# Turkmenistan exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/TKM-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Turkmenistan reported $8.6B in goods exports to China. 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 | $8.6B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 0.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 6 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.3 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 6.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $19.1B | 6.2% | Watch |
| 2 | 280120 | Iodine | $525.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 250300 | Sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | $854.5M | 83.8% | High attention |
| 4 | 140420 | Vegetable products: cotton linters | $38.0M | 82.7% | High attention |
| 5 | 130212 | Vegetable saps and extracts: of liquorice | $34.2M | 86.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 520512 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 714.29 but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 but not exceeding 43 metric number), not for retail sale | $1.5B | 92.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 121190 | Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) n.e.c. in heading no. 1211, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | $194.9M | 44.1% | Watch |
| 8 | 510220 | Hair: coarse animal hair, not carded or combed | $18.1M | 59.3% | High attention |
| 9 | 280300 | Carbon: carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.s. | $519.2M | 28% | Watch |
| 10 | 510219 | Hair: fine animal hair, not carded or combed, other than of kashmir (cashmere) goats | $96.0M | 68.8% | 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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