# Zimbabwe exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Zimbabwe reported $2.0B in goods exports to China. 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 | $2.0B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 99.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 13 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 0.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $1.7B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 253090 | Mineral substances: n.e.c. in chapter 25 | $4.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 261000 | Chromium ores and concentrates | $4.3B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 720241 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-chromium, containing by weight more than 4% of carbon | $3.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 261790 | Ores and concentrates n.e.c. in chapter 26: other than antimony | $338.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 261690 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver) | $7.3B | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 080261 | Nuts, edible: macadamia, fresh or dried, in shell | $227.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 251612 | Granite: merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | $292.1M | 8.5% | High attention |
| 9 | 251611 | Granite: crude or roughly trimmed | $373.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 261100 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | $128.7M | 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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