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.
03 March 2022
In dollar terms, imports were down 4.
12 January 2022
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 5.
12 October 2021
Over the past five years, export growth had shown an increase of 10.
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.
04 August 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 3.
08 July 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 0.
07 June 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 6.
12 May 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 13.
12 April 2021
Over the past three months, 17 of the 23 export categories showed a positive annualised change in dollar terms.
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