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

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ZAF-ITA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, South Africa reported $1.8B in goods exports to Italy. 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 | $1.8B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 33.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 29 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 41.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $7.1B | 41.2% | Stable |
| 2 | 711031 | Metals: rhodium, unwrought or in powder form | $299.6M | 42.4% | High attention |
| 3 | 711011 | Metals: platinum, unwrought or in powder form | $588.9M | 67% | Watch |
| 4 | 720241 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-chromium, containing by weight more than 4% of carbon | $241.2M | 69.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 720110 | Iron: non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | $495.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 750210 | Nickel: unwrought, not alloyed | $398.2M | 23.3% | High attention |
| 7 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $604.1M | 93.6% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $4.5B | 29.9% | Stable |
| 9 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | $748.1M | 38.7% | Stable |
| 10 | 030474 | Fish fillets: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) | $131.7M | 13.6% | Stable |

## 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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