# Zimbabwe Export Playbook for Southeast Asia

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Compare buyer markets, access conditions, and calculated product opportunities in Southeast Asia. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.

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## Overview

- Exporter: Zimbabwe (ZWE)
- Region: Southeast Asia
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Buyer markets: 6
- Calculated three-year opportunity: $23.2B
- Reported FTA markets: 0
- Average reported distance: 8,792 km
- Average business entry indicator: 14 days

## Market comparison

| Market | ISO3 | Opportunity | Products | FTA | Distance | Entry days | Top product |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Singapore | SGP | $8.7B | 7 | Not reported | 8,243 km | 2 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories |
| Thailand | THA | $6.8B | 5 | Not reported | 8,393 km | 6 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits |
| Malaysia | MYS | $3.0B | 4 | Not reported | 8,086 km | 18 | Circuits: printed |
| Viet Nam | VNM | $2.8B | 2 | Not reported | 9,231 km | 16 | Cotton: not carded or combed |
| Indonesia | IDN | $1.4B | 3 | Not reported | 8,297 km | 13 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-chromium, containing by weight more than 4% of carbon |
| Philippines | PHL | $532.1M | 1 | Not reported | 10,502 km | 33 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits |

## Product and market opportunities

| Rank | Market | Product | Opportunity | Buyer growth | Current share |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 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 | $3.3B | +7.1% | +0.0% |
| 2 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 848690 - Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $2.5B | +19.8% | +0.0% |
| 3 | Singapore (SGP) | 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 | $2.4B | +18.4% | +0.0% |
| 4 | Viet Nam (VNM) | HS 520100 - Cotton: not carded or combed | $1.4B | +16.5% | +0.0% |
| 5 | Viet Nam (VNM) | HS 720449 - Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $1.4B | +23.5% | +0.0% |
| 6 | Singapore (SGP) | 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 | $1.3B | +7.8% | +0.0% |
| 7 | Malaysia (MYS) | HS 853400 - Circuits: printed | $1.2B | +3.7% | +0.0% |
| 8 | Thailand (THA) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $1.1B | +2.4% | +0.0% |
| 9 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $1.1B | -1.5% | +0.0% |
| 10 | Thailand (THA) | HS 392690 - Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $1.0B | +5.7% | +0.0% |
| 11 | Malaysia (MYS) | HS 740311 - Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $878.9M | +6.8% | +0.0% |
| 12 | Thailand (THA) | 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 | $877.0M | +8.2% | +0.0% |
| 13 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 850440 - Electrical static converters | $621.1M | +4.9% | +0.0% |
| 14 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 720241 - Ferro-alloys: ferro-chromium, containing by weight more than 4% of carbon | $599.1M | +31.0% | +2.0% |
| 15 | Malaysia (MYS) | HS 732690 - Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $534.6M | +6.4% | +0.0% |
| 16 | Philippines (PHL) | 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 | $532.1M | +3.1% | +0.0% |
| 17 | Thailand (THA) | HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $460.6M | +11.5% | +0.0% |
| 18 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 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 | $418.7M | +13.6% | +0.0% |
| 19 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 750210 - Nickel: unwrought, not alloyed | $411.8M | +9.5% | +0.1% |
| 20 | Indonesia (IDN) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $405.8M | +7.2% | +0.0% |

## Sector opportunities

| Sector | Products | Reported buyer imports | Opportunity | Average growth |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS2 85 - HS2 sector 85 | 7 | $21.0B | $9.4B | +7.6% |
| HS2 84 - HS2 sector 84 | 5 | $13.3B | $5.5B | +8.3% |
| HS2 72 - HS2 sector 72 | 2 | $2.3B | $2.0B | +27.3% |
| HS2 52 - HS2 sector 52 | 1 | $2.9B | $1.4B | +16.5% |
| HS2 95 - HS2 sector 95 | 1 | $1.1B | $1.3B | +7.8% |
| HS2 39 - HS2 sector 39 | 1 | $1.6B | $1.0B | +5.7% |
| HS2 74 - HS2 sector 74 | 1 | $2.0B | $878.9M | +6.8% |
| HS2 73 - HS2 sector 73 | 1 | $930.0M | $534.6M | +6.4% |

## Frequently asked questions

### Should Zimbabwe focus on Southeast Asia?

Use the market ranking as a starting point, then check product fit, buyer requirements, route costs, tariffs, standards, and competitive conditions.

### What does calculated opportunity mean?

It is a screening indicator built from demand and exporter-position signals. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry.

### How should exporters use this page?

Prioritize one market and product combination, then validate buyers, compliance, logistics, pricing, and continuity before making a commercial decision.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

Yugalinks presents derived views for research and planning. [Read the full methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## 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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.