Comex Reports South Africa 72 - iron and steel

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Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
China 267.778.932 864.914.389 788.132.801 665.454.534 925.338.055 705.073.938
Germany 71.516.625 132.809.471 183.336.714 248.432.055 226.547.115 193.152.681
Belgium 24.078.858 49.434.411 76.791.875 115.774.011 84.997.203 116.116.857
Japan 48.432.989 75.447.200 122.372.000 86.026.892 71.815.000 61.305.545
Brazil 51.348.296 90.599.204 65.048.351 47.448.000 46.025.170 27.249.515
Sweden 26.917.728 49.178.031 66.104.860 60.804.498 51.640.344 57.162.553
India 33.372.017 66.061.791 74.092.604 37.051.612 44.556.148 46.125.173
France 29.302.923 45.313.193 54.622.117 63.286.663 47.544.545 49.242.879
South Korea 27.823.125 31.817.372 27.044.989 26.536.246 30.724.744 62.705.537
Austria 16.102.521 25.977.449 31.330.197 56.133.908 42.329.296 31.198.535
Others 326.613.991 452.254.233 420.535.715 280.974.164 270.047.589 372.587.250
Total 923,288,005 1,883,806,743 1,909,412,224 1,687,922,583 1,841,565,210 1,721,920,462

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025
China 74.271.524 84.781.747 88.983.226 70.563.262 63.365.749 72.845.215
Germany 22.058.951 24.014.795 20.331.983 21.068.830 30.247.872 18.245.665
Belgium 12.954.998 16.880.854 13.447.498 15.376.400 11.082.558 9.942.104
Zimbabwe 11.858.331 15.751.452 9.497.523 4.285.503 6.577.425 8.578.731
South Korea 1.695.572 12.797.636 4.474.311 15.531.641 12.796.515 7.370.899
Japan 9.298.245 7.750.388 8.543.170 7.953.022 3.254.711 4.292.128
Sweden 7.025.252 4.852.166 7.998.994 7.931.173 4.927.721 4.523.480
France 4.536.846 5.532.391 5.850.526 6.936.807 7.635.736 4.640.264
India 4.494.174 5.943.636 3.567.432 5.317.723 6.168.821 5.198.474
Netherlands 3.801.819 3.642.744 2.392.624 6.063.469 4.967.014 2.774.584
Others 28.204.752 40.051.350 32.657.851 28.359.019 28.097.430 19.785.808
Total 180,200,465 221,999,159 197,745,138 189,386,848 179,121,552 158,197,351

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
China 960.329.349 1.114.631.370 1.395.901.309 1.723.772.636 1.483.900.406 573.259.085
Mozambique 167.967.419 354.557.154 1.195.931.122 1.220.507.085 1.376.882.188 625.198.896
United States 354.457.911 662.779.109 781.477.788 459.004.166 545.865.678 362.937.256
Netherlands 189.296.316 293.267.072 442.155.210 239.976.979 405.305.446 256.577.847
Indonesia 263.992.691 489.045.486 351.393.753 288.172.879 74.560.923 31.525.478
United Arab Emirates 367.714.804 655.096.815 191.923.743 167.666.865 6.451.475 6.601.751
Italy 167.138.926 313.471.807 260.522.800 214.719.455 244.960.209 177.115.573
Belgium 97.473.171 347.870.817 180.451.426 320.210.908 188.013.682 44.469.000
Japan 143.745.990 224.187.758 188.254.031 211.647.860 204.844.729 164.511.540
South Korea 148.835.736 321.463.999 158.094.208 104.910.754 156.257.324 182.660.157
Others 1.123.144.166 1.742.802.384 1.887.659.979 1.914.682.058 1.518.360.384 1.354.354.870
Total 3,984,096,479 6,519,173,770 7,033,765,369 6,865,271,645 6,205,402,444 3,779,211,453

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025
Mozambique 110.477.432 75.016.218 59.245.120 19.013.765 11.526.035 13.578.128
United States 40.548.325 19.338.478 46.819.990 31.629.797 35.767.398 29.981.526
Netherlands 32.681.780 27.898.906 34.666.834 39.159.621 22.492.850 24.205.076
China 50.173.349 46.379.488 1.451 58.918.644 23.159.888 560.889
South Korea 20.462.715 15.764.589 46.783.226 3.391.413 30.119.776 26.073.549
Zimbabwe 16.663.482 18.566.488 20.447.649 20.888.863 22.386.091 26.718.583
Japan 1.324.971 30.752.609 8.822.889 26.233.308 20.305.302 23.150.264
Italy 11.109.508 10.126.644 10.530.384 20.656.719 13.179.843 30.274.481
Kenya 37.585.432 8.524.574 2.703.965 7.006.590 1.307.063 9.057.832
Zambia 9.580.552 9.702.205 11.007.015 11.819.754 10.110.071 12.209.269
Others 133.540.747 113.483.397 113.485.881 91.947.081 109.681.020 124.883.148
Total 464,148,294 375,553,596 354,514,406 330,665,555 300,035,337 320,692,744

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Importaciones
China 267.778.932 864.914.389 788.132.801 665.454.534 925.338.055 705.073.938
Germany 71.516.625 132.809.471 183.336.714 248.432.055 226.547.115 193.152.681
Belgium 24.078.858 49.434.411 76.791.875 115.774.011 84.997.203 116.116.857
Japan 48.432.989 75.447.200 122.372.000 86.026.892 71.815.000 61.305.545
Brazil 51.348.296 90.599.204 65.048.351 47.448.000 46.025.170 27.249.515
Sweden 26.917.728 49.178.031 66.104.860 60.804.498 51.640.344 57.162.553
India 33.372.017 66.061.791 74.092.604 37.051.612 44.556.148 46.125.173
France 29.302.923 45.313.193 54.622.117 63.286.663 47.544.545 49.242.879
South Korea 27.823.125 31.817.372 27.044.989 26.536.246 30.724.744 62.705.537
Austria 16.102.521 25.977.449 31.330.197 56.133.908 42.329.296 31.198.535
Others 326.613.991 452.254.233 420.535.715 280.974.164 270.047.589 372.587.250
Total 923,288,005 1,883,806,743 1,909,412,224 1,687,922,583 1,841,565,210 1,721,920,462

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Exportaciones
China 960.329.349 1.114.631.370 1.395.901.309 1.723.772.636 1.483.900.406 573.259.085
Mozambique 167.967.419 354.557.154 1.195.931.122 1.220.507.085 1.376.882.188 625.198.896
United States 354.457.911 662.779.109 781.477.788 459.004.166 545.865.678 362.937.256
Netherlands 189.296.316 293.267.072 442.155.210 239.976.979 405.305.446 256.577.847
Indonesia 263.992.691 489.045.486 351.393.753 288.172.879 74.560.923 31.525.478
United Arab Emirates 367.714.804 655.096.815 191.923.743 167.666.865 6.451.475 6.601.751
Italy 167.138.926 313.471.807 260.522.800 214.719.455 244.960.209 177.115.573
Belgium 97.473.171 347.870.817 180.451.426 320.210.908 188.013.682 44.469.000
Japan 143.745.990 224.187.758 188.254.031 211.647.860 204.844.729 164.511.540
South Korea 148.835.736 321.463.999 158.094.208 104.910.754 156.257.324 182.660.157
Others 1.123.144.166 1.742.802.384 1.887.659.979 1.914.682.058 1.518.360.384 1.354.354.870
Total 3,984,096,479 6,519,173,770 7,033,765,369 6,865,271,645 6,205,402,444 3,779,211,453

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron and steel - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025
Importaciones
China 74.271.524 84.781.747 88.983.226 70.563.262 63.365.749 72.845.215
Germany 22.058.951 24.014.795 20.331.983 21.068.830 30.247.872 18.245.665
Belgium 12.954.998 16.880.854 13.447.498 15.376.400 11.082.558 9.942.104
Zimbabwe 11.858.331 15.751.452 9.497.523 4.285.503 6.577.425 8.578.731
South Korea 1.695.572 12.797.636 4.474.311 15.531.641 12.796.515 7.370.899
Japan 9.298.245 7.750.388 8.543.170 7.953.022 3.254.711 4.292.128
Sweden 7.025.252 4.852.166 7.998.994 7.931.173 4.927.721 4.523.480
France 4.536.846 5.532.391 5.850.526 6.936.807 7.635.736 4.640.264
India 4.494.174 5.943.636 3.567.432 5.317.723 6.168.821 5.198.474
Netherlands 3.801.819 3.642.744 2.392.624 6.063.469 4.967.014 2.774.584
Others 28.204.752 40.051.350 32.657.851 28.359.019 28.097.430 19.785.808
Total 180,200,465 221,999,159 197,745,138 189,386,848 179,121,552 158,197,351

Date
Import Countries
 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025
Exportaciones
Mozambique 110.477.432 75.016.218 59.245.120 19.013.765 11.526.035 13.578.128
United States 40.548.325 19.338.478 46.819.990 31.629.797 35.767.398 29.981.526
Netherlands 32.681.780 27.898.906 34.666.834 39.159.621 22.492.850 24.205.076
China 50.173.349 46.379.488 1.451 58.918.644 23.159.888 560.889
South Korea 20.462.715 15.764.589 46.783.226 3.391.413 30.119.776 26.073.549
Zimbabwe 16.663.482 18.566.488 20.447.649 20.888.863 22.386.091 26.718.583
Japan 1.324.971 30.752.609 8.822.889 26.233.308 20.305.302 23.150.264
Italy 11.109.508 10.126.644 10.530.384 20.656.719 13.179.843 30.274.481
Kenya 37.585.432 8.524.574 2.703.965 7.006.590 1.307.063 9.057.832
Zambia 9.580.552 9.702.205 11.007.015 11.819.754 10.110.071 12.209.269
Others 133.540.747 113.483.397 113.485.881 91.947.081 109.681.020 124.883.148
Total 464,148,294 375,553,596 354,514,406 330,665,555 300,035,337 320,692,744