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 267.778.932 864.914.389 788.132.801 665.454.534 925.338.055 568.862.974
Germany 71.516.625 132.809.471 183.336.714 248.432.055 226.547.115 144.659.144
Japan 48.432.989 75.447.200 122.372.000 86.026.892 71.815.000 53.758.706
Belgium 24.078.858 49.434.411 76.791.875 115.774.011 84.997.203 95.092.196
Brazil 51.348.296 90.599.204 65.048.351 47.448.000 46.025.170 19.622.580
Sweden 26.917.728 49.178.031 66.104.860 60.804.498 51.640.344 47.711.352
India 33.372.017 66.061.791 74.092.604 37.051.612 44.556.148 34.757.878
France 29.302.923 45.313.193 54.622.117 63.286.663 47.544.545 36.966.879
Austria 16.102.521 25.977.449 31.330.197 56.133.908 42.329.296 24.752.685
Taiwan 29.885.967 22.910.636 52.633.549 52.526.640 24.066.466 8.873.646
Others 324.551.149 461.160.970 394.947.155 254.983.770 276.705.867 349.543.520
Total 923,288,005 1,883,806,743 1,909,412,224 1,687,922,583 1,841,565,210 1,384,601,560

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
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
China 87.064.043 46.883.432 74.271.524 84.781.747 88.983.226 70.563.262
Germany 14.855.447 12.687.872 22.058.951 24.014.795 20.331.983 21.068.830
Belgium 11.168.967 9.534.099 12.954.998 16.880.854 13.447.498 15.376.400
Zimbabwe 7.283.333 6.544.865 11.858.331 15.751.452 9.497.523 4.285.503
Japan 11.241.796 3.349.322 9.298.245 7.750.388 8.543.170 7.953.022
South Korea 2.083.426 2.662.195 1.695.572 12.797.636 4.474.311 15.531.641
Sweden 5.881.377 4.265.219 7.025.252 4.852.166 7.998.994 7.931.173
France 3.717.465 4.492.109 4.536.846 5.532.391 5.850.526 6.936.807
India 3.689.415 3.816.231 4.494.174 5.943.636 3.567.432 5.317.723
Netherlands 4.003.890 3.826.868 3.801.819 3.642.744 2.392.624 6.063.469
Others 28.769.412 37.213.819 28.204.752 40.051.350 32.657.851 28.359.019
Total 179,758,573 135,276,032 180,200,465 221,999,159 197,745,138 189,386,848

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 1.483.900.406 549.538.308
Mozambique 167.967.419 354.557.154 1.195.931.122 1.220.507.085 1.376.882.188 600.094.734
United States 354.457.911 662.779.109 781.477.788 459.004.166 545.865.678 297.188.333
Netherlands 189.296.316 293.267.072 442.155.210 239.976.979 405.305.446 209.879.921
Indonesia 263.992.691 489.045.486 351.393.753 288.172.879 74.560.923 31.270.897
United Arab Emirates 367.714.804 655.096.815 191.923.743 167.666.865 6.451.475 5.263.555
Italy 167.138.926 313.471.807 260.522.800 214.719.455 244.960.209 133.661.248
Belgium 97.473.171 347.870.817 180.451.426 320.210.908 188.013.682 11.236.642
Japan 143.745.990 224.187.758 188.254.031 211.647.860 204.844.729 121.055.974
South Korea 148.835.736 321.463.999 158.094.208 104.910.754 156.257.324 126.466.832
Others 1.123.144.166 1.742.802.384 1.887.659.979 1.914.682.058 1.518.360.384 1.072.826.928
Total 3,984,096,479 6,519,173,770 7,033,765,369 6,865,271,645 6,205,402,444 3,158,483,373

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
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Mozambique 62.957.830 65.118.434 110.477.432 75.016.218 59.245.120 19.013.765
China 31.247.150 19.463.750 50.173.349 46.379.488 1.451 58.918.644
United States 7.031.150 49.663.565 40.548.325 19.338.478 46.819.990 31.629.797
Netherlands 23.930.114 25.582.989 32.681.780 27.898.906 34.666.834 39.159.621
Italy 38.410.658 29.958.575 11.109.508 10.126.644 10.530.384 20.656.719
South Korea 12.876.975 2.782.786 20.462.715 15.764.589 46.783.226 3.391.413
Zimbabwe 11.537.141 13.778.342 16.663.482 18.566.488 20.447.649 20.888.863
Japan 8.464.126 9.034.332 1.324.971 30.752.609 8.822.889 26.233.308
Kenya 10.516.734 9.544.826 37.585.432 8.524.574 2.703.965 7.006.590
India 13.983.867 10.464.220 11.304.758 7.434.912 6.695.733 8.930.077
Others 101.814.577 70.959.640 131.816.541 115.750.689 117.797.163 94.836.758
Total 322,770,322 306,351,459 464,148,294 375,553,596 354,514,406 330,665,555

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 267.778.932 864.914.389 788.132.801 665.454.534 925.338.055 568.862.974
Germany 71.516.625 132.809.471 183.336.714 248.432.055 226.547.115 144.659.144
Japan 48.432.989 75.447.200 122.372.000 86.026.892 71.815.000 53.758.706
Belgium 24.078.858 49.434.411 76.791.875 115.774.011 84.997.203 95.092.196
Brazil 51.348.296 90.599.204 65.048.351 47.448.000 46.025.170 19.622.580
Sweden 26.917.728 49.178.031 66.104.860 60.804.498 51.640.344 47.711.352
India 33.372.017 66.061.791 74.092.604 37.051.612 44.556.148 34.757.878
France 29.302.923 45.313.193 54.622.117 63.286.663 47.544.545 36.966.879
Austria 16.102.521 25.977.449 31.330.197 56.133.908 42.329.296 24.752.685
Taiwan 29.885.967 22.910.636 52.633.549 52.526.640 24.066.466 8.873.646
Others 324.551.149 461.160.970 394.947.155 254.983.770 276.705.867 349.543.520
Total 923,288,005 1,883,806,743 1,909,412,224 1,687,922,583 1,841,565,210 1,384,601,560

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 1.483.900.406 549.538.308
Mozambique 167.967.419 354.557.154 1.195.931.122 1.220.507.085 1.376.882.188 600.094.734
United States 354.457.911 662.779.109 781.477.788 459.004.166 545.865.678 297.188.333
Netherlands 189.296.316 293.267.072 442.155.210 239.976.979 405.305.446 209.879.921
Indonesia 263.992.691 489.045.486 351.393.753 288.172.879 74.560.923 31.270.897
United Arab Emirates 367.714.804 655.096.815 191.923.743 167.666.865 6.451.475 5.263.555
Italy 167.138.926 313.471.807 260.522.800 214.719.455 244.960.209 133.661.248
Belgium 97.473.171 347.870.817 180.451.426 320.210.908 188.013.682 11.236.642
Japan 143.745.990 224.187.758 188.254.031 211.647.860 204.844.729 121.055.974
South Korea 148.835.736 321.463.999 158.094.208 104.910.754 156.257.324 126.466.832
Others 1.123.144.166 1.742.802.384 1.887.659.979 1.914.682.058 1.518.360.384 1.072.826.928
Total 3,984,096,479 6,519,173,770 7,033,765,369 6,865,271,645 6,205,402,444 3,158,483,373

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
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Importaciones
China 87.064.043 46.883.432 74.271.524 84.781.747 88.983.226 70.563.262
Germany 14.855.447 12.687.872 22.058.951 24.014.795 20.331.983 21.068.830
Belgium 11.168.967 9.534.099 12.954.998 16.880.854 13.447.498 15.376.400
Zimbabwe 7.283.333 6.544.865 11.858.331 15.751.452 9.497.523 4.285.503
Japan 11.241.796 3.349.322 9.298.245 7.750.388 8.543.170 7.953.022
South Korea 2.083.426 2.662.195 1.695.572 12.797.636 4.474.311 15.531.641
Sweden 5.881.377 4.265.219 7.025.252 4.852.166 7.998.994 7.931.173
France 3.717.465 4.492.109 4.536.846 5.532.391 5.850.526 6.936.807
India 3.689.415 3.816.231 4.494.174 5.943.636 3.567.432 5.317.723
Netherlands 4.003.890 3.826.868 3.801.819 3.642.744 2.392.624 6.063.469
Others 28.769.412 37.213.819 28.204.752 40.051.350 32.657.851 28.359.019
Total 179,758,573 135,276,032 180,200,465 221,999,159 197,745,138 189,386,848

Date
Import Countries
 03 - 2025 04 - 2025 05 - 2025 06 - 2025 07 - 2025 08 - 2025
Exportaciones
Mozambique 62.957.830 65.118.434 110.477.432 75.016.218 59.245.120 19.013.765
China 31.247.150 19.463.750 50.173.349 46.379.488 1.451 58.918.644
United States 7.031.150 49.663.565 40.548.325 19.338.478 46.819.990 31.629.797
Netherlands 23.930.114 25.582.989 32.681.780 27.898.906 34.666.834 39.159.621
Italy 38.410.658 29.958.575 11.109.508 10.126.644 10.530.384 20.656.719
South Korea 12.876.975 2.782.786 20.462.715 15.764.589 46.783.226 3.391.413
Zimbabwe 11.537.141 13.778.342 16.663.482 18.566.488 20.447.649 20.888.863
Japan 8.464.126 9.034.332 1.324.971 30.752.609 8.822.889 26.233.308
Kenya 10.516.734 9.544.826 37.585.432 8.524.574 2.703.965 7.006.590
India 13.983.867 10.464.220 11.304.758 7.434.912 6.695.733 8.930.077
Others 101.814.577 70.959.640 131.816.541 115.750.689 117.797.163 94.836.758
Total 322,770,322 306,351,459 464,148,294 375,553,596 354,514,406 330,665,555