Exploring South Africa’s Merchandise Trade Statistics

SARS is the legislatively empowered controlling entity for statistics on the importation and exportation of goods. Exercising this control entails record-keeping, verification, publication and analysis of trade data:

• Explore South Africa’s Merchandise Trade Statistics through interactive visualisations and other content
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March 2024 overview

EXPORTS	IMPORTS
R164,124,321,022	R156,851,716,373
R7,272,604,649
Top 5 countries we exported to:	Top 5 countries we imported from:
China (11.5%) United States (8.2%) Germany (6.3%)       Mozambique (5.9%) United Kingdom (4.8%)	China (20.3%) United States (8.8%) Germany (7.1%) India (5.2%) Nigeria (4.3%)

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