# Botswana exports to Zimbabwe: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Botswana reported $22.0M in goods exports to Zimbabwe. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $22.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 48.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 4 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 39.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt): pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution: sea water | $11.0M | 56.9% | High attention |
| 2 | 850710 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $10.9M | 12.1% | Watch |
| 3 | 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $49.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $50.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 271012 | Not reported | $392.6M | 94.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more passengers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | $44.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 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 | $132.7M | 73.6% | Watch |
| 8 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $93.0M | 61.7% | Watch |
| 9 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $25.7M | 39.7% | Watch |
| 10 | 721720 | Iron or non-alloy steel: wire, plated or coated with zinc | $20.9M | 0% | 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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