What is the price of peanut (groundnuts) in South Africa?

As of January 2025, peanut (groundnuts) in South Africa is US$ 0.96 per kg (18.74 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much did South Africa export peanuts in 2024?

10,414 tonnes valued at US$11,613,444.

What was the year-on-year change in peanut exports from South Africa?

Exports decreased by 11.8% year-on-year.

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

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Peanut (groundnuts) Prices in South Africa

US$ 0.96 / kg

18.74 ZAR / kg

MoM ▼ 13.5% YoY ▼ 13.5%

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)	0.96	18.74	▼ 13.5%	▼ 13.5%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the peanut (groundnuts) price in South Africa available is US$ 0.96 per kg (18.74 ZAR), down 13.5% year-on-year.

South Africa exported 10,414 tonnes of peanuts in 2024, valued at US$11,613,444, ranking #16 among 102 global exporters and accounting for 0.3% of world exports. Export volumes declined by 11.8% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for peanuts is US$0.9646 per kg. South Africa is a net exporter of peanuts under HS code 1202.42.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - peanut (groundnuts) in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $11.6M (10.4 kt) of peanut (groundnuts)▼ 11.8% YoY. That ranks #16 worldwide (0.3% of global exports).

$11.6M

Export value

10.4 kt

Export volume

#16 / 102

World rank

0.3%

Global share

$1.12

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top peanut (groundnuts) exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Argentina $893.1M · 25.6%
#2 India $821.9M · 23.5%
#3 US $392.2M · 11.2%
#4 Brazil $359.9M · 10.3%
#5 Netherlands $291.9M · 8.4%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$11.6M	10.4 kt	$1.12
2023	$13.2M	11.6 kt	$1.14
2022	$13.2M	11.7 kt	$1.13
2021	$13M	10.3 kt	$1.26
2020	$16.7M	15.5 kt	$1.07

HS Code

peanut (groundnuts) is traded under Harmonized System code 1202.42. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

South Africa peanut (groundnuts) - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa sold 961,441 tonnes of peanut (groundnuts). For 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa peanut (groundnuts) (nuts and oil seeds category) has gone down, flactuating by -15.986 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, peanut (groundnuts)'s exports decreased by -21% bringing the country US$15.06m for the year 2019. South Africa's peanut (groundnuts) exports are classified as:

Groundnuts, prepared or preserved (excluding preserved with sugar) (HS code 200811)

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South Africa peanut (groundnuts) export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied peanut (groundnuts) costing 15.06m USD, a growth of 9.08% from 2018's total peanut (groundnuts) export of 13.806m USD. The annual change in value of South Africa peanut (groundnuts) between 2017 to 2018 was -7.862%.

The annual/yearly change in the volume of South Africa's peanut (groundnuts) exports between 2017 and 2019 was -21 pc compared to a variation of -15.986% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's portion of the world's total peanut (groundnuts)'s exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Africa holds position 51 in world exports of peanut (groundnuts).

Export markets for South Africa peanut (groundnuts) ( in '000$ )

South Africa's leading destinations for peanut (groundnuts) are Nigeria, Pakistan, the Netherlands, DRC Congo and Namibia.

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net importer of peanut (groundnuts). The annual growth of South Africa peanut (groundnuts) in value between 2015 to 2019 was -66%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -48%, per annum.

South Africa procured 9,832 tonnes of peanut (groundnuts) in 2019.

Production

The production of peanut (groundnuts) in South Africa was 19,400 tonnes in 2019 and is predicted to change by an average of -65.96%. The country had an estimated 20,050.00 hectares under peanut (groundnuts) cultivation.

Peanut (Groundnuts) Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest peanut (groundnuts) prices in other Africa countries:

Nigeria$0.74/kg Zambia$0.36/kg Ethiopia$1.00/kg Malawi$1.94/kg Kenya$0.25/kg Senegal$0.88/kg Zimbabwe$1.82/kg Algeria$1.62/kg Angola$0.29/kg Botswana$4.55/kg Burkina Faso$0.23/kg Morocco$9.19/kg Rwanda$0.66/kg Togo$0.94/kg

Other Nuts and Oil Seeds Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other nuts and oil seeds in South Africa:

Pecans$4.45/kg Hemp seeds$1.90/kg Pine nuts$4.45/kg Chia seeds$1.90/kg

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