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(13 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 399(13)[3] | 297(8)[1] | 220(2) | 153(1) | 96 | 57 | 20 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 131(8)[3] | 100(5)[1] | 79(2) | 50(1) | 32 | 16 | 3 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 65(3)[3] | 52(2)[1] | 43(2) | 28(1) | 20 | 10 | 3 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 33(2)[3] | 27(2)[1] | 24(2) | 15(1) | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 9[1] | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 3105 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; other fertilisers; goods of chapter 31 in tablets or packages of gross weight not exceeding 10kg | 2025 | 68.64% | 222,433,670 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2025 | 58.79% | 261,017,233 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2025 | 49.60% | 36,326,002 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2025 | 47.27% | 31,269,815 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2025 | 46.18% | 54,793,902 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2025 | 44.45% | 56,326,432 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2025 | 43.49% | 51,319,756 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2025 | 40.46% | 33,069,713 |
| 9 | Qatar | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2025 | 36.70% | 26,876,434 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7901 | Zinc; unwrought | 2025 | 35.07% | 66,177,332 |
| 11 | Qatar | 2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) peroxides of sodium or potassium | 2025 | 33.52% | 40,136,208 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2025 | 30.80% | 136,616,206 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2025 | 30.41% | 70,828,755 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.