# Uganda exports to South Sudan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/UGA-SSD/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Uganda reported $337.2M in goods exports to South Sudan. 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 | $337.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 19 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 19.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 110220 | Cereal flour: of maize (corn) | $46.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $45.0M | 27.6% | High attention |
| 3 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $57.9M | 12.2% | High attention |
| 4 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $31.8M | 18.7% | High attention |
| 5 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $40.6M | 39.3% | High attention |
| 6 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $24.4M | 24.4% | High attention |
| 7 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $24.7M | 62.5% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 730690 | Iron or steel: tubes, pipes and hollow profiles n.e.s. in heading no. 7306 | $17.1M | 2.5% | High attention |
| 9 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $37.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $15.7M | 29.5% | 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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