# Ukraine exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Ukraine reported $49.1M in goods exports to Japan. The overall review level is Critical 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 | $49.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 87.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 71.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $2.4B | 67.8% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $3.5B | 94.9% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $268.9M | 6.1% | High attention |
| 4 | 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 | $488.6M | 90.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 050510 | Animal products: feathers and down used for stuffing, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation | $58.9M | 69.8% | High attention |
| 6 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $48.8M | 92.8% | High attention |
| 7 | 280461 | Silicon: containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon | $594.0M | 93.2% | High attention |
| 8 | 040900 | Honey: natural | $130.2M | 68.1% | Watch |
| 9 | 030543 | Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss/clarki/aguabonita/gilae/apache/chrysogaster), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal | $18.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $18.6M | 91.2% | 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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