Comex Reports South Africa 32 - tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other coloring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks 3215 - ink

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Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan 16.627.953 25.423.541 28.709.436 19.304.330 17.974.110 24.560.973
Switzerland 15.553.835 16.779.739 21.865.134 12.852.757 18.292.123 28.513.887
Germany 8.007.571 10.764.302 10.461.328 11.555.597 10.655.127 15.223.961
Netherlands 7.423.821 9.881.536 11.904.415 10.580.527 11.051.806 14.189.928
United Kingdom 4.393.796 4.969.474 6.581.602 6.670.939 7.659.144 10.308.532
India 3.322.006 4.900.772 5.249.818 4.355.618 5.991.538 7.715.194
France 2.429.472 3.567.501 4.183.895 5.352.858 7.187.221 7.260.532
China 2.265.267 3.132.545 3.753.569 4.337.493 6.106.976 9.902.679
Sweden 2.367.096 2.739.296 3.274.916 3.789.620 3.018.728 3.552.092
Taiwan 2.252.654 2.867.242 2.838.847 1.586.259 1.797.270 3.806.136
Others 13.504.475 14.660.789 12.354.517 12.618.821 13.833.378 23.115.766
Total 78,147,946 99,686,737 111,177,477 93,004,818 103,567,421 148,149,680

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Switzerland 669.987 2.660.559 2.473.489 5.394.872 3.844.866 420.959
Japan 1.984.008 2.651.147 2.773.138 2.208.447 2.826.224 1.947.935
Netherlands 1.780.187 1.107.114 1.586.060 1.761.578 1.516.608 684.994
Germany 2.289.335 1.711.331 1.367.159 898.936 1.050.832 564.866
United Kingdom 1.367.418 1.024.737 1.333.148 952.331 778.521 505.258
China 1.229.702 1.057.164 617.987 1.113.384 718.350 989.255
India 332.301 924.921 733.322 668.393 1.141.776 737.700
France 782.510 814.369 540.560 679.397 1.050.392 293.686
Indonesia 712.772 267.993 674.801 443.222 409.681 217.965
Taiwan 55.633 1.009.216 286.525 131.820 129.267 674.646
Others 2.495.984 2.183.602 1.906.535 2.296.730 2.183.909 1.961.360
Total 13,699,837 15,412,153 14,292,724 16,549,110 15,650,426 8,998,625

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Namibia 4.217.075 4.671.586 4.479.416 4.769.522 5.851.633 8.011.392
Botswana 2.944.018 6.929.712 5.220.863 2.446.027 2.897.768 2.920.771
United States 1.265.841 2.183.937 2.657.537 3.765.845 4.351.194 5.061.128
Zimbabwe 1.477.847 2.219.781 2.916.585 1.723.334 3.598.415 6.126.580
Zambia 1.888.714 2.595.999 2.757.514 2.782.049 3.106.364 3.706.093
Swaziland 1.085.884 2.670.128 2.437.609 2.446.673 2.938.940 3.672.338
Malawi 1.418.601 1.850.274 1.541.223 2.005.029 2.178.684 2.463.673
Belgium 1.009.880 1.560.331 1.840.688 1.977.187 1.787.626 2.948.723
Angola 472.236 1.464.336 2.260.309 1.949.447 2.444.471 2.368.786
France 81.561 770.117 1.845.360 1.699.963 2.527.081 3.208.770
Others 17.641.445 21.479.172 23.846.524 25.095.726 25.436.978 30.039.269
Total 33,503,102 48,395,373 51,803,628 50,660,803 57,119,156 70,527,524

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Import Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Namibia 908.619 1.002.467 1.188.678 636.111 826.828 570.803
Zimbabwe 503.137 591.646 648.620 531.371 732.878 394.485
Zambia 288.488 469.948 296.524 389.510 638.813 301.114
Swaziland 511.845 356.285 321.858 493.116 394.286 163.283
United States 686.706 181.982 625.877 105.328 190.755 401.038
Switzerland 380.731 170.932 361.959 396.692 97.048 283.869
United Kingdom 187.755 422.159 187.731 393.260 546 445.587
Belgium 308.794 231.769 123.313 311.098 236.431 375.900
France 286.838 529.525 314.928 415.767
Malawi 205.318 154.090 171.692 385.354 328.288 286.668
Others 1.989.674 2.760.471 2.677.202 3.274.463 3.494.466 2.101.956
Total 5,971,066 6,628,587 7,132,980 7,231,230 7,356,106 5,324,704

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Annual FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Importaciones
Japan 16.627.953 25.423.541 28.709.436 19.304.330 17.974.110 24.560.973
Switzerland 15.553.835 16.779.739 21.865.134 12.852.757 18.292.123 28.513.887
Germany 8.007.571 10.764.302 10.461.328 11.555.597 10.655.127 15.223.961
Netherlands 7.423.821 9.881.536 11.904.415 10.580.527 11.051.806 14.189.928
United Kingdom 4.393.796 4.969.474 6.581.602 6.670.939 7.659.144 10.308.532
India 3.322.006 4.900.772 5.249.818 4.355.618 5.991.538 7.715.194
France 2.429.472 3.567.501 4.183.895 5.352.858 7.187.221 7.260.532
China 2.265.267 3.132.545 3.753.569 4.337.493 6.106.976 9.902.679
Sweden 2.367.096 2.739.296 3.274.916 3.789.620 3.018.728 3.552.092
Taiwan 2.252.654 2.867.242 2.838.847 1.586.259 1.797.270 3.806.136
Others 13.504.475 14.660.789 12.354.517 12.618.821 13.833.378 23.115.766
Total 78,147,946 99,686,737 111,177,477 93,004,818 103,567,421 148,149,680

Date
Import Countries
 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Exportaciones
Namibia 4.217.075 4.671.586 4.479.416 4.769.522 5.851.633 8.011.392
Botswana 2.944.018 6.929.712 5.220.863 2.446.027 2.897.768 2.920.771
United States 1.265.841 2.183.937 2.657.537 3.765.845 4.351.194 5.061.128
Zimbabwe 1.477.847 2.219.781 2.916.585 1.723.334 3.598.415 6.126.580
Zambia 1.888.714 2.595.999 2.757.514 2.782.049 3.106.364 3.706.093
Swaziland 1.085.884 2.670.128 2.437.609 2.446.673 2.938.940 3.672.338
Malawi 1.418.601 1.850.274 1.541.223 2.005.029 2.178.684 2.463.673
Belgium 1.009.880 1.560.331 1.840.688 1.977.187 1.787.626 2.948.723
Angola 472.236 1.464.336 2.260.309 1.949.447 2.444.471 2.368.786
France 81.561 770.117 1.845.360 1.699.963 2.527.081 3.208.770
Others 17.641.445 21.479.172 23.846.524 25.095.726 25.436.978 30.039.269
Total 33,503,102 48,395,373 51,803,628 50,660,803 57,119,156 70,527,524

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: ink - printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid: - Monthly FOB USD

Date
Export Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Importaciones
Switzerland 669.987 2.660.559 2.473.489 5.394.872 3.844.866 420.959
Japan 1.984.008 2.651.147 2.773.138 2.208.447 2.826.224 1.947.935
Netherlands 1.780.187 1.107.114 1.586.060 1.761.578 1.516.608 684.994
Germany 2.289.335 1.711.331 1.367.159 898.936 1.050.832 564.866
United Kingdom 1.367.418 1.024.737 1.333.148 952.331 778.521 505.258
China 1.229.702 1.057.164 617.987 1.113.384 718.350 989.255
India 332.301 924.921 733.322 668.393 1.141.776 737.700
France 782.510 814.369 540.560 679.397 1.050.392 293.686
Indonesia 712.772 267.993 674.801 443.222 409.681 217.965
Taiwan 55.633 1.009.216 286.525 131.820 129.267 674.646
Others 2.495.984 2.183.602 1.906.535 2.296.730 2.183.909 1.961.360
Total 13,699,837 15,412,153 14,292,724 16,549,110 15,650,426 8,998,625

Date
Import Countries
 07 - 2025 08 - 2025 09 - 2025 10 - 2025 11 - 2025 12 - 2025
Exportaciones
Namibia 908.619 1.002.467 1.188.678 636.111 826.828 570.803
Zimbabwe 503.137 591.646 648.620 531.371 732.878 394.485
Zambia 288.488 469.948 296.524 389.510 638.813 301.114
Swaziland 511.845 356.285 321.858 493.116 394.286 163.283
United States 686.706 181.982 625.877 105.328 190.755 401.038
Switzerland 380.731 170.932 361.959 396.692 97.048 283.869
United Kingdom 187.755 422.159 187.731 393.260 546 445.587
Belgium 308.794 231.769 123.313 311.098 236.431 375.900
France 286.838 529.525 314.928 415.767
Malawi 205.318 154.090 171.692 385.354 328.288 286.668
Others 1.989.674 2.760.471 2.677.202 3.274.463 3.494.466 2.101.956
Total 5,971,066 6,628,587 7,132,980 7,231,230 7,356,106 5,324,704