The Foreign Merchandise Trade report is a monthly 6-page publication that provides some detail on the latest monthly foreign trade numbers and longer term trends. Detail on imports and exports are given at the HS 4-digit level (some 23 categories). Figures are seasonally adjusted and are also converted into dollar values. A breakdown is also provided on the most important regional origins of imports and destinations of exports.
05 May 2022
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 2.2% month-on-month in March 2022.
11 April 2022
In dollar terms, imports in February 2022 were up 7.4% on a month ago and 11.9% higher measured at a 3-months annualised basis.
03 March 2022
In dollar terms, imports were down 4.8% on a month ago but 7.9% lower measured at a 3-months annualised basis.
12 January 2022
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 5.6% month-on-month in November 2021.
12 October 2021
Over the past five years, export growth had shown an increase of 10.9% p.a.
12 October 2021
Compared with the previous month, the rand remained generally stable in September 2021 against most developed market and developing market currencies.
09 September 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 6.1% month-on-month in July 2021.
04 August 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 3.5% month-on-month in June 2021.
08 July 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 0.3% month-on-month in May 2021.
07 June 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 6.7% month-on-month in April 2021.
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