Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: South Africa and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 13.1 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United States and bought USD 3.3 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

South Africa's exports to United States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 12.6Low 12.6 / High 22.22025: 13.1

201912.6
202017.7
202119
202216.3
202314.6
202422.2
202513.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026