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

Understand reported exports from Ukraine 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/UKR-ZAF/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Ukraine reported $10.0M in goods exports to South Africa. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $10.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 20.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 34.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $160.7M | 95.8% | High attention |
| 2 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $82.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 830990 | Stoppers: caps and lids, of base metal | $61.0M | 5.1% | Watch |
| 4 | 200979 | Juice: apple, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $105.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 190532 | Food preparations: waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | $12.2M | 9.8% | Watch |
| 6 | 851671 | Electro-thermic appliances: coffee or tea makers, of a kind used for domestic purposes | $19.3M | 27.7% | Watch |
| 7 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $42.2M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 851830 | Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers | $68.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 851679 | Electro-thermic appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes | $44.7M | 48% | Watch |
| 10 | 110412 | Cereal grains: rolled or flaked, of oats | $11.9M | 56.3% | 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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