# Jamaica exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/JAM-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Jamaica reported $6.3M in goods exports to China. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $6.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 28.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.3 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 030631 | Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $717.4M | 5.2% | Watch |
| 2 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $718.3M | 11.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 391510 | Ethylene polymers: waste, parings and scrap | $21.4M | 79.8% | Watch |
| 4 | 090121 | Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $115.4M | 32.5% | Watch |
| 5 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $87.6M | 98.5% | Watch |
| 6 | 720430 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of tinned iron or steel | $15.3M | 69.7% | Watch |
| 7 | 391590 | Plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3915: waste, parings and scrap | $17.3M | 75% | Watch |
| 8 | 030611 | Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $115.1M | 83.4% | Watch |
| 9 | 220840 | Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products | $13.0M | 91.7% | 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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