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Where does South Africa get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Africa imported $12.2 billion of refined petroleum products (17.9 million tonnes), 1.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Oman (23%), the United Arab Emirates (19%) and India (19%). South Africa was the world’s 19th-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$12.2billion
Tonnes
17.9million tonnes
Share of world total
1.4%
World rank
19th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Oman2.8Tonnes: 4,246,686USD per tonne: $66223%Sea
United Arab Emirates2.4Tonnes: 3,568,763USD per tonne: $66219.3%Sea
India2.3Tonnes: 3,584,985USD per tonne: $65519.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.99Tonnes: 1,539,253USD per tonne: $6438.1%Sea
Bahrain0.92Tonnes: 1,330,244USD per tonne: $6937.5%Sea
Kuwait0.86Tonnes: 1,139,048USD per tonne: $7587.1%Sea
Italy0.36Tonnes: 507,889USD per tonne: $7022.9%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.26Tonnes: 307,386USD per tonne: $8412.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.25Tonnes: 333,998USD per tonne: $7412%Sea
Malaysia0.18Tonnes: 238,954USD per tonne: $7471.5%Sea
United States0.14Tonnes: 151,891USD per tonne: $9031.1%Sea
Togo0.1Tonnes: 100,544USD per tonne: $9950.82%Sea
Sweden0.1Tonnes: 147,941USD per tonne: $6450.78%Sea
Turkey0.1Tonnes: 111,187USD per tonne: $8540.78%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.07Tonnes: 113,217USD per tonne: $5860.54%Sea
United Kingdom0.05Tonnes: 54,994USD per tonne: $9470.43%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 31,776USD per tonne: $1,3870.36%Sea
China0.04Tonnes: 53,060USD per tonne: $7990.35%Sea
Indonesia0.04Tonnes: 46,724USD per tonne: $8060.31%Sea
Germany0.03Tonnes: 20,943USD per tonne: $1,5800.27%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Oman has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Oman 2.8
  • United Arab Emirates 2.4
  • India 2.3
  • Saudi Arabia 0.99
  • Bahrain 0.92

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Oman02.8
United Arab Emirates02.4
India02.3
Saudi Arabia00.99
Bahrain00.92

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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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