# Gabon to Romania HS 270900 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude. 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: $4.3B
- Buyer market growth: +4.9%
- Current exporter share: 0.4%
- Share gap: 59.5%

## 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: $4.3B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $5.3B
- Supplier countries observed: 15
- Average buyer imports: $2.6B
- Historical buyer-import peak: $6.2B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +6.6%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +4.9%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Kazakhstan
- Top supplier share: 59.9%
- Market concentration: 3,961
- Exporter share: 0.4%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 59.5%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 17.6%
- MFN tariff: 17.6%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- 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: +8.9%
- Investment rate: 0.0%
- Savings rate: 0.0%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $18.5M | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Gabon to Romania route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 270900 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $5.2M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $2.3M | -56.4% |
| 1997 | $1.8K | -99.9% |
| 1998 | $11.1K | +510.3% |
| 2000 | $104.1K | +834.5% |
| 2002 | $203.3 | -99.8% |
| 2003 | $13.4K | +6485.7% |
| 2004 | $914.4K | +6730.3% |
| 2005 | $1.6M | +79.3% |
| 2006 | $263.2K | -83.9% |
| 2007 | $849.7K | +222.8% |
| 2008 | $6.9M | +709.1% |
| 2009 | $121.3K | -98.2% |
| 2010 | $37.8K | -68.9% |
| 2011 | $96.9K | +156.5% |
| 2012 | $52.1K | -46.2% |
| 2013 | $11.7K | -77.6% |
| 2014 | $61.3K | +424.7% |
| 2015 | $16.2K | -73.6% |
| 2016 | $507.3K | +3037.4% |
| 2017 | $607.7K | +19.8% |
| 2018 | $601.2K | -1.1% |
| 2019 | $465.6K | -22.6% |
| 2020 | $327.3K | -29.7% |
| 2021 | $9.7K | -97.0% |
| 2022 | $948.4K | +9718.0% |
| 2023 | $317.8K | -66.5% |
| 2024 | $18.6M | +5750.4% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Gabon to CHN | HS 260111 | New corridor | $111.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-chn-260111) |
| Gabon to Germany | HS 300212 | New corridor | $7.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-deu-300212) |
| Gabon to CHN | HS 382499 | New corridor | $5.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-chn-382499) |
| Gabon to India | HS 151110 | New corridor | $5.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-ind-151110) |
| Gabon to ARE | HS 710231 | New corridor | $5.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-are-710231) |
| Gabon to Indonesia + Timor-Leste | HS 851712 | New corridor | $3.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-idn-851712) |
| Gabon to India | HS 151190 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-ind-151190) |
| Gabon to Germany | HS 711319 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/gab-deu-711319) |

## 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.