# Romania exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Romania reported $958.2M 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 | $958.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 92.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 40 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 22.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 240391 | Tobacco: homogenised or reconstituted | $2.7B | 14.5% | High attention |
| 2 | 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 | 68.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 441899 | Wood: builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo or cellular wood panels | $1.1B | 67.3% | Critical attention |
| 4 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $2.6B | 60.2% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 620193 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6203 (not knitted or crocheted) | $524.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 902710 | Instruments and apparatus: gas or smoke analysis apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis | $145.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 853710 | 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 | $1.8B | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 903290 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus: automatic, parts and accessories | $302.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 620213 | Coats: women's or girls', overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles, of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6204 (not knitted or crocheted) | $291.8M | 18.9% | High attention |
| 10 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $905.4M | 8.8% | 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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