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Supply chains and manufacturing: Argentina and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 56.4 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 76.2 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: Argentina sold USD 56.4 million and South Africa sold USD 76.2 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 40 percent, from USD 222 million in 2019 to USD 133 million in 2025.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 131.4Low 43.3 / High 131.42025: 56.4

2019131.4
202067
202188.3
202291.4
202354.3
202443.3
202556.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Argentina's imports from South Africa: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 90.8Low 71.1 / High 145.62025: 76.2

201990.8
202071.1
2021145.6
2022132.9
202392.7
202481.9
202576.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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