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

Understand reported exports from Singapore 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/SGP-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Singapore reported $358.6M in goods exports to South Africa. The overall review level is Critical 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 | $358.6M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 84.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 52 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 56.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271019 | Not reported | $2.7B | 93.5% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 271012 | Not reported | $11.2B | 92.9% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 381121 | Lubricating oil additives: containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $139.0M | 25.1% | High attention |
| 4 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $29.1M | 5% | High attention |
| 5 | 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 | 84.2% | High attention |
| 6 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $271.1M | 62.5% | High attention |
| 7 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $368.2M | 21.7% | High attention |
| 8 | 340213 | Organic surface-active agents: non-ionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | $61.7M | 59% | High attention |
| 9 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $171.0M | 75.3% | High attention |
| 10 | 380891 | Insecticides: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $142.6M | 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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