# Malta exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Malta reported $130.2M 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 | $130.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 16.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 3 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 030487 | Fish fillets: frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) | $631.2M | 28.6% | Watch |
| 2 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $8.4B | 61.1% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 030399 | Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal | $19.2M | 44.4% | Watch |
| 4 | 293299 | Heterocyclic compounds: with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, no lactones or unfused furan rings (hydrogenated or not) in the structure, other than isosafrole, 1-(1,3-benzodiaxol-5-yl) propan-2-one, piperonal, safrole, tetrahydrocannabinols (all isomers) | $135.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 853650 | Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $645.5M | 85.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 700992 | Glass mirrors: framed, excluding rear-view mirrors for vehicles | $54.1M | 12.1% | High attention |
| 7 | 030499 | Fish: fish meat (whether or not minced) other than fillets, frozen, excluding swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | $428.9M | 79% | Watch |
| 8 | 030449 | Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, other than fish of heading 0304.4 | $13.2M | 93.8% | Watch |
| 9 | 482110 | Paper and paperboard: labels or all kinds, printed | $37.1M | 22.5% | Watch |
| 10 | 852692 | Radio remote control apparatus | $114.8M | 75.4% | 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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