South Africa Foreign Merchandise Trade (Monthly Report)
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.
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13 September 2017
Over the past five years, exports had declined by an average of 4.8% per annum, in dollar terms, while the equivalent rate for imports had amounted to -5.4% p.a.
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07 August 2017
Over the past three months, 12 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms.
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11 July 2017
Over the past three months, 5 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms.
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15 June 2017
In dollar terms, imports were down 5.7% on a month ago and 7.9% down measured at a 3-months annualised basis.
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10 May 2017
Imports in dollar terms were 3.4% lower measured on a 12-months basis, while exports in dollar terms were up by 4.1%.
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19 April 2017
The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit amounted to R89 billion which was R61 billion less than the previous 12 months’ deficit.
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10 March 2017
Over the past five years, exports in dollar terms had declined by 7.4%, on average, per annum, while the growth in imports had measured -6.2% p.a.
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06 February 2017
Over the past five years, exports in dollar terms had declined by 7.9%, on average, per annum, while the growth in imports had measured -6.3% p.a.
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09 January 2017
The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit amounted to R110.5 billion which was R34.3 billion less than the previous 12 months’ deficit.
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07 December 2016
The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit amounted to R109 billion which was R43 billion less than the previous 12 months’ deficit.
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