Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: South Africa and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 4.0 million of pharmaceutical products to United Kingdom and bought USD 69.1 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 69.1 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 4.0 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

South Africa's exports to United Kingdom: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 8.6Low 2 / High 16.72025: 4

20198.6
20207
202112.1
202212.2
202316.7
20242
20254

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

South Africa's imports from United Kingdom: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 89.2Low 64.2 / High 89.22025: 69.1

201989.2
202071.1
202169.6
202276.9
202364.2
202479.5
202569.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026