South Africa | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020

Exports structure from South Africa in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 22% (19.2 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 14.9% (12.7 billion US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 9.83% (8.37 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 8.09% (6.9 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 5.79% (4.93 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 4.67% (3.98 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 4.49% (3.83 billion US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 1.89% (1.61 billion US$): 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
• 1.76% (1.5 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 1.76% (1.5 billion US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

What did South Africa export in 2020?

South Africa's Top Exports in 2020:

• 12.6% ($10.7 billion): 7110 - Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form.
• 7.88% ($6.71 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form.
• 7.17% ($6.11 billion): 2601 - Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites.
• 5.4% ($4.61 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.
• 4.6% ($3.92 billion): 2701 - Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal.
• 3.25% ($2.77 billion): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods.
• 3.17% ($2.7 billion): 7202 - Ferro-alloys.
• 2.9% ($2.47 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.
• 2.14% ($1.82 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils.
• 2.08% ($1.77 billion): 8421 - Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases.

Imports structure to South Africa in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 13.9% (9.62 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 13.2% (9.11 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 10.1% (7 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 7.43% (5.12 billion US$): 99 - Commodities not specified according to kind
• 6.36% (4.38 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 3.48% (2.4 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.97% (2.05 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.78% (1.92 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 2.42% (1.67 billion US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
• 1.85% (1.27 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals

What did South Africa import in 2020?

South Africa's Top Imports in 2020:

• 7.38% ($5.08 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.
• 5.17% ($3.56 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils.
• 3.3% ($2.28 billion): 8525 - Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders; digital cameras.
• 3.05% ($2.1 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.
• 2.63% ($1.81 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.
• 2.42% ($1.67 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.
• 1.73% ($1.19 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.
• 1.49% ($1.02 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.
• 0.795% ($548 million): 1006 - Rice.