The top exports of South Africa are Gold ($11.9B), Diamonds ($10.3B), Platinum ($7.45B), Coal Briquettes ($5.89B) and Iron Ore ($5.52B), etc. The net export value is $106B.
The top export destinations of South Africa are China ($9.8B), the United States ($8.95B), India ($7.07B), the United Kingdom ($6.18B) and Hong Kong ($6.09B).
The top imports are Crude Petroleum ($16.2B), Refined Petroleum ($6.13B), Cars ($4.85B), Computers ($2.31B) and Gold ($2.17B), etc. The net import value is $102B.
The top import origins are China ($16.1B), Germany ($8.5B), Saudi Arabia ($7.13B), the United States ($6.96B) and India ($5.48B).
South Africa holds a place of 73rd out of 189 popular countries(economically) in case of doing a business in country. ‘Trading Across Borders’ is one of the topics in which South Africa has maintained it’s consistency and a better one in country. But the country has increased it’s ranking from 82 to 90 in case of ‘Dealing with Construction Permits’.