# Taiwan to Italy HS 240319 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 80/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $298.7M
- Buyer market growth: +53.8%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 72.5%

## 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: $298.7M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $423.3M
- Supplier countries observed: 26
- Average buyer imports: $67.7M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $298.7M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +12.3%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +53.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Germany
- Top supplier share: 72.5%
- Market concentration: 5,542
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 72.5%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 9,614 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 11 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $35.6K
- GDP per-person growth: -5.4%
- Population: 59,066k
- GDP: $2.1T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 21.3%
- Savings rate: 22.5%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $10.1K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Taiwan to Italy route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 240319 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $1.2B | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $1.2B | +8.3% |
| 1997 | $1.2B | -6.0% |
| 1998 | $1.4B | +22.5% |
| 1999 | $1.4B | -1.1% |
| 2000 | $1.6B | +11.1% |
| 2001 | $1.4B | -13.1% |
| 2002 | $1.3B | -6.4% |
| 2003 | $1.6B | +24.6% |
| 2004 | $1.8B | +12.4% |
| 2005 | $1.9B | +4.1% |
| 2006 | $2.2B | +18.0% |
| 2007 | $2.6B | +16.4% |
| 2008 | $2.6B | -0.4% |
| 2009 | $1.8B | -29.3% |
| 2010 | $2.6B | +41.0% |
| 2011 | $2.5B | -1.4% |
| 2012 | $1.9B | -26.0% |
| 2013 | $1.8B | -6.0% |
| 2014 | $1.9B | +9.1% |
| 2015 | $1.7B | -11.3% |
| 2016 | $1.9B | +10.8% |
| 2017 | $2.1B | +10.3% |
| 2018 | $2.4B | +13.6% |
| 2019 | $2.0B | -13.8% |
| 2020 | $1.7B | -17.7% |
| 2021 | $2.6B | +54.3% |
| 2022 | $3.2B | +22.3% |
| 2023 | $2.5B | -19.5% |
| 2024 | $2.3B | -10.8% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Taiwan to GBR | HS 870340 | New corridor | $5.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-gbr-870340) |
| Taiwan to Belgium | HS 382600 | New corridor | $3.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-bel-382600) |
| Taiwan to Canada | HS 870340 | New corridor | $2.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-can-870340) |
| Taiwan to Taiwan | HS 870340 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-twn-870340) |
| Taiwan to Italy | HS 870360 | New corridor | $1.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-ita-870360) |
| Taiwan to Iraq | HS 100630 | New corridor | $1.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-irq-100630) |
| Taiwan to Belgium | HS 040690 | New corridor | $1.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-bel-040690) |
| Taiwan to France | HS 870195 | New corridor | $1.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/twn-fra-870195) |

## 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)

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