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

Understand reported exports from Bulgaria 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/BGR-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Bulgaria reported $151.3M in goods exports to South Africa. The overall review level is High 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 | $151.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 86.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 15 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 34.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $160.7M | 38.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $124.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 480421 | Kraft paper and paperboard: sack kraft paper, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | $42.9M | 62.3% | High attention |
| 4 | 283620 | Carbonates: disodium carbonate | $91.5M | 54.9% | High attention |
| 5 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.4B | 43.3% | High attention |
| 6 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $189.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 190532 | Food preparations: waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | $12.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 847149 | Data processing machines: digital, automatic, (not portable, analogue or hybrid), presented in the form of systems, n.e.s. in item no. 8471.41 | $191.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $93.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 350790 | Enzymes and prepared enzymes: other than rennet and concentrates thereof | $87.8M | 0% | 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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