# Botswana exports to Namibia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/BWA-NAM/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Botswana reported $49.8M in goods exports to Namibia. 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 | $49.8M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 93.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 2 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 87.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $76.4M | 94.1% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors: co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | $13.0M | 53.2% | High attention |
| 3 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $32.1M | 35% | High attention |
| 4 | 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $37.1M | 96.3% | Watch |
| 5 | 320990 | Paints and varnishes: (based on polymers other than acrylic or vinyl), dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $10.1M | 19.8% | Watch |
| 6 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $20.7M | 91.2% | Watch |
| 7 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $86.1M | 80.2% | Watch |
| 8 | 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $20.2M | 67.5% | Watch |
| 9 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $55.4M | 28.5% | Watch |
| 10 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $35.0M | 88.7% | Watch |

## 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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