# Kazakhstan exports to Afghanistan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/KAZ-AFG/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Kazakhstan reported $487.2M in goods exports to Afghanistan. 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 | $487.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 9 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 40.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $640.5M | 42.8% | High attention |
| 2 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $45.7M | 78.1% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 720917 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm | $19.9M | 6.8% | High attention |
| 4 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $31.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 310559 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates | $25.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 120400 | Oil seeds: linseed, whether or not broken | $16.2M | 50.8% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous: peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $21.7M | 53.2% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $14.7M | 62.9% | Critical attention |
| 9 | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $11.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $14.9M | 12.1% | 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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