South Africa Major Trade Partners

Buying and selling are essential for any country to develop its economy and maintain good relations with other nations. The first table below shows top trading partners of South Africa in terms of export sales (selling), including United States, Japan, and Germany. The second lists top trade partners of South Africa regarding import total (buying). That is, most products are imported from these countries to South Africa.

South Africa Major Exports

Market Value: 62,876 (millions) – Last Updated: June, 2019

Rank	Country (Exports To)	Trade Value (thousands)	Share (%)	Growth (% 5yr)
1	United States	7,790,839	12.39	66.37
2	Japan	7,661,174	12.18	86.65
3	Germany	5,494,320	8.74	70.00
4	United Kingdom	4,693,477	7.46	11.50
5	China	4,250,392	6.76	303.18
6	Netherlands	3,359,935	5.34	82.80
7	India	2,205,116	3.51	289.37
8	Belgium	1,960,054	3.12	74.27
9	Spain	1,815,343	2.89	63.66
10	Zambia	1,581,754	2.52	116.04
11	Italy	1,530,664	2.43	28.75
12	Switzerland	1,506,269	2.40	33.88
13	South Korea	1,471,538	2.34	110.96
14	Zimbabwe	1,363,075	2.17	46.93
15	France	1,170,192	1.86	31.12
16	Mozambique	1,146,011	1.82	45.72
17	DR Congo	880,405	1.40	324.31
18	Israel	797,532	1.27	25.66
19	Nigeria	701,734	1.12	58.08
20	United Arab Emirates	653,422	1.04	90.19
21	Brazil	605,167	0.96	147.77
22	Hong Kong	594,262	0.95	12.69
23	Malaysia	579,816	0.92	117.48
24	Kenya	528,058	0.84	17.56
25	Singapore	500,218	0.80	62.15
26	Turkey	461,080	0.73	190.88
27	Sweden	383,052	0.61	106.94
28	Canada	359,518	0.57	(0.14)
29	Thailand	351,528	0.56	(0.28)
30	Portugal	343,276	0.55	209.11
31	Tanzania	335,373	0.53	(2.01)
32	Poland	292,961	0.47	568.31
33	Saudi Arabia	287,639	0.46	28.41
34	Ghana	260,124	0.41	35.81
35	Malawi	248,037	0.39	2.06
36	Mauritius	247,430	0.39	(8.11)

 

South Africa Major Imports

Market Value: 63,561 (millions) – Last Updated: June, 2019

Rank	Country (Imports From)	Trade Value (thousands)	Share (%)	Growth (% 5yr)
1	China	8,661,813	13.63	141.33
2	Germany	6,559,606	10.32	(3.22)
3	United States	5,605,805	8.82	35.77
4	Saudi Arabia	5,510,528	8.67	106.73
5	Iran	3,280,221	5.16	38.05
6	Japan	3,051,717	4.80	(6.68)
7	United Kingdom	2,738,064	4.31	(16.26)
8	France	2,012,968	3.17	(30.63)
9	India	1,882,578	2.96	165.55
10	Nigeria	1,861,266	2.93	129.58
11	Italy	1,693,425	2.66	17.21
12	Yemen	1,276,314	2.01	1,381.73
13	South Korea	1,237,198	1.95	22.07
14	Brazil	1,082,259	1.70	8.14
15	Thailand	1,058,781	1.67	58.97
16	Sweden	1,048,146	1.65	63.44
17	Netherlands	888,620	1.40	25.54
18	Malaysia	870,630	1.37	46.75
19	Belgium	828,921	1.30	38.34
20	United Arab Emirates	821,057	1.29	656.96
21	Singapore	759,916	1.20	86.77
22	Zimbabwe	715,108	1.13	65.63
23	Ireland	677,884	1.07	6.92
24	Canada	677,375	1.07	114.91
25	Spain	673,930	1.06	0.12
26	Finland	599,136	0.94	59.17
27	Turkey	563,958	0.89	185.90
28	Indonesia	512,394	0.81	65.38
29	Switzerland	496,671	0.78	2.71
30	Austria	460,453	0.72	7.18
31	South Africa	368,026	0.58	NA
32	Hungary	301,562	0.47	5.43
33	Venezuela	301,557	0.47	6,579.11
34	Russia	291,301	0.46	622.78
35	Poland	277,990	0.44	135.71
36	Zambia	266,813	0.42	71.33