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

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, South Africa reported $2.4B in goods exports to Zimbabwe. 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 | $2.4B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 84.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 92 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 16.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $510.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $132.7M | 3.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $205.7M | 27.3% | High attention |
| 4 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $95.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 271012 | Not reported | $392.6M | 57.1% | Watch |
| 6 | 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $177.2M | 8.6% | High attention |
| 7 | 271019 | Not reported | $664.1M | 24.8% | Watch |
| 8 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $60.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $49.2M | 12.9% | High attention |
| 10 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $48.3M | 0% | 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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