| South Africa Imports By Category |
Value |
Year |
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Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products
|
$22.46B
|
2023
|
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Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers
|
$12.87B
|
2023
|
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Electrical, electronic equipment
|
$12.33B
|
2023
|
|
Commodities not specified according to kind
|
$8.83B
|
2023
|
|
Vehicles other than railway, tramway
|
$8.37B
|
2023
|
|
Plastics
|
$2.64B
|
2023
|
|
Pharmaceutical products
|
$2.41B
|
2023
|
|
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus
|
$2.32B
|
2023
|
|
Miscellaneous chemical products
|
$1.95B
|
2023
|
|
Printed books, newspapers, pictures
|
$1.90B
|
2023
|
|
Iron and steel
|
$1.59B
|
2023
|
|
Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope
|
$1.53B
|
2023
|
|
Organic chemicals
|
$1.48B
|
2023
|
|
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins
|
$1.46B
|
2023
|
|
Cereals
|
$1.34B
|
2023
|
|
Rubbers
|
$1.34B
|
2023
|
|
Articles of iron or steel
|
$1.16B
|
2023
|
|
Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries
|
$1.09B
|
2023
|
|
Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board
|
$1.08B
|
2023
|
|
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted
|
$923.19M
|
2023
|
|
Copper
|
$900.70M
|
2023
|
|
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted
|
$889.41M
|
2023
|
|
Aircraft, spacecraft
|
$843.36M
|
2023
|
|
Footwear, gaiters and the like,
|
$837.15M
|
2023
|
|
Fertilizers
|
$823.41M
|
2023
|
|
Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products
|
$768.72M
|
2023
|
|
Beverages, spirits and vinegar
|
$676.35M
|
2023
|
|
Aluminum
|
$633.13M
|
2023
|
|
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings
|
$630.55M
|
2023
|
|
Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments
|
$498.65M
|
2023
|
|
Sugars and sugar confectionery
|
$439.27M
|
2023
|
|
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal
|
$390.41M
|
2023
|
|
Ceramic products
|
$389.58M
|
2023
|
|
Toys, games, sports requisites
|
$388.85M
|
2023
|
|
Meat and edible meat offal
|
$375.40M
|
2023
|
|
Miscellaneous edible preparations
|
$375.38M
|
2023
|
|
Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal
|
$360.69M
|
2023
|
|
Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations
|
$341.39M
|
2023
|
|
Glass and glassware
|
$339.83M
|
2023
|
|
Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes
|
$329.84M
|
2023
|
|
Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder
|
$325.48M
|
2023
|
|
Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes
|
$315.00M
|
2023
|
|
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
|
$310.77M
|
2023
|
|
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates
|
$275.70M
|
2023
|
|
Manmade filaments
|
$267.97M
|
2023
|
|
Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products
|
$267.94M
|
2023
|
|
Miscellanneous manufactured articles
|
$249.08M
|
2023
|
|
Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good
|
$237.25M
|
2023
|
|
Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement
|
$236.11M
|
2023
|
|
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
|
$220.17M
|
2023
|
|
Coffee, tea, mate and spices
|
$218.60M
|
2023
|
|
Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes
|
$213.96M
|
2023
|
|
Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing
|
$205.05M
|
2023
|
|
Milling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten
|
$204.88M
|
2023
|
|
Manmade staple fibers
|
$197.83M
|
2023
|
|
Cocoa and cocoa preparations
|
$183.06M
|
2023
|
|
Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible products
|
$181.22M
|
2023
|
|
Knitted or crocheted fabric
|
$179.49M
|
2023
|
|
Live animals
|
$168.79M
|
2023
|
|
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons
|
$163.40M
|
2023
|
|
Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric
|
$145.32M
|
2023
|
|
Zinc
|
$142.06M
|
2023
|
|
Cotton
|
$134.19M
|
2023
|
|
Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits
|
$133.40M
|
2023
|
|
Products of animal origin
|
$131.22M
|
2023
|
|
Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste
|
$122.35M
|
2023
|
|
Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage
|
$120.68M
|
2023
|
|
Meat, fish and seafood preparations
|
$119.59M
|
2023
|
|
Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment
|
$113.99M
|
2023
|
|
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
|
$107.59M
|
2023
|
|
Clocks and watches
|
$97.56M
|
2023
|
|
Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics
|
$84.43M
|
2023
|
|
Headgear and
|
$70.97M
|
2023
|
|
Ships, boats, and other floating structures
|
$68.00M
|
2023
|
|
Base metals not specified elsewhere, cermets.
|
$64.87M
|
2023
|
|
Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair
|
$62.24M
|
2023
|
|
Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric
|
$59.33M
|
2023
|
|
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
|
$53.50M
|
2023
|
|
Ores slag and ash
|
$47.90M
|
2023
|
|
Carpets and other textile floor coverings
|
$42.92M
|
2023
|
|
Lac, gums, resins
|
$40.62M
|
2023
|
|
Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry
|
$39.50M
|
2023
|
|
Photographic or cinematographic goods
|
$37.50M
|
2023
|
|
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
|
$31.57M
|
2023
|
|
Vegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric
|
$22.21M
|
2023
|
|
Lead
|
$17.77M
|
2023
|
|
Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers
|
$14.65M
|
2023
|
|
Musical instruments, parts and accessories
|
$13.41M
|
2023
|
|
Tin
|
$12.54M
|
2023
|
|
Cork and articles of cork
|
$11.60M
|
2023
|
|
Nickel
|
$9.97M
|
2023
|
|
Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips
|
$7.03M
|
2023
|
|
Manufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork
|
$4.74M
|
2023
|
|
Silk
|
$2.30M
|
2023
|
|
Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products
|
$1.59M
|
2023
|
|
Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures
|
$1.31M
|
2023
|
|
Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories
|
$62.09M
|
2022
|