# France to Latvia HS 871000 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles: motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 100/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $48.7M
- Buyer market growth: +25.4%
- Current exporter share: 0.5%
- Share gap: 77.5%

## 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: $48.7M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $95.1M
- Supplier countries observed: 46
- Average buyer imports: $6.1M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $48.7M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +58.1%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +25.4%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Finland
- Top supplier share: 77.9%
- Market concentration: 6,130
- Exporter share: 0.5%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 77.5%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 2.0%
- MFN tariff: 2.0%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- Approximate distance: 1,705 km
- Trade agreement: Reported yes
- Business entry time: 5.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.2

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $20.6K
- GDP per-person growth: +18.7%
- Population: 1,883k
- GDP: $38.9B
- GDP five-year CAGR: +5.7%
- Investment rate: 28.9%
- Savings rate: 22.2%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $229.5K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader France to Latvia route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 871000 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $32.6M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $43.8M | +34.3% |
| 1997 | $75.9M | +73.3% |
| 1998 | $102.3M | +34.7% |
| 1999 | $110.3M | +7.8% |
| 2000 | $101.3M | -8.2% |
| 2001 | $99.6M | -1.6% |
| 2002 | $115.2M | +15.6% |
| 2003 | $150.8M | +30.9% |
| 2004 | $154.3M | +2.4% |
| 2005 | $180.0M | +16.7% |
| 2006 | $277.1M | +54.0% |
| 2007 | $348.9M | +25.9% |
| 2008 | $343.0M | -1.7% |
| 2009 | $227.3M | -33.7% |
| 2010 | $284.9M | +25.4% |
| 2011 | $329.0M | +15.5% |
| 2012 | $322.1M | -2.1% |
| 2013 | $355.3M | +10.3% |
| 2014 | $360.0M | +1.3% |
| 2015 | $286.4M | -20.5% |
| 2016 | $281.7M | -1.6% |
| 2017 | $319.3M | +13.3% |
| 2018 | $350.3M | +9.7% |
| 2019 | $354.2M | +1.1% |
| 2020 | $331.3M | -6.5% |
| 2021 | $419.4M | +26.6% |
| 2022 | $487.9M | +16.3% |
| 2023 | $495.9M | +1.6% |
| 2024 | $437.4M | -11.8% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| France to AUS | HS 870340 | New corridor | $4.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-aus-870340) |
| France to Chile | HS 270112 | New corridor | $610.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-chl-270112) |
| France to Uzbekistan | HS 870360 | New corridor | $469.1M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-uzb-870360) |
| France to Former Republic of Vietnam | HS 271320 | New corridor | $463.8M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-vnm-271320) |
| France to SGP | HS 890400 | New corridor | $329.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-sgp-890400) |
| France to India | HS 251020 | New corridor | $304.5M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-ind-251020) |
| France to France | HS 870370 | New corridor | $287.4M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-fra-870370) |
| France to MMR | HS 890520 | New corridor | $280.2M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/fra-mmr-890520) |

## 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.