Machinery Exporters & Importers in South Africa

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Find South Africa machinery exporters and importers (HS chapter 84) using real shipment records. Our trade database holds 1.8 million South Africa machinery export shipments and 6.1 million import shipments, each with the shipper, consignee, HS code, port, volume and date.

1.8 million

Export shipments

6.1 million

Import shipments

#32

Global importer rank

Data fields per record

chapter 84

HS codes

2015 – 2026

Coverage

Export & Import

Trade flows

Fields per record

Excel / CSV

Delivery

China

Top supplier

Germany

Top destination

Machinery exporters in South Africa

South Africa has around 1.8 million recorded machinery export shipments. Use the shipment records to build a verified list of South Africa machinery exporters and suppliers with their contact details.

Machinery importers in South Africa

South Africa has around 6.1 million recorded machinery import shipments. Identify active South Africa machinery buyers and the overseas suppliers shipping to them.

Where South Africa imports machinery from

The leading supplier countries shipping machinery into South Africa, ranked by number of recorded shipments:

#	Supplier country	Shipments	Share
1	China	1,690,233	32%
2	Germany	1,052,112	20%
3	United States	680,835	13%
4	Italy	319,539	6%
5	Japan	290,605	5%
6	United Kingdom	236,516	4%
7	Thailand	217,057	4%
8	Netherlands	178,941	3%
9	Czech Republic	115,754	2%
10	Poland	108,204	2%
11	India	101,841	2%
12	South Korea	90,489	2%
13	France	90,212	2%
14	Sweden	76,846	1%
15	Spain	71,631	1%

Top machinery source: China (32% of tracked lanes). Full records name the exact South Africa machinery buyers and their overseas suppliers.

Where South Africa exports machinery to

The top destination markets for South Africa's machinery exports:

#	Destination country	Shipments	Share
1	Germany	521,101	32%
2	United States	256,413	16%
3	Czech Republic	142,226	9%
4	Zambia	130,329	8%
5	Zimbabwe	106,025	7%
6	Turkiye	88,518	5%
7	United Kingdom	76,934	5%
8	Spain	63,274	4%
9	Australia	58,804	4%
10	Thailand	55,816	3%
11	Netherlands	36,891	2%
12	India	26,635	2%
13	Canada	24,369	1%
14	Tanzania	21,892	1%
15	Brazil	21,868	1%

Key HS codes

8471 Computers
8479 Machines

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What a Machinery shipment record contains

A single Machinery shipment record in South Africa holds 67 fields: the HS code and product, the value, weight and TEU/CBM, the origin and destination ports, the vessel and container details, and the companies on both sides of the deal. The key fields are listed below. Market-level totals on this page are free. The company-level contact fields (🔒) are included in the paid dataset.

Shipment & dates

bill_of_lading_no Unique bill of lading number
master_bill_of_lading Master B/L reference
bill_type_code B/L type (e.g. seaway bill)
flow Trade direction (import / export)
sailing_date Date the vessel departed origin
estimate_arrival_date Estimated arrival date
actual_arrival_date Actual arrival date
year Shipment year
month Shipment month
period Reporting period (year-month)
mode_of_transportation Sea / air / land mode
system_identity_id Internal record identifier

Product & HS classification

hs_code Harmonised System (HS) code
product_description Full commercial description of goods
hs_code_sure_level Confidence level of the HS match
marks_and_numbers Shipping marks & numbers

Route & geography

origin_country Country goods shipped from
destination_country Country goods shipped to
del_country Final delivery country
country_sure_level Confidence level of the country match
origin_port Port of loading
destination_port Port of discharge
port_of_final_delivery Final delivery point

Value, quantity & weight

lane_value_usd Shipment value on the lane (USD)
cif_value_usd CIF value (USD)
estimated_value_usd Estimated value (USD)
per_shipment_quantity Quantity in this shipment
quantity_unit Unit of quantity
per_shipment_weight_kg Shipment weight (kg)
weight_unit Unit of weight
cbm Cubic metres (volume)
teu Twenty-foot equivalent units
feu Forty-foot equivalent units

Supplier / exporter

supplier_name Exporter / shipper company name 🔒 paid
supplier_address Supplier full address 🔒 paid
supplier_city Supplier city 🔒 paid
supplier_phone Supplier phone number 🔒 paid
supplier_website Supplier website 🔒 paid
supplier_contact Supplier contact 🔒 paid
indicator_true_supplier Verified-supplier flag

Buyer / importer

importer_name Importer / consignee company name 🔒 paid
importer_address Importer full address 🔒 paid
importer_city Importer city 🔒 paid
importer_phone Importer phone number 🔒 paid
importer_website Importer website 🔒 paid
importer_contact Importer contact 🔒 paid
indicator_true_buyer Verified-buyer flag

Notify parties

notify_party_name Notify party company name 🔒 paid
notify_party_address Notify party address 🔒 paid
also_notify_name Additional notify party 🔒 paid

Vessel & voyage

vessel_name Vessel name
vessel_code IMO vessel code
vessel_country_code Vessel flag country
voyage Voyage number
manifest_no Manifest number
carrier_sasc_code Carrier SCAC code
freight_forwarder_name Freight forwarder

Container details

container_id Container number
container_size Container size
container_type Container type
container_desc_code Container description code
container_load_status FCL / LCL load status
container_type_of_service Service type

Booking contacts

booking_contact_email Booking contact email 🔒 paid
booking_contact_phone Booking contact phone 🔒 paid

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