# Italy exports to Laos: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Italy reported $8.7M in goods exports to Laos. 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 | $8.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 470710 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard | $73.6M | 29.1% | High attention |
| 2 | 551411 | Fabrics, woven: plain weave, unbleached or bleached, containing less than 85% by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, exceeding 170g/m2 | $10.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 551219 | Fabrics, woven: of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | $17.4M | 37.6% | Watch |
| 4 | 410792 | Leather: further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading 41.14, not whole hides and skins, but including sides, grain splits | $10.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $10.9M | 98.2% | Watch |
| 6 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $30.9M | 80.7% | Watch |
| 7 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $19.1M | 77.9% | 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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