Summary
- Mexico → South Africa
- $570million
- South Africa → Mexico
- $764million
- Mexico’s balance
- -$194million
Balance
Mexico’s trade balance with South Africa
Trade between Mexico and South Africa grew 14.6-fold since 1995
USD millions (current). Mexico’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 570
- Imports 764
- Balance -194
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $34 million | $58 million | -$24 million |
| 1996 | $29 million | $109 million | -$80 million |
| 1997 | $100 million | $100 million | -$1 thousand |
| 1998 | $90 million | $113 million | -$23 million |
| 1999 | $50 million | $134 million | -$84 million |
| 2000 | $63 million | $203 million | -$139 million |
| 2001 | $65 million | $199 million | -$134 million |
| 2002 | $75 million | $134 million | -$60 million |
| 2003 | $79 million | $118 million | -$39 million |
| 2004 | $109 million | $213 million | -$104 million |
| 2005 | $167 million | $199 million | -$32 million |
| 2006 | $256 million | $293 million | -$37 million |
| 2007 | $293 million | $256 million | $37 million |
| 2008 | $311 million | $284 million | $26 million |
| 2009 | $272 million | $209 million | $63 million |
| 2010 | $460 million | $385 million | $75 million |
| 2011 | $613 million | $698 million | -$86 million |
| 2012 | $742 million | $721 million | $21 million |
| 2013 | $677 million | $365 million | $312 million |
| 2014 | $510 million | $148 million | $362 million |
| 2015 | $505 million | $132 million | $373 million |
| 2016 | $600 million | $171 million | $429 million |
| 2017 | $496 million | $144 million | $352 million |
| 2018 | $588 million | $296 million | $292 million |
| 2019 | $592 million | $243 million | $349 million |
| 2020 | $436 million | $235 million | $201 million |
| 2021 | $489 million | $269 million | $219 million |
| 2022 | $561 million | $412 million | $150 million |
| 2023 | $601 million | $928 million | -$327 million |
| 2024 | $570 million | $764 million | -$194 million |
What they sell each other
What Mexico sells to South Africa
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Africa sells to Mexico
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Manzanillo and Durban is 9,053 nautical miles (16,766 km) long: ≈ 21–27 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 Mexico’s 43rd largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Mexico was South Africa’s 39th (0.5%).
- South Africa in Mexico’s trade
- 0.1%
- South Africa’s rank among Mexico’s partners
- 43rd
- Mexico in South Africa’s trade
- 0.5%
- Mexico’s rank among South Africa’s partners
- 39th
Compare with
Other partners of Mexico
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.