Seaborne Import Volume (Weekly): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 1,229,297 metric tons/week for 2026-W44, from IMF PortWatch.

Source series · Trade · Weekly · metric tons/week · PORTWATCH.IMPORT.W · ZAF

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Latest
1,229,297
metric tons/week · 2026-W44
Previous
1,298,252
metric tons/week · 2026-W43
Oldest shown
1,363,859
metric tons/week · 2024-W29
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

South Africa · history

metric tons/week · Weekly

Source: IMF PortWatch. Viewer read 2026-11-15T08:25:36.204Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Seaborne Import Volume (Weekly): South Africa: 120 readings, newest first. Source: IMF PortWatch.
PeriodValue (metric tons/week)
2026-W441,229,297
2026-W431,298,252
2026-W42911,233
2026-W411,191,190
2026-W401,161,042
2026-W391,076,565
2026-W38669,287
2026-W371,063,237
2026-W361,067,196
2026-W35673,048
2026-W34889,765
2026-W331,063,149
2026-W321,007,500
2026-W31575,058
2026-W30907,237
2026-W291,001,444
2026-W281,096,580
2026-W271,123,593
2026-W261,212,068
2026-W25946,428
2026-W241,002,839
2026-W231,138,269
2026-W221,002,832
2026-W211,239,109
2026-W20789,299
2026-W19930,389
2026-W18808,036
2026-W17766,068
2026-W161,165,396
2026-W15817,509
2026-W141,358,301
2026-W13871,374
2026-W12892,707
2026-W11946,856
2026-W101,475,082
2026-W091,043,522
2026-W08758,913
2026-W071,243,056
2026-W06882,350
2026-W051,264,962
2026-W04679,307
2026-W03939,819
2026-W02771,957
2026-W011,075,211
2025-W52982,887
2025-W51667,514
2025-W50731,932
2025-W491,050,845
2025-W48961,619
2025-W47960,315
2025-W461,143,110
2025-W451,331,496
2025-W44729,980
2025-W431,230,292
2025-W42913,163
2025-W411,222,077
2025-W401,058,482
2025-W391,072,827
2025-W381,261,943
2025-W371,003,837
2025-W36960,132
2025-W35995,586
2025-W341,028,579
2025-W331,107,533
2025-W321,230,416
2025-W31740,061
2025-W30790,433
2025-W29718,668
2025-W281,555,208
2025-W27948,677
2025-W261,053,905
2025-W25628,861
2025-W241,349,998
2025-W23895,574
2025-W22898,695
2025-W21806,359
2025-W201,086,703
2025-W19765,375
2025-W181,322,440
2025-W17957,300
2025-W16949,176
2025-W151,053,036
2025-W14880,929
2025-W131,230,283
2025-W121,149,823
2025-W11840,101
2025-W101,101,445
2025-W091,105,733
2025-W081,242,274
2025-W071,094,158
2025-W061,056,317
2025-W051,077,234
2025-W041,029,582
2025-W03884,982
2025-W02653,991
2025-W011,326,434
2024-W52997,229
2024-W51892,593
2024-W50688,412
2024-W491,058,328
2024-W481,056,180
2024-W471,238,233
2024-W461,004,679
2024-W45961,250
2024-W441,335,325
2024-W43905,799
2024-W421,042,269
2024-W41983,258
2024-W401,086,226
2024-W391,271,386
2024-W381,074,726
2024-W371,175,635
2024-W361,246,935
2024-W35892,089
2024-W34789,901
2024-W33810,335
2024-W321,068,716
2024-W31640,144
2024-W301,043,314
2024-W291,363,859

Source: IMF PortWatch. Newest 120 readings shown, 2024-W29 to 2026-W44. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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