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Who buys South Africa’s trucks? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $4.5 billion of trucks (423 thousand tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (17%), Belgium (11%) and the United Kingdom (7%). South Africa was the world’s 14th-largest exporter of trucks.

Summary

Value
$4.5billion
Tonnes
423thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
14th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany783Tonnes: 71,567USD per tonne: $10,93417.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports478Tonnes: 60,733USD per tonne: $7,87910.6%Sea
United Kingdom320Tonnes: 35,199USD per tonne: $9,0917.1%Sea
Turkey271Tonnes: 18,178USD per tonne: $14,9056%Sea
Australia269Tonnes: 25,941USD per tonne: $10,3896%Sea
Spain247Tonnes: 26,859USD per tonne: $9,1785.4%Sea
Namibia180Tonnes: 7,774USD per tonne: $23,1964%Land
Zambia149Tonnes: 13,674USD per tonne: $10,9103.3%Sea
Mexico144Tonnes: 13,306USD per tonne: $10,8593.2%Sea
Czechia131Tonnes: 8,733USD per tonne: $14,9602.9%Sea
Botswana126Tonnes: 12,493USD per tonne: $10,0822.8%Land
Zimbabwe94.1Tonnes: 18,910USD per tonne: $4,9742.1%Land
France77.1Tonnes: 4,825USD per tonne: $15,9831.7%Sea
United Arab Emirates71.7Tonnes: 6,406USD per tonne: $11,1991.6%Sea
Switzerland66.5Tonnes: 3,260USD per tonne: $20,3931.5%Sea
Poland63.7Tonnes: 3,788USD per tonne: $16,8121.4%Sea
Norway61.7Tonnes: 3,657USD per tonne: $16,8681.4%Sea
Mozambique61.4Tonnes: 7,389USD per tonne: $8,3031.4%Land
Saudi Arabia59.9Tonnes: 5,175USD per tonne: $11,5761.3%Sea
Italy50.3Tonnes: 3,859USD per tonne: $13,0411.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Germany 783
  • Belgium 478
  • United Kingdom 320
  • Turkey 271
  • Australia 270

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.03783
Belgium0.33478
United Kingdom0.31320
Turkey0271
Australia3.2270

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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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