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South Africa imports of Firearms (HS 9304)

Where South Africa buys firearms: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI statistics. World market for HS 9304 · South Africa trade profile

South Africa imports, 2024USD 6.1 millionSum over 15 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.

South Africa imports, 2023USD 8.5 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.

Growth−28.1%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.

Unit valueUSD 20,684 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.

Top suppliers

#	Supplier	Value 2024	Share	Growth	Record
1	Czechia	USD 3.6 million	59.3%	−32.8%	BACI:ZA:CZ:9304:1:2024
2	China	USD 628,499	10.3%	+19.2%	BACI:ZA:CN:9304:1:2024
3	Germany	USD 358,759	5.9%	−32.1%	BACI:ZA:DE:9304:1:2024
4	United States	USD 324,980	5.3%	−28.3%	BACI:ZA:US:9304:1:2024
5	Taiwan	USD 230,930	3.8%	+10.0%	BACI:ZA:TW:9304:1:2024
6	Spain	USD 225,528	3.7%	+55.1%	BACI:ZA:ES:9304:1:2024
7	Sweden	USD 203,451	3.3%	−19.9%	BACI:ZA:SE:9304:1:2024
8	Türkiye	USD 177,054	2.9%	−41.6%	BACI:ZA:TR:9304:1:2024
9	France	USD 149,732	2.4%	−32.3%	BACI:ZA:FR:9304:1:2024
10	Denmark	USD 106,581	1.7%	−59.8%	BACI:ZA:DK:9304:1:2024

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.

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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
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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