Lesotho Exports to South Africa was US$444.96 Million during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Lesotho Exports to South Africa - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.


Lesotho Exports to South Africa Value Year
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted $89.53M 2023
Beverages, spirits and vinegar $75.12M 2023
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted $55.82M 2023
Wool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric $48.10M 2023
Electrical, electronic equipment $36.46M 2023
Other made textile articles, sets, worn clothing $33.07M 2023
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $19.50M 2023
Milling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten $16.94M 2023
Cotton $15.41M 2023
Footwear, gaiters and the like, $9.42M 2023
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates $8.22M 2023
Vehicles other than railway, tramway $6.98M 2023
Plastics $4.60M 2023
Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board $2.92M 2023
Residues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder $2.59M 2023
Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products $2.43M 2023
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons $2.33M 2023
Articles of iron or steel $2.16M 2023
Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes $1.68M 2023
Essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries $1.34M 2023
Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement $1.10M 2023
Knitted or crocheted fabric $1.04M 2023
Headgear and $781.98K 2023
Aluminum $665.27K 2023
Glass and glassware $589.69K 2023
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings $492.68K 2023
Miscellanneous manufactured articles $491.62K 2023
Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good $441.37K 2023
Special woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry $408.44K 2023
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus $403.63K 2023
Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal $402.82K 2023
Iron and steel $316.05K 2023
Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits $305.65K 2023
Manmade staple fibers $299.65K 2023
Manmade filaments $279.78K 2023
Miscellaneous edible preparations $223.63K 2023
Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products $208.05K 2023
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $191.56K 2023
Live animals $170.34K 2023
Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment $162.46K 2023
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal $156.32K 2023
Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste $150.21K 2023
Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric $122.07K 2023
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers $91.94K 2023
Cereals $89.08K 2023
Miscellaneous articles of base metal $76.83K 2023
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather $68.66K 2023
Commodities not specified according to kind $65.21K 2023
Printed books, newspapers, pictures $54.69K 2023
Rubbers $53.11K 2023
Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials $45.66K 2023
Coffee, tea, mate and spices $35.64K 2023
Sugars and sugar confectionery $33.32K 2023
Copper $32.78K 2023
Musical instruments, parts and accessories $32.54K 2023
Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible products $28.66K 2023
Miscellaneous chemical products $25.26K 2023
Meat and edible meat offal $21.04K 2023
Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers $21.01K 2023
Wadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage $20.97K 2023
Vegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric $20.89K 2023
Ceramic products $20.54K 2023
Tanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments $14.96K 2023
Ships, boats, and other floating structures $13.45K 2023
Organic chemicals $12.76K 2023
Bird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair $12.41K 2023
Pharmaceutical products $11.38K 2023
Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations $9.78K 2023
Toys, games, sports requisites $8.96K 2023
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins $5.03K 2023
Carpets and other textile floor coverings $4.63K 2023
Clocks and watches $2.24K 2023
Cocoa and cocoa preparations $1.51K 2023
Aircraft, spacecraft $1.08K 2023
Albuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes $633 2023
Umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips $505 2023
Arms and ammunition, parts and accessories $248 2023
Ores slag and ash $219 2023
Silk $129 2023
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques $50 2023
Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope $19 2023
Photographic or cinematographic goods $16 2023
Products of animal origin $9 2023
Lac, gums, resins $2 2023
Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures $0 2023
Fertilizers $3.91K 2022
Tobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes $950 2022
Meat, fish and seafood preparations $444 2022
Nickel $53 2021
Tin $59.51K 2020
Explosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics $1.04K 2020
Base metals not specified elsewhere, cermets. $122 2020
Zinc $10 2020
Lead $455 2019
Manufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork $397 2019
Cork and articles of cork $672 2015
Vegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products $23 2015




lesotho Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade -3910.48 -3641.65 -563.93 -3958.98 LSL Million [+]
Current Account 69.68 296.91 1225.42 -1748.23 LSL Million [+]
Current Account to GDP -0.40 -5.30 14.65 -39.67 percent of GDP [+]
Exports 3240.93 4161.20 5050.00 597.03 LSL Million [+]
Imports 7151.41 7802.85 8216.70 1586.99 LSL Million [+]
External Debt 18546.37 18700.34 18700.34 0.00 LSL Million [+]
Terrorism Index 0.00 0.00 1.47 0.00 Points [+]