T13 · Trade opportunity evidence

North Korea (PRK) to Yemen (YEM) semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of chapter 37 (HS6 852352)

A country-to-country view of reported semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of chapter 37 trade, combining buyer demand, exporter position, market structure, access conditions, and observed lane history.

Exporter North Korea (PRK)Importer Yemen (YEM)HS6 852352Coverage 2007-2010Declining

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3-year buyer projection

$2.7MCalculated from reported demand

Exporter growth

-77.2%Full available history

Suppliers in market

8Latest reported count

Observed history

4 yearsLast year: 2010

Reported observations

What this semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of chapter 37 lane shows for HS 852352

Core values for North Korea (PRK) → Yemen (YEM) in HS 852352.

Buyer market

Latest imports$1.4M

Five-year projection$4.3M

Buyer CAGR+31.7%

Latest annual change-26%

Exporter position

Latest exports$1.5

Market share0%

Share change-0 pp

Best observed share94.8%

Market structure

Reported suppliers8

Concentration index8,999.5

Share gap+94.8 pp

SignalDeclining

Detailed evidence

Complete lane evidence

Reported values, calculated indicators, and country-pair context for this route.

Measure	Value	What it describes
Buyer imports	$1.4M	Yemen (YEM)'s latest reported imports
Exporter exports	$1.5	North Korea (PRK)'s exports to Yemen (YEM)
Exporter market share	0%	Exporter share of the reported buyer market
Buyer five-year CAGR	+31.7%	Annualized change in buyer imports
Exporter full-history CAGR	-77.2%	Annualized change in exporter exports
Three-year buyer projection	$2.7M	Calculated projection from reported demand
Five-year buyer projection	$4.3M	Calculated projection from reported demand
Average buyer imports	$2.5M	Average reported importer value
Peak buyer imports	$9.8M	Highest reported importer value
Average exporter exports	$226.8	Average reported lane exports
Peak exporter exports	$557.5	Highest reported lane exports
Share change	-0 pp	Latest one-year change in exporter share
Reported suppliers	8	Supplier countries observed in the latest period
Buyer GDP	$21.1B	Latest buyer-country GDP estimate
Buyer GDP per person	$691.0	Latest buyer-country GDP per person
Buyer population	30,490.6 thousand	Latest buyer-country population estimate
Buyer investment rate	26.7%	Reported buyer-country investment rate
Buyer secondary education	42.2%	Reported secondary education coverage
Distance	8,226 km	Approximate country-pair distance
Business entry time	40.5 days	Reported days to start a business
Shared legal system	No	Country-pair institutional relationship
Reported FTA	No	Reported trade-agreement indicator
WTO member	Yes	Buyer-country WTO membership indicator
Lane volatility	1	Variation indicator across observed lane values
Maximum drawdown	99.7%	Largest observed decline from a prior peak
Observed history	4 years	Coverage through 2010

Research reading

Semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 demand and the North Korea (PRK) to Yemen (YEM) lane

Yemen (YEM) reported $1.4M of semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of chapter 37 imports in 2010. North Korea (PRK) accounted for 0% of the observed market and reported $1.5 in exports on this lane.

The latest annual values eased slightly, while the longer available history shows +31.7% buyer growth and -77.2% exporter growth. The page separates reported values from projections and indicators.

Product classification

What does HS 852352 include?

HS 852352 covers Semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37. This page studies the six-digit Harmonized System classification rather than a company, brand, retail category, or individual shipment.

The classification sits in HS chapter 85 and heading 8523. The recorded trade type is not reported, with a not reported classification in the available product reference data.

How to interpret this page

Compare demand, position, and history together

This HS 852352 trade opportunity page brings together the buyer market in Yemen (YEM), the exporter position of North Korea (PRK), and the observed conditions of their trade lane. A large buyer market does not by itself show that every exporter has equal access, and a positive growth rate does not remove the need to examine volatility and historical coverage.

Use the reported imports and exports to understand scale, market share to understand position, projections to understand the calculated forward view, and lane history to understand how much evidence supports the comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about North Korea (PRK) to Yemen (YEM) semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of chapter 37 trade

What is the HS code for this product?

This page covers HS 852352, the six-digit product classification shown in the trade records.

How large is the Yemen (YEM) market?

The page reports the latest buyer imports, historical averages, peaks, growth, and calculated projections for semiconductor media: smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of chapter 37.

How strong is North Korea (PRK) in this market?

Exporter performance is shown through lane exports, market share, share change, growth, and the number of reported suppliers.

What should be checked before entering this market?

Review market scale, competition, access indicators, volatility, drawdown, and the available history together rather than relying on one signal.

Definitions and coverage

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Reported values

Trade values describe reported merchandise trade for the stated HS6 classification. They are not company-level sales or shipment records.

Calculated indicators

Growth, projections, concentration, volatility, and share-gap figures are calculated from the reported observations and should be interpreted with their coverage period.

Coverage

This sample covers 4 observed years through 2010. Missing values are shown as not reported rather than estimated.

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