How dependent is South Africa on Mozambique?

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%.

• Mozambique sells 0.68% of what the world exports of natural gas and LPG; next come United States (18%), Norway (11%) and Australia (10%). The rest of the world exported 1,173.6 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 0.98% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 174.4 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 0.23% of what the world exports of bananas; next come Ecuador (28.3%), Colombia (10.9%) and Costa Rica (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 437 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 1.4% of what the world exports of ceramic building bricks; next come China (28.4%), Belgium (18.7%) and Netherlands (9%). The rest of the world exported 76.3 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 0.62% of what the world exports of bran and milling residues; next come Russia (10.3%), India (7.9%) and Vietnam (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 204.5 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 0.28% of what the world exports of pig iron; next come Brazil (36.5%), Russia (19.2%) and Ukraine (10.5%). The rest of the world exported 335.4 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 0.08% of what the world exports of large-diameter steel pipes; next come Germany (13.6%), China (13.6%) and India (9.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,207 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 1.5% of what the world exports of molasses; next come Indonesia (9.3%), Guatemala (8.3%) and Egypt (5.6%). The rest of the world exported 267.2 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.
• Mozambique sells 0.02% of what the world exports of melons, watermelons and papayas; next come Spain (21.6%), Mexico (14%) and Brazil (9.9%). The rest of the world exported 4,358 times what South Africa buys from Mozambique.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

South Africa is Mozambique’s 4th-largest customer, with 7.8% of its exports.

• Trade between South Africa and Mozambique
• Who does South Africa rely on?
• Who does Mozambique 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 Eswatini
• Dependence of South Africa on Australia
• Trade profile of South Africa
• Trade profile of Mozambique
• All countries

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.