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

Understand reported exports from Eswatini to South Africa, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

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## Route overview

In 2024, Eswatini reported $1.5B 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 | $1.5B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 77.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 53 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 7.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $529.8M | 1.2% | High attention |
| 2 | 170113 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $214.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $464.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $76.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $164.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 440112 | Wood: for fuel, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or similar forms, whether or not agglomerated, non-coniferous | $43.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $223.8M | 8.7% | Watch |
| 8 | 170290 | Sugars: n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose | $53.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 620462 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $144.1M | 19.9% | Watch |
| 10 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $46.9M | 55.8% | Critical 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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