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Supply chains and manufacturing: Canada and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 151 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 123 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: Canada sold USD 151 million and South Africa sold USD 123 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 52 percent, from USD 180 million in 2019 to USD 274 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

Canada's exports to South Africa: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 95.2Low 66.1 / High 1512025: 151

201995.2
202066.1
2021110.7
2022133.4
2023149.8
2024131.3
2025151

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 84.8Low 60.3 / High 175.72025: 122.6

201984.8
202060.3
2021130.8
2022158.4
2023175.7
2024171.8
2025122.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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