# (As Specified In Subheading Note 1 trade prices and signals...

The featured reported corridor is Papua New Guinea to China, with a unit value of $277.65 per metric ton.

## Latest corridor price evidence

| Year | Route | USD per ton | Market median | Difference | Quantity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | Solomon Islands to China | $228.93 | $456.02 | -49.8% | 846,839.2 t |
| 2023 | Congo, Rep. of the to China | $460.64 | $456.02 | +1% | 288,516.3 t |
| 2023 | Cameroon to China | $186.07 | $456.02 | -59.2% | 409,380.7 t |
| 2023 | Papua New Guinea to China | $39.84 | $456.02 | -91.3% | 1,683,723.6 t |
| 2023 | Ecuador to India | $432.8 | $553.01 | -21.7% | 136,769.1 t |
| 2023 | Democratic Republic of the Congo to China | $371.06 | $456.02 | -18.6% | 152,527.2 t |
| 2023 | Ghana to India | $638.32 | $553.01 | +15.4% | 77,055.2 t |
| 2023 | Mozambique to China | $353.32 | $456.02 | -22.5% | 133,447.5 t |
| 2023 | Brazil to India | $260.06 | $553.01 | -53% | 174,570.7 t |
| 2023 | Suriname to China | $253.22 | $456.02 | -44.5% | 159,742.2 t |
| 2023 | Panama to India | $549.55 | $553.01 | -0.6% | 73,371.3 t |
| 2023 | Bolivia to China | $473.31 | $456.02 | +3.8% | 67,843.4 t |
| 2023 | Equatorial Guinea to China | $350.8 | $456.02 | -23.1% | 90,414.4 t |
| 2023 | Cameroon to Viet Nam | $277.17 | $396.31 | -30.1% | 101,383.6 t |
| 2023 | Central African Republic to China | $382.75 | $456.02 | -16.1% | 66,936.1 t |
| 2023 | Colombia to India | $457.53 | $553.01 | -17.3% | 43,673.6 t |
| 2023 | Costa Rica to India | $255.53 | $553.01 | -53.8% | 72,913.1 t |
| 2023 | Benin to India | $553.01 | $553.01 | -0% | 28,656.7 t |
| 2023 | Liberia to China | $254.27 | $456.02 | -44.2% | 56,195.2 t |
| 2023 | Guinea to China | $627.13 | $456.02 | +37.5% | 18,043 t |
| 2023 | Papua New Guinea to Republic of Korea | $278.3 | $491.33 | -43.4% | 33,192.6 t |
| 2023 | Angola to China | $441.01 | $456.02 | -3.3% | 20,480.2 t |
| 2023 | Malaysia to India | $489.7 | $553.01 | -11.4% | 17,673.6 t |
| 2023 | Panama to China | $517.87 | $456.02 | +13.6% | 16,533.9 t |
| 2023 | Central African Republic to Turkey | $500.17 | $621.98 | -19.6% | 16,348.9 t |
| 2023 | Colombia to China | $270.91 | $456.02 | -40.6% | 29,866.4 t |
| 2023 | Ecuador to China | $484.8 | $456.02 | +6.3% | 16,284 t |
| 2023 | Congo, Rep. of the to France | $802.92 | $802.92 | 0% | 9,780.1 t |
| 2023 | Guatemala to India | $184.66 | $553.01 | -66.6% | 40,718 t |
| 2023 | Cambodia to China | $292.63 | $456.02 | -35.8% | 25,653.3 t |
| 2023 | Mexico to India | $556.03 | $553.01 | +0.5% | 12,276.1 t |
| 2023 | Zambia to China | $456.02 | $456.02 | 0% | 14,960 t |
| 2023 | Nigeria to India | $553.01 | $553.01 | -0% | 10,715.2 t |
| 2023 | Central African Republic to France | $649 | $802.92 | -19.2% | 8,412.1 t |
| 2023 | Cameroon to Bangladesh | $153.77 | $192.91 | -20.3% | 34,786.8 t |

## Featured corridor trade history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $55.3M | +11% | +26.3% |
| 2011 | $89.5M | +62% | +26.1% |
| 2012 | $62.2M | -30.5% | +7.7% |
| 2013 | $118.6M | +90.6% | +29% |
| 2014 | $110.6M | -6.8% | +7.3% |
| 2015 | $96.6M | -12.7% | +15.8% |
| 2016 | $94.1M | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | $208.2M | +121.3% | +23.5% |
| 2018 | $298.8M | +43.5% | +45.7% |
| 2019 | $279.9M | -6.3% | +43.8% |
| 2020 | $230.2M | -17.7% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | $243.7M | +5.8% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | $279.5M | +14.7% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | $259.9M | -7% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | $243.4M | -6.3% | -0% |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._