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Agriculture and food: Japan and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 11.6 million of agricultural and food products to South Africa and bought USD 169 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 169 million of agricultural and food products, against USD 11.6 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products is 61 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 457 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 12.3Low 9 / High 12.32025: 11.6

201912.3
202011
20219
202210.6
20239.1
202410.5
202511.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 157.1Low 141.7 / High 446.52025: 168.9

2019157.1
2020185.3
2021379.2
2022446.5
2023325.5
2024141.7
2025168.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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