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Supply chains and manufacturing: India and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 2.37 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 183 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 59 percent, from USD 1.60 billion in 2019 to USD 2.55 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 2.37 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 183 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

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

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

2019: 1.25Low 0.82 / High 2.372025: 2.37

20191.25
20200.82
20211.75
20222.05
20231.95
20241.87
20252.37

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 351.8Low 183.4 / High 351.82025: 183.4

2019351.8
2020209.8
2021204.3
2022261.8
2023234.7
2024188.2
2025183.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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