# Romania to Japan HS 280429 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for gases, rare: other than argon. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 84/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $218.6M
- Buyer market growth: +6.9%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 40.7%

## 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: $218.6M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $269.8M
- Supplier countries observed: 21
- Average buyer imports: $89.9M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $259.1M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +7.3%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +6.9%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
- Top supplier share: 40.7%
- Market concentration: 3,181
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 40.7%

## 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 | $16.4K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Romania to Japan route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 280429 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $46.4M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $43.5M | -6.2% |
| 1997 | $44.4M | +2.1% |
| 1998 | $34.7M | -21.9% |
| 1999 | $31.2M | -10.1% |
| 2000 | $30.9M | -0.7% |
| 2001 | $30.8M | -0.6% |
| 2002 | $30.4M | -1.1% |
| 2003 | $38.7M | +27.1% |
| 2004 | $73.3M | +89.6% |
| 2005 | $112.2M | +53.0% |
| 2006 | $137.8M | +22.8% |
| 2007 | $162.1M | +17.7% |
| 2008 | $159.0M | -1.9% |
| 2009 | $157.2M | -1.2% |
| 2010 | $229.1M | +45.8% |
| 2011 | $316.8M | +38.3% |
| 2012 | $336.4M | +6.2% |
| 2013 | $393.6M | +17.0% |
| 2014 | $376.2M | -4.4% |
| 2015 | $325.7M | -13.4% |
| 2016 | $353.4M | +8.5% |
| 2017 | $412.1M | +16.6% |
| 2018 | $580.1M | +40.8% |
| 2019 | $633.9M | +9.3% |
| 2020 | $765.8M | +20.8% |
| 2021 | $690.6M | -9.8% |
| 2022 | $920.7M | +33.3% |
| 2023 | $1.1B | +14.8% |
| 2024 | $1.0B | -4.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Romania to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 710812 | New corridor | $41.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-hkg-710812) |
| Romania to NLD | HS 271111 | New corridor | $6.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-nld-271111) |
| Romania to Japan | HS 711319 | New corridor | $3.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-jpn-711319) |
| Romania to CHN | HS 740319 | New corridor | $2.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-chn-740319) |
| Romania to KOR | HS 880240 | New corridor | $2.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-kor-880240) |
| Romania to Philippines | HS 260300 | New corridor | $1.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-phl-260300) |
| Romania to Canada | HS 841112 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-can-841112) |
| Romania to Ukraine | HS 930690 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/rou-ukr-930690) |

## 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.