# ZWE to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands HS 842951 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for front-end shovel loaders. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 61/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $3.6B
- Buyer market growth: -0.6%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 34.8%

## 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: $3.6B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $4.4B
- Supplier countries observed: 43
- Average buyer imports: $1.3B
- Historical buyer-import peak: $3.6B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +7.1%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: -0.6%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Japan
- Top supplier share: 34.8%
- Market concentration: 1,664
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 34.8%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 12,552 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 4.2 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0.4

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $69.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +7.6%
- Population: 331,894k
- GDP: $23.0T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 21.9%
- Savings rate: 17.5%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $1.1K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader ZWE to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 842951 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $95.3M | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $106.4M | +11.6% |
| 1997 | $139.1M | +30.8% |
| 1998 | $126.5M | -9.1% |
| 1999 | $127.1M | +0.5% |
| 2000 | $95.2M | -25.1% |
| 2001 | $65.6M | -31.1% |
| 2002 | $90.0M | +37.2% |
| 2003 | $45.0M | -50.0% |
| 2004 | $67.9M | +50.9% |
| 2005 | $82.9M | +22.1% |
| 2006 | $93.9M | +13.3% |
| 2007 | $69.2M | -26.3% |
| 2008 | $95.4M | +38.0% |
| 2009 | $21.8M | -77.2% |
| 2010 | $56.5M | +159.3% |
| 2011 | $39.7M | -29.7% |
| 2012 | $43.7M | +10.1% |
| 2013 | $11.7M | -73.3% |
| 2014 | $63.0M | +440.5% |
| 2015 | $69.5M | +10.3% |
| 2016 | $24.0M | -65.4% |
| 2017 | $46.5M | +93.3% |
| 2018 | $71.9M | +54.7% |
| 2019 | $41.1M | -42.9% |
| 2020 | $30.4M | -26.0% |
| 2021 | $34.4M | +13.4% |
| 2022 | $64.3M | +86.7% |
| 2023 | $83.4M | +29.7% |
| 2024 | $66.1M | -20.7% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| ZWE to World excl. Intra-EU | HS 271019 | New corridor | $6.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-wxd-271019) |
| ZWE to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 842720 | New corridor | $5.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-usa-842720) |
| ZWE to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 880230 | New corridor | $4.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-usa-880230) |
| ZWE to BRA | HS 880230 | New corridor | $4.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-bra-880230) |
| ZWE to India | HS 260300 | New corridor | $3.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-ind-260300) |
| ZWE to KOR | HS 847130 | New corridor | $3.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-kor-847130) |
| ZWE to BRA | HS 854231 | New corridor | $3.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-bra-854231) |
| ZWE to CHN | HS 760120 | New corridor | $2.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zwe-chn-760120) |

## 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.