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Supply chains and manufacturing: South Africa and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 61.7 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Taiwan and bought USD 204 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel is 43 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 463 million.

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 Taiwan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 138.7Low 61.7 / High 198.22025: 61.7

2019138.7
2020111.2
2021192.9
2022198.2
2023172.7
2024139.1
202561.7

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 Taiwan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 230.3Low 194.8 / High 265.12025: 204.2

2019230.3
2020194.8
2021216
2022265.1
2023233.3
2024209.1
2025204.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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