What is the price of olives in South Africa?

As of January 2025, olives in South Africa is US$ 2.70 per kg (52.49 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is South Africa's world rank in olive exports?

South Africa ranks #20 among 57 olive exporters.

How much did South Africa export in olives in 2024?

South Africa exported 26 tonnes of olives valued at US$73,947 in 2024.

Is South Africa a net exporter or importer of olives?

South Africa is a net exporter of olives.

What was the year-on-year change in South Africa's olive exports?

Olive exports declined by 17.3% year-on-year.

Olives Price in South Africa - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Olives Prices in South Africa

US$ 2.70 / kg

52.49 ZAR / kg

MoM ▼ 6.4% YoY ▼ 6.4%

Checked: Jun 9, 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)	2.70	52.49	▼ 6.4%	▼ 6.4%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the olives price in South Africa available is US$ 2.70 per kg (52.49 ZAR), down 6.4% year-on-year.

South Africa exported 26 tonnes of olives in 2024, valued at US$73,947, ranking #20 among 57 global exporters and accounting for 0.1% of world exports. Export volumes declined by 17.3% year-on-year. The country is a net exporter of olives. The latest export unit value is US$2.7015 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $73.9K (25.6 t) of olives▼ 17.3% YoY. That ranks #20 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$73.9K

Export value

25.6 t

Export volume

#20 / 57

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$2.89

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top olives exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Portugal $70.5M · 50.3%
#2 Spain $29.6M · 21.1%
#3 Netherlands $12.2M · 8.7%
#4 Italy $12.1M · 8.6%
#5 Greece $9.5M · 6.8%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$73.9K	25.6 t	$2.89
2023	$89.4K	32.4 t	$2.76
2022	$67.7K	29.4 t	$2.3
2021	$79.2K	34.9 t	$2.27
2020	$62.5K	23.3 t	$2.68

HS Code

olives is traded under Harmonized System code 0709.92. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; harvest season - FAO GIEWS Crop Calendar. Values are official reported figures.

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

In 2019 South Africa exported 1,203,927 tonnes of olives. For the year 2019 alone, the market for South Africa olives (fruits category) has gone down, with a change of -1.454 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, olives' exports grew by 0.51 percent bringing the nation US$0.89m for the year 2019. South Africa's olives exports are classified as:

Olives, provisionally preserved, e.g. by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption (HS code 071120)
Fresh or chilled olives (HS code 070992)
Olives, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excluding frozen) (HS code 200570)

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South Africa olives export values

In 2019, South Africa shipped olives with a value of 0.89m USD, a drop of -6.81% from 2018's total olives export of 0.955m USD. The yearly change in value of South Africa olives between 2017 to 2018 was 8.646%.

The yearly variation in the quantity of South Africa's olives exports between 2017 and 2019 was 0.51 per cent compared to a variation of -1.454% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

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

South Africa's top destinations for olives are the Netherlands, Ethiopia, Botswana, Mozambique and Lesotho.

South Africa bought 1,829 tonnes of olives in 2019.

Olives Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest olives prices in other Africa countries:

Morocco$1.12/kg Egypt$1.00/kg Kenya$2.81/kg Mozambique$5.16/kg Ghana$2.12/kg Uganda$2.36/kg Ethiopia$4.68/kg Tunisia$0.53/kg

Other Fruits Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other fruits in South Africa:

Oranges$0.36/kg Lemon$0.92/kg Bananas$0.48/kg Horned melon (Kiwano)$2.21/kg Lychee$2.21/kg Passion fruit$1.33/kg Pineapples$0.60/kg Watermelon$0.24/kg Dragon fruit$2.21/kg Longan$2.21/kg Mangoes$0.70/kg Citrus fruit$0.49/kg Figs$1.73/kg Pears$0.54/kg Pumpkins, squash and gourds$0.88/kg

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