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

Understand reported exports from Brazil 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/BRA-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Brazil reported $1.3B 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 | $1.3B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 76.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 10 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 87 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $206.6M | 34.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $778.1M | 3.2% | Watch |
| 3 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $93.2M | 56.6% | Critical attention |
| 4 | 790111 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | $101.6M | 30.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $99.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 790112 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc | $45.0M | 15.9% | High attention |
| 7 | 271312 | Petroleum coke: calcined, obtained from bituminous minerals | $130.3M | 42.8% | High attention |
| 8 | 100790 | Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $34.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 120242 | Ground-nuts: other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | $40.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $42.2M | 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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