Country Matrix
For 2025, the matrix below shows South Africa's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.
South Africa
Year: 2025(20 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 664(20)[4] | 526(16)[3] | 425(9)[3] | 335(8)[2] | 251(7)[2] | 178(6)[2] | 88(5)[2] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 126(7)[4] | 102(5)[3] | 87(2)[3] | 66(2)[2] | 49(1)[2] | 37[2] | 23[2] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 60(2)[4] | 51(2)[3] | 46(2)[3] | 33(2)[2] | 27(1)[2] | 19[2] | 14[2] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 31(2)[3] | 26(2)[2] | 24(2)[2] | 19(2)[2] | 15(1)[2] | 10[2] | 8[2] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 9[1] | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (20 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2025 | 99.37% | 33,049,657 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 310240 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances, mixtures thereof | 2025 | 99.20% | 15,092,299 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | 2025 | 97.73% | 17,031,465 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 290511 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) | 2025 | 97.65% | 13,474,081 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 291614 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of methacrylic acid | 2025 | 91.50% | 15,600,532 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2025 | 80.19% | 37,134,607 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 78.55% | 222,433,670 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2025 | 65.96% | 260,766,240 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 283526 | Phosphates; of calcium n.e.c. in item no. 2835.25, whether or not chemically defined | 2025 | 55.60% | 14,601,476 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2025 | 49.62% | 36,326,002 |
| 11 | Qatar | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2025 | 47.64% | 39,739,651 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2025 | 47.33% | 31,269,815 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 250300 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2025 | 46.18% | 54,793,902 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2025 | 43.49% | 51,319,756 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 310260 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate | 2025 | 42.75% | 17,769,061 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 790111 | Zinc; unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | 2025 | 42.51% | 66,177,332 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 310420 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium chloride | 2025 | 39.77% | 67,626,848 |
| 18 | Qatar | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2025 | 36.71% | 26,876,434 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2025 | 34.59% | 57,657,545 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2025 | 33.90% | 26,350,520 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 10 occurrences
Russian Federation: 5 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Legend:
(n)
The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
[n]
The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.