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Pharma and health: Canada and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 15.3 million of pharmaceutical products to South Africa and bought USD 2.0 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 15.3 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 2.0 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products is 51 percent below its 2024 peak of USD 35.5 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Canada's exports to South Africa: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 18.3Low 11.3 / High 332025: 15.3

201918.3
202013.2
202111.3
202211.9
202313
202433
202515.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from South Africa: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 2.6Low 2 / High 62025: 2

20192.6
20202.1
20216
20222.5
20232.7
20242.4
20252

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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