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 March 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 4.
05 February 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 11.
12 January 2021
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 0.
10 November 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 10.
22 October 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 6.
08 September 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports increased by 6.
06 August 2020
Measured at a 3-months annualised basis, imports were 53.
09 July 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 7.
05 June 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by only 3.
11 May 2020
Measured at a seasonally adjusted basis, the rand value of imports decreased by 2.
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