A wide range of opportunities for growing exports of valueadded products to Brics trading partners has been identified in the ‘Brics Trade Performance focusing on South Africa' report. There is potential to grow exports of cars, trucks, vehicle parts and accessories, wine, flat-rolled iron products, iron and steel structures (rods, angles, plates), fresh apples, pears and quinces, machinery for sorting/screening and washing minerals and machinery parts to Brazil. An untapped market is machinery parts. Russia’s market potential lies in iron ores and concentrates, ferro-alloys, cars, vehicle parts and accessories, flat-rolled iron products, steel structures, propylene and olefin polymers, machinery for sorting minerals, and motor engine parts. New exports would be coal and briquettes. India’s potential lies in cars, vehicle parts and accessories, aluminium plates, steel structures, fresh apples, pears and quinces, sorting machinery, motor engine parts, machinery parts and rubber tyres. China could absorb more trucks, motor vehicles for the transportation of goods, fresh and dried citrus fruit and grapes, flat-rolled iron, iron and steel structures, sorting and washing machinery, motor engine parts, machinery parts, pneumatic tyres and pumps for liquids.
