5,555 tracked trade-flow records · 1 of 61 ports tracked
NOT IN TOP CORRIDORS
Static snapshot as of 2026-09-10 — not live-updating right now.
Coverage
Metric
Value
Notes
Tracked flow records
5,555
Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming South Africa as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total.
Port coverage
1of 61
Ports catalogued for South Africa with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex.
Bilateral trade flows
South Africa is not among the top tracked corridors — its bilateral flow records exist in the full 923,324-row dataset but aren't yet browsable individually on this site.
Full partner list
A complete partner breakdown isn't available for South Africa yet — this section only covers countries where a full, verified-clean single-period partner list exists in the database (currently 59 countries, distinct from the curated top-corridor slice above).
Historical Exporter Dynamics
Historical dataset — World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database, 1997–2014, frozen. The World Bank has not published a newer edition; this never updates.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for South Africa's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories.
Metric
Latest value
Year
Trend (2001–2012)
Number of exporting firms
24,663
2012
Firm entry rate
30.7%
2012
Firm exit rate
25.3%
2012
Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale)
0.017
2012
Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes)
1,154
2012
Entrant survival curve — 2011 cohort of new exporting firms: 50.2% still exporting after 1 year — later years not yet available for this cohort (the World Bank vintage ends before enough time passed to observe them).
Top product categories among South Africa's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
Product category (HS2)
Exporting firms
Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84
10,620
Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85
6,585
Articles of iron or steel HS 73
6,035
Plastics and articles thereof HS 39
5,217
Optical, medical, precision instruments HS 90
4,367
Vehicles other than railway HS 87
3,786
Rubber and articles thereof HS 40
3,635
Furniture, bedding, lamps HS 94
3,504
Top manufacturing industries among South Africa's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
Manufacturing industry (ISIC)
Exporting firms
Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289