# China exports to Zimbabwe: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, China reported $677.8M in goods exports to Zimbabwe. 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 | $677.8M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 98.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 67 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 17.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851761 | Base stations | $46.9M | 35.1% | High attention |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $66.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides: of sodium | $59.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $44.7M | 5.9% | 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 | 13.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $34.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $54.8M | 3.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $34.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $36.2M | 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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