# Timor-Leste to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands HS 732410 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for steel: sinks and wash basins, of stainless steel. 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: $397.2M
- Buyer market growth: +7.8%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 36.7%

## 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: $397.2M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $576.4M
- Supplier countries observed: 58
- Average buyer imports: $186.7M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $525.3M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +13.2%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +7.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: CHN
- Top supplier share: 36.7%
- Market concentration: 2,548
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 36.7%

## 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 | $100.2K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Timor-Leste to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 732410 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2002 | $23.3K | +0.0% |
| 2003 | $2.7M | +11592.5% |
| 2004 | $993.2K | -63.5% |
| 2005 | $1.1M | +6.8% |
| 2006 | $11.3K | -98.9% |
| 2007 | $291.1K | +2478.8% |
| 2008 | $21.7K | -92.6% |
| 2009 | $62.2K | +187.1% |
| 2011 | $24.4K | -60.7% |
| 2012 | $88.8K | +263.4% |
| 2013 | $134.6K | +51.6% |
| 2014 | $170.6K | +26.7% |
| 2015 | $3.0M | +1631.8% |
| 2016 | $4.3M | +44.7% |
| 2017 | $3.8M | -10.7% |
| 2018 | $5.6M | +47.3% |
| 2019 | $3.8M | -32.0% |
| 2020 | $3.1M | -19.2% |
| 2021 | $4.2M | +37.5% |
| 2022 | $8.7M | +105.0% |
| 2023 | $4.2M | -52.1% |
| 2024 | $4.7M | +12.0% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Timor-Leste to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 854231 | New corridor | $33.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-hkg-854231) |
| Timor-Leste to KOR | HS 854239 | New corridor | $15.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-kor-854239) |
| Timor-Leste to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 852351 | New corridor | $15.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-usa-852351) |
| Timor-Leste to Canada | HS 999999 | New corridor | $7.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-can-999999) |
| Timor-Leste to KOR | HS 271019 | New corridor | $5.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-kor-271019) |
| Timor-Leste to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 940540 | New corridor | $4.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-usa-940540) |
| Timor-Leste to KOR | HS 851770 | New corridor | $3.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-kor-851770) |
| Timor-Leste to SGP | HS 848620 | New corridor | $3.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/tls-sgp-848620) |

## 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.