What is the price of sugar per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa sugar is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 0.97 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 0.44 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of sugar in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for sugar is between ZAR 18.83 and ZAR 18.83 per kilogram or between ZAR 8.54 and ZAR 8.54 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa sugar is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 0.68 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 0.31 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Sugar Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, the export prices of Sugar from South Africa per Kg were US$ 0.48, US$ 1.36, US$ 0.33, US$ 0.36 and US$ 0.47 respectively. For 2021, the export price was US$ 0.50 per Kg. For 2022 and 2023, the predicted export price is expected to be US$ 5.94 per Kg.
The exports of sugar from South Africa are classified as:
- Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excluding cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar) (HS code 170199)
- Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter (excluding cane sugar of 1701 13) (HS code 170114)
- Refined cane or beet sugar, containing added flavouring or colouring, in solid form (HS code 170191)
- Raw cane sugar (excluding added flavouring or colouring) (HS code 170111)
- Raw beet sugar (excluding added flavouring or colouring) (HS code 170112)
- Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, obtained without centrifugation, with sucrose content 69° to 93°, containing only natural anhedral microcrystals (see subheading note 2.) (HS code 170113)
South Africa Sugar Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of sugar into South Africa has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2011, the price was 142.72 US dollars per kg, but by 2016, it had dropped to 0.56 US dollars per kg. This trend has continued, with the price dropping to 0.33 US dollars per kg in 2019. The most recent data shows that the price has risen slightly to 0.36 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 2021, before increasing to 0.47 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of sugar into South Africa will remain relatively stable in the next two years, with a predicted price of 0.50 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 0.53 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for South Africa sugar
The total values in export for sugar in South Africa were US$ 138,474, US$ 274,854, US$ 380,588 and US$ 492,421 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Processed category in South Africa: Milk & Cream, Yogurt, Kefir & Buttermilk, Whey, Butter, Cheese, Natural Honey, Coffee, Green Tea & Black Tea.
See prices of sugar in other countries across Africa: Algeria sugar, Angola sugar, Botswana sugar, Burundi sugar, Cameroon sugar, Cape Verde sugar, Central African Republic sugar, Comoros sugar, DRC Congo sugar & Benin sugar.
South Africa sugar - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa sold 55,593,686 tonnes of sugar. Through 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa sugar (processed category) has reduced, flactuating by -67.756 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sugar's exports reduced by -78.8% netting the country US$492.42m for the year 2019. South Africa's sugar exports are classified as:
- Raw beet sugar (excluding added flavouring or colouring) (HS code 170112)
- Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, obtained without centrifugation, with sucrose content 69° to 93°, containing only natural anhedral microcrystals (see subheading note 2.) (HS code 170113)
- Refined cane or beet sugar, containing added flavouring or colouring, in solid form (HS code 170191)
- Raw cane sugar (excluding added flavouring or colouring) (HS code 170111)
- Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excluding cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar) (HS code 170199)
- Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter (excluding cane sugar of 1701 13) (HS code 170114)
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South Africa sugar export values
In 2019, South Africa shipped sugar worth 492.42m USD, an increment of 29.38% from 2018's total sugar export of 380.588m USD. The annual change in value of South Africa sugar between 2017 to 2018 was 38.469 pc.
The annual change in the quantity of South Africa's sugar exports between 2017 and 2019 was -78.8% compared to a variation of -67.756% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for South Africa sugar ( in '000$ )
South Africa's leading destinations for sugar are Malta, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland (Eswatini).
South Africa bought 519,189 tonnes of sugar in 2019.