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
• Download the relevant data you need 
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May 2024 overview

EXPORTS	IMPORTS
R178,392,080,391	R158,298,633,922
R20,093,446,469
Top 5 countries we exported to:	Top 5 countries we imported from:
China (11.7%) United States (7.8%) Germany (7.8%) Mozambique (5.9%) United Kingdom (5.6%)	China (18.8%) Germany (7.3%) United States (7.2%) India (7.0%) United Arab Emirates (4.0%)

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