# Japan HS 300490 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 300490 exports from Japan: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Japan |
| HS6 | 300490 |
| Latest exports | $5.0B |
| Active destinations | 129 |
| Three-year growth | -2.4% |
| Destination HHI | 1,835 |
| Weighted share | 3.7% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.8B; share 2.3%; growth -6.1%
- China: $1.1B; share 8%; growth +10.3%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Egypt at $362.5M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Papua New Guinea at $8.4 / ton.
- Median reported price: $218.9K / ton.
- Price spread: 165,624.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $2.6B
- 2011: $2.4B
- 2012: $2.0B
- 2013: $1.8B
- 2014: $2.0B
- 2015: $2.4B
- 2016: $2.8B
- 2017: $3.0B
- 2018: $3.7B
- 2019: $4.7B
- 2020: $4.9B
- 2021: $5.4B
- 2022: $5.6B
- 2023: $5.6B
- 2024: $5.0B

## 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.

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