Trade Statistics

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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July 2023 overview

EXPORTS

IMPORTS

                           R174,000,211,462                        R158,039,314,709
                                                        Trade balance: R15,960,896,753
Top 5 countries we exported to: Top 5 countries we imported from:
  1. China (8.9%)
  2. Germany (8.0%)
  3. United States (7.6%)
  4. Mozambique (5.6%)
  5. Japan (5.0%)
  1. China (21.5%)
  2. United States (9.7%)
  3. Germany (8.3%)
  4. India (5.7%)
  5. Thailand (3.5%)

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