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 
• Browse the latest press release.

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October 2022 overview

EXPORTS	IMPORTS
R 159,609,138,801	R 163,923,014,454
Trade balance: R -4,313,875,653
Top 5 countries we exported to:	Top 5 countries we imported from:
United States (9.7%) China (7.4%) Germany (6.8.%) Netherlands (5.6%) Japan (5.5%)	China (18.5%) India (7.9%) United States (7.2%) Germany (7.1%) Saudi Arabia (5.0%)

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