# Japan HS 260400 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 260400 exports from Japan: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Japan |
| HS6 | 260400 |
| Latest exports | $510.8K |
| Active destinations | 7 |
| Three-year growth | -16.6% |
| Destination HHI | 2,381 |
| Weighted share | 24.9% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Ecuador at $654.6K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: China at $71.8 / ton.
- Median reported price: $3.6K / ton.
- Price spread: 18,281.8%.

## Export history

- 2010: $2.2M
- 2011: $346.2K
- 2012: $245.7K
- 2013: $541.2K
- 2014: $2.8M
- 2015: $1.1M
- 2016: $418.2K
- 2017: $155.7K
- 2018: $654.6K
- 2019: $833.0K
- 2020: $1.1M
- 2021: $197.7K
- 2022: $135.7K
- 2023: $31.6K
- 2024: $114.8K

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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