Strategic Lens

Technology: China and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 4.71 billion of electrical and electronic equipment to South Africa and bought USD 7.8 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 4.71 billion of electrical and electronic equipment, against USD 7.8 million the other way.

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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 3.3Low 2.86 / High 6.832025: 4.71

20193.3
20202.86
20213.74
20224.83
20236.83
20244.49
20254.71

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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 5.2Low 5.2 / High 15.72025: 7.8

20195.2
20205.2
202113.5
20229.2
202310.7
202415.7
20257.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026