# Barbados to Romania HS 870323 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 65/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $631.7M
- Buyer market growth: -2.1%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 45.4%

## 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: $631.7M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $833.4M
- Supplier countries observed: 56
- Average buyer imports: $295.2M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $757.1M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +9.7%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: -2.1%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Germany
- Top supplier share: 45.4%
- Market concentration: 2,409
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 45.4%

## Access profile

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

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $0.0
- GDP per-person growth: +0.0%
- Population: 0k
- GDP: $0.0
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 0.0%
- Savings rate: 0.0%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $1.8K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Barbados to Romania route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 870323 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $33.7K | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $2.2K | -93.4% |
| 1997 | $25.2K | +1033.4% |
| 1998 | $335.2K | +1232.3% |
| 1999 | $29.7K | -91.1% |
| 2000 | $1.4K | -95.4% |
| 2001 | $13.0K | +844.9% |
| 2002 | $6.5K | -50.0% |
| 2003 | $1.3K | -79.6% |
| 2004 | $4.8K | +258.9% |
| 2005 | $13.5K | +183.6% |
| 2006 | $21.5K | +58.7% |
| 2007 | $20.7K | -3.7% |
| 2008 | $2.5K | -88.0% |
| 2009 | $13.1K | +427.6% |
| 2010 | $9.3K | -29.5% |
| 2011 | $74.9 | -99.2% |
| 2013 | $1.7K | +2213.9% |
| 2014 | $2.2K | +25.3% |
| 2015 | $70.7K | +3157.8% |
| 2016 | $78.3K | +10.8% |
| 2017 | $125.3K | +60.0% |
| 2018 | $102.9K | -17.8% |
| 2019 | $110.4K | +7.2% |
| 2020 | $105.5K | -4.4% |
| 2021 | $2.9K | -97.2% |
| 2022 | $41.9K | +1320.5% |
| 2023 | $7.3K | -82.5% |
| 2024 | $5.8K | -20.5% |

## 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.