# Vietnam exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Vietnam reported $25.7B 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 | $25.7B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 75.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 24 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 777 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 11.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $5.2B | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $16.1B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 440122 | Wood: in chips or particles, non-coniferous | $1.5B | 7.1% | High attention |
| 4 | 440131 | Wood: for fuel, sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in wood pellets | $1.0B | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $5.9B | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 610910 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $1.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 611020 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $1.3B | 11.1% | High attention |
| 8 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $2.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $1.2B | 34.1% | Watch |
| 10 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $1.5B | 0% | 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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