Summary
- Share of its imports
- 1.3%
- Value imported
- $1.3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 18th
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 6
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 2
- Dominated value
- $676million
- Share of total imports
- 0.7%
Trend
Trend in shares
Australia went from 1.9% to 1.3% of what South Africa buys
Share (%)
- Australia 1.3%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 522 | 1.9% | 14 |
| 1996 | 721 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 1997 | 767 | 3.1% | 9 |
| 1998 | 677 | 2.8% | 10 |
| 1999 | 603 | 2.5% | 12 |
| 2000 | 739 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2001 | 803 | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2002 | 872 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2003 | 951 | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2004 | 1,181 | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2005 | 1,509 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2006 | 1,756 | 2.5% | 11 |
| 2007 | 1,652 | 2% | 13 |
| 2008 | 1,675 | 1.8% | 13 |
| 2009 | 1,169 | 1.7% | 18 |
| 2010 | 1,718 | 1.9% | 15 |
| 2011 | 1,648 | 1.5% | 15 |
| 2012 | 1,462 | 1.3% | 19 |
| 2013 | 1,364 | 1.3% | 22 |
| 2014 | 1,125 | 1.1% | 23 |
| 2015 | 987 | 1.2% | 22 |
| 2016 | 778 | 1% | 27 |
| 2017 | 1,042 | 1.2% | 20 |
| 2018 | 1,335 | 1.4% | 18 |
| 2019 | 1,091 | 1.2% | 19 |
| 2020 | 763 | 1.1% | 27 |
| 2021 | 1,172 | 1.2% | 23 |
| 2022 | 1,343 | 1.2% | 24 |
| 2023 | 1,095 | 1% | 28 |
| 2024 | 1,332 | 1.3% | 18 |
Products where Australia sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum oxide and hydroxide | Australia | 97%over 75% | China · 1.2% | $656 million |
| Precious metal scrap | Australia | 93.1%over 75% | United States · 6.6% | $7 million |
| Lamb and goat meat | Australia | 60.1% | Namibia · 22.7% | $4 million |
| Rapeseed (canola) | Australia | 65.3% | Argentina · 31.6% | $4 million |
| Cyanides | Australia | 55.1% | China · 27.8% | $3 million |
| Other slag and ash | Australia | 69.5% | India · 21.4% | $2 million |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Australia sells 30.5% of what the world exports of aluminum oxide and hydroxide; next come Brazil (17%), China (9.8%) and Indonesia (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 22.1 times what South Africa buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 2.3% of what the world exports of precious metal scrap; next come United States (22.2%), Indonesia (15.7%) and Belgium (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 3,603.2 times what South Africa buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 42.2% of what the world exports of lamb and goat meat; next come New Zealand (24.4%), United Kingdom (8.7%) and Ireland (4.6%). The rest of the world exported 1,286.6 times what South Africa buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 22.7% of what the world exports of rapeseed (canola); next come Canada (32%), Ukraine (14.7%) and France (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 2,662.9 times what South Africa buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 11.7% of what the world exports of cyanides; next come China (31.9%), United States (14.5%) and South Korea (13.4%). The rest of the world exported 413.6 times what South Africa buys from Australia.
- Australia sells 0.47% of what the world exports of other slag and ash; next come India (16.1%), China (13.8%) and Turkey (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 271.3 times what South Africa buys from Australia.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Australia
South Africa is Australia’s 27th-largest customer, with 0.37% of its exports.
Links
- Trade between South Africa and Australia
- Who does South Africa rely on?
- Who does Australia rely on?
- Dependence of South Africa on China
- Dependence of South Africa on Tanzania
- Dependence of South Africa on Zimbabwe
- Dependence of South Africa on Mozambique
- Dependence of South Africa on Eswatini
- Trade profile of South Africa
- Trade profile of Australia
- All countries
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.