What is the price of glucose in South Africa?

As of January 2025, glucose in South Africa is US$ 0.56 per kg (10.85 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

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Glucose Prices in South Africa

US$ 0.56 / kg

10.85 ZAR / kg

MoM ▼ 20.8% YoY ▼ 20.8%

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)	0.56	10.85	▼ 20.8%	▼ 20.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the glucose price in South Africa available is US$ 0.56 per kg (10.85 ZAR), down 20.8% year-on-year.

South Africa exported US$32.3 million of glucose in 2024, totaling 45,897 tonnes and ranking #19 among 90 global exporters with a 1.1% share of world exports. Exports grew by 40.3% year-on-year, and the country is a net exporter. The latest export unit value is US$0.5584 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - glucose in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $32.3M (45.9 kt) of glucose▲ 40.3% YoY. That ranks #19 worldwide (1.1% of global exports).

$32.3M

Export value

45.9 kt

Export volume

#19 / 90

World rank

1.1%

Global share

$0.7

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top glucose exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $736.3M · 24.6%
#2 France $518.1M · 17.3%
#3 US $383.9M · 12.8%
#4 Germany $154.6M · 5.2%
#5 Italy $135M · 4.5%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$32.3M	45.9 kt	$0.7
2023	$23.1M	41.1 kt	$0.56
2022	$27.1M	45.4 kt	$0.6
2021	$24M	39.6 kt	$0.61
2020	$14.7M	33.6 kt	$0.44

HS Code

glucose is traded under Harmonized System code 1702.30. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

South Africa glucose - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa sold 3,013,277 tonnes of glucose. For 2019 alone, the interest in South Africa glucose (agro commodities category) has gone down, recording a change of -15.99 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, glucose's exports decreased by -16.05% earning the exporter US$17.14m for the year 2019. South Africa's glucose exports are classified as:

Glucose in solid form and glucose syrup, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter and not containing fructose or containing in the dry state, < 20% by weight of fructose (HS code 170230)
Glucose in solid form and glucose syrup, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, and containing in the dry state >= 20% and < 50% by weight of fructose (excluding invert sugar) (HS code 170240)

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South Africa glucose export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied glucose costing 17.14m USD, a contraction of -16.66% from 2018's total glucose export of 20.567m USD. The annual change in value of South Africa glucose between 2017 to 2018 was 3.315 per cent.

The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of South Africa's glucose exports between 2017 and 2019 was -16.05 per cent in comparison to a variation of -15.99% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's share of the world's total glucose's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 33 in world exports of glucose.

Export markets for South Africa glucose ( in '000$ )

South Africa's top export markets for glucose are Australia, Swaziland (Eswatini), Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia.

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net importer of glucose. The annual growth of South Africa glucose in value between 2015 to 2019 was 2%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -7%, per annum.

South Africa procured 17,447 tonnes of glucose in 2019.

Glucose Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest glucose prices in other Africa countries:

Morocco$1.36/kg Nigeria$0.28/kg Uganda$1.57/kg Angola$13.34/kg Kenya$1.26/kg

Other Agro Commodities Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other agro commodities in South Africa:

Eggs$1.24/dozen Seaweed$1.92/kg Bamboo$0.68/kg Mucilages and thickeners$8.13/kg Natural Gum Arabic$6.95/kg Bamboo shoots$1.72/kg Bulgur wheat$2.06/kg Kapok Fibre (Stuffing)$0.76/kg Pyrethrum Extracts$2.55/kg Wood Ear$3.26/kg Sugarcane$0.05/kg

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