Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Date
Export Countries
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
France
693.383
10.282.236
5.740.080
7.196.205
35.173.929
22.327.105
China
4.995.735
112.327
1.409.570
2.990.627
3.359.247
32.947.178
Austria
268.409
15.874.906
5.287.874
5.483.116
9.772.319
5.925.855
Belgium
414.381
1.622.093
13.747
25.171
102.115
2.920.767
Luxembourg
102.007
388.365
263.896
119.994
394.545
85.529
Spain
10
1.656
1.303.962
United Kingdom
157.116
119.276
153.751
288.110
277.276
248.716
Unknown
2.224
11.104
254.082
822.948
1.297
10.688
Australia
1.158
120.844
430.240
311.779
Portugal
230.632
50.705
86.258
207.317
134.286
Others
77.818
229.732
592.708
206.950
155.855
141.660
Total
6,942,863
28,690,754
13,717,363
17,340,222
49,874,141
66,357,524
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Date
Export Countries
07 - 2025
08 - 2025
09 - 2025
10 - 2025
11 - 2025
12 - 2025
China
1.382.415
1.054.603
2.016.558
17.306.098
263.673
1.635.785
France
311.439
4.965.710
9.779
22.721
297.751
Austria
516.776
243.449
2.546.856
746.514
191.922
Belgium
22.818
5.521
2.874.621
Spain
205.823
285.557
488.013
289.567
United Kingdom
21.012
59.606
7.568
251
37.154
31.254
Luxembourg
85.529
Portugal
73.627
India
07
28.467
Unknown
5.626
139
3.314
Others
1.798
81
3.040
7.304
1.109
2.344
Total
2,439,269
6,751,447
2,594,327
19,870,288
3,945,931
2,451,937
Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Date
Import Countries
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Liberia
1.871.384
37.587.373
Namibia
4.429.675
4.798.795
4.127.222
2.891.747
240.457
2.139.888
Mozambique
1.501.147
4.010.871
2.797.839
919.373
862.145
767.965
Zimbabwe
820.929
1.414.360
2.201.968
2.155.419
1.650.128
1.664.323
Zambia
144.263
129.429
280.132
815.895
754.427
5.650.586
Democratic Republic...
140.857
66.929
152.959
2.221.593
179.253
39.227
Australia
123.742
669.061
44.613
4.718
691.024
583.355
Swaziland
52.159
925.350
270.713
67.538
313.447
460.444
Botswana
227.499
287.475
251.974
497.526
100.452
142.663
Ghana
32.073
187.935
816.114
88.151
178.265
Others
768.534
806.565
1.342.604
249.482
849.524
1.269.995
Total
8,240,878
13,296,769
12,286,138
11,782,826
43,406,495
12,718,444
Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Chart - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Table - South Africa - Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Date
Import Countries
07 - 2025
08 - 2025
09 - 2025
10 - 2025
11 - 2025
12 - 2025
Zambia
176.511
499.397
377.868
392.746
14.312
134.449
Namibia
4.743
437.583
16.657
22.153
90.386
501.091
Zimbabwe
177.301
142.070
98.213
136.825
91.803
110.744
Australia
571
582.084
Unknown
4.711
128.650
5.802
Mozambique
11.469
50.728
19.695
7.264
8.362
1.140
Guinea
80.731
Botswana
1.367
5.832
23.226
22.956
20.945
886
Saudi Arabia
25.849
45.378
Angola
1.160
61.273
496
Others
44.621
23.420
18.682
48.148
23.519
37.239
Total
443,593
1,871,933
744,264
630,588
249,326
791,350
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Annual FOB USD
Date
Export Countries
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Importaciones
France
693.383
10.282.236
5.740.080
7.196.205
35.173.929
22.327.105
China
4.995.735
112.327
1.409.570
2.990.627
3.359.247
32.947.178
Austria
268.409
15.874.906
5.287.874
5.483.116
9.772.319
5.925.855
Belgium
414.381
1.622.093
13.747
25.171
102.115
2.920.767
Luxembourg
102.007
388.365
263.896
119.994
394.545
85.529
Spain
10
1.656
1.303.962
United Kingdom
157.116
119.276
153.751
288.110
277.276
248.716
Unknown
2.224
11.104
254.082
822.948
1.297
10.688
Australia
1.158
120.844
430.240
311.779
Portugal
230.632
50.705
86.258
207.317
134.286
Others
77.818
229.732
592.708
206.950
155.855
141.660
Total
6,942,863
28,690,754
13,717,363
17,340,222
49,874,141
66,357,524
Date
Import Countries
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Exportaciones
Liberia
1.871.384
37.587.373
Namibia
4.429.675
4.798.795
4.127.222
2.891.747
240.457
2.139.888
Mozambique
1.501.147
4.010.871
2.797.839
919.373
862.145
767.965
Zimbabwe
820.929
1.414.360
2.201.968
2.155.419
1.650.128
1.664.323
Zambia
144.263
129.429
280.132
815.895
754.427
5.650.586
Democratic Republic...
140.857
66.929
152.959
2.221.593
179.253
39.227
Australia
123.742
669.061
44.613
4.718
691.024
583.355
Swaziland
52.159
925.350
270.713
67.538
313.447
460.444
Botswana
227.499
287.475
251.974
497.526
100.452
142.663
Ghana
32.073
187.935
816.114
88.151
178.265
Others
768.534
806.565
1.342.604
249.482
849.524
1.269.995
Total
8,240,878
13,296,769
12,286,138
11,782,826
43,406,495
12,718,444
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Chart - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD
Table - South Africa - Imports - Evolution / Exports - Evolution - NCE: iron railway products - railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (crossties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails: - Monthly FOB USD