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Supply chains and manufacturing: New Zealand and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 9.8 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to South Africa and bought USD 51.4 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 51.4 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 9.8 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

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

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

2019: 13Low 9.1 / High 17.92025: 9.8

201913
202017.9
202111.9
20229.1
20239.1
20249.1
20259.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 37.9Low 19.2 / High 51.62025: 51.4

201937.9
202019.2
202133
202226.2
202351.6
202433.8
202551.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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