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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Africa reported $509.5M in goods exports to Thailand. 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 | $509.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 3 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 38 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 37.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 760110 | Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $875.9M | 37.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 290129 | Acyclic hydrocarbons: unsaturated, n.e.s. in heading no. 2901 | $118.1M | 22.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 842139 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters for internal combustion engines | $367.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $14.1B | 97.2% | Critical attention |
| 5 | 470200 | Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades | $243.0M | 59.9% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 720712 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section | $675.1M | 53.7% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $838.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $1.3B | 48.8% | High attention |
| 9 | 870892 | Vehicles: parts, silencers and exhaust pipes | $79.8M | 52.5% | High attention |
| 10 | 711021 | Metals: palladium, unwrought or in powder form | $28.3M | 48.6% | 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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