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Pair · Q2 2026 · Aug 2025–Jul 2026

Goods, bank claims, portfolio holdings and direct investment between Korea and South Africa, each channel at its own period. Left, Korea to South Africa; right, South Africa to Korea.

Finance to trade

positions ÷ goods, both directions
Finance to trade0.9×positions ÷ goods, both directions
Financial positions, both directions2.5USD bn
Goods, both directions2.9USD bn

Bank, and positions in both directions over goods trade in both directions; financial centres show very high ratios because they hold securities for others.

Positions at the periods above, goods in the 12-month window. Calculations: datasteg.

The pair through time

2006–Jul 2026

Each channel at its own period on one time axis: goods every month (12-month windows), bank claims every quarter, portfolio holdings every half year, direct investment every year, and below them the finance-to-trade ratio by quarter. Solid lines are reported flows, dashed stretches estimated; the band between a goods line and its other report is the mirror gap where both reports exist. A month with no goods line is one where the pair fell below trade-flow’s 1,500 largest flows.

SinceKorea → South AfricaSouth Africa → Koreaother report (mirror gap)estimated
Goods · 12-month windows, monthly · USD bnJul 2026 · 1.7 / 2.9035Bank claims · quarterly · USD bnQ2 2026 · 0.3 / 0.1001Portfolio holdings · half-yearly · USD bnDec 2025 · 1.7 / 0.2012Direct investment · annual · USD bn2024 · 0.2 / 0.0011Finance to trade · quarterly, positions both ways ÷ goods both waysQ2 2026 · 0.9×0.0×1.0×2.0×20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
Sources

The ratio starts in 2009, when the direct-investment survey begins: bank claims at the quarter, portfolio and direct investment at their latest period at or before it, goods in the 12 months to the quarter end. Calculations: datasteg global-network.

Goods Korea → South Africa

Aug 2025–Jul 2026

exports of Korea to South Africa, 12 months

Exports, 12 months–Below the backbone of 1,500 flows
Sources

Window Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Importer-reported where filed, partner-reported or estimated otherwise (tagged). Mirror ratio: the importer’s report over the exporter’s.

Goods South Africa → Korea

Aug 2025–Jul 2026

exports of South Africa to Korea, 12 months

Exports, 12 months2.9USD bnreported
–importer’s report ÷ exporter’s
Sources

Window Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Importer-reported where filed, partner-reported or estimated otherwise (tagged). Mirror ratio: the importer’s report over the exporter’s.

Korea → South Africa

Q2 2026

loans and deposits of banks in Korea on residents of South Africa

Position0.3USD bn
Flow in the quarter−0.1USD bnas published by the BIS
Sources

Loans and deposits, all sectors and currencies, residence basis, Q2 2026. Flow as published by the BIS.

South Africa → Korea

Q2 2026

loans and deposits of banks in South Africa on residents of Korea

Position0.1USD bn
Flow in the quarter+0.1USD bnas published by the BIS
Sources

Loans and deposits, all sectors and currencies, residence basis, Q2 2026. Flow as published by the BIS.

Korea → South Africa

Q4 2025

securities issued in South Africa held by investors in Korea

Total1.7USD bn
Equity1.6USD bn
Debt securities0.1USD bn
Sources

Holder to issuer, Q4 2025.

South Africa → Korea

Q4 2025

securities issued in Korea held by investors in South Africa

Total0.2USD bn
Equity0.2USD bn
Debt securities0.0USD bn
Sources

Holder to issuer, Q4 2025.

Korea → South Africa

2024

position of investors in Korea in South Africa

Position0.2USD bn
Reportthe host’s
Sources

Investor to host, 2024; one report per pair, the host’s first.

South Africa → Korea

2024

position of investors in South Africa in Korea

Position0.0USD bn
Reportthe host’s
Sources

Investor to host, 2024; one report per pair, the host’s first.