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Supply chains and manufacturing: Australia and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 122 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 613 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 613 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 122 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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 99.1Low 77.3 / High 133.82025: 122.4

201999.1
202077.3
202196.6
2022111
2023133.8
2024117.2
2025122.4

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 396.5Low 394.4 / High 653.72025: 613

2019396.5
2020394.4
2021442.9
2022501.1
2023653.7
2024639.4
2025613

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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