# Papua New Guinea HS 720449 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 720449 exports from Papua New Guinea: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Papua New Guinea |
| HS6 | 720449 |
| Latest exports | $8.2M |
| Active destinations | 6 |
| Three-year growth | +21.9% |
| Destination HHI | 1,514 |
| Weighted share | 1.1% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea at $1.3K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Greece at $1.2 / ton.
- Median reported price: $280.0 / ton.
- Price spread: 470.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $8.1M
- 2011: $9.6M
- 2012: $10.2M
- 2013: $7.7M
- 2014: $7.3M
- 2015: $2.1M
- 2016: $1.6M
- 2017: $4.5M
- 2018: $5.4M
- 2019: $2.3M
- 2020: $2.6M
- 2021: $3.4M
- 2022: $2.7M
- 2023: $10.7M
- 2024: $6.1M

## 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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