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

Understand reported exports from Netherlands 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/NLD-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Netherlands reported $1.8B in goods exports to South Africa. 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 | $1.8B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 54.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 128 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 33.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271012 | Not reported | $11.2B | 51.9% | High attention |
| 2 | 271019 | Not reported | $2.7B | 35% | High attention |
| 3 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $960.8M | 25.8% | Watch |
| 4 | 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $525.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $85.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $353.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery: parts of the machinery of item no. 8430.41 or 8430.41 | $154.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 481920 | Paper and paperboard: folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | $58.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $57.4M | 76.1% | Critical attention |
| 10 | 381512 | Catalysts, supported: reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | $241.0M | 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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