Summary
- Canada → South Africa
- $462million
- South Africa → Canada
- $1.6billion
- Canada’s balance
- -$1.2billion
Balance
Canada’s trade balance with South Africa
Trade between Canada and South Africa grew 2.9-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Canada’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.5
- Imports 1.6
- Balance -1.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $335 million | $373 million | -$38 million |
| 1996 | $257 million | $401 million | -$143 million |
| 1997 | $342 million | $421 million | -$78 million |
| 1998 | $270 million | $471 million | -$202 million |
| 1999 | $219 million | $455 million | -$236 million |
| 2000 | $268 million | $372 million | -$104 million |
| 2001 | $180 million | $313 million | -$133 million |
| 2002 | $246 million | $322 million | -$75 million |
| 2003 | $287 million | $384 million | -$97 million |
| 2004 | $330 million | $527 million | -$197 million |
| 2005 | $422 million | $595 million | -$173 million |
| 2006 | $494 million | $743 million | -$249 million |
| 2007 | $649 million | $1.1 billion | -$414 million |
| 2008 | $903 million | $787 million | $117 million |
| 2009 | $536 million | $610 million | -$74 million |
| 2010 | $676 million | $790 million | -$114 million |
| 2011 | $926 million | $959 million | -$33 million |
| 2012 | $819 million | $786 million | $33 million |
| 2013 | $559 million | $684 million | -$125 million |
| 2014 | $458 million | $1 billion | -$567 million |
| 2015 | $481 million | $735 million | -$254 million |
| 2016 | $355 million | $678 million | -$323 million |
| 2017 | $320 million | $707 million | -$387 million |
| 2018 | $396 million | $747 million | -$351 million |
| 2019 | $315 million | $728 million | -$412 million |
| 2020 | $279 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2021 | $420 million | $1.3 billion | -$905 million |
| 2022 | $365 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2023 | $352 million | $2 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2024 | $462 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.2 billion |
What they sell each other
What Canada sells to South Africa
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Africa sells to Canada
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Vancouver and Durban is 11,393 nautical miles (21,100 km) long: ≈ 26.5–34 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Panama Canal and Cape of Good Hope.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
South Africa was Canada’s 35th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Canada was South Africa’s 29th (0.8%).
- South Africa in Canada’s trade
- 0.2%
- South Africa’s rank among Canada’s partners
- 35th
- Canada in South Africa’s trade
- 0.8%
- Canada’s rank among South Africa’s partners
- 29th
Compare with
Other partners of Canada
Other partners of South Africa
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.