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Nonetheless, South Africa still imports significant amounts of oil-
cake. The 2014 oilcake imports amounted to 511 014 million tons,
which is a 41% share of domestic consumption (Graph 4). The
leading suppliers to South Africa were Argentina, with a share of
99% (506 900 tons) and Malawi with a share of 1% (2 814 ton). There
is still capacity to increase production and minimise these imports.
South Africa is a small player in the soybean oilcake export
market. In the past five years, the industry exported an average of
39 443 tons of oilcake. All exports went to African markets, mainly
Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho and Angola.
South Africa also imports significant amounts of soy oil. In 2014,
South Africa’s soy oil imports totalled 171 068 tons, according to
Trade Map (2015) data. However, it is worth noting that this was
37% lower than the volume imported in 2010.
As with soybean oilcake imports, soybean oil imports also showed
a decreasing trend (
Graph 5
). The leading soybean oil suppliers
to South Africa are Spain with 44% (75 679 tons), Argentina with
27% (46 727 ton), the Netherlands with 21% (35 969 tons), Romania
with 4% (6 493 tons) and Brazil with 3% (5 517 tons).
South Africa also exports soybean oil to the African markets,
averaging 61 947 tons for the past five years. In 2014, the lead-
ing markets were Zimbabwe with 61% (53 541 tons), Zambia with
36% (19 198 tons), Malawi with 4% (3 416 tons), Swaziland with 4%
(3 369 tons) and Lesotho with 4% (3 263 tons).
Conclusion
The South African soybean industry has grown significantly,
but potential for further growth remains in order to meet the do-
mestic crushing capacity. Investments made as part of import re-
placements have yielded positive results; imports for both soybean
oilcake and oil have decreased significantly. But, there is still a need
to substitute the current imported volumes.
It is important to highlight that any production increases from
the current crop size might have an impact on the price levels, and
consequently, the profitability of the crop. Nonetheless, the poten-
tial for growth in soybean production remains intact.
SA Grain/
Sasol Chemicals (Fertiliser) photo competition
– Piet Lombard 2014