    "shares_ethnic_language": 0,
    "shared_religion": 0,
    "shared_legal_system": 0,
    "shared_colonial_history": 0,
    "has_fta": 0,
    "rta_coverage_ratio": null,
    "exporter_is_wto": 1,
    "importer_is_wto": 1,
    "exporter_is_eu": 0,
    "importer_is_eu": 0,
    "importer_gdp_million_usd": 4937421.880461999,
    "importer_gdp_per_capita_usd": 39285.162481125415,
    "importer_population": 125681.595,
    "importer_biz_entry_days": 11.1,
    "importer_biz_entry_cost_pct": 7.5,
    "exporter_gdp_million_usd": 25458.933915999998,
    "exporter_gdp_per_capita_usd": 68383.7653366282,
    "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 4.060224438230304,
    "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 4.060224438230304,
    "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": null,
    "tariff_advantage_pp": null
  },
  "sourceAttribution": {
    "publisher": "OECD",
    "dataset": "Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D",
    "year": 2025,
    "citation": "OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://data-explorer.oecd.org/",
    "dataflowUrl": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/sti-public/rest/dataflow/OECD.SDD.TPS/DSD_BIMTS_6D@DF_BIMTS_HS2017_6D/1.0",
    "termsUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/",
    "terms": "OECD Terms & Conditions",
    "accessed": "2026-08-29",
    "supportingSources": [
      {
        "publisher": "CEPII",
        "dataset": "BACI bilateral trade flows",
        "release": "202601",
        "citation": "Gaulier, G. and Zignago, S. (2010), BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level. The 1994-2007 Version, CEPII Working Paper No. 2010-23.",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html",
        "datasetUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
        "licenseUrl": "https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf",
        "license": "Etalab 2.0 Open Licence",
        "accessed": "2026-08-29"
      }
    ]
  },
  "links": {
    "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ISL-JPN/risk",
    "html": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ISL-JPN/risk/index.html",
    "markdown": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ISL-JPN/risk/index.md",
    "json": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ISL-JPN/risk/index.json",
    "jsonLd": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ISL-JPN/risk/index.ld.json",
    "home": "https://www.yugalinks.com/",
    "tradeHub": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/",
    "dataSources": "https://www.yugalinks.com/data-sources",
    "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology",
    "workspace": "https://www.yugalinks.com/app/corridors",
    "contact": "https://www.yugalinks.com/contact",
    "email": "mailto:support@yugalinks.com",
    "linkedin": "https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks"
  }
}