# New Zealand exports to South Africa: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from New Zealand 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/NZL-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, New Zealand reported $71.2M 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 | $71.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 78.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 14 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 34.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $23.1M | 14.8% | High attention |
| 2 | 901920 | Therapeutic respiration apparatus: ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy apparatus: artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | $38.4M | 27.6% | High attention |
| 3 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $22.4M | 50.5% | High attention |
| 4 | 350110 | Casein | $19.2M | 58.2% | High attention |
| 5 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.4B | 41.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 300230 | Vaccines: for veterinary medicine | $64.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 843360 | Machines: for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce | $27.4M | 65.2% | High attention |
| 8 | 481092 | Paper and paperboard: multi-ply, coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, for non-graphic purposes, n.e.c. in heading no. 4810, in rolls or sheets | $73.2M | 32.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 020622 | Offal, edible: of bovine animals, livers, frozen | $18.6M | 24.3% | High attention |
| 10 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $585.4M | 34.1% | 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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