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

Understand reported exports from Norway 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/NOR-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Norway reported $87.3M 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 | $87.3M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 59.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 11 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 23.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 030214 | Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $28.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 853720 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $64.9M | 72.5% | High attention |
| 3 | 870410 | Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | $344.8M | 25.5% | Watch |
| 4 | 480100 | Newsprint: made of fibres obtained essentially by a chemi-mechanical process or of a weight, per m2, of more than 57g but not more than 65g, in rolls or sheets | $21.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels: for processing or preserving fishery products | $12.7M | 79.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 842240 | Machinery: for packing or wrapping | $76.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $13.3M | 49.2% | High attention |
| 8 | 282550 | Copper oxides and hydroxides | $15.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 480261 | Paper & paperboard: uncoated, over 10% by weight of the total fibre content obtained by mechanical or chemi-mechanical process fibres, rolls | $23.2M | 80.8% | High attention |
| 10 | 843340 | Balers: straw or fodder balers, including pick-up balers | $14.9M | 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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