# Italy exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Italy reported $9.8B 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 | $9.8B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 70.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 18 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 449 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 23.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 240391 | Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted | $2.7B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 420221 | Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather | $1.1B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $3.1B | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 870324 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 3000cc | $1.5B | 27.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $11.8B | 78.6% | High attention |
| 6 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $8.7B | 58.2% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 420231 | Cases and containers: of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather | $553.3M | 12.2% | Watch |
| 8 | 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $691.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 420222 | Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials | $996.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 420291 | Cases and containers: with outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather, n.e.s. in heading no. 4202 | $436.6M | 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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