South Africa Imports from China was US$24.94 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 February of 2026.
| South Africa Imports from China |
Value |
Year |
|
Total
|
$24.94B
|
2025
|
|
Electrical, electronic equipment
|
$6.41B
|
2025
|
|
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers
|
$4.92B
|
2025
|
|
Vehicles other than railway, tramway
|
$2.17B
|
2025
|
|
Plastics
|
$804.37M
|
2025
|
|
Commodities not specified according to kind
|
$684.46M
|
2025
|
|
Iron and steel
|
$681.33M
|
2025
|
|
Organic chemicals
|
$668.52M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of iron or steel
|
$626.22M
|
2025
|
|
Footwear, gaiters and the like,
|
$574.88M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted
|
$508.86M
|
2025
|
|
Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus
|
$494.03M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted
|
$466.49M
|
2025
|
|
Rubbers
|
$414.78M
|
2025
|
|
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings
|
$399.06M
|
2025
|
|
Miscellaneous chemical products
|
$317.09M
|
2025
|
|
Aluminum
|
$313.23M
|
2025
|
|
Toys, games, sports requisites
|
$309.66M
|
2025
|
|
Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope
|
$298.64M
|
2025
|
|
Manmade filaments
|
$277.11M
|
2025
|
|
Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board
|
$224.29M
|
2025
|
|
Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good
|
$209.58M
|
2025
|
|
Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal
|
$204.85M
|
2025
|
|
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
|
$177.41M
|
2025
|
|
Fertilizers
|
$174.52M
|
2025
|