What is the price of rye in South Africa?

As of January 2025, rye in South Africa is US$ 2.76 per kg (53.53 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What was South Africa's global export rank for rye?

South Africa ranked #27 among 35 rye exporters.

How much rye did South Africa produce in 2024?

South Africa produced 1,957 tonnes of rye in 2024.

What is South Africa's rye yield?

The rye yield in South Africa is 0.11 tonnes per hectare.

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Rye Prices in South Africa

US$ 2.76 / kg

53.53 ZAR / kg

MoM ▲ 62.8% YoY ▲ 62.8%

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)	2.76	53.53	▲ 62.8%	▲ 62.8%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the rye price in South Africa available is US$ 2.76 per kg (53.53 ZAR), up 62.8% year-on-year.

South Africa exported 6 tonnes of rye in 2025, valued at US$17,167, ranking #27 among 35 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. The country produced 1,957 tonnes of rye in 2024, holding the #48 position globally with a yield of 0.11 t/ha. The latest export price is US$2.7554 per kg.

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

Exports UN Comtrade · 2025

In 2025, South Africa exported $17.2K (6.2 t) of rye▲ 21.6% YoY. That ranks #27 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$17.2K

Export value

6.2 t

Export volume

#27 / 35

World rank

Global share

$2.76

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top rye exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2025

#1 Poland $101.2M · 36.7%
#2 Germany $67.3M · 24.4%
#3 Canada $43.7M · 15.9%
#4 Sweden $13.9M · 5.1%
#5 Latvia $9.4M · 3.4%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2025	$17.2K	6.2 t	$2.76
2024	$14.1K	8.3 t	$1.69
2023	$9.2K	4.8 t	$1.91
2022	$26K	23.9 t	$1.09
2021	$363K	354.7 t	$1.02
2020	$228.4K	209 t	$1.09

Production FAOSTAT · 2024

South Africa produced 2 kt of rye in 2024▲ 0.1% YoY. It ranks #48 among producing countries (0% of world output).

2 kt

mi_production

1,782 ha

Area harvested

0.11 t/ha

Yield

#48

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

rye is traded under Harmonized System code 1002. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

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

In 2019 South Africa sold 1,405,996 tonnes of rye. Across 2019 alone, the interest in South Africa rye (cereals/grains category) has gone down, changing by -8.54 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, rye's exports went up by 44.27 pc bringing the country US$0.15m for the year 2019. South Africa's rye exports are classified as:

Rye seed for sowing (HS code 100210)
Rye (HS code 100200)
Rye (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100290)

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South Africa rye export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied rye with a value of 0.15m USD, a reduction of -87.08% from 2018's total rye export of 1.161m USD. The annual reduction in value of South Africa rye between 2017 to 2018 was 4544 pc.

The yearly variation in the amount of South Africa's rye exports between 2017 and 2019 was 44.27 percent in comparison to a variation of -8.54% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's share of the world's total rye's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 44 in world exports of rye.

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

South Africa's leading destinations for rye are South Korea, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (Eswatini) and Zambia.

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net importer of rye. The annual growth of South Africa rye in value between 2015 to 2019 was -13%, per year, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -40%, per annum.

South Africa purchased 369 tonnes of rye in 2019.

Production

The production of rye in South Africa was 5,043 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of -1.64%. The country had an estimated 3,762.00 hectares under rye cultivation.

Rye Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest rye prices in other Africa countries:

Botswana$0.63/kg Mauritius$2.05/kg Mozambique$0.17/kg Lesotho$13.38/kg Ivory Coast$0.58/kg

Other Cereals/Grains Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other cereals/grains in South Africa:

Maize$0.29/kg Rice$0.57/kg Wheat$0.29/kg Sorghum$0.21/kg Soya Beans$0.46/kg Barley$0.14/kg Wheat berries$0.37/kg Wild rice$1.51/kg Farro$1.51/kg Bulgur$0.78/kg Fonio$1.51/kg Other Cereals$1.48/kg Triticale$0.83/kg Buckwheet$3.97/kg Malt$0.69/kg

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Rye South Africa

US$ 2.7554 / kg

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

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