What is the price of canola oil in South Africa?

As of January 2025, canola oil in South Africa is US$ 1.43 per kg (27.71 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is South Africa's world rank in canola oil exports?

South Africa ranks 25th out of 39 canola oil exporters.

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Canola Oil Prices in South Africa

US$ 1.43 / kg

27.71 ZAR / kg

MoM ▼ 3.4% YoY ▼ 3.4%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (ZAR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	1.43	27.71	▼ 3.4%	▼ 3.4%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the canola oil price in South Africa available is US$ 1.43 per kg (27.71 ZAR), down 3.4% year-on-year.

South Africa exported 1,469 tonnes of canola oil in 2025, valued at US$2,095,073, ranking 25th out of 39 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. Exports increased by 24.7% year-on-year, and the country is a net exporter of canola oil. The latest export unit value is US$1.4263 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - canola oil in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, South Africa exported $2.1M (1.5 kt) of canola oil▲ 24.7% YoY. That ranks #25 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$2.1M

Export value

1.5 kt

Export volume

#25 / 39

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$1.43

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top canola oil exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 Canada $1.57B · 47.9%
#2 Germany $502.5M · 15.3%
#3 Netherlands $230.1M · 7%
#4 Belgium $179.6M · 5.5%
#5 Czech Republic $149.4M · 4.5%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$2.1M	1.5 kt	$1.43
2024	$1.7M	1.1 kt	$1.48
2023	$1.1M	617 t	$1.78
2022	$5.7M	3.1 kt	$1.82
2021	$89.2K	34.4 t	$2.59
2020	$153.5K	106 t	$1.45

HS Code

canola oil is traded under Harmonized System code 1514.11. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

South Africa canola oil - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa shipped 7,648,656 tonnes of canola oil. In 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa canola oil (processed category) has increased, with a change of 6.89 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, canola oil's exports increased by 11.66 percent netting South Africa US$0.70m for the year 2019. South Africa's canola oil exports are categorised as:

Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude) (HS code 151490)
High erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of >= 2%" and mustard oil, crude (HS code 151491)
High erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of >= 2%", and mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude) (HS code 151499)
Low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2%", crude (HS code 151411)
Low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2%" and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excluding crude) (HS code 151419)

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South Africa canola oil export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied canola oil costing 0.70m USD, a decrease of -23.91% from 2018's total canola oil export of 0.92m USD. The yearly change in value of South Africa canola oil between 2017 to 2018 was -6.027 per cent.

The per year change in the volume of South Africa's canola oil exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11.66 per cent in comparison to a variation of 6.89% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's portion of the world's total canola oil's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 29 in world exports of canola oil.

Export markets for South Africa canola oil ( in '000$ )

South Africa's best performing export markets for canola oil are Kenya, Sri Lanka, Swaziland (Eswatini), Zimbabwe and Botswana.

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net exporter of canola oil. The annual growth of South Africa canola oil in value between 2015 to 2019 was 6%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 4%, per annum.

South Africa ordered 6,544 tonnes of canola oil in 2019.

Other Processed Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other processed in South Africa:

Raw Hides & Skins$0.62/kg Sugar$0.68/kg Black Tea$5.22/kg Cotton$1.82/kg Molasses$0.17/kg Sunflower Oil$1.70/kg Chocolate$5.91/kg Coffee$6.90/kg Natural Honey$4.76/kg Butter$5.47/kg Milk & Cream$0.71/kg Palm Oil$1.53/kg Oil cake (Press cake)$0.38/kg Tapioca$0.92/kg Heart of palm$2.70/kg

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Canola Oil South Africa

US$ 1.4263 / kg

generic Export (unit value) as of 2025-01-01

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