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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January 2023 overview

EXPORTS	IMPORTS
R139,355,073,125	R162,409,536,396
Trade Balance: R-23,054,463,271
Top 5 countries we exported to:	Top 5 countries we imported from:
China (14.1%) United States (8.3%) Japan (6.0%) Germany (5.8%) Mozambique (5.6.%)	China (22.6%) Germany (8.2%) United States (6.9%) India (6.3%) United Arab Emirates (3.7%)

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