# Top Asses: live trade corridors

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Compare reported Asses: live trade corridors by value, growth, market share, access, and route signals.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/010130/corridors

## Answer

The leading reported corridor is **South Africa -> Mauritius**, with $1.7M in the latest reported year. The top five displayed corridors represent 444.7% of the product total used for this view.

## Corridor ranking

| Rank | Route | Latest trade | 3-year growth | Share | Access | Signal |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | South Africa -> Mauritius | $1.7M | +104.3% | 100% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 2 | Belgium -> South Africa | $335.9K | +236% | 90.9% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan -> China | $321.4K | +39.6% | 100% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 4 | Nigeria -> New Zealand | $316.2K | Not reported | 97.9% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 5 | Romania -> USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $259.4K | Not reported | 55.8% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 6 | Libya -> Belgium | $258.0K | Not reported | 48.6% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates -> Congo, Rep. of the | $173.1K | Not reported | 100% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 8 | Libya -> Ireland | $170.2K | +533.2% | 99.4% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 9 | Italy -> Indonesia | $146.3K | +135.7% | 100% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 10 | Italy -> USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $135.5K | Not reported | 83.4% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates -> Bangladesh | $129.4K | Not reported | 100% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 12 | Belgium -> Ireland | $129.0K | Not reported | 56.6% | FTA reported | Declining |
| 13 | Germany -> Italy | $127.0K | +180.8% | 50.9% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 14 | Ireland -> Germany | $121.7K | Not reported | 89.9% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 15 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> Mexico | $120.2K | -26.8% | 93.1% | FTA reported | Stable |
| 16 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> Russia | $114.0K | -45.1% | 82.7% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 17 | Ireland -> Italy | $107.3K | -50.9% | 43% | FTA reported | Declining |
| 18 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> Canada | $87.1K | +65.1% | 100% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 19 | China -> Republic of Korea | $72.9K | -14.7% | 100% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 20 | Cabo Verde -> USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $72.2K | Not reported | 73.4% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 21 | Japan -> USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $67.9K | Not reported | 57.7% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 22 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> Iceland | $64.9K | Not reported | 100% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 23 | Thailand -> Singapore | $63.4K | Not reported | 99.4% | FTA reported | Declining |
| 24 | France -> New Caledonia | $62.8K | +123.1% | 100% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea -> World excl. Intra-EU | $60.8K | Not reported | 99.4% | No FTA reported | Declining |

## Growth leaders

- **South Africa -> China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region**: +6,973.8% 3-year CAGR, $40.7K latest value.
- **Syrian Arab Republic -> Libya**: +2,257.8% 3-year CAGR, $33.3K latest value.
- **Libya -> Ireland**: +533.2% 3-year CAGR, $170.2K latest value.
- **USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> Dominican Republic**: +439.5% 3-year CAGR, $35.3K latest value.

## Access comparison

- FTA reported: $4.1M across 56 corridors; average growth +101%.
- No FTA reported: $3.0M across 44 corridors; average growth +202.5%.

## Reading the figures

Trade value identifies scale. Growth shows movement over the available comparison period. Access, distance, volatility, and signals provide supporting route context where reported. Missing values are not filled or treated as zero.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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