Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Brazil and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 519 million of agricultural and food products to South Africa and bought USD 25.8 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 70 percent, from USD 321 million in 2019 to USD 545 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Brazil sold USD 519 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 25.8 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

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

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

2019: 306.6Low 306.6 / High 544.12025: 519.1

2019306.6
2020312.6
2021377.1
2022456.5
2023460
2024544.1
2025519.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from South Africa: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 14.8Low 13.4 / High 28.92025: 25.8

201914.8
202013.4
202119
202221.4
202323.4
202428.9
202525.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026