# Japan HS 540252 exports | Yugalinks Explore reported HS 540252 exports from Japan: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history. ## Exporter position | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Exporter | Japan | | HS6 | 540252 | | Latest exports | $2.3M | | Active destinations | 27 | | Three-year growth | -9.2% | | Destination HHI | 2,351 | | Weighted share | 9.5% | ## Destination markets - Germany: $21.0K; share 0.2%; growth +58.9% ## Price intelligence - Highest reported market price: Viet Nam at $1.3M / ton. - Lowest reported market price: Tunisia at $419.5 / ton. - Median reported price: $20.1K / ton. - Price spread: 6,549.2%. ## Export history - 2010: $12.4M - 2011: $9.7M - 2012: $6.0M - 2013: $5.4M - 2014: $3.6M - 2015: $2.4M - 2016: $1.7M - 2017: $2.5M - 2018: $3.2M - 2019: $3.2M - 2020: $2.0M - 2021: $2.7M - 2022: $2.9M - 2023: $2.0M - 2024: $2.0M ## 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 ```json { "template": "T3", "templateName": "Product Exporter Position Profile", "source": "api", "publisher": { "name": "Yugalinks", "url": "https://www.yugalinks.com" }, "canonical": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/jpn/540252", "links": { "product": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/540252", "exporter": "https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/exporter/jpn/540252", "methodology": "https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology" }, "methodology": { "summary": "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.", "reportedValues": "Merchandise trade observations for an exporter, HS6 product, destination market, and available year.", "destinations": "Destination rows are ranked by latest observed exporter-lane value.", "prices": "Unit values are reported trade value divided by reported quantity where quantity is positive.", "missingData": "Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed." }, "exporter": { "hs_code": "540252", "exporter_iso3": "JPN", "first_data_year": 1995, "latest_data_year": 2024, "observed_lane_count": 79, "current_lane_count": 27, "active_market_count": 27, "exports_latest_observed_lanes_usd": 2286600.621465767, "exports_current_2024_usd": 2005037.937493267, "exports_avg_3y_usd": 2284293.7834381666, "exports_avg_5y_usd": 2311478.3552153525, "exports_avg_10y_usd": 2461672.069557971, "exports_cagr_3y_pct": 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