Merchandise Imports by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 63 million
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South Africa | Imports | ALL COMMODITIES | 2020

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The value of total imports to South Africa was $ 68 billion in 2020. China was the largest supplier of goods to South Africa in 2020 ($ 14.3 billion or 20% of total merchandise imports).

Other important sources of merchandise imports to South Africa in 2020:

  • 9.12% (6.29 billion) - Germany
  • 6.43% (4.43 billion) - USA
  • 5.19% (3.58 billion) - India
  • 3.89% (2.68 billion) - Saudi Arabia
  • 3.13% (2.16 billion) - Nigeria
  • 3.1% (2.14 billion) - Thailand
  • 2.77% (1.91 billion) - Japan
  • 2.56% (1.76 billion) - Italy
  • 2.45% (1.69 billion) - United Kingdom
  • The dataset provides information on sources of imports of more than 6,000 commodities by reporting country and its trade partners. The database contains trade value, quantity, net weight, and unit price data. For more data, switch to table visualization and use filters on the left side of the page.

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    Value (US$)
    South AfricaTOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESAfghanistan105,938.37
    Albania1,091,098.57
    Algeria9,213,671.83
    American Samoa7,627.35
    Andorra114,663.95
    Angola60,149,788.46
    Anguilla1,831.05
    Antarctica26.17
    Antigua and Barbuda1,254,997.01
    Areas, nes719,656,784.87
    Argentina369,494,591.28
    Armenia186,236.11
    Aruba284.54
    Australia757,674,130.38
    Austria402,141,863.81
    Azerbaijan2,485.11
    Bahrain123,140,875.25
    Bangladesh83,886,628.56
    Barbados1,341,562.81
    Belarus9,092,088.96
    Belgium889,021,738.54
    Belize99,238.77
    Benin1,307,851.82
    Bermuda24,064.88
    Bhutan703.09
    Bolivia956,770.50
    Bosnia and Herzegovina3,590,909.70
    Botswana409,181,458.09
    Bouvet Island55.65
    Brazil1,065,606,394.12
    British Indian Ocean Territories2,543.65
    British Virgin Islands1,385.84
    Brunei199,735.15
    Bulgaria147,465,054.18
    Burkina Faso128,596.75
    Burundi245,962.94
    Cabo Verde5,735.54
    Cambodia25,839,474.17
    Cameroon4,131,496.39
    Canada275,406,890.32
    Cayman Islands13,336.48
    Central African Republic2,102.12
    Chad24,025.89
    Chile122,651,058.60
    China14,309,276,519.75
    China, Macao SAR261,531.62
    Christmas Island1,053.54
    Cocos Island18,846.45
    Colombia6,810,636.61
    Comoros55,685.27
    Congo354,716.34
    Cook Islands7,243.13
    Costa Rica19,517,122.05
    Côte d`Ivoire49,714,228.58
    Croatia9,332,103.40
    Cuba4,134,134.51
    Curacao36,839.43
    Cyprus5,780,517.08
    Czech Republic597,397,502.54
    Dem. People`s Rep. Korea1,100,912.94
    Dem. Rep. Congo51,364,669.25
    Denmark272,586,903.64
    Djibouti364,344.91
    Dominica9,711.26
    Dominican Republic7,568,030.61
    Ecuador9,984,419.23
    Egypt69,506,635.69
    El Salvador1,709,767.90
    Equatorial Guinea7,351.07
    Eritrea76,123.96
    Estonia21,546,879.46
    Ethiopia5,666,321.69
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas)550,298.68
    Faroe Islands376.98
    Fiji213,619.16
    Finland348,401,331.51
    Fr. South Antarctic Terr.3,503.78
    France1,578,757,965.62
    French Polynesia11,256.42
    Gabon2,846,808.17
    Gambia203,703.21
    Georgia2,433,191.25
    Germany6,293,692,150.68
    Ghana515,418,180.82
    Gibraltar3,101.78
    Greece70,156,297.78
    Greenland67,905.32
    Grenada1,918.77
    Guam656.44
    Guatemala5,074,438.42
    Guinea621,586.29
    Guinea-Bissau231,881.74
    Guyana47,818.24
    Haiti143,794.51
    Holy See (Vatican City State)76.31
    Honduras1,746,763.89
    Hong Kong162,004,542.96
    Hungary241,398,590.09
    Iceland2,267,244.87
    India3,581,872,395.86
    Indonesia628,849,476.68
    Iran2,466,108.97
    Iraq655,868.04
    Ireland399,655,514.08
    Israel156,047,166.64
    Italy1,765,440,820.35
    Jamaica840,634.82
    Japan1,915,930,751.49
    Jordan21,682,094.34
    Kazakhstan9,127,298.76
    Kenya20,195,863.63
    Kiribati247.83
    Korea679,474,626.81
    Kuwait42,203,069.86
    Kyrgyz Republic895,580.83
    Laos1,309,965.95
    Latvia36,388,787.60
    Lebanon1,591,213.06
    Lesotho245,065,973.16
    Liberia438,600.31
    Libya511.47
    Lithuania112,633,683.94
    Luxembourg32,190,265.77
    Madagascar82,528,464.25
    Malawi45,616,768.18
    Malaysia765,260,188.80
    Maldives110,748.12
    Mali81,859.26
    Malta5,759,342.68
    Marshall Islands7,737,648.48
    Mauritania807,013.69
    Mauritius152,514,880.57
    Mexico446,019,932.45
    Moldova2,021,213.63
    Mongolia34,001.60
    Montenegro15,960.93
    Montserrat4,429.82
    Morocco63,534,024.84
    Mozambique658,881,361.38
    Myanmar9,546,999.17
    Namibia742,198,495.59
    Nauru28,413.11
    Nepal380,052.93
    Netherlands957,146,923.16
    New Caledonia17,294,602.16
    New Zealand130,811,874.00
    Nicaragua868,223.95
    Niger262,838.20
    Nigeria2,160,069,454.77
    Niue26,668.67
    North Macedonia3,477,856.99
    Northern Mariana Islands3,573.17
    Norway93,255,980.94
    Oman664,703,754.22
    Other Asia, nes570,988,641.46
    Pakistan159,304,616.79
    Palau1,110.18
    Panama1,354,479.64
    Papua New Guinea281,996.18
    Paraguay2,553,686.68
    Peru24,904,878.77
    Philippines137,067,066.62
    Pitcairn234.95
    Poland859,403,636.83
    Portugal223,701,196.25
    Qatar90,127,943.31
    Romania295,016,570.81
    Russia529,778,747.29
    Rwanda1,074,882.76
    Saint Barthélemy25,394.57
    Saint Helena123,601.38
    Saint Kitts and Nevis8,775.41
    Saint Lucia1,440.58
    Saint Maarten1,943.84
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines331.62
    Samoa22,979.70
    San Marino389,746.30
    São Tomé and Principe164,289.53
    Saudi Arabia2,685,993,124.64
    Senegal1,970,149.86
    Serbia15,707,596.28
    Seychelles3,095,055.85
    Sierra Leone988,661.59
    Singapore371,563,639.04
    Slovak Republic186,599,017.40
    Slovenia64,423,415.28
    Solomon Islands4,186.71
    Somalia59,129.22
    South Sudan5,953.34
    Spain1,493,304,048.50
    Special Categories196,739,712.76
    Sri Lanka29,385,576.51
    State of Palestine411.37
    Sudan64,142.49
    Suriname94,607.95
    Swaziland1,099,999,262.50
    Sweden728,161,921.32
    Switzerland955,981,531.32
    Syrian Arab Republic487,493.12
    Tajikistan10,197.06
    Tanzania27,737,102.30
    Thailand2,143,204,854.41
    The Bahamas628,072.08
    Timor-Leste667.42
    Togo39,414,905.24
    Tokelau3,442,830.46
    Tonga714.86
    Trinidad and Tobago18,280,382.15
    Tunisia47,451,737.68
    Turkey556,766,083.63
    Turkmenistan5,031.04
    Turks and Caicos Islands1,366.96
    Tuvalu29,387.95
    Uganda19,839,269.28
    Ukraine34,050,034.44
    United Arab Emirates1,202,073,896.98
    United Kingdom1,694,306,652.03
    United States Minor Outlying Islands61,730.26
    Uruguay36,007,418.64
    USA4,436,284,297.86
    Uzbekistan53,958.73
    Vanuatu7,257.47
    Venezuela85,035.71
    Vietnam880,387,942.75
    Wallis and Futuna Islands27.15
    Yemen6,139.01
    Zambia138,491,034.14
    Zimbabwe112,688,147.40