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Who buys South Africa’s coal? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $7.3 billion of coal (71 million tonnes), 4.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were India (44%), South Korea (9%) and Japan (6%). South Africa was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of coal.

Summary

Value
$7.3billion
Tonnes
71million tonnes
Share of world total
4.1%
World rank
7th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India3.3Tonnes: 32,772,324USD per tonne: $9944.4%Sea
South Korea0.67Tonnes: 6,101,094USD per tonne: $1109.1%Sea
Japan0.43Tonnes: 3,338,814USD per tonne: $1295.9%Sea
Vietnam0.41Tonnes: 4,732,522USD per tonne: $785.6%Sea
Pakistan0.38Tonnes: 3,429,337USD per tonne: $1115.2%Sea
Taiwan0.23Tonnes: 1,534,963USD per tonne: $1503.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.19Tonnes: 2,145,366USD per tonne: $872.6%Sea
Mauritius0.17Tonnes: 1,492,999USD per tonne: $1162.4%Sea
Morocco0.16Tonnes: 1,478,853USD per tonne: $1112.3%Sea
Mozambique0.16Tonnes: 1,532,189USD per tonne: $1032.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.15Tonnes: 1,700,371USD per tonne: $882.1%Sea
Kenya0.13Tonnes: 1,114,196USD per tonne: $1151.8%Sea
Germany0.11Tonnes: 1,504,736USD per tonne: $731.5%Sea
Malaysia0.08Tonnes: 728,046USD per tonne: $1101.1%Sea
Israel0.07Tonnes: 722,396USD per tonne: $1011%Sea
Senegal0.07Tonnes: 671,926USD per tonne: $1020.93%Sea
Bangladesh0.06Tonnes: 903,352USD per tonne: $700.86%Sea
China0.06Tonnes: 549,921USD per tonne: $1130.85%Sea
Italy0.06Tonnes: 443,976USD per tonne: $1390.84%Sea
Madagascar0.05Tonnes: 425,267USD per tonne: $1160.67%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 1999

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • India 3.3
  • South Korea 0.67
  • Japan 0.43
  • Vietnam 0.41
  • Pakistan 0.38

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India0.063.3
South Korea0.180.67
Japan0.290.43
Vietnam00.41
Pakistan00.38

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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