# Samoa to China, Hong Kong SAR HS 847170 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for data processing machines: storage units. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 0/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $2.4B
- Buyer market growth: -10.4%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 80.7%

## 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: $2.4B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $2.7B
- Supplier countries observed: 90
- Average buyer imports: $2.2B
- Historical buyer-import peak: $4.0B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +4.2%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: -10.4%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: CHN
- Top supplier share: 80.7%
- Market concentration: 6,585
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 80.7%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 7,454 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 1.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $49.7K
- GDP per-person growth: +4.8%
- Population: 7,413k
- GDP: $368.1B
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 23.0%
- Savings rate: 22.2%

## Product-level history

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

## Broader route context

Broader Samoa to China, Hong Kong SAR route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 847170 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $207.4K | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $524.2K | +152.7% |
| 1997 | $717.4K | +36.9% |
| 1998 | $562.2K | -21.6% |
| 1999 | $450.0K | -20.0% |
| 2000 | $246.8K | -45.2% |
| 2001 | $219.0K | -11.3% |
| 2002 | $87.1K | -60.2% |
| 2003 | $742.5K | +752.7% |
| 2004 | $7.9K | -98.9% |
| 2005 | $65.5K | +727.5% |
| 2006 | $32.1K | -51.0% |
| 2007 | $10.7K | -66.7% |
| 2008 | $15.6K | +46.1% |
| 2009 | $201.4K | +1190.0% |
| 2010 | $20.1K | -90.0% |
| 2011 | $43.6K | +117.3% |
| 2012 | $64.7K | +48.5% |
| 2013 | $56.6K | -12.6% |
| 2014 | $28.3K | -50.0% |
| 2015 | $140.7K | +397.2% |
| 2016 | $7.8K | -94.5% |
| 2017 | $8.4K | +8.1% |
| 2018 | $23.9K | +183.0% |
| 2019 | $54.1K | +126.7% |
| 2020 | $11.6K | -78.6% |
| 2021 | $46.3K | +299.2% |
| 2022 | $19.6K | -57.6% |
| 2023 | $496.0K | +2427.9% |
| 2024 | $119.5K | -75.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Samoa to CHN | HS 710812 | New corridor | $80.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-chn-710812) |
| Samoa to GBR | HS 851762 | New corridor | $7.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-gbr-851762) |
| Samoa to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 940161 | New corridor | $6.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-usa-940161) |
| Samoa to IRL | HS 854231 | New corridor | $4.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-irl-854231) |
| Samoa to CHN | HS 760200 | New corridor | $3.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-chn-760200) |
| Samoa to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 190531 | New corridor | $2.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-usa-190531) |
| Samoa to Poland | HS 392690 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-pol-392690) |
| Samoa to Japan | HS 300439 | New corridor | $1.8B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/wsm-jpn-300439) |

## 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.