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Pharma and health: China and South Africa

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Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 36.5 million of pharmaceutical products to South Africa and bought USD 18.5 million from it.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to South Africa: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 41.4Low 34 / High 44.92025: 36.5

201941.4
202044.9
202144
202239.5
202339.4
202434
202536.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from South Africa: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 24Low 18.5 / High 252025: 18.5

201924
202025
202121.2
202219.4
202321.6
202419.2
202518.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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