# Barbados to Indonesia + Timor-Leste HS 840999 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition). It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 61/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $431.4M
- Buyer market growth: +3.4%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 41.3%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $431.4M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $497.1M
- Supplier countries observed: 88
- Average buyer imports: $318.9M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $681.8M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +4.8%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +3.4%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Japan
- Top supplier share: 41.3%
- Market concentration: 2,353
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 41.3%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 18,350 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 12.6 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $4.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +20.1%
- Population: 276,362k
- GDP: $1.2T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 30.1%
- Savings rate: 32.6%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $1.1K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Barbados to Indonesia + Timor-Leste route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 840999 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $6.0K | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $7.0K | +16.7% |
| 1997 | $14.8K | +111.1% |
| 1998 | $278.0K | +1782.5% |
| 1999 | $6.5K | -97.7% |
| 2000 | $10.9K | +68.4% |
| 2001 | $28.6K | +163.0% |
| 2002 | $16.2K | -43.4% |
| 2003 | $394.6K | +2334.7% |
| 2004 | $1.7K | -99.6% |
| 2005 | $216.4 | -87.6% |
| 2006 | $1.0K | +373.7% |
| 2007 | $17.8K | +1632.1% |
| 2008 | $280.0K | +1477.5% |
| 2009 | $44.5K | -84.1% |
| 2010 | $158.1K | +255.6% |
| 2011 | $947.2K | +499.1% |
| 2012 | $1.0M | +8.5% |
| 2013 | $9.5K | -99.1% |
| 2014 | $6.8K | -28.6% |
| 2015 | $21.3K | +214.3% |
| 2016 | $99.0K | +365.1% |
| 2017 | $172.0K | +73.7% |
| 2018 | $148.1K | -13.9% |
| 2019 | $177.9K | +20.1% |
| 2020 | $73.8K | -58.5% |
| 2021 | $214.8K | +191.2% |
| 2022 | $132.2K | -38.5% |
| 2023 | $106.5K | -19.5% |
| 2024 | $101.4K | -4.7% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Barbados to Germany | HS 841191 | New corridor | $7.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-deu-841191) |
| Barbados to Spain | HS 870899 | New corridor | $3.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-esp-870899) |
| Barbados to Slovakia | HS 851712 | New corridor | $3.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-svk-851712) |
| Barbados to Germany | HS 120510 | New corridor | $2.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-deu-120510) |
| Barbados to NLD | HS 844399 | New corridor | $2.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-nld-844399) |
| Barbados to Germany | HS 852852 | New corridor | $2.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-deu-852852) |
| Barbados to Spain | HS 850760 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-esp-850760) |
| Barbados to Germany | HS 120190 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/brb-deu-120190) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [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.