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South Africa Trade at a Glance : Most Recent Values

Latest trade data available from various sources.
South Africa monthly trade data
South Africa quarterly trade data

Please note: The data from various sources are not from the same year.

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South Africa exports, imports, trade and tariff indicators 2023

Please note the exports, imports and tariff data are based on reported data and not gap filled. Please check the Data Availability for coverage.

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South Africa Trade

Overall Exports and Imports for South Africa 2025

The total value of exports (FOB) is US$ 116,381 million.
The total value of imports (CIF) is US$ 104,949 million.
The total trade was US$ 221,330 million.
The trade balance was US$ 11,432 million.

South Africa Monthly Exports and imports, in Mar 2026

The total value of exports (FOB) is US$ 11,699,029 K.
The total value of imports (CIF) is US$ 9,813,133 K.
The total trade was US$ 21,512,163 K.
The trade balance was US$ 1,885,896 K.

South Africa Trade Indicators 2023

Hirschman Herfindahl Market concentration index is 0.07.
Index of export market penetration is 0.07.
World Growth in percentage is 0.07 and South Africa Country Growth is -3.42.

South Africa Service Trade data from WDI 2023

South Africa, Service imports (BoP, current US$) is 18,849,645,060.99.
South Africa, Service exports (BoP, current US$) is 14,456,428,200.34.
South Africa, Imports of goods and services as percentage of GDP is 32.43 %.
South Africa, Exports of goods and services as percentage of GDP is 32.75 %.

Tariff and Trade Barriers

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by South Africa in 2023 are below.

The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product is 145.73.
The simple average tariff across all products is 7.09.
The trade weighted average tariff is 4.47.
The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars are 50,858,545.03 and duty free tariff line items share is 62.36.

South Africa Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 2024

FDI Inward stock (in US$ Mil) was US$ 113,033 million.
FDI Inward stock flow (in US$ Mil) was US$ 2,469 million.
FDI Outward stock (in US$ Mil) was US$ 147,795 million.
FDI Outward stock flow (in US$ Mil) was US$ -1,275 million.

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) 2013

No Of NTM Measures is 3.
No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) is 30.

South Africa World Development Indicators (WDI) 2023

Key Development Indicators of South Africa in 2023 are below

The population of South Africa is 57,779,622.
GDP in US$ is 380,699 million .
GNI per capita, Atlas method in current US dollars is 6,480.00.
Trade balance in US$ is 1,252.00 million.
Trade in services as percentage of GDP is 0.33 %.

WDI

South Africa Global Value Chain (GVC) 2020

GVC related output as percentage of output was 13 %.
GVC related trade as percentage of trade was 41 %.

GVC

South Africa Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

Services Trade Restrictions Index (Over All) for South Africa is 34.50.

SPRD