{
  "template": "Corridor pair risk profile",
  "pageType": "Corridor pair risk profile",
  "source": "api",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-29T11:48:03.068Z",
  "seo": {
    "title": "Romania exports to Congo, Rep. of the: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks",
    "description": "Understand reported exports from Romania to Congo, Rep. of the, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning."
  },
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Yugalinks",
    "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com",
    "email": "support@yugalinks.com",
    "linkedin": "https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks"
  },
  "exporter": {
    "iso3": "ROU",
    "country_name": "Romania"
  },
  "importer": {
    "iso3": "COG",
    "country_name": "Congo, Rep. of the"
  },
  "latestYear": 2024,
  "risk": {
    "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
    "importer_iso3": "COG",
    "all_history_lane_count": 20,
    "current_lane_count": 6,
    "current_product_count": 6,
    "first_observed_last_year": 1998,
    "latest_data_year": 2024,
    "current_trade_usd": 5261864.182170755,
    "attention_trade_usd": 4403518.693333698,
    "critical_trade_usd": 0,
    "high_volatility_trade_usd": 370455.52231467364,
    "unrecovered_drawdown_trade_usd": 3687093.602883455,
    "declining_demand_trade_usd": 0,
    "concentrated_market_trade_usd": 2062660.5458096843,
    "access_friction_trade_usd": 0,
    "buyer_macro_weakness_trade_usd": 5261864.182170755,
    "critical_lane_count": 0,
    "high_attention_lane_count": 2,
    "high_volatility_lane_count": 3,
    "unrecovered_drawdown_lane_count": 5,
    "declining_demand_lane_count": 0,
    "concentrated_market_lane_count": 2,
    "access_friction_lane_count": 0,
    "trade_weighted_volatility_cv": 0.9701794965835847,
    "trade_weighted_below_peak_pct": 64.67516632260353,
    "product_concentration_hhi": 3897.3003038162,
    "top1_product_share_pct": 53.75942852404473,
    "top3_product_share_pct": 92.95961451133762,
    "top_product_hs6": "100199",
    "top_product_trade_usd": 2828748.1140463976,
    "top_product_description": "Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed",
    "top_attention_product_hs6": "100199",
    "top_attention_product_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
    "distance_km": null,
    "shares_land_border": null,
    "shares_official_language": null,
    "common_spoken_language_score": null,
    "has_reported_fta": null,
    "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 18.933137335757575,
    "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 18.933137335757575,
    "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": null,
    "tariff_advantage_pp": null,
    "buyer_biz_entry_days": null,
    "buyer_biz_entry_cost_pct": null,
    "buyer_gdp_mn_latest": null,
    "buyer_gdp_pc_latest": null,
    "buyer_population_latest": null,
    "buyer_gdp_5y_cagr_pct": 2.378765721360643,
    "buyer_gdp_pc_5y_cagr_pct": -0.04968454334934869,
    "buyer_population_5y_cagr_pct": 2.429657428908505,
    "buyer_investment_5y_avg_pct": 25.43,
    "buyer_savings_5y_avg_pct": 38.572,
    "buyer_macro_resilience_label": "Buyer macro trend weakened",
    "attention_trade_share_pct": 83.68742599352021,
    "critical_trade_share_pct": 0,
    "risk_driver_labels": [
      "high_volatility",
      "unrecovered_drawdown",
      "concentrated_product_mix",
      "concentrated_buyer_markets",
      "buyer_macro_weakness"
    ],
    "attention_level": "High attention",
    "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains materially below historical peaks",
    "buyer_gdp_mn_2024": null,
    "buyer_gdp_pc_2024": null,
    "buyer_population_2024": null
  },
  "history": [
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 4299.42683879213,
      "yoy_growth_pct": null,
      "cagr_3y_pct": null
    },
    {
      "year": 1996,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 338295.17895656475,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 7768.378545350582,
      "cagr_3y_pct": null
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 2023000,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 497.998471701467,
      "cagr_3y_pct": null
    },
    {
      "year": 1998,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 2957999.9999965546,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 46.218487394787665,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 782.8004289158675
    },
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 337999.99999999994,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -88.5733603786209,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -0.029093413999203843
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 564873.685766791,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 67.12239223869558,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -34.639030262198354
    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 78432.5512302737,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -86.11502833172253,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -70.18056635459298
    },
    {
      "year": 2002,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 448252.95466682984,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 471.5139283825966,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 9.867393195482531
    },
    {
      "year": 2003,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 188169.9300451586,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -58.021485840507516,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -30.678764704815176
    },
    {
      "year": 2004,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 396808.0098718181,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 110.87748174035501,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 71.67011422014988
    },
    {
      "year": 2005,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 712254.9798608521,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 79.49611956949498,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 16.691022270014756
    },
    {
      "year": 2006,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 849296.5835968759,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 19.240525880604807,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 65.2607494293614
    },
    {
      "year": 2007,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 839298.1426515676,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -1.1772614111979163,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 28.364601616329608
    },
    {
      "year": 2008,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 3001145.4741501845,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 257.5779954270794,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 61.51660759638167
    },
    {
      "year": 2009,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 1279581.1322925212,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -57.363575231058995,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 14.639992823519243
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 284906.36401117285,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -77.73440410920023,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -30.24179513412113
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 8405793.751767928,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 2850.370652807983,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 40.960433750510525
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 8499420.08113355,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 1.1138309138970959,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 87.97805672464733
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 16023836.37788029,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 88.5285845966002,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 283.13760823367994
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 14165258.86473862,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -11.598829826465884,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 19.000447688905652
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 9989642.377357477,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -29.47786925218463,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 5.532659335083734
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 114559899.95872426,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 1046.7867980778344,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 92.64395007900721
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 3599721.5484795594,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -96.85778221718373,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -36.65950338314281
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 4128067.793093404,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 14.67741983645945,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -25.51554805111239
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 3796949.2829924882,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -8.021150007635637,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -67.87813714854832
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 6332042.062069235,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 66.76656942540895,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 20.71418161866847
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 2546880.543072328,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -59.777896007215745,
      "cagr_3y_pct": -14.86909474114837
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 4481098.254331595,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 75.94457920378161,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 5.677668574404371
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 10074281.402714808,
      "yoy_growth_pct": 124.81723967950566,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 16.7410053053612
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "export_value_usd": 7915586.324461096,
      "yoy_growth_pct": -21.427782210570257,
      "cagr_3y_pct": 45.93456613753697
    }
  ],
  "riskLanes": [
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "hs_code": "100199",
      "hs_description": "Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 36803926.239901796,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 70.29697496985592,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.8277872057510316,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "hs_code": "020714",
      "hs_description": "Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 88496706.33126341,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 44.00218987433935,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.95511104651313,
      "attention_level": "High attention",
      "primary_risk_reason": "The buyer market is concentrated among relatively few suppliers",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "concentrated_buyer_market",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "hs_code": "730429",
      "hs_description": "Iron or steel: casing and tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 20905085.696108922,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 81.90545055553125,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 0.9040793930759148,
      "attention_level": "Watch",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "concentrated_buyer_market",
        "dominant_supplier",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "hs_code": "732690",
      "hs_description": "Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 22089194.630429517,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 85.40268608137947,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 2.611212239750587,
      "attention_level": "Watch",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "high_volatility",
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "hs_code": "848180",
      "hs_description": "Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 27732135.23944007,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 96.68752652439038,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 1.081139745175573,
      "attention_level": "Watch",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "high_volatility",
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
      "importer_iso3": "COG",
      "hs_code": "853710",
      "hs_description": "Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts",
      "buyer_imports_latest_usd": 12792603.561859082,
      "current_below_peak_pct": 77.20915992384062,
      "lane_volatility_cv": 1.9282337763582207,
      "attention_level": "Watch",
      "primary_risk_reason": "Current trade remains more than 50% below its historical peak",
      "risk_driver_labels": [
        "high_volatility",
        "unrecovered_drawdown",
        "buyer_macro_weakness"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "accessProfile": {
    "year": 2024,
    "exporter_iso3": "ROU",
    "importer_iso3": "COG",
    "distance_km": 5501,
    "shares_land_border": 0,
    "shares_official_language": 0,
    "shares_ethnic_language": 0,
    "shared_religion": 0,
    "shared_legal_system": 1,
    "shared_colonial_history": 0,
    "has_fta": 0,
    "rta_coverage_ratio": null,
    "exporter_is_wto": 1,
    "importer_is_wto": 1,
    "exporter_is_eu": 1,
    "importer_is_eu": 0,
    "importer_gdp_million_usd": 12523.961677,
    "importer_gdp_per_capita_usd": 2213.880862829297,
    "importer_population": 5657.017,
    "importer_biz_entry_days": 49.5,
    "importer_biz_entry_cost_pct": 62.2,
    "exporter_gdp_million_usd": 284087.56369599997,
    "exporter_gdp_per_capita_usd": 14861.90839631,
    "avg_applied_tariff_pct": 18.933137335757575,
    "avg_mfn_tariff_pct": 18.933137335757575,
    "avg_preferential_tariff_pct": null,
    "tariff_advantage_pp": null
  },
  "sourceAttribution": {
    "publisher": "OECD",
    "dataset": "Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D",
    "year": 2025,
    "citation": "OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://data-explorer.oecd.org/",
    "dataflowUrl": "https://sdmx.oecd.org/sti-public/rest/dataflow/OECD.SDD.TPS/DSD_BIMTS_6D@DF_BIMTS_HS2017_6D/1.0",
    "termsUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/",
    "terms": "OECD Terms & Conditions",
    "accessed": "2026-08-29",
    "supportingSources": [
      {
        "publisher": "CEPII",
        "dataset": "BACI bilateral trade flows",
        "release": "202601",
        "citation": "Gaulier, G. and Zignago, S. (2010), BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level. The 1994-2007 Version, CEPII Working Paper No. 2010-23.",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html",
        "datasetUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
        "licenseUrl": "https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf",
        "license": "Etalab 2.0 Open Licence",
        "accessed": "2026-08-29"
      }
    ]
  },
  "links": {
    "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ROU-COG/risk",
    "html": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ROU-COG/risk/index.html",
    "markdown": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ROU-COG/risk/index.md",
    "json": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ROU-COG/risk/index.json",
    "jsonLd": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ROU-COG/risk/index.ld.json",
    "home": "https://www.yugalinks.com/",
    "tradeHub": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/",
    "dataSources": "https://www.yugalinks.com/data-sources",
    "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology",
    "workspace": "https://www.yugalinks.com/app/corridors",
    "contact": "https://www.yugalinks.com/contact",
    "email": "mailto:support@yugalinks.com",
    "linkedin": "https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks"
  }
}