Summary
- Poland → South Africa
- $970million
- South Africa → Poland
- $647million
- Poland’s balance
- $323million
Balance
Poland’s trade balance with South Africa
Trade between Poland and South Africa grew 13.8-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Poland’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1
- Imports 0.6
- Balance +0.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $19 million | $98 million | -$79 million |
| 1996 | $19 million | $80 million | -$60 million |
| 1997 | $14 million | $91 million | -$77 million |
| 1998 | $18 million | $87 million | -$69 million |
| 1999 | $12 million | $94 million | -$83 million |
| 2000 | $19 million | $89 million | -$70 million |
| 2001 | $25 million | $78 million | -$53 million |
| 2002 | $39 million | $78 million | -$39 million |
| 2003 | $58 million | $89 million | -$32 million |
| 2004 | $101 million | $120 million | -$19 million |
| 2005 | $199 million | $180 million | $19 million |
| 2006 | $218 million | $277 million | -$59 million |
| 2007 | $306 million | $357 million | -$51 million |
| 2008 | $387 million | $508 million | -$120 million |
| 2009 | $378 million | $388 million | -$10 million |
| 2010 | $518 million | $237 million | $281 million |
| 2011 | $690 million | $413 million | $277 million |
| 2012 | $575 million | $307 million | $268 million |
| 2013 | $629 million | $271 million | $358 million |
| 2014 | $708 million | $287 million | $420 million |
| 2015 | $657 million | $233 million | $424 million |
| 2016 | $606 million | $296 million | $311 million |
| 2017 | $752 million | $343 million | $409 million |
| 2018 | $866 million | $446 million | $420 million |
| 2019 | $901 million | $447 million | $454 million |
| 2020 | $822 million | $383 million | $439 million |
| 2021 | $842 million | $474 million | $368 million |
| 2022 | $999 million | $1.2 billion | -$227 million |
| 2023 | $1.1 billion | $765 million | $365 million |
| 2024 | $970 million | $647 million | $323 million |
What they sell each other
What Poland sells to South Africa
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What South Africa sells to Poland
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Gdańsk and Durban is 8,046 nautical miles (14,901 km) long: ≈ 18.5–24 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Øresund, Strait of Dover 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 Poland’s 48th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Poland was South Africa’s 35th (0.6%).
- South Africa in Poland’s trade
- 0.2%
- South Africa’s rank among Poland’s partners
- 48th
- Poland in South Africa’s trade
- 0.6%
- Poland’s rank among South Africa’s partners
- 35th
Compare with
Other partners of Poland
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.