# Top Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothurioidea), live, fresh or chilled trade corridors

> Published by [Yugalinks](https://www.yugalinks.com) · [LinkedIn](https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks)

Compare reported Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers... trade corridors by value, growth, market share, access, and route signals.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/030811/corridors

## Answer

The leading reported corridor is **Democratic People's Republic of Korea -> Japan**, with $2.5M in the latest reported year. The top five displayed corridors represent 361.1% of the product total used for this view.

## Corridor ranking

| Rank | Route | Latest trade | 3-year growth | Share | Access | Signal |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea -> Japan | $2.5M | -33.9% | 92.5% | No FTA reported | Slowing |
| 2 | China -> Republic of Korea | $2.1M | +283.3% | 99.8% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 3 | World excl. Intra-EU -> Canada | $1.2M | +134.8% | 50.9% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 4 | Canada -> USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $820.1K | -23% | 84.4% | FTA reported | Slowing |
| 5 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> Canada | $766.9K | +379% | 33.5% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 6 | Thailand -> Saudi Arabia | $521.2K | +2,529.1% | 86.9% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 7 | Spain -> Greece | $470.5K | +8% | 60.6% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 8 | Nicaragua -> China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $452.1K | +103.6% | 25.8% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 9 | Algeria -> China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $435.3K | Not reported | 30.6% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 10 | Bulgaria -> Greece | $370.3K | Not reported | 49.3% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 11 | Bangladesh -> Nigeria | $350.2K | Not reported | 27.5% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 12 | France -> Canada | $344.3K | Not reported | 15% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 13 | Fiji -> New Zealand | $299.9K | +3,546.8% | 100% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 14 | Malaysia -> Singapore | $294.3K | +20% | 90.3% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 15 | Netherlands -> Greece | $289.1K | +36.1% | 37.2% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 16 | Viet Nam -> France | $261.4K | Not reported | 99.7% | FTA reported | Declining |
| 17 | Turkey -> China | $253.6K | +133% | 37.6% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 18 | Uruguay -> Nigeria | $234.4K | Not reported | 18.4% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 19 | Honduras -> China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $212.6K | -26.2% | 62.5% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 20 | Greece -> Cyprus | $201.5K | Not reported | 100% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 21 | Greece -> China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $198.7K | +73.5% | 14% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 22 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> New Zealand | $193.0K | +105.3% | 100% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 23 | China, Macao SAR -> Taiwan | $190.1K | +32.1% | 81.4% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 24 | Greece -> Malaysia | $187.5K | Not reported | 80.9% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 25 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands -> China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $175.1K | -28.5% | 84.8% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |

## Growth leaders

- **Fiji -> New Zealand**: +3,546.8% 3-year CAGR, $299.9K latest value.
- **Thailand -> Saudi Arabia**: +2,529.1% 3-year CAGR, $521.2K latest value.
- **Canada -> China, Macao SAR**: +1,975% 3-year CAGR, $41.9K latest value.
- **Viet Nam -> China**: +1,034.8% 3-year CAGR, $43.6K latest value.

## Access comparison

- FTA reported: $7.7M across 46 corridors; average growth +102.1%.
- No FTA reported: $8.9M across 54 corridors; average growth +208.8%.

## 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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.