What is the price of tallow fat per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa tallow fat is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 1.94 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 0.88 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tallow fat in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for tallow fat is between ZAR 18.82 and ZAR 37.64 per kilogram or between ZAR 8.53 and ZAR 17.07 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa tallow fat is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 1.36 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 0.61 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Tallow Fat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, the export prices of Tallow Fat from South Africa per Kg were US$ 0.59, US$ 0.69, US$ 0.63, US$ 0.67 and US$ 0.51 respectively. In 2021 the export price was US$ 0.50 per Kg. For the year 2023, the predicted export price is US$ 0.87per Kg.
The exports of tallow fat from South Africa are classified as:
- Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding tallow, oleostearin and oleo-oil) (HS code 150290)
- Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleooil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared) (HS code 150200)
- Tallow of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding oil and oleostearin) (HS code 150210)
South Africa Tallow Fat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tallow Fat into South Africa has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2011, the price was 1.38 US dollars per kg, dropping to 1.11 US dollars per kg in 2012. This trend continued in 2013, when the price fell to 0.94 US dollars per kg. In 2014, the price rose slightly to 1.07 US dollars per kg, before dropping again to 0.77 US dollars per kg in 2015. The price then fell further to 0.59 US dollars per kg in 2016, before rising to 0.69 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price rose slightly to 0.71 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 0.62 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then fell again to 0.58 US dollars per kg in 2020, before rising to 0.75 US dollars per kg in 2021. Finally, in 2022, the price rose to 0.87 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Tallow Fat into South Africa will be 0.81 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.95 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for South Africa tallow fat
The total values in export for tallow fat in South Africa were US$ 1,693, US$ 4,153, US$ 3,545 and US$ 4,184 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Africa tallow fat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa exported 189,982 tonnes of tallow fat. Across 2019 alone, the market for South Africa tallow fat (meat category) has gone down, flactuating by -90.558 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tallow fat's exports decreased by -89.83 percent netting South Africa US$4.18m for the year 2019. South Africa's tallow fat exports are categorised as:
- Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleooil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared) (HS code 150200)
- Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding tallow, oleostearin and oleo-oil) (HS code 150290)
- Tallow of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding oil and oleostearin) (HS code 150210)
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South Africa tallow fat export values
In 2019, South Africa exported tallow fat valued at 4.18m USD, a surge of 17.91% from 2018's total tallow fat export of 3.545m USD. The yearly increase in value of South Africa tallow fat between 2017 to 2018 was -14.64 pc.
The annual/yearly variation in the amount of South Africa's tallow fat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -89.83% compared to a variation of -90.558% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Africa's portion of the world's total tallow fat's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Africa holds position 35 in world exports of tallow fat.
Export markets for South Africa tallow fat ( in '000$ )
South Africa's best performing export markets for tallow fat are Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland (Eswatini), Malawi and Lesotho.
Import/Export Trends
South Africa is a net importer of tallow fat. The annual growth of South Africa tallow fat in value between 2015 to 2019 was -5%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -11%, per annum.
South Africa procured 12,164 tonnes of tallow fat in 2019.