# South Africa to Indonesia + Timor-Leste HS 250300 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 100/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $287.9M
- Buyer market growth: +24.4%
- Current exporter share: 0.2%
- Share gap: 27.3%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $287.9M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $375.6M
- Supplier countries observed: 27
- Average buyer imports: $74.2M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $381.3M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +9.3%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +24.4%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: Saudi Arabia
- Top supplier share: 27.5%
- Market concentration: 1,521
- Exporter share: 0.2%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 27.3%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: 17.9%
- MFN tariff: 17.9%
- Preferential tariff: 0.0%
- Approximate distance: 9,478 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 12.6 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $4.3K
- GDP per-person growth: +20.1%
- Population: 276,362k
- GDP: $1.2T
- GDP five-year CAGR: +4.5%
- Investment rate: 30.1%
- Savings rate: 32.6%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $474.5K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader South Africa to Indonesia + Timor-Leste route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 250300 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2000 | $138.6M | +0.0% |
| 2001 | $119.4M | -13.9% |
| 2002 | $121.8M | +2.0% |
| 2003 | $168.2M | +38.1% |
| 2004 | $195.6M | +16.3% |
| 2005 | $251.5M | +28.6% |
| 2006 | $220.4M | -12.4% |
| 2007 | $246.6M | +11.9% |
| 2008 | $313.9M | +27.3% |
| 2009 | $361.3M | +15.1% |
| 2010 | $491.7M | +36.1% |
| 2011 | $711.5M | +44.7% |
| 2012 | $620.4M | -12.8% |
| 2013 | $543.6M | -12.4% |
| 2014 | $428.1M | -21.2% |
| 2015 | $217.5M | -49.2% |
| 2016 | $271.1M | +24.6% |
| 2017 | $455.5M | +68.0% |
| 2018 | $910.9M | +100.0% |
| 2019 | $665.7M | -26.9% |
| 2020 | $562.4M | -15.5% |
| 2021 | $1.2B | +106.8% |
| 2022 | $1.3B | +7.8% |
| 2023 | $877.3M | -30.1% |
| 2024 | $832.8M | -5.1% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| South Africa to NLD | HS 300214 | New corridor | $4.4B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-nld-300214) |
| South Africa to Belgium | HS 870360 | New corridor | $3.2B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-bel-870360) |
| South Africa to BRA | HS 870360 | New corridor | $2.1B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-bra-870360) |
| South Africa to Slovakia | HS 850760 | New corridor | $986.3M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-svk-850760) |
| South Africa to Italy | HS 160414 | New corridor | $836.4M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-ita-160414) |
| South Africa to Germany | HS 722592 | New corridor | $820.3M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-deu-722592) |
| South Africa to Canada | HS 382600 | New corridor | $785.6M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-can-382600) |
| South Africa to CHN | HS 040510 | New corridor | $710.7M | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/zaf-chn-040510) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [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.