Trade in goods with USA	SITC (Standard International Trade Classification)

South Africa

Share of USA's	2019 %	2020 %	2021 %	2022 %	2023 %	2024 %
Export	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3
Import	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4
Trade in Goods	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4

Export
Import

Table: USA's export to South Africa (ZA) in product groups (Sitc2)

	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%
0. Food and live animals	303	5.7	242	5.5	225	4.1	276	4.2	171	2.4	137	2.4
00. Live animals	3	0.1	2	0.0			1	0.0			1	0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations	98	1.8	77	1.8	88	1.6	67	1.0	59	0.8	25	0.4
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	3	0.0	2	0.0	5	0.1	4	0.1	1	0.0
03. Fish and fish preparations	9	0.2	6	0.1	3	0.1	1	0.0	3	0.0	2	0.0
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	76	1.4	34	0.8	26	0.5	35	0.5	26	0.4	22	0.4
05. Vegetables and fruit	37	0.7	41	0.9	34	0.6	44	0.7	31	0.4	33	0.6
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	10	0.2	6	0.1	10	0.2	14	0.2	5	0.1	5	0.1
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	3	0.1	5	0.1	4	0.1	6	0.1	5	0.1	3	0.1
08. Feeding stuff for animals	31	0.6	39	0.9	21	0.4	68	1.0	12	0.2	16	0.3
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	33	0.6	30	0.7	35	0.6	36	0.6	29	0.4	30	0.5
1. Beverages and tobacco	23	0.4	14	0.3	21	0.4	27	0.4	28	0.4	21	0.4
11. Beverages	20	0.4	12	0.3	19	0.4	27	0.4	27	0.4	21	0.4
12. Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	3	0.1	1	0.0	2	0.0			2	0.0	1	0.0
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	169	3.2	116	2.7	215	3.9	191	2.9	129	1.8	228	3.9
22. Oil seeds,oleaginous fruits	3	0.1	26	0.6	1	0.0	1	0.0			44	0.8
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)	3	0.1	2	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.1	2	0.0	4	0.1
24. Cork and wood	8	0.2	5	0.1	9	0.2	11	0.2	9	0.1	12	0.2
25. Pulp and waste paper	43	0.8	39	0.9	77	1.4	94	1.4	48	0.7	49	0.8
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	19	0.4	17	0.4	21	0.4	15	0.2	18	0.2	36	0.6
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	61	1.1	7	0.2	15	0.3	10	0.2	8	0.1	10	0.2
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	20	0.4	8	0.2	77	1.4	42	0.7	33	0.5	57	1.0
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	11	0.2	13	0.3	13	0.2	13	0.2	11	0.2	16	0.3
3. Mineral fuels etc	375	7.0	435	9.9	529	9.7	647	10.0	1,002	14.1	818	14.1
32. Coal,coke and briquettes	28	0.5	50	1.1	62	1.1	79	1.2	54	0.8	26	0.4
33. Petroleum and products	288	5.4	266	6.1	286	5.2	287	4.4	690	9.7	557	9.6
34. Gas,natural and manufactured	58	1.1	120	2.7	181	3.3	282	4.3	258	3.6	235	4.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	8	0.2	4	0.1	12	0.2	7	0.1	7	0.1	3	0.1
41. Animal oils and fats	1	0.0			1	0.0			1	0.0	1	0.0
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	7	0.1	3	0.1	10	0.2	3	0.0
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc.	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	4	0.1	6	0.1	2	0.0
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	802	14.9	753	17.2	784	14.3	1,060	16.3	868	12.2	813	14.0
51. Organic chemicals	81	1.5	56	1.3	70	1.3	58	0.9	90	1.3	49	0.8
52. Inorganic chemicals	70	1.3	29	0.7	57	1.0	283	4.4	108	1.5	69	1.2
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	16	0.3	13	0.3	17	0.3	19	0.3	26	0.4	18	0.3
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	140	2.6	126	2.9	168	3.1	134	2.1	150	2.1	196	3.4
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	91	1.7	88	2.0	103	1.9	90	1.4	74	1.0	66	1.1
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	1	0.0	2	0.0	4	0.1	11	0.2	8	0.1	5	0.1
57. Plastics in primary forms	116	2.2	158	3.6	113	2.1	125	1.9	125	1.8	132	2.3
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	47	0.9	29	0.7	35	0.6	38	0.6	41	0.6	30	0.5
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	240	4.5	250	5.7	218	4.0	302	4.7	247	3.5	249	4.3
6. Basic manufactures	598	11.1	553	12.6	874	16.0	702	10.8	575	8.1	347	6.0
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	105	2.0	90	2.1	86	1.6	123	1.9	147	2.1	84	1.5
63. Wood and cork manufactures	4	0.1	3	0.1	4	0.1	4	0.1	6	0.1	5	0.1
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	41	0.8	36	0.8	35	0.6	38	0.6	36	0.5	37	0.6
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	18	0.3	13	0.3	16	0.3	15	0.2	11	0.1	10	0.2
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	248	4.6	161	3.7	323	5.9	337	5.2	229	3.2	64	1.1
67. Iron and steel	13	0.2	5	0.1	24	0.4	11	0.2	6	0.1	8	0.1
68. Non-ferrous metals	70	1.3	161	3.7	276	5.1	10	0.2	10	0.1	17	0.3
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	99	1.8	84	1.9	110	2.0	164	2.5	132	1.8	120	2.1
7. Machinery,transport equipment	2,444	45.5	1,753	40.1	2,225	40.7	2,878	44.3	3,577	50.2	2,800	48.1
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	173	3.2	161	3.7	141	2.6	113	1.7	155	2.2	173	3.0
72. Machinery for specialized industries	406	7.6	326	7.5	401	7.3	569	8.8	618	8.7	424	7.3
73. Metal working machinery	21	0.4	10	0.2	20	0.4	26	0.4	25	0.4	29	0.5
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	404	7.5	300	6.9	367	6.7	514	7.9	520	7.3	473	8.1
75. Office machines and adp machines	135	2.5	76	1.7	80	1.5	128	2.0	220	3.1	164	2.8
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	126	2.3	98	2.2	142	2.6	151	2.3	244	3.4	177	3.0
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	231	4.3	182	4.2	219	4.0	279	4.3	343	4.8	277	4.8
78. Road vehicles	622	11.6	455	10.4	680	12.4	838	12.9	1,067	15.0	797	13.7
79. Other transport equipment	327	6.1	144	3.3	175	3.2	259	4.0	385	5.4	285	4.9
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	413	7.7	316	7.2	356	6.5	421	6.5	432	6.1	390	6.7
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	4	0.1	3	0.1	3	0.1	3	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0
82. Furniture and parts thereof	11	0.2	3	0.1	2	0.0	17	0.3	3	0.0	3	0.1
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	2	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	5	0.1	4	0.1	4	0.1	5	0.1	6	0.1	5	0.1
85. Footwear	2	0.0	1	0.0			1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	208	3.9	179	4.1	205	3.7	219	3.4	234	3.3	218	3.8
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	12	0.2	7	0.2	7	0.1	7	0.1	6	0.1	7	0.1
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	169	3.1	119	2.7	132	2.4	168	2.6	179	2.5	152	2.6
9. Goods not classified elsewhere	231	4.3	190	4.3	232	4.2	288	4.4	334	4.7	261	4.5
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified	23	0.4	8	0.2	16	0.3	14	0.2	26	0.4	13	0.2
96. Coin (not gold coin or legal)					1	0.0			3	0.0	1	0.0
97. Gold,non-monetary							12	0.2
99. (USA Sitc) Estimate of non-canadian low value shipments; compiled low value shipments to canada; and various export shipments not identified by kind	208	3.9	182	4.2	215	3.9	262	4.0	303	4.2	247	4.3
All groups combined	5,367	100.0	4,375	100.0	5,473	100.0	6,497	100.0	7,125	100.0	5,819	100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

Table: Import from South Africa (ZA) in product groups (SITC level 2)

	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%	million $	%
0. Food and live animals	328	4.2	336	3.0	394	2.5	497	3.4	458	3.3	499	3.4
00. Live animals	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	7	0.1	11	0.1	21	0.1	32	0.2	31	0.2	33	0.2
03. Fish and fish preparations	37	0.5	34	0.3	48	0.3	62	0.4	55	0.4	49	0.3
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	4	0.0	4	0.0	4	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0	4	0.0
05. Vegetables and fruit	237	3.0	242	2.1	272	1.7	347	2.4	313	2.2	352	2.4
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	18	0.2	24	0.2	25	0.2	29	0.2	34	0.2	38	0.3
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	14	0.2	9	0.1	8	0.1	8	0.1	8	0.1	6	0.0
08. Feeding stuff for animals	1	0.0					1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	11	0.1	12	0.1	15	0.1	13	0.1	12	0.1	12	0.1
1. Beverages and tobacco	51	0.7	54	0.5	71	0.5	84	0.6	59	0.4	54	0.4
11. Beverages	51	0.6	53	0.5	70	0.4	84	0.6	59	0.4	54	0.4
12. Tobacco and tobacco manufactures			1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	623	8.0	443	3.9	395	2.5	528	3.6	557	4.0	501	3.4
24. Cork and wood					1	0.0	1	0.0	4	0.0	6	0.0
25. Pulp and waste paper	24	0.3	19	0.2	17	0.1	21	0.1	24	0.2	21	0.1
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0			1	0.0
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	46	0.6	40	0.3	49	0.3	88	0.6	166	1.2	202	1.4
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	527	6.8	358	3.2	300	1.9	390	2.7	338	2.4	237	1.6
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	24	0.3	23	0.2	26	0.2	26	0.2	24	0.2	32	0.2
3. Mineral fuels etc	74	1.0	64	0.6	71	0.5	96	0.7	109	0.8	74	0.5
32. Coal,coke and briquettes	10	0.1	6	0.0	12	0.1	16	0.1	41	0.3	9	0.1
33. Petroleum and products	65	0.8	58	0.5	59	0.4	80	0.5	68	0.5	65	0.4
34. Gas,natural and manufactured					1	0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	12	0.1
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc.											11	0.1
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	755	9.7	590	5.2	1,217	7.7	848	5.8	763	5.5	644	4.4
51. Organic chemicals	369	4.7	274	2.4	372	2.4	419	2.9	341	2.4	277	1.9
52. Inorganic chemicals	201	2.6	140	1.2	134	0.8	170	1.2	170	1.2	175	1.2
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	13	0.2	13	0.1	11	0.1	11	0.1	10	0.1	10	0.1
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	34	0.4	36	0.3	28	0.2	26	0.2	23	0.2	25	0.2
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	39	0.5	44	0.4	60	0.4	54	0.4	39	0.3	58	0.4
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	4	0.0	2	0.0	2	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	21	0.1
57. Plastics in primary forms	71	0.9	15	0.1	21	0.1	6	0.0	29	0.2	7	0.0
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	3	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0	9	0.1	6	0.0	6	0.0
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	22	0.3	63	0.6	586	3.7	148	1.0	143	1.0	65	0.4
6. Basic manufactures	4,405	56.5	5,475	48.2	10,173	64.6	7,688	52.8	6,086	43.5	5,956	40.6
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	13	0.2	7	0.1	11	0.1	13	0.1	13	0.1	14	0.1
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	13	0.2	18	0.2	25	0.2	44	0.3	39	0.3	27	0.2
63. Wood and cork manufactures	10	0.1	8	0.1	13	0.1	8	0.1	7	0.0	9	0.1
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	1	0.0					1	0.0	5	0.0	11	0.1
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	17	0.2	15	0.1	19	0.1	18	0.1	19	0.1	17	0.1
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	978	12.5	503	4.4	1,046	6.6	886	6.1	1,026	7.3	1,105	7.5
67. Iron and steel	624	8.0	378	3.3	625	4.0	893	6.1	557	4.0	514	3.5
68. Non-ferrous metals	2,715	34.8	4,516	39.8	8,358	53.1	5,782	39.7	4,377	31.3	4,219	28.8
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	34	0.4	30	0.3	76	0.5	43	0.3	43	0.3	40	0.3
7. Machinery,transport equipment	978	12.6	1,058	9.3	1,484	9.4	2,214	15.2	2,575	18.4	2,804	19.1
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	99	1.3	50	0.4	76	0.5	78	0.5	68	0.5	66	0.5
72. Machinery for specialized industries	39	0.5	24	0.2	29	0.2	41	0.3	47	0.3	47	0.3
73. Metal working machinery	14	0.2	10	0.1	13	0.1	14	0.1	16	0.1	20	0.1
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	266	3.4	262	2.3	353	2.2	478	3.3	354	2.5	174	1.2
75. Office machines and adp machines	3	0.0	3	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0	3	0.0	4	0.0
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	28	0.4	27	0.2	18	0.1	33	0.2	46	0.3	57	0.4
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	40	0.5	29	0.3	37	0.2	51	0.3	46	0.3	55	0.4
78. Road vehicles	430	5.5	577	5.1	866	5.5	1,424	9.8	1,877	13.4	2,245	15.3
79. Other transport equipment	60	0.8	76	0.7	87	0.6	91	0.6	116	0.8	136	0.9
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	303	3.9	1,675	14.7	979	6.2	1,734	11.9	2,173	15.5	3,160	21.6
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	5	0.0	2	0.0
82. Furniture and parts thereof	13	0.2	9	0.1	10	0.1	8	0.1	4	0.0	4	0.0
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	10	0.1	9	0.1	11	0.1	10	0.1	7	0.1	10	0.1
85. Footwear			1	0.0	2	0.0	4	0.0	1	0.0	3	0.0
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	27	0.3	25	0.2	32	0.2	27	0.2	32	0.2	28	0.2
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.									1	0.0	1	0.0
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	251	3.2	1,629	14.3	920	5.8	1,682	11.5	2,123	15.2	3,110	21.2
9. Goods not classified elsewhere	276	3.5	1,664	14.6	952	6.1	881	6.0	1,193	8.5	952	6.5
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified	100	1.3	90	0.8	101	0.6	144	1.0	130	0.9	143	1.0
96. Coin (not gold coin or legal)			1	0.0	2	0.0	8	0.1
97. Gold,non-monetary	137	1.8	1,469	12.9	691	4.4	497	3.4	942	6.7	682	4.7
98. (USA Sitc) Estimate of import items valued under $251 and of other low valued items nonexempt from formal entry	18	0.2	14	0.1	16	0.1	18	0.1	20	0.1	20	0.1
All groups combined	7,795	100.0	11,361	100.0	15,737	100.0	14,571	100.0	13,976	100.0	14,656	100.0

Source: US Census Bureau

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Table: USA's export to South Africa (ZA) in product groups (Sitc2)

Table: Import from South Africa (ZA) in product groups (SITC level 2)