# South Sudan exporter opportunity index

This page reviews 398 screened market and product opportunities for South Sudan. It combines reported trade observations with calculated opportunity indicators.

## Summary

- Latest reported exports: $496.0M
- Calculated three-year addressable opportunity: $321.3B
- Active partner markets: 270
- FTA partners: 0
- Profile year: 2024

## Top Opportunities

| Rank | Buyer market | Product | Addressable 3-year value | Buyer CAGR | Exporter share | Share gap | Signal |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | China (CHN) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $98.2B | +18.1% | 0.1% | 20.5% | Slowing |
| 2 | India (IND) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $73.0B | +13.8% | 0% | 38.1% | Declining |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $29.5B | +2.9% | 0% | 42.9% | Declining |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | HS 710812 Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $20.2B | +43.7% | 0% | 12.9% | Accelerating |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $12.9B | +5.3% | 0.3% | 28.4% | Accelerating |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $10.7B | +13.8% | 0% | 29.2% | Growing |
| 7 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $8.7B | +5.1% | 0.3% | 27.5% | Growing |
| 8 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $7.2B | +9.1% | 0.2% | 17.9% | Accelerating |
| 9 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 999999 Commodities not specified according to kind | $6.8B | +11.1% | 0% | 80.3% | Slowing |
| 10 | China (CHN) | HS 999999 Commodities not specified according to kind | $5.2B | +42.1% | 0% | 92.6% | Accelerating |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | HS 841191 Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $4.5B | +23.6% | 0% | 96.1% | Declining |
| 12 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 854231 Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $3.9B | -0.8% | 0% | 25.3% | Stable |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | HS 880330 Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $3.6B | +6.3% | 0% | 57.7% | Accelerating |
| 14 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 851762 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $3.2B | +13.3% | 0% | 20.3% | Declining |
| 15 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 848690 Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $2.1B | +16.1% | 0% | 30.5% | Growing |
| 16 | Australia (AUS) | HS 851762 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.6B | +10.4% | 0% | 32.6% | Accelerating |
| 17 | Uganda (UGA) | HS 271012 Product description unavailable | $1.6B | +28.4% | 0% | 77.7% | Declining |
| 18 | Russia (RUS) | HS 848180 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $1.5B | +9.7% | 0% | 71.7% | Slowing |
| 19 | South Africa (ZAF) | HS 851712 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $1.5B | +6.3% | 0% | 68% | Growing |
| 20 | Thailand (THA) | HS 732690 Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $1.4B | +7.4% | 0% | 51.1% | Declining |
| 21 | Canada (CAN) | HS 851762 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.2B | +9.1% | 0% | 20.5% | Accelerating |
| 22 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKG) | HS 851770 Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $1.2B | +6.8% | 0% | 39.2% | Growing |
| 23 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 847330 Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $1.1B | -1.5% | 0% | 26.9% | Declining |
| 24 | Thailand (THA) | HS 392690 Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $1.0B | +5.7% | 0% | 54.1% | Accelerating |
| 25 | Czechia (CZE) | HS 392690 Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $904.2M | +10.5% | 0% | 37.8% | Declining |
| 26 | Belgium (BEL) | HS 851762 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $846.0M | +5.1% | 0% | 54.3% | Slowing |
| 27 | Russia (RUS) | HS 999999 Commodities not specified according to kind | $782.3M | +4.8% | 2.8% | 77.7% | Growing |
| 28 | Pakistan (PAK) | HS 520100 Cotton: not carded or combed | $695.1M | +8.6% | 1.1% | 37.1% | Accelerating |
| 29 | Canada (CAN) | HS 490199 Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $561.8M | +0% | 0% | 64.2% | Accelerating |
| 30 | Russia (RUS) | HS 850760 Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $558.5M | +19.6% | 0% | 90.5% | Declining |
| 31 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein (CHE) | HS 880330 Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $549.6M | +3.5% | 0% | 52.9% | Declining |
| 32 | Denmark (DNK) | HS 847130 Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $540.7M | +4.4% | 0% | 45.6% | Declining |
| 33 | South Africa (ZAF) | HS 850440 Electrical static converters | $476.4M | +10.3% | 0% | 60.7% | Declining |
| 34 | Russia (RUS) | HS 940540 Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $460.0M | +10.3% | 0% | 89.1% | Declining |
| 35 | South Africa (ZAF) | HS 851762 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $451.4M | +4.2% | 0% | 41.5% | Stable |
| 36 | Russia (RUS) | HS 841480 Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.s. in heading no. 8414 | $449.2M | +8.8% | 0% | 71.1% | Stable |
| 37 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 880330 Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $429.7M | +0.4% | 0% | 49.2% | Accelerating |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | HS 999999 Commodities not specified according to kind | $412.1M | +2.8% | 0% | 94% | Declining |
| 39 | Czechia (CZE) | HS 950300 Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $401.8M | +11.2% | 0% | 29.4% | Declining |
| 40 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 851770 Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $386.3M | +2.9% | 0% | 27.9% | Declining |
| 41 | Denmark (DNK) | HS 999999 Commodities not specified according to kind | $384.7M | +9.6% | 0% | 96.7% | Growing |
| 42 | Russia (RUS) | HS 848340 Gears and gearing: (not toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately): ball or roller screws: gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters | $358.8M | +12.5% | 0% | 80.8% | Declining |
| 43 | Ireland (IRL) | HS 847170 Data processing machines: storage units | $340.1M | -2.7% | 0% | 41.8% | Growing |
| 44 | Slovakia (SVK) | HS 401110 Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $302.8M | +15.5% | 0% | 23.1% | Declining |
| 45 | China (CHN) | HS 440349 Wood, tropical: (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.s. in item no. 4403.41, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated | $295.8M | +6.7% | 0% | 29.3% | Stable |
| 46 | Russia (RUS) | HS 731815 Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.s. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washers | $279.0M | +12.8% | 0% | 68.4% | Declining |
| 47 | Uganda (UGA) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $271.0M | +10.4% | 0% | 25.6% | Declining |
| 48 | Uganda (UGA) | HS 100630 Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $262.0M | +17.6% | 0% | 99.3% | Slowing |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | HS 071340 Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $258.1M | +13.6% | 0% | 85.9% | Accelerating |
| 50 | Russia (RUS) | HS 853710 Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $256.6M | +8.2% | 0% | 58.2% | Declining |

## Sector View

- Mineral fuels (HS2 27): $222.3B across 5 screened opportunities.
- Precious stones and metals (HS2 71): $20.2B across 1 screened opportunities.
- Other or unclassified products (Other or unclassified products): $19.7B across 6 screened opportunities.
- Electrical machinery (HS2 85): $16.8B across 57 screened opportunities.
- HS2 sector 99 (HS2 99): $13.9B across 16 screened opportunities.
- Machinery (HS2 84): $12.2B across 60 screened opportunities.
- Aircraft (HS2 88): $4.9B across 10 screened opportunities.
- Plastics (HS2 39): $2.0B across 15 screened opportunities.
- Articles of iron or steel (HS2 73): $1.8B across 13 screened opportunities.
- Vehicles (HS2 87): $711.5M across 21 screened opportunities.

## Reported Export Footprint

- China (CHN): $293.5M reported exports; YoY -15.4%.
- Singapore (SGP): $154.9M reported exports; YoY -24.1%.
- Uganda (UGA): $33.3M reported exports; YoY +47%.
- Japan (JPN): $9.0M reported exports; YoY -45.4%.
- France (FRA): $1.3M reported exports; YoY +175.7%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $805.6K reported exports; YoY +162.5%.
- Ukraine (UKR): $778.5K reported exports; YoY +1,250.2%.
- India (IND): $770.8K reported exports; YoY -39.5%.

## Corridor Risk and Signals

- Uganda (UGA): High attention; Buyer-market concentration is the largest observed corridor exposure.
- France (FRA): High attention; Volatile products account for the largest observed corridor exposure.
- China (CHN): Stable; Current trade remains materially below historical peaks.
- Singapore (SGP): Stable; Current trade remains materially below historical peaks.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): Stable; Buyer-market concentration is the largest observed corridor exposure.
- Ukraine (UKR): Stable; Volatile products account for the largest observed corridor exposure.

## Region View

- East Asia: $135.0B across 4 buyer markets.
- South Asia: $74.0B across 2 buyer markets.
- Europe: $33.2B across 19 buyer markets.
- Middle East: $22.0B across 4 buyer markets.
- Southeast Asia: $19.7B across 3 buyer markets.
- North America: $18.2B across 2 buyer markets.
- Oceania: $12.4B across 2 buyer markets.
- Africa: $6.7B across 10 buyer markets.

## How to Read

Addressable opportunity is a calculated screening indicator, not a reported order value. Opportunities are included when latest buyer imports exceed $50.0K and at least 3 trade years are available.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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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