South Africa Imports from China was US$23.57 Billion during 2025, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. South Africa Imports from China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2026.
| South Africa Imports from China |
Value |
Year |
|
Total
|
$23.57B
|
2025
|
|
Electrical, electronic equipment
|
$6.07B
|
2025
|
|
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers
|
$4.65B
|
2025
|
|
Vehicles other than railway, tramway
|
$2.05B
|
2025
|
|
Plastics
|
$759.47M
|
2025
|
|
Commodities not specified according to kind
|
$644.92M
|
2025
|
|
Iron and steel
|
$641.95M
|
2025
|
|
Organic chemicals
|
$630.21M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of iron or steel
|
$591.10M
|
2025
|
|
Footwear, gaiters and the like,
|
$542.67M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted
|
$478.52M
|
2025
|
|
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus
|
$466.70M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted
|
$440.86M
|
2025
|
|
Rubbers
|
$392.65M
|
2025
|
|
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings
|
$377.44M
|
2025
|
|
Miscellaneous chemical products
|
$301.02M
|
2025
|
|
Aluminum
|
$295.55M
|
2025
|
|
Toys, games, sports requisites
|
$294.22M
|
2025
|
|
Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope
|
$281.30M
|
2025
|
|
Manmade filaments
|
$262.19M
|
2025
|
|
Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board
|
$212.10M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good
|
$198.62M
|
2025
|
|
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal
|
$193.30M
|
2025
|
|
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
|
$167.64M
|
2025
|
|
Fertilizers
|
$166.98M
|
2025
|