South African solar panel imports
Solar panel imports from China to South Africa (measured in megawatts), based on data from Ember, which sources it from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China. Data is available from 2017.
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116 rows, 10 columns.
- date Date
- Date of the data 2017-01-01 – 2026-08-01
- country Category
- South Africa
- type Category
- Panels
- amount_items Number
- 40707 – 1682988
- amount_kg Number
- Export amount in weight (kg) 501119 – 45104989
- amount_usd Number
- Export amount in US dollars (USD) 2131918 – 186299869
- commodity_price Number
- 0.09 – 0.38
- unit_price Category
- USD/W
- capacity_mw Number
- Calculated capacity in megawatts imported 7.32 – 856.74
- cumulative_capacity_mw Number
- 9.77 – 18532.89
Latest rows
| date | country | type | amount_items | amount_kg | amount_usd | commodity_price | unit_price | capacity_mw | cumulative_capacity_mw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | South Africa | Panels | 256570 | 7729602 | 17043980 | 0.11 | USD/W | 149.07 | 18532.89 |
| 2026-07-01 | South Africa | Panels | 569262 | 18274103 | 39941271 | 0.12 | USD/W | 346.56 | 18383.82 |
| 2026-06-01 | South Africa | Panels | 738338 | 23587376 | 52270511 | 0.12 | USD/W | 451.91 | 18037.26 |
| 2026-05-01 | South Africa | Panels | 508877 | 16007055 | 34244939 | 0.12 | USD/W | 297.78 | 17585.35 |
| 2026-04-01 | South Africa | Panels | 584918 | 19224678 | 40710642 | 0.12 | USD/W | 345.01 | 17287.57 |
| 2026-03-01 | South Africa | Panels | 1084365 | 35541014 | 69327217 | 0.11 | USD/W | 618.99 | 16942.56 |
| 2026-02-01 | South Africa | Panels | 401194 | 12536684 | 23291857 | 0.11 | USD/W | 214.34 | 16323.57 |
| 2026-01-01 | South Africa | Panels | 470103 | 13813367 | 24225550 | 0.1 | USD/W | 234.58 | 16109.23 |
| 2025-12-01 | South Africa | Panels | 700612 | 22138144 | 37748265 | 0.1 | USD/W | 389.59 | 15874.65 |
| 2025-11-01 | South Africa | Panels | 656050 | 20409388 | 36675987 | 0.1 | USD/W | 381.7 | 15485.06 |
| 2025-10-01 | South Africa | Panels | 614183 | 19358864 | 32724425 | 0.1 | USD/W | 344.14 | 15103.36 |
| 2025-09-01 | South Africa | Panels | 623282 | 20177848 | 34880372 | 0.1 | USD/W | 366.08 | 14759.22 |
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