Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: Chile and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 11.3 million of agricultural and food products to South Africa and bought USD 14.1 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in agricultural and food products runs both ways in similar amounts: Chile sold USD 11.3 million and South Africa sold USD 14.1 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 57 percent, from USD 16.2 million in 2019 to USD 25.5 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

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

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

2019: 8.7Low 8.1 / High 11.32025: 11.3

20198.7
20208.1
202111.2
20228.3
202311
202410.4
202511.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 7.5Low 5.9 / High 14.12025: 14.1

20197.5
20205.9
202112.5
202212.8
202314.1
20249.8
202514.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026