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Import market · HS 4901 · ZA

South Africa imports of Printed books, brochures (HS 4901)

Where South Africa buys printed books, brochures: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI statistics. World market for HS 4901 · South Africa trade profile

South Africa imports, 2024USD 73.9 millionSum over 141 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
South Africa imports, 2023USD 69.7 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth+6.0%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 9,014 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory22,622Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1United KingdomUSD 24.7 million33.4%+13.4%BACI:ZA:GB:4901:1:2024
2United StatesUSD 17.0 million23.0%+6.3%BACI:ZA:US:4901:1:2024
3ChinaUSD 11.5 million15.6%+37.0%BACI:ZA:CN:4901:1:2024
4IndiaUSD 5.3 million7.2%−15.5%BACI:ZA:IN:4901:1:2024
5EswatiniUSD 4.9 million6.6%−5.9%BACI:ZA:SZ:4901:1:2024
6GermanyUSD 2.3 million3.1%−13.2%BACI:ZA:DE:4901:1:2024
7BrazilUSD 885,6131.2%+7,934.2%BACI:ZA:BR:4901:1:2024
8ItalyUSD 817,9091.1%−11.8%BACI:ZA:IT:4901:1:2024
9MalaysiaUSD 710,6451.0%−27.0%BACI:ZA:MY:4901:1:2024
10NetherlandsUSD 640,7220.9%+164.7%BACI:ZA:NL:4901:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the South Africa total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in South Africa, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of other household goods (NACE 4649). Counts only.

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Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-25. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of South Africa with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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Members see the importers, distributors and wholesalers of printed books, brochures in South Africa, with their evidence and Data Passport.

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