# Latvia exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Latvia reported $63.0M 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 | $63.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 62.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 7 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 29.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 440712 | Wood: coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $721.2M | 52.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 270300 | Peat: (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated | $24.6M | 5.5% | Watch |
| 3 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $488.6M | 63.7% | High attention |
| 4 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $3.0B | 23.5% | Watch |
| 5 | 081190 | Fruit, edible: fruit and nuts n.e.s. in heading no. 0811, uncooked or cooked, frozen whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $172.8M | 12.3% | High attention |
| 6 | 701939 | Glass fibres: webs, mattresses, boards and similar non-woven products excluding mats and thin sheets | $26.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $112.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 850220 | Electric generating sets: with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines | $52.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 110412 | Cereal grains: rolled or flaked, of oats | $25.9M | 23.9% | High attention |
| 10 | 293329 | Heterocyclic compounds: containing an unfused imidazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, other than hydantoin and its derivatives | $81.9M | 32% | 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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