# Latvia exports to the United States: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Latvia reported $433.4M in goods exports to the United States. 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 | $433.4M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 49.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 22 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 24.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 441012 | Oriented strand board (OSB) of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | $2.1B | 22.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 220860 | Vodka | $1.1B | 49.7% | Stable |
| 3 | 901310 | Optical appliances and instruments: telescopic sights for fitting to arms: periscopes: telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter | $455.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 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 | $5.0B | 62.7% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 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 | $994.0M | 42.9% | Watch |
| 6 | 270300 | Peat: (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated | $448.6M | 3.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 844010 | Book-binding machinery: including book-sewing machines | $149.9M | 3.1% | Stable |
| 8 | 382200 | Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material | $6.2B | 39.6% | Watch |
| 9 | 030471 | Fish fillets: frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | $450.9M | 43.1% | High attention |
| 10 | 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 | $1.2B | 10.9% | Stable |

## 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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