# Argentina exports to South Africa: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Argentina to South Africa, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ARG-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Argentina reported $350.2M in goods exports to South Africa. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $350.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 94.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 27 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 51.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $107.1M | 72.9% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $57.9M | 84.6% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 200969 | Juice: grape, of a Brix value exceeding 30, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $46.7M | 6.3% | High attention |
| 4 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $160.7M | 83.6% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $408.5M | 91.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 020629 | Offal, edible: of bovine animals, (other than tongues and livers), frozen | $28.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $206.6M | 50.6% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 841850 | Furniture incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment: for storage and display, n.e.c. in item no. 8418.1, 8418.2, 8418.3 or 8418.4 (chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like) | $68.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 842199 | Machinery: parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases | $325.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $40.7M | 50.5% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [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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