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Supply chains and manufacturing: France and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 343 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 1.01 billion 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

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

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

2019: 459.7Low 327.7 / High 509.82025: 342.7

2019459.7
2020327.7
2021453.4
2022446.5
2023509.8
2024352.7
2025342.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from South Africa: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 0.71Low 0.38 / High 1.012025: 1.01

20190.71
20200.38
20210.46
20220.42
20230.54
20240.82
20251.01

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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