# Tankers trade corridors and routes | HS 890120 | Yugalinks

The leading reported route is China to Liberia, with trade value of $1.4B.

## Route access evidence

| Route | Route trade | 5-year growth | Buyer imports | Supplier countries | Applied tariff | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China to Liberia | $1.4B | +11.5% | $2.3B | 6 | 11% | 12,572 km |
| China to Singapore | $1.2B | +3.7% | $2.9B | 12 | 0% | 4,485 km |
| World excl. EU to Belgium | $911.1M | 0% | $116.2M | 4 | 0% | 0 km |
| Republic of Korea to Liberia | $798.4M | -6.8% | $2.3B | 6 | 0.1% | 13,479 km |
| India to Singapore | $718.1M | +181.6% | $2.9B | 12 | 0% | 4,154 km |
| Republic of Korea to Marshall Isds | $715.9M | -26.9% | $1.7B | 13 | 0% | 5,587 km |
| China to China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | $712.0M | -2.6% | $724.6M | 5 | 0% | 1,976 km |
| Republic of Korea to Singapore | $703.2M | -10.4% | $2.9B | 12 | 0% | 4,677 km |
| China to Marshall Isds | $565.2M | +17.1% | $1.7B | 13 | 0% | 6,538 km |
| Republic of Korea to Greece | $518.5M | -1.6% | $566.8M | 8 | 0% | 8,528 km |
| Japan to Panama | $496.5M | -24.5% | $1.3B | 6 | 0.1% | 13,585 km |
| Republic of Korea to Panama | $472.1M | +2.7% | $1.3B | 6 | 0.1% | 14,174 km |
| Republic of Korea to Bermuda | $461.0M | +20.3% | $461.6M | 2 | 0.2% | 12,169 km |
| Marshall Isds to Belgium | $432.1M | 0% | $116.2M | 4 | 0% | 13,457 km |
| Republic of Korea to France | $423.3M | +86.3% | $424.2M | 3 | 0% | 8,981 km |
| Republic of Korea to India | $420.1M | +89.9% | $524.4M | 7 | 0.5% | 4,693 km |
| Republic of Korea to Malta | $397.7M | +16.6% | $421.4M | 6 | 0.1% | 9,305 km |
| Cyprus to Bermuda | $394.3M | 0% | $461.6M | 2 | 0.2% | 8,670 km |
| Spain to Qatar | $322.6M | -1.7% | $60.2M | 4 | 0% | 5,343 km |
| Qatar to United Arab Emirates | $320.9M | +56.3% | $441.1M | 15 | 0% | 304 km |
| Liberia to Singapore | $320.7M | +252.2% | $2.9B | 12 | 0% | 12,721 km |
| China to Panama | $311.1M | +11.9% | $1.3B | 6 | 0.1% | 14,353 km |
| China to Republic of Korea | $298.5M | +39.2% | $1.4B | 19 | 0.1% | 956 km |
| Liberia to Malaysia | $271.0M | +41.1% | $85.3M | 6 | 0.1% | 12,456 km |
| Poland to Marshall Isds | $255.0M | +34.9% | $1.7B | 13 | 0% | 12,842 km |
| Belgium to Norway | $254.8M | +67.8% | $714.7M | 9 | 0% | 1,088 km |
| Iceland to Belgium | $243.1M | 0% | $116.2M | 4 | 0% | 2,133 km |
| Norway to Netherlands | $229.0M | +35.9% | $176.3M | 29 | 0% | 916 km |
| China to Norway | $225.1M | +19.8% | $714.7M | 9 | 0% | 7,031 km |
| Norway to Bermuda | $222.7M | +43.4% | $461.6M | 2 | 0.2% | 6,164 km |
| Belgium to Marshall Isds | $206.8M | +0.1% | $1.7B | 13 | 0% | 13,457 km |
| Japan to Republic of Korea | $206.3M | +48.1% | $1.4B | 19 | 0.1% | 1,157 km |
| Philippines to Malta | $203.7M | 0% | $421.4M | 6 | 0.1% | 10,488 km |
| Finland to United Arab Emirates | $199.9M | 0% | $441.1M | 15 | 0.1% | 4,570 km |
| Thailand to Marshall Isds | $186.9M | 0% | $1.7B | 13 | 0% | 7,750 km |
| Japan to Singapore | $185.9M | -24.6% | $2.9B | 12 | 0% | 5,326 km |
| Bermuda to Cyprus | $172.6M | -6.7% | $384.6M | 7 | 0.1% | 8,670 km |
| Republic of Korea to Poland | $171.2M | +43.9% | $202.8M | 37 | 0.1% | 7,754 km |
| Japan to Marshall Isds | $167.5M | -19.9% | $1.7B | 13 | 0% | 4,509 km |
| China to Thailand | $162.4M | +29% | $287.7M | 5 | 0.3% | 3,304 km |

## Selected route history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $1.0B | +56.6% | +63.2% |
| 2011 | $706.0M | -29.6% | +139.5% |
| 2012 | $162.1M | -77% | -36.7% |
| 2013 | $288.0M | +77.7% | -34% |
| 2014 | $216.6M | -24.8% | -32.6% |
| 2015 | $181.5M | -16.2% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | $85.1M | -53.1% | -33.4% |
| 2017 | $32.5M | -61.8% | -46.9% |
| 2018 | $264.9M | +715.1% | +13.4% |
| 2019 | $792.1M | +199% | +110.4% |
| 2020 | $156.1M | -80.3% | +68.7% |
| 2021 | $1.3B | +710.3% | +68.4% |
| 2022 | $1.1B | -11.5% | +12.2% |
| 2023 | $463.6M | -58.6% | +43.7% |
| 2024 | $1.4B | +194% | +2.5% |

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