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Supply chains and manufacturing: Japan and South Africa

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Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 1.73 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 444 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

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

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

2019: 1.83Low 1.18 / High 1.862025: 1.73

20191.83
20201.18
20211.68
20221.75
20231.86
20241.54
20251.73

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 786.1Low 444.2 / High 861.42025: 444.2

2019786.1
2020542
2021589.6
2022861.4
2023699
2024499.3
2025444.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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