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.
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.
12 May 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 13.4% month-on-month in March 2021.
12 April 2021
Over the past three months, 17 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms.
05 March 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 4.9% month-on-month in January 2021.
05 February 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 11.7% month-on-month in December 2020.
12 January 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 0.6% month-on-month in November 2020.
10 November 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 10.2% month-on-month in September 2020.
22 October 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 6.4% month-on-month in August 2020.
08 September 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 6.6% month-on-month in July 2020.
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