Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Argentina and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 193 million of agricultural and food products to South Africa and bought USD 3.7 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products fell 53 percent, from USD 421 million in 2019 to USD 196 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Argentina sold USD 193 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 3.7 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Argentina's exports to South Africa: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Argentina

2019: 418.2Low 115.8 / High 418.22025: 192.6

2019418.2
2020250.3
2021158.3
2022336.4
2023115.8
2024132.4
2025192.6

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026