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.
06 November 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of exports decreased by 6.6% month-on-month in September 2019.
03 October 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of exports increased by 1.6% month-on-month in August 2019.
08 August 2019
Over the past three months, 10 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms.
24 June 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 8.2% month-on-month in April 2019.
07 May 2019
Over the past three months, 6 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms.
12 April 2019
The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit measured R64 billion which was R26 billion more than the previous 12 months’ deficit.
07 March 2019
The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit measured R67 billion which was R36 billion more than the previous 12 months’ deficit.
04 February 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 13.5% month-on-month in December 2018.
08 January 2019
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by -4.3% month-on-month in November 2018.
10 December 2018
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of exports increased by 10.6% month-on-month in October 2018.
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