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The leading reported route is South Africa to China, with trade value of $21.3B.

## Route access evidence

| Route | Route trade | 5-year growth | Buyer imports | Supplier countries | Applied tariff | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa to China | $21.3B | +219.4% | $2.9B | 36 | 0.3% | 12,968 km |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein to China | $15.9B | +9.4% | $2.9B | 36 | 0.3% | 8,084 km |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to United Arab Emirates | $8.5B | +156.8% | $403.3M | 12 | 0.1% | 6,060 km |
| USA to Canada | $7.2B | +48.7% | $7.2B | 24 | 0% | 548 km |
| Singapore to Liberia | $6.2B | +18.6% | $6.3B | 22 | 0.1% | 12,721 km |
| Netherlands to Belgium | $5.8B | +70.2% | $78.5M | 4 | 0% | 173 km |
| Singapore to Panama | $5.2B | +10.1% | $5.4B | 10 | 0.1% | 18,836 km |
| Canada to USA | $4.9B | -12.6% | $6.1B | 60 | 0% | 548 km |
| Singapore to Marshall Isds | $4.6B | +10% | $4.6B | 14 | 0% | 7,498 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Japan | $3.2B | -16.2% | $131.2M | 20 | 0% | 8,063 km |
| Belarus to China | $2.7B | +105.5% | $2.9B | 36 | 0.2% | 6,481 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Singapore | $2.3B | -25.2% | $58.6M | 32 | 0% | 5,905 km |
| United Arab Emirates to India | $2.3B | +193.5% | $368.3M | 10 | 0.5% | 2,313 km |
| Japan to United Kingdom | $1.9B | 0% | $1.9B | 28 | 0% | 9,574 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Pakistan | $1.8B | -6.1% | $42.1M | 19 | 0.4% | 2,084 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $1.8B | 0% | $243.0M | 2 | 0% | 4,831 km |
| Singapore to Malta | $1.8B | +8.7% | $1.8B | 3 | 0.1% | 9,872 km |
| Netherlands to Germany | $1.7B | +70.6% | $26.5M | 43 | 0% | 174 km |
| Netherlands to USA | $1.7B | +181% | $6.1B | 60 | 0% | 5,866 km |
| Japan to Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $1.7B | 0% | $243.0M | 2 | 0% | 9,681 km |
| United Kingdom to United Arab Emirates | $1.6B | +41.7% | $403.3M | 12 | 0.1% | 5,484 km |
| Canada to China | $1.5B | 0% | $2.9B | 36 | 0.3% | 10,598 km |
| Taiwan to United Arab Emirates | $1.4B | +32% | $403.3M | 12 | 0% | 6,706 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Thailand | $1.4B | -20% | $47.6M | 1 | 0.3% | 4,968 km |
| United Arab Emirates to New Zealand | $1.2B | +77.4% | $14.6M | 8 | 0.1% | 14,270 km |
| United Arab Emirates to China | $1.2B | +9.5% | $2.9B | 36 | 0.3% | 5,966 km |
| Russia to Austria | $1.2B | -9.8% | $1.2B | 1 | 0.1% | 1,676 km |
| Russia to Algeria | $1.1B | -16.4% | $244.3M | 37 | 0.2% | 3,341 km |
| Portugal to Germany | $1.0B | 0% | $26.5M | 43 | 0% | 1,892 km |
| Netherlands to United Arab Emirates | $998.8M | +48.1% | $403.3M | 12 | 0.1% | 5,171 km |
| USA to World excl. EU | $871.6M | +0.6% | $1.2B | 54 | 0% | 0 km |
| Portugal to Austria | $827.0M | 0% | $1.2B | 1 | 0% | 2,299 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Republic of Korea | $816.2M | -24.9% | $816.2M | 1 | 0.1% | 6,909 km |
| United Arab Emirates to Australia | $794.1M | +2.8% | $156.8M | 2 | 0.1% | 12,092 km |
| Bulgaria to Ukraine | $785.4M | +365.4% | $1.6B | 12 | 0.1% | 1,023 km |
| United Kingdom to Turkey | $779.3M | 0% | $118.2M | 2 | 0.1% | 2,502 km |
| Singapore to United Arab Emirates | $763.2M | +81.1% | $403.3M | 12 | 0% | 5,905 km |
| Russia to Egypt | $745.9M | -10.3% | $20.9M | 1 | 0.3% | 2,905 km |
| China to Russia | $703.5M | 0% | $874.0M | 40 | 0.1% | 5,795 km |
| Singapore to Bahamas | $700.1M | +1.1% | $712.0M | 10 | 0.3% | 17,096 km |

## Selected route history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | $60.6M | 0% | 0% |
| 2001 | $22.1M | -63.5% | 0% |
| 2002 | $10.4M | -53% | 0% |
| 2009 | $64.0M | +516.5% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | $2.4B | +3,722.8% | +380.3% |
| 2011 | $8.9B | +264.6% | +850.7% |
| 2012 | $22.2B | +148.5% | +602.2% |
| 2013 | $22.5B | +1.5% | +109.5% |
| 2014 | $21.3B | -5.5% | +33.6% |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._