South Africa | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

Exports structure from South Africa in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 17.7% (19.5 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 14.7% (16.2 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 11.5% (12.7 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 10.7% (11.8 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 5.86% (6.48 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 5.68% (6.29 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 3.93% (4.35 billion US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 2.03% (2.25 billion US$): 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
• 1.8% (1.99 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 1.36% (1.5 billion US$): 10 - Cereals

What did South Africa export in 2023?

South Africa's Top Exports in 2023:

• 9.68% ($10.7 billion): 7110 - Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 7.1% ($7.86 billion): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
• 5.9% ($6.53 billion): 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
• 5.68% ($6.29 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 5.39% ($5.96 billion): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 4.88% ($5.4 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 4.19% ($4.63 billion): 7202 - Ferro-alloys.
• 3.56% ($3.94 billion): 2610 - Chromium ores and concentrates
• 2.66% ($2.94 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 2.4% ($2.66 billion): 2602 - Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20 % or more, calculated on the dry weight

Imports structure to South Africa in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 20% (22 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 12% (12.8 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 11.5% (12.3 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 8.24% (8.83 billion US$): 99 - Commodities not specified according to kind
• 7.81% (8.37 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 2.46% (2.63 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.25% (2.41 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.16% (2.32 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 1.82% (1.95 billion US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
• 1.77% (1.9 billion US$): 49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans

What did South Africa import in 2023?

South Africa's Top Imports in 2023:

• 14.1% ($15.1 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 4.48% ($4.8 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 3.83% ($4.1 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.92% ($3.13 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 1.86% ($1.99 billion): 8507 - Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square)
• 1.82% ($1.95 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
• 1.72% ($1.84 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
• 1.67% ($1.79 billion): 4907 - Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title.
• 1.6% ($1.71 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale