Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Mexico and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Mexico sold USD 127 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 246 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

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

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

2019: 141.5Low 80.3 / High 1582025: 126.7

2019141.5
202080.3
202193.3
2022120
2023158
2024134
2025126.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 165.2Low 126.9 / High 313.32025: 245.6

2019165.2
2020126.9
2021189.7
2022159.8
2023252.5
2024313.3
2025245.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026