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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Africa reported $3.4M in goods exports to Lebanon. 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 | $3.4M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 45.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 28.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $79.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $83.2M | 96.2% | Watch |
| 3 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $131.3M | 75.1% | Watch |
| 4 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $22.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $45.7M | 21.3% | Watch |
| 6 | 190110 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for infant use, put up for retail sale | $32.3M | 82.2% | Watch |
| 7 | 840890 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of chapter 87 | $77.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $65.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $15.4M | 51.2% | Watch |
| 10 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $49.8M | 26.7% | 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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