Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: Australia and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 6.0 million of pharmaceutical products to South Africa and bought USD 26.5 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 26.5 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 6.0 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

Australia's exports to South Africa: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 8.5Low 6 / High 10.92025: 6

20198.5
20209.4
202110.7
202210.9
20236.9
20246
20256

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from South Africa: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 14.4Low 10.6 / High 312025: 26.5

201914.4
202012.5
202110.6
202220.2
202322.6
202431
202526.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026