# Top Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums: in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip trade corridors

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Compare reported Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and... trade corridors by value, growth, market share, access, and route signals.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/product/400130/corridors

## Answer

The leading reported corridor is **Laos -> Viet Nam**, with $29.0M in the latest reported year. The top five displayed corridors represent 486.2% of the product total used for this view.

## Corridor ranking

| Rank | Route | Latest trade | 3-year growth | Share | Access | Signal |
| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | Laos -> Viet Nam | $29.0M | +1,175.2% | 99% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 2 | Laos -> China | $6.1M | Not reported | 99.8% | FTA reported | Declining |
| 3 | Egypt -> Eswatini | $1.4M | -26% | 99.7% | No FTA reported | Stable |
| 4 | Mexico -> USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | $1.3M | +11.2% | 87.6% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates -> Pakistan | $1.1M | Not reported | 100% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 6 | Indonesia -> Singapore | $888.7K | +18.3% | 99.5% | FTA reported | Growing |
| 7 | Mexico -> Guatemala | $721.6K | +662.2% | 99.9% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 8 | Brazil -> Japan | $716.6K | Not reported | 15.6% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 9 | Italy -> Bulgaria | $534.8K | +5.8% | 99.9% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 10 | Indonesia -> Japan | $508.3K | +12% | 65.2% | FTA reported | Stable |
| 11 | Pakistan -> Nigeria | $468.0K | -14.4% | 22.1% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire -> Algeria | $456.5K | -25.8% | 33.5% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 13 | Egypt -> Nigeria | $443.0K | -26.4% | 43.2% | No FTA reported | Stable |
| 14 | Egypt -> Cameroon | $385.9K | -2.9% | 100% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 15 | Egypt -> Côte d'Ivoire | $335.9K | Not reported | 100% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 16 | Egypt -> Former Arab Republic of Yemen | $330.0K | -5.9% | 73.4% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 17 | Thailand -> Slovenia | $325.8K | Not reported | 99.9% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 18 | China -> Nigeria | $324.5K | +33.9% | 31.6% | No FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 19 | Egypt -> Burkina Faso | $314.9K | Not reported | 100% | No FTA reported | Declining |
| 20 | Republic of Korea -> Viet Nam | $307.9K | +174% | 57.8% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 21 | Honduras -> Netherlands | $303.7K | Not reported | 48% | FTA reported | Declining |
| 22 | Poland -> France | $275.9K | +42.3% | 47.1% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 23 | Spain -> Nigeria | $258.2K | +21% | 25.2% | No FTA reported | Growing |
| 24 | Japan -> Mexico | $256.8K | +1,600.1% | 85% | FTA reported | Accelerating |
| 25 | Brazil -> Republic of Korea | $243.9K | Not reported | 8.1% | No FTA reported | Declining |

## Growth leaders

- **Viet Nam -> Sri Lanka**: +3,681.3% 3-year CAGR, $233.5K latest value.
- **Thailand -> South Africa**: +1,743.7% 3-year CAGR, $123.9K latest value.
- **Japan -> Mexico**: +1,600.1% 3-year CAGR, $256.8K latest value.
- **Thailand -> Brazil**: +1,288.2% 3-year CAGR, $195.0K latest value.

## Access comparison

- FTA reported: $44.0M across 41 corridors; average growth +147.2%.
- No FTA reported: $12.3M across 59 corridors; average growth +178.1%.

## 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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