# Sierra Leone exports to the United Kingdom: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/SLE-GBR/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Sierra Leone reported $19.0M in goods exports to the United Kingdom. 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 | $19.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 71.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 2.6 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 0.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $32.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 850423 | Electrical transformers: liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA | $259.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $43.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 950430 | Games n.e.c. in heading 9504, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, other than bowling alley equipment | $180.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 843680 | Machinery: for agricultural, horticultural or forestry use and n.e.s. in heading no. 8436 | $122.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 200989 | Juice: of any single fruit or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $97.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 722230 | Steel, stainless: bars and rods, n.e.s. in heading no. 7222 | $30.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 845530 | Metal-rolling mills: rolls thereof | $12.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 721921 | Steel, stainless: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, (not in coils), of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $42.8M | 41.5% | Watch |
| 10 | 081350 | Nuts, edible: mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of chapter 8 | $37.6M | 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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