← Overview

Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: Russia and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 363 million of fertilisers to South Africa.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 5.2 times, from USD 70.2 million in 2019 to USD 363 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 363 million of fertilisers, and South Africa sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

South Africa's imports from Russia: fertilisers

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

2019: 70.2Low 58 / High 362.82025: 362.8

201970.2
202058
2021152.3
2022254.8
2023167.9
2024283.4
2025362.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

← Russia and South Africa