# South Africa to Russian Federation HS 850220 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for electric generating sets: with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 60/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $356.0M
- Buyer market growth: +73.8%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 84.6%

## 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: $356.0M
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $679.3M
- Supplier countries observed: 11
- Average buyer imports: $159.0M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $420.8M
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +24.0%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: +73.8%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: CHN
- Top supplier share: 84.6%
- Market concentration: 7,386
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 84.6%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 10,148 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 10.1 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $12.4K
- GDP per-person growth: +7.4%
- Population: 143,446k
- GDP: $1.8T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 22.5%
- Savings rate: 28.2%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $1.0K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader South Africa to Russian Federation route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 850220 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2000 | $37.9M | +0.0% |
| 2001 | $47.7M | +25.8% |
| 2002 | $64.4M | +35.0% |
| 2003 | $90.7M | +40.9% |
| 2004 | $111.0M | +22.4% |
| 2005 | $100.7M | -9.3% |
| 2006 | $128.3M | +27.5% |
| 2007 | $204.2M | +59.1% |
| 2008 | $324.1M | +58.7% |
| 2009 | $239.0M | -26.3% |
| 2010 | $358.1M | +49.9% |
| 2011 | $353.5M | -1.3% |
| 2012 | $515.5M | +45.8% |
| 2013 | $534.5M | +3.7% |
| 2014 | $471.0M | -11.9% |
| 2015 | $393.2M | -16.5% |
| 2016 | $359.8M | -8.5% |
| 2017 | $457.3M | +27.1% |
| 2018 | $512.1M | +12.0% |
| 2019 | $517.8M | +1.1% |
| 2020 | $483.5M | -6.6% |
| 2021 | $542.7M | +12.3% |
| 2022 | $292.8M | -46.1% |
| 2023 | $295.9M | +1.1% |
| 2024 | $299.4M | +1.2% |

## 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.