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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February 2024 overview

EXPORTS	IMPORTS
R161,854,910,464	R147, 811,994,198
R14,042,916,266
Top 5 countries we exported to:	Top 5 countries we imported from:
China (12.1%)  United States (7.5%)  Germany (6.9%) Mozambique (6.4%)  United Kingdom (5.5%)	China (20.1%) Germany (8.5%) United States (8.2%) India (5.6%) United Arab Emirates (1.0%)

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