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Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Botswana 05 8.064 162 307 819.646
Namibia 17.271 27.646 54.884 83.029 132.117 122.802
Australia 937 429 10.803 34.629 3.317 4.963
Brazil 112 79 2.056 4.947 10.003 12.562
Zimbabwe 17.949 357 17
Netherlands 115 63 6.938 5.509 770
China 318 4.934 4.506 2.298 546 37
Unknown 09 3.170 4.370 2.815 44
Germany 1.431 8.373
Gabon 3.449 1.473 1.250 113
Others 6.186 6.791 13.657 7.469 11.022 7.156
Total 24,948 61,345 105,909 143,663 162,459 975,583

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Botswana 325.755 480.460 13.430
Namibia 17.716 5.479 30.055 5.421 10.922
Brazil 2.402 8.972 01 04
Germany 7.957 210 82
Australia 1.308 1.155
Chile 01 289
Niger 271
Peru 185
Spain 84
Norway 84
Others 09 42 138 24 28
Total 21,612 13,902 39,069 331,316 480,699 25,888

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
China 3.717.061.737 5.401.194.721 3.708.869.241 3.806.038.840 3.593.357.258 4.210.309.365
Netherlands 601.860.460 1.288.107.819 1.089.239.330 1.042.878.961 874.906.525 836.322.624
Mozambique 420.451.692 1.059.604.009 520.426.165 562.002.227 715.281.568 777.910.704
South Korea 541.309.008 717.969.032 586.268.836 544.539.108 593.694.838 753.270.854
Japan 297.755.447 682.219.423 385.357.876 363.369.316 406.750.627 501.622.344
Germany 187.979.313 517.980.793 309.651.306 144.921.415 170.505.022 242.535.449
Slovenia 84.800.202 226.614.150 119.098.991 73.798.210 126.059.292 169.692.223
Romania 57.374.732 84.695.097 89.155.073 109.786.195 89.006.107 76.732.882
Turkey 42.789.898 108.802.004 158.005.717 109.535.528 62.834.373 14.708
United Kingdom 54.003.803 131.329.727 58.677.894 71.708.939 28.559.785 34.404.843
Others 251.217.121 561.025.439 119.220.197 101.058.570 113.125.954 392.287.042
Total 6,256,603,413 10,779,542,214 7,143,970,625 6,929,637,308 6,774,081,349 7,995,103,039

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
China 382.380.551 391.912.708 351.521.737 278.463.128 426.426.721 436.209.000
Netherlands 23.091.563 86.007.469 110.874.035 50.858.561 86.883.682 90.784.585
Mozambique 56.665.541 66.556.331 85.236.838 60.750.244 69.043.424 84.331.085
South Korea 58.241.518 51.381.763 140.457.683 53.340 79.672.806 26.783.369
Japan 21.827.182 35.588.904 58.845.993 33.393.190 36.460.710 56.813.233
Germany 20 19.072.304 36.016.918 36.194.617 4.917 35.085.419
Hong Kong 33.777.862 29.531.690 19.486.658 13.172.386 5.380.306 6.847.891
Slovenia 10.959.732 22.376.923 13.608.864 48.217.657
Romania 14.327.160 21.620.641 20.331.208
Vietnam 22.316.035
Others 22.713.844 4.125.944 32.090.918 7.730.996 9.334.274 2.036.026
Total 623,984,972 728,174,676 870,455,680 480,616,461 761,424,497 759,221,816

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Importaciones
Botswana 05 8.064 162 307 819.646
Namibia 17.271 27.646 54.884 83.029 132.117 122.802
Australia 937 429 10.803 34.629 3.317 4.963
Brazil 112 79 2.056 4.947 10.003 12.562
Zimbabwe 17.949 357 17
Netherlands 115 63 6.938 5.509 770
China 318 4.934 4.506 2.298 546 37
Unknown 09 3.170 4.370 2.815 44
Germany 1.431 8.373
Gabon 3.449 1.473 1.250 113
Others 6.186 6.791 13.657 7.469 11.022 7.156
Total 24,948 61,345 105,909 143,663 162,459 975,583

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Exportaciones
China 3.717.061.737 5.401.194.721 3.708.869.241 3.806.038.840 3.593.357.258 4.210.309.365
Netherlands 601.860.460 1.288.107.819 1.089.239.330 1.042.878.961 874.906.525 836.322.624
Mozambique 420.451.692 1.059.604.009 520.426.165 562.002.227 715.281.568 777.910.704
South Korea 541.309.008 717.969.032 586.268.836 544.539.108 593.694.838 753.270.854
Japan 297.755.447 682.219.423 385.357.876 363.369.316 406.750.627 501.622.344
Germany 187.979.313 517.980.793 309.651.306 144.921.415 170.505.022 242.535.449
Slovenia 84.800.202 226.614.150 119.098.991 73.798.210 126.059.292 169.692.223
Romania 57.374.732 84.695.097 89.155.073 109.786.195 89.006.107 76.732.882
Turkey 42.789.898 108.802.004 158.005.717 109.535.528 62.834.373 14.708
United Kingdom 54.003.803 131.329.727 58.677.894 71.708.939 28.559.785 34.404.843
Others 251.217.121 561.025.439 119.220.197 101.058.570 113.125.954 392.287.042
Total 6,256,603,413 10,779,542,214 7,143,970,625 6,929,637,308 6,774,081,349 7,995,103,039

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron ore - iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Importaciones
Botswana 325.755 480.460 13.430
Namibia 17.716 5.479 30.055 5.421 10.922
Brazil 2.402 8.972 01 04
Germany 7.957 210 82
Australia 1.308 1.155
Chile 01 289
Niger 271
Peru 185
Spain 84
Norway 84
Others 09 42 138 24 28
Total 21,612 13,902 39,069 331,316 480,699 25,888

Date
Import Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Exportaciones
China 382.380.551 391.912.708 351.521.737 278.463.128 426.426.721 436.209.000
Netherlands 23.091.563 86.007.469 110.874.035 50.858.561 86.883.682 90.784.585
Mozambique 56.665.541 66.556.331 85.236.838 60.750.244 69.043.424 84.331.085
South Korea 58.241.518 51.381.763 140.457.683 53.340 79.672.806 26.783.369
Japan 21.827.182 35.588.904 58.845.993 33.393.190 36.460.710 56.813.233
Germany 20 19.072.304 36.016.918 36.194.617 4.917 35.085.419
Hong Kong 33.777.862 29.531.690 19.486.658 13.172.386 5.380.306 6.847.891
Slovenia 10.959.732 22.376.923 13.608.864 48.217.657
Romania 14.327.160 21.620.641 20.331.208
Vietnam 22.316.035
Others 22.713.844 4.125.944 32.090.918 7.730.996 9.334.274 2.036.026
Total 623,984,972 728,174,676 870,455,680 480,616,461 761,424,497 759,221,816