Strategic Lens

Technology: Canada and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 40.1 million of electrical and electronic equipment to South Africa and bought USD 42.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in electrical and electronic equipment runs both ways in similar amounts: Canada sold USD 40.1 million and South Africa sold USD 42.0 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in electrical and electronic equipment grew 96 percent, from USD 42.0 million in 2019 to USD 82.1 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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 26.4Low 23.7 / High 41.12025: 40.1

201926.4
202023.7
202128.9
202233.3
202331.8
202441.1
202540.1

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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 15.6Low 15.6 / High 422025: 42

201915.6
202015.7
202122.1
202225.4
202327.2
202432.7
202542

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026