Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2026
*
7.8 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2025
*
6.8 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2026
60.3 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
19.0 %
Binding coverage
93.8 %
Share of bound duty-free
15.1 %
Imports
Total imports: 110,938.1 million USD in 2025
Imports by partner
European Union
22.9 %
25,416.5
million USD
China
22.5 %
24,936.5
million USD
India
7.3 %
8,110.3
million USD
United States of America
6.9 %
7,638.0
million USD
Oman
3.3 %
3,661.9
million USD
Thailand
3.3 %
3,643.4
million USD
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
3.0 %
3,329.3
million USD
United Arab Emirates
2.5 %
2,759.1
million USD
Japan
2.3 %
2,571.0
million USD
Eswatini
1.5 %
1,712.5
million USD
Rest of the World
24.5 %
27,159.4
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
271012
Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
11.7 %
13,029.1
million USD
999999
Unspecified products
8.2 %
9,081.2
million USD
270900
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
3.9 %
4,294.3
million USD
870322
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.000 cm³ but <= 1.500 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
2.1 %
2,316.2
million USD
851713
Smartphones for wireless networks
1.8 %
1,963.6
million USD
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.3 %
1,494.8
million USD
710813
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes
1.3 %
1,460.9
million USD
851762
Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks)
1.1 %
1,167.9
million USD
847130
Data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units)
1.0 %
1,126.5
million USD
847150
Processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral units)
0.8 %
913.3
million USD
Rest of the products
66.8 %
74,090.4
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 122,451.7 million USD in 2025
Exports by destination
European Union
19.3 %
23,677.4
million USD
China
11.1 %
13,558.5
million USD
Other Countries, n.e.s.
8.6 %
10,564.5
million USD
United States of America
7.1 %
8,745.4
million USD
Japan
4.7 %
5,814.7
million USD
United Kingdom
4.7 %
5,719.0
million USD
Mozambique
4.6 %
5,584.2
million USD
India
4.1 %
4,977.5
million USD
Namibia
3.6 %
4,398.8
million USD
Botswana
3.6 %
4,377.9
million USD
Rest of the World
28.6 %
35,033.9
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
710813
Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes
7.9 %
9,720.8
million USD
260111
Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites)
5.3 %
6,486.2
million USD
261000
Chromium ores and concentrates
4.5 %
5,514.1
million USD
270112
Bituminous coal, whether or not pulverised, non-agglomerated
4.5 %
5,498.8
million USD
870421
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705)
4.1 %
4,992.5
million USD
260200
Manganese ores and concentrates, incl. ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates, with a manganese content of >= 20%, calculated on the dry weight
2.8 %
3,488.8
million USD
711019
Platinum, in semi-manufactured forms
2.5 %
3,009.6
million USD
870323
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm³ but <= 3.000 cm³ (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)
2.0 %
2,451.4
million USD
711011
Platinum, unwrought or in powder form
1.8 %
2,260.6
million USD
711021
Palladium, unwrought or in powder form
1.8 %
2,180.5
million USD
Rest of the products
62.8 %
76,848.6
million USD
Preferential regimes provided by South Africa
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South Africa as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes
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