| Advanced technology products trade with USA |
General Advanced Technology Product Definitions
Monthly ATP data was not available for more than a year during 2022. As a result, there is a gap in the figure for that period.
| Share of Advanced technology products in USA's | 2026/2 % | 2026/3 % | 2026/4 % | 2026/5 % | 2026/6 % | 2026/7 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export to South Africa | 20.7 | 11.0 | 23.2 | 7.8 | 19.6 | 18.8 |
| Import from South Africa | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Trade in Goods with South Africa | 6.7 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 2026/2 | 2026/3 | 2026/4 | 2026/5 | 2026/6 | 2026/7 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | |
| 01. Biotechnology | 6 | 8.4 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 15 | 15.1 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 02. Life Science | 11 | 15.0 | 12 | 13.8 | 7 | 4.9 | 10 | 14.2 | 9 | 9.2 | 12 | 13.8 |
| 03. Opto-Electronics | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 04. Information & Communications | 27 | 35.2 | 24 | 28.1 | 31 | 20.5 | 23 | 33.8 | 36 | 36.8 | 25 | 27.3 |
| 05. Electronics | 3 | 3.4 | 7 | 7.8 | 4 | 2.9 | 5 | 8.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 06. Flexible Manufacturing | 2 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 07. Advanced Materials | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 08. Aerospace | 26 | 34.1 | 37 | 43.0 | 98 | 65.8 | 25 | 37.5 | 32 | 32.1 | 40 | 44.7 |
| 09. Weapons | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 10. Nuclear Technology | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Sum | 76 | 100 | 86 | 100 | 149 | 100 | 68 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 90 | 100 |
| 2026/2 | 2026/3 | 2026/4 | 2026/5 | 2026/6 | 2026/7 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | million $ | % | |
| 01. Biotechnology | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 02. Life Science | 0 | 5.8 | 2 | 34.5 | 1 | 21.9 | 3 | 24.5 | 1 | 17.3 | 2 | 31.0 |
| 03. Opto-Electronics | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 3.8 | 1 | 11.7 |
| 04. Information & Communications | 2 | 37.8 | 2 | 46.9 | 1 | 30.3 | 1 | 9.5 | 2 | 27.1 | 2 | 34.3 |
| 05. Electronics | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| 06. Flexible Manufacturing | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 14.1 | 2 | 25.3 | 0 | 5.7 |
| 08. Aerospace | 2 | 36.3 | 1 | 12.7 | 1 | 15.1 | 5 | 44.8 | 1 | 13.9 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 09. Weapons | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Sum | 5 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 10 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 6 | 100 |